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Remnants of Eden

Remnants of Eden United Scattered shards, remnants of Eden, Gathered to a ring of bright topaz A simultaneous soliloquy of intentionality At the crux of intersecting avenues, Indivisible solidarity and singular consent, Distilled in breathless agreement Rising from opaque mists Where gypsy heart and pilgrim spirit Commit to a blind quest, Stumble in silence toward the joining As their plea peers into fleeting glimpses Of merging tranquility And Feel the quickening of a singular pulse In wordless words, Translated by acrostic identities Through star crossed collisions Of shattered betrayals, To exhale one sigh – one whisper - Overflowing in lyrical foundations Of delighted synchronized accord In geometric solutions of rhymes and rhythms - Journey into enchantment of unbreakable roundness - A seamless garment of the eternal’s delight, A fusion of two conscious worlds spoken as one breath.

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Edward Ibeh

Date: 7/1/2022 2:31:00 AM

A masterwork, Sam:-) Heartiest congratulations on your top win in Seeker's contest and being at the top of the best new poems list! Well-deserved, my friend.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 7/1/2022 10:16:00 AM

Edward, thank you so much! Your message lifted me up and raised my spirits! It means a lot to me coming from you! This theme still has me thinking and pondering like your contest themes. I guess that's what good themes do! Hope all is well. Sending you bunches of blessings! Happy 4th!

John Watt

Date: 6/29/2022 3:07:00 PM

Sam, I so enjoyed reading your "Overflowing lyrical foundations" and "delighted synchronized accord" today. I love "A seamless garment of the eternal’s delight". Your ode to unity shines brightly, my friend, and as #1 on Best New Poem list our friends at Soup obviously agree! Congrats for your trophy, your BNP, and for once again blessing us with your enlightening and uplifting poetic talents ~ John

Sam Kauffman
Date: 7/1/2022 10:13:00 AM

Dear friend, thank you many times over! Both honors were complete, but totally delightful, surprises. Every once in a great while I listen to the Spirit. This theme of intentional awareness gave me many opportunities for prayer and contemplation. It is always a joy to share but also to receive the gifts of PS writers and friends! I am so glad you enjoyed this one. Sending you blessings! Happy 4th dear friend. The Friars almost pulled it out last night! Boo on the Blue!

Sally Eslinger

Date: 6/22/2022 5:08:00 AM

Bravo! A theme I too have written about. You have an obvious love of our language. I am thrilled to have discovered your work. Have a good day.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/22/2022 10:16:00 AM

Thank you so much Sally! I am delighted with your visit and lovely message! So glad we have met through PS. Once again your message is a joy and a blessing! Many heartfelt thanks! Sending blessings on the joy of words.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 6/21/2022 4:55:00 PM

Congrats and much love, God bless you, Love, Gina

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/21/2022 5:06:00 PM

Thank you so much my sweet friend! This is truly an awesome honor especially because of the amazing poems on the list - yours included! Congratulations are due to you as well! Sending extra special blessings and hugs!

Jennifer Fenn

Date: 6/21/2022 1:39:00 PM

Congrats on your contest win and on being at the top of the best new poems list.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/21/2022 4:13:00 PM

Thank you so much Jennifer. I so appreciate your visit and your lovely note of congratulations! Both of these honors were delightful surprises. All the best.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/20/2022 3:11:00 PM

Congratulations on having this superb poem at the top of the best new poems list Sam. Blessings xxoo

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/21/2022 11:44:00 AM

Thank you so much Connie! This is quite a surprise - never saw this coming!!! I do love Seeker's contest themes that challenge me. And, I am truly blessed by dear friends like you who take time out of their writing time to read these poetic efforts and share their thoughts! So grateful. When do you leave for CA? Safe travels - traveling mercies! Blessings and hugs!

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 6/20/2022 3:10:00 PM

Congratulations, Dear Sam, on your uplifting poem winning the trophy, and being top of the popularity list. Kudos to you! Your golden pen is creating masterpieces! Love and blessings ~ Mala

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/21/2022 11:38:00 AM

Thank you so much dear Mala! This is a wonderful surprise! I had a whole lot of heavenly help with this one. I have to give bunches of credit to PS and my friends here, dear friend, for your constant encouragement. I feel challenged and motivated all at once to reach higher and go deeper. We are truly blessed to share this journey together! Sending you many blessings! Have been enjoying your wonderful poems!

