Lovelorn Poets

From Anchorage to Zebulon: In Search of Missed Connections

Lovelorn Poet in Western Massachusetts: I Would Have Flown

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untiltled by txmx2

untiltled by txmx2

Away or to?
But I got caught.

I would have
And would have

Quadrupeds
Become birds

Caught in the
Inevitable

Cycles of things
Death versus wings

Love versus words.
And we who broke

Escape those skies
To those skies

Peace at last
Even I

Who had been
So long raving.

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I love the lines, “Escape those skies To those skies” in this long-ago found poem from the Western Massachusetts Missed Connections. The autumn election season is here, and like the migrating birds, I think we all have the desire to fly away from the terrible situation that has taken over our government. Do you also feel “caught in the inevitable”?

Lovelorn Poet in Brooklyn, NY: The Landscape (mindgallery)

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The Human Race by mindgallery

The Landscape by mindgallery

* Note To Self

Water
Air
Earth
Love
Laundry

–
Sea

i’ve always loved the
sea rocks sun
shine

and friend
ship

–

Glow

where does life go
and when do
we glow

when we
go

 

Another Open Your Heart Production . mindgallery . twitter

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Some quiet and gentle thoughts from mindgallery and the Brooklyn Missed Connections. It’s amazing how simple stories can sometimes be the best for restoring calmness and attention on what really matters in our life (and yes, clean laundry does belong on that list).

Lovelorn Poet in Savannah, GA: Patience (Bison Jack)

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Roads for the Wind by Andrew Wallace

Roads for the Wind by Andrew Wallace

No matter
the path you choose
or how long
the journey takes,
or how many times
you have to change course
because you are lost
and can’t find the words
to retrace your steps–
just keep going.
Even on the days you
find it hard to breathe
as every word feels like
it’s closing in, or on
the nights spent alone
searching for your voice
in the darkness,
stand firm, gather what
you need, leave
no stone unturned —
for if a poem
is to truly take flight,
it will do so
at its end.

 

_Bison Jack

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Wise words beautifully arranged by Bison Jack and shared on the Savannah Missed Connections a few years ago (although it now feels like several lifetimes have passed since then…). They inspire and motivate me just as much today as they did back then.  

Lovelorn Poet in Brooklyn, NY: The Weeping Hour (mindgallery)

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The Weeping Hour by mindgallery

The Weeping Hour by mindgallery

The irony is you have to be fragile enough
to tune into the
stuff

you hear and see every time you lift
your ass from the
seat

the stuff that makes us fragile
enough to weep
some

times

 

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Simple and somber words from mindgallery and the Brooklyn Missed Connections. It’s sad to see that the circular malevolence of our world leaders has only intensified and worsened as time has passed. 🙁

Lovelorn Poet in Raleigh-Durham, NC: Reciprocal (Your Poet)

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Twined Weaver Studies by James Mallos

Twined Weaver Studies by James Mallos

Much disturbed
My memory
The missing Love
That waits for me

To recognize
Or postulate
What benefact
The mind create

By manifest
This ’bout, Might bring
Truth in spirit
Interpreting

Love in’Factor
Denominate
Love’s consummation
In’Numerate

That fractal frame
In division fall
God’s perfect Prime
Reciprocal

 

~your poet~

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Here’s one more found poem from “your poet” of the Raleigh-Durham Missed Connections. With so much turmoil happening in the world right now, it’s easy to become cynical and dismissive of love, but we can’t give up. It’s there, we just need to search a bit more to find it.

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