Another Friday, another chance to send you beauties some brand new, never-before-read poetry. On that note, something special to let you all know soon…stay tuned for it, but I hope you’ll be happy!
Any way, today’s poem is a little meditation that was born out of the place I spend most of my time, Home. It was sent to my brain by the wind, by the storm clouds that always build up in the West and then slowly crawl over the ceiling of this world until they reach me. It was born out of this feeling that I was born by the sea, feel its pull every moment of my life, but so far in my circumstance, have not been allowed to return to it.
This is a little ode to that wind, to that light breaking, to the storms, and to the rainfall that tries so hard to flow back to the sea.
Here is the poem, Typewriter Series #3096, and with it the spoken word audio version, and here is the reminder that inspiration can come from anywhere, at any time, we just have to listen. We don’t do this enough, just sit, just be still, just listen. We should, shouldn’t we?
*A reminder: I’m going to be posting much more regularly this backlog of Typewriter Series poems, brand new, never-before-read, and if you wanna get in on it, I’d love to have you join me behind the little paywall. You get brand new work, the spoken word audio versions, and first access. Honestly, it’s worth it, and your support means the world.
And the spoken word version, for all you audio nerds like me who prefer to hear how the poet heard it in their mind’s voice:
As usual, I love the shit out of each and every one of you. Thank you, for just being you, and for deciding that this place is worth investing in. I literally couldn’t do it without you, and I’m not exaggerating when I say, you’re helping keep me and my family eating right now.
With strong kudos to Toni Braxton and her sexy 1966 R&B song of the title “Let it flow”, I am more personally drawn to the introspective 1977 Dave Mason pop song ‘Let it go Let it Flow’:
“Let it go, let it go, let it flow like a river
Let it go, let it go, let it flow through you
Let it go, let it go, let it flow like a river
Let it go, let it go, let it flow through you…”
My thanks to you for bringing back the memories with your lyrical verse…
“And down through the red pine
And a carpet of red needle”…
“All things flow to the sea”
It’s a good one!
Love this! It speaks of friendship, and the poem about them lasting for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. We put it all out there, sometimes showing our hand too early hoping for the best. Sometimes we find a friend for a particular reason, they show up for a season of our lives to get us through that chapter, or the rare ones that match your own level of weird and they're in it for the whole ride...all the way to the sea.