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Essence of Love

A Bussokusekika love poem for the contest

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Comment from patcelaw
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Hi enjoy the reading and listening to your poems. This one was especially good and I had never heard of this particular flour. I wish you the best in the love story contest. Patricia.

 Comment Written 07-Feb-2023


reply by the author on 08-Feb-2023
    I?m happy you Thank you for sharing your insights on this poem. It?s important for adults to nurture and support young ones on their journey through life. this poem on the essence of love. It is a universal feeling that unites the human family. Love expressed to mates, children, friends - we need to immerse ourselves in it any chance we get. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
Comment from karenina
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Out of sixes. (I know! On Tuesday!)

I had a stillborn daughter decades ago...

Your beautiful reflective poem brought back her sweet memory!

Joy birthed from grief!

Karenina

 Comment Written 07-Feb-2023


reply by the author on 08-Feb-2023
    I?m happy you Thank you for sharing your insights on this poem. It?s important for adults to nurture and support young ones on their journey through life. this poem on the essence of love. It is a universal feeling that unites the human family. Love expressed to mates, children, friends - we need to immerse ourselves in it any chance we get. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings. I am sorry to hear about your little girl.
reply by karenina on 08-Feb-2023
    Agreed! Love, in any form, improves our lives and the lives of all we come in contact with...
Comment from Mrs. KT
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Exquisite, June.
Resonates deeply with me as one of my mother's favorite flowering vines/plants was the flowering jasmine. It is an annual in Michigan, and one that I search for every spring to place on our front porch. Its scent is heavenly.
And your poem is heavenly as well.

Thank you for sharing!
diane

 Comment Written 07-Feb-2023


reply by the author on 08-Feb-2023
    I?m happy you Thank you for sharing your insights on this poem. It?s important for adults to nurture and support young ones on their journey through life. this poem on the essence of love. It is a universal feeling that unites the human family. Love expressed to mates, children, parents, friends - we need to immerse ourselves in it any chance we get. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
Comment from Debbie Pope
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This bussokusekika is lovely, June. You create a soft, peaceful mood with words like whispers and scent. Your word choices create a very tactile poem. The reader gets to utilize all of the senses. It's a good reading experience. You actually feel this poem.
Good luck in the contest. I'm glad that I read this one.

 Comment Written 07-Feb-2023


reply by the author on 08-Feb-2023
    I?m happy you Thank you for sharing your insights on this poem. It?s important for adults to nurture and support young ones on their journey through life. this poem on the essence of love. It is a universal feeling that unites the human family. Love expressed to mates, children, friends - we need to immerse ourselves in it any chance we get. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
Comment from Sugarray77
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How lovely, June. Your use of this Tanka/Japanese form is perfect for the short bursts of thought and meaning. I enjoyed it and wish you luck.

Melissa

 Comment Written 07-Feb-2023


reply by the author on 08-Feb-2023
    I?m happy you Thank you for sharing your insights on this poem. It?s important for adults to nurture and support young ones on their journey through life. this poem on the essence of love. It is a universal feeling that unites the human family. Love expressed to mates, children, friends - we need to immerse ourselves in it any chance we get. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.
Comment from BethShelby
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You are always teaching us about different forms of Japanese poetry. This is beautiful form. The poem you wrote in this style is a great entry for the Love poem contest. It sounds like a winner to me.

 Comment Written 07-Feb-2023


reply by the author on 08-Feb-2023
    I?m happy you Thank you for sharing your insights on this poem. It?s important for adults to nurture and support young ones on their journey through life. this poem on the essence of love. It is a universal feeling that unites the human family. Love expressed to mates, children, friends - we need to immerse ourselves in it any chance we get. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings.