"Without poetry, we lose our way." - Joy Harjo
the future of my day is coming from
where yours has already taken a seat
while I wake, you are closing the book
to rest your head in a country covered by stars
Here on this pondering path of forest
synchronized with the slow passing of light
this fern comnunity reaches toward many
more than any one person can see
and one of them is me
a gathering of condolences for this
time of separation, green fronds reach
to surround me in a forest embrace
our fiddlehead hearts,
together while apart
your voice sits with me, uncurling
I am moss damp with missing you
© Ali Grimshaw 2021
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flashlight batteries - Ali Grimshaw 
The fronds are still to unfurl in my part of the world… but I feel that I can connect with your part… and I will think about this when I start to see the fronds in my garden.
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Thank you, Bjorn. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
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Thank you for the wander in the woods, Ali, and for those wonderful fiddlehead ferns! Although this is a personal poem, I really felt the opening lines this morning, which are now reversed, I’ve just woken and ‘you are closing the book / to rest your head in a country covered by stars’. I like to think of the international poets’ community as green fronds that surround us in a forest embrace.
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Kim,
What a beautiful reflection. I also love your vision of the international poets’ community. That is a peaceful thought.
Thank you,
Ali
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It was a real pleasure seeing you on the youtube of the Live OLN tonight and hearing you read this holistic poem. To feel green fronds wrap around in welcome is a beautiful place to be. I hope you get to see your friend soon.
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Thanks for sharing this. I didn’t realize that I could watch it. I have never heard myself reading one of my poems on a recording. I am a bit nervous but it will be interesting. It is so wonderful to hear the voices of many blogging poets I follow.
Thanks for making me feel a part of the community.
Ali
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If you go to the pub post, they have the youtube right there for you to watch. Yes, hearing the poems read by the poets adds such a rich dimension to them! My pleasure, Ali.
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Watching it now. So fun.
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Such a stunning, stunning expression, Ali! I love; “our fiddlehead hearts, together while apart, your voice sits with me, uncurling.” Thank you so much for joining us at the Live Event. It was wonderful having you with us 💖💖
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Thank you for having me and allowing me to share this poem. I appreciate your reflecting back the lines that most spoke to you. This poem Is dear to my heart and dedicated to my best friend. I’m looking forward to reading your poem on your site so I can spend more time with it. It is spectacular.
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Love this piece, Ali. I can feel myself in that beautiful forest. 🙂
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Thank you Susi. I appreciate knowing that my words brought the forest to you. Looking forward to the new anthology. Can’t wait to celebrate your efforts.
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You’re welcome, Ali! They did, it was very visual. Me too! 🙂 Soon!
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Beautifully penned and imbued with wonderful imagery.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you for sharing. Have a beautiful day.
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So incredibly tender. How we feel the words of longing.
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I am please that the love and longing came through in my words. Sometimes it takes a long time to find the right combination.
What inspires you to write poetry?
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I am discovering in writing we learn about who and what we are are. For me it is a therapy. A word or a conversation and I work at how this changes me. I can get so fixated, obsessed by one thing. Writing seems to drive through this, providing another angle, view point. It is like breathing and sitting and going with the experience.
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Wonderful. I hear what you are saying about writing providing a way to see ourselves. I too have found it a powerful tool for self reflection.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Keep sharing your poems.
Ali
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This is such a beautiful expression of the distances between us and how poetry can fill that space. Magical!
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Poetry is the language of love that can cross oceans and seas. Thanks for reading
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You’re welcome 😊
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your voice sits with me, uncurling
I am moss damp with missing you
So so beautiful!!
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These words are from my heart, real and true. The heart knows beauty. Take care of yours.
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:)))
Much Love.
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as always
together alone
not here
nor by device
which we used to call the phone
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Thanks for your reflective poem back
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~~ hearts, together while apart. Sigh, the sentiment is so lovely.
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Helen,
I wrote this poem for my best friend who lives in Ethiopia, on the other side of the globe. I hope it will resonate with any and all who are physically separate while their hearts remain connected.
Thanks for letting me know my words reached you today. Take care.
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