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Stefano Carini's avatar

Is that defiance, or the same life energy, just in a different shape?

:)

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Sam Aureli's avatar

I like that! Thank you. : )

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Henry Lewis's avatar

Clean as the air and wind, firm as the basalt rock, the heart trembles here.

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Henry! : )

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Caroline Mellor's avatar

This poem draws me in from the first line, and sustains right until the end. It's beautiful, Sam.

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Caroline! This one is an oldie that had gone through a revitalization.

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Debora Tremont's avatar

Exquisite, Sam!!

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Debora! : )

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Laura's Night Stack's avatar

I am reading an advance copy of Freyja by Margret Ann Thors on Netgalley and your post with the photo and poem from Iceland was timed perfectly. It/they felt like an epigraph that should have always have been part of the book. I love these serendipitous moments.

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Laura! I'll need to check out the book. And I need to return to Iceland.

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jenna selvas's avatar

Another poem that could only have been written by you, so much there between the words

loved it x

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Sam Aureli's avatar

thank you, Jenna! 😊

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Susan Hickman's avatar

Love this. It goes with the theme I’m writing about for this Friday’s post. Healing after a harsh year.

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Susan. And a great topic to write about. I look forward to reading it.

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Nora O’Dowd's avatar

So lovely, so hopeful, such inspiration! Thank you!

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Nora! : )

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Jamie Millard's avatar

“Even in the deepest shadow,

something endures—

a root, a green pulse,

a quiet defiance against the burn.”

Sam you close so well! Your words endure as a burn. An image. An ache.

Thank you! 🙏💫❤️

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Sam Aureli's avatar

Thank you, Jamie! : )

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Ethereal Twilight Poetry's avatar

Stunning! Beautiful beautiful thank you.

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Ethereal Twilight Poetry's avatar

Beautiful reflection here. 🥰

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