Friday, December 30, 2022

Counting Breaths by Jen Kress

 



“tenderness will

always remain,

look at the horizon and watch

for a new day will come…”


Jen Kress (From her poem “Meraki”)


To inhabit the world of poetry is to sail a raft on unsteady waves while relishing the vastness of the sky and savoring the beauty of each moment with a sense of ease and hope.

To inhabit the world of poetry is to meet the uncertainty of life with courage, breathing in the light that keeps oneself strong and balanced.

 Jen Kress’s poetry collection is an adventurous quest for resilience, a poetical oasis where the waters of solitude and understanding intertwine into a harmony of souls to persevere and look forward to a new sunrise.

 Her personal journey evokes the depths of inner joy and sadness, merging them into breathtaking stories. Her expressive skills are outstanding; her metaphors evince intimate aspects of herself, painting the quandaries, struggles and longings of her heart with delicate precision.

 I will be revisiting her poems in search of new meanings and inspiration.

 

“This journey light, to follow through

my tunneled dreams;

heaven’s woven map hides your chosen path,

a constellation, home… picture the stars above,

a blanket littered with uncharted possibility!”

 

There may be no clear answers to life uncertainties and mysteries, but there is poetry…




I thank the poet for sharing Counting Breaths with me for My Writing Life blog.


If you enjoyed this post, you may also appreciate my writing on “The Winds through the Trees at Night.”

 

Till next year.