Published by Jaya Avendel
Jaya Avendel is a word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, writing family into fantasy through poetry and prose. Her writing has been published at Visual Verse, Free Verse Revolution, Spillwords Press, Mookychick, and Black Flowers, among others, and is published in "As The World Burns" Anthology and "The Kali Project" from Indie Blu(e) Publishing.
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Short, simple and perfect!
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This is definitely a great definition and description of what pursuit is! Thanks for sharing!
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Absolutely adore this, it’s thought-provoking. A rainbow could be the a metaphor for chasing happiness. Depending on how you see it, it’s either a never ending cycle, or a pursuit for more. Beautiful poetry dear.
Tx. // Tajinder Kaur
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How beautifully you read this! Thank you for sharing.
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This really made me think. Sometimes I feel like I’m chasing something elusive as well. Maybe I’m chasing a feeling that I’m not sure even exists? I don’t know, but it feels like constant striving.
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I connect with this so much! Thanks for sharing.
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Oh I love this – it’s deep and poignant in its simplicity and portrays such a powerful message. Gorgeous!
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As always this is such a beautiful and poignant poem, and resonates so much with me. There are some things in life, like rainbows, that we chase, through trials and struggles, and may never reach them. But I think the fact that we try our best is what’s important.
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful, new perspective on this piece!
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Love this! I think we’re all chasing something at the end of a rainbow in our lives x
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I know I am. Hopefully one day I will catch it. 🙂
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I feel like this about my life. Like the good stuff… Il never get to it. Thank you for sharing your talent.
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I can really relate to this on a very personal level right now. Loved this one! Thanks for sharing such lovely words as always ❤
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I love the wet grass, the slight differences (than dry grass) making it just too difficult to reach that rainbow.
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When I read this, it reminds me so much of adulting. We pull work hours to be able to afford our expenses but the more we work the more we need. So, we can never get to where we need to be in a way. If that makes sense. Love this!
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Wow, that is a fascinating and fresh experience to draw from this poem! Thank you for sharing it. 🙂
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No problem. I love reading your blog!
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I love the longing in the haiku – great work
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Longing . . . I love that experience of this piece!
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You wrote it beautifully
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So lovely, you are such a talented writer. How you sum things up so perfectly in such few words. It reminded me of my childhood! Lisa x
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I try very hard! One of my greatest rewards is seeing how people connect with each seventeen syllable piece. 🙂
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I love this one. We all spend our lives chasing something x
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This is lovely, we all spend life chasing rainbows x
Sophie
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This is so lovely! Chasing happiness, aren’t we all? X
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I am. 😉
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I really like this – feels somewhat familiar! I find it interesting that “at the end of the rainbow” is used as a metaphor for your end goal/desire, yet in reality you can never achieve that… (sounds quite negative, but hey)
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😊 We have got to admit to the negative if we ever want to realize what is within reach.
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I really love the visual of this piece it’s kind of like chasing happiness in a way – like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but I also see it as always being happy and wanting to be happier than what you are in the current moment – I like to think I made sense there! Great piece as always!
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I always love your interpretations of my poems because they reach beyond what I see. Thank you for sharing the thought of reaching for more happiness in happiness with me.
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This is so beautiful. I admire anyone who can write poetry.
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Thank you! Often the things we admire in others are hidden in ourselves.
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