I Am Anaya

Date: 6/5/2022 2:04:00 PM

Brilliant, this speaks volumes, so much here, uplifting Sam. Congratulations on your trophy win!!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/12/2022 4:07:00 PM

Hi Anaya! Thank you so much! Seeker's contest theme presented such an opportunity for many moments of uplifting contemplation. I am so glad that the result took you on the same journey. Nice to have the company! Sending you blessings.

Len Gasun

Date: 6/5/2022 6:39:00 AM

Wow! This is a stellar poetry and a masterpiece my dear friend Sam. I love it and goes to my fave. Congratulations on your well-deserved trophy win! Thanks a lot for sharing! God bless you my friend. Hugs

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/12/2022 4:21:00 PM

Len, my dear friend, many, many thanks! I am indeed humbled and honored by your fav. I loved this contest theme. It led me into a very interesting place. I am so glad that you enjoyed this path! Sending you blessings and joy!

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/5/2022 1:28:00 AM

A 1st win and so richly deserved - your comment to Anne Peck is typical of what we want to be, but sometimes we cant - 'to breathe one breath of peace and sigh and a sigh of wholeness' Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/6/2022 11:12:00 AM

Dear friend, thank you! I think those moments, when everything seems to come together, keep us going through the times when we wander through the wilderness of chaos. Our memory abides in those moments and sees the hand of our God moving us forward toward the eternal way of living. Sending you all the best, hugs and blessings!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/4/2022 11:25:00 PM

This is outstanding Sam. So happy to see it receive a podium win in the contest. Congratulations! Blessings xxoo

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/6/2022 11:06:00 AM

Thank you many times over Connie. This poem was a personal pilgrimage into aligning the heart, soul and spirit with the guidance of the Spirit knowing that it is a journey that is repeated often hoping to come to the same resonance! I so appreciate your message dear friend! Makes all of the effort worth the journey! Sending you blessings!

Carol Mitra

Date: 6/4/2022 4:11:00 AM

Dear Sam I loved the poem....an amazing piece...Congrats on your win :)

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/6/2022 11:08:00 AM

Carol, thank you so much! Knowing that you loved the poem really lifts my spirits and encourages my muse! All the best. Blessings!

Susan Lawrence

Date: 6/3/2022 6:29:00 AM

Wow Sam ! Beautiful , elegant, mystical woven wordplay inhabit your winning poem . A delight to read and read again . So much to take in and delight in and ponder . I love - to exhale one sigh - one whisper. And A fusion of two conscious worlds spoken as one breath . Blessings, Susan :)

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/5/2022 11:53:00 AM

Susan thank you from the depth of my heart. I am simply blown away with your beautiful message. This theme took me on a journey into a realm where spirit and hear come from different perspectives to sit down to agree with eyes wide open. It is truly a mystical place. I am deeply grateful. Sending you many blessings!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/2/2022 7:43:00 PM

wow, excellent poetry. So worthy of its trophy!!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/3/2022 10:52:00 AM

Thank you my friend! This theme took me on an expedition to uncharted realms. I am deeply honored by its placement among so many wonderful poems.

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 6/2/2022 7:19:00 PM

Magnificent poetry Sam, “a journey into enchantment” and so beautifully written. Well done and congratulations on your win in the contest… Belle

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/3/2022 10:51:00 AM

Hi Belle! Your lovely message just lifts my spirits into a happy place. Thank you for joining me on this journey and for your congratulations. I am so glad you enjoyed this poem. Hope you are doing well. Sending you blessings and warm hugs.

Ann Peck

Date: 6/2/2022 8:49:00 AM

A beautiful poem, Sam ~ "to exhale one sigh - one whisper" It just seems so logical. But greed has built barriers we aren't willing to climb. Congratulations on your First Place win!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 11:17:00 AM

Thank you so much Ann! On the surface it does seem simple and very logical. You are so right that greed in its many forms has inhibited the ability for us to breath one breath of peace and sigh one sigh of wholeness. Thank you for you insight. Take good care! Blessings!

Greg Gaul

Date: 6/2/2022 6:44:00 AM

Congratulations Sam, on your first place award. Beautifully phrased with rich language, you've gotten a well-deserved winning entry. Always appreciate your notice and visits. Thanks so much.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 11:13:00 AM

Thank you so much Greg! I always love your insightful messages and so appreciate your congratulations. They mean a lot to me. I always enjoy reading your poems with their fresh perspectives. Unfortunately haven't the time to read more! But when I do have the time your writing is like a treat from a Christmas stocking! This poem was a journey and I am deeply honored by its placement among so many wonderfully written entries. Take care. Blessings to you.

Valsa George

Date: 6/1/2022 8:56:00 PM

I admire your poetic prowess Sam.... ! Always feel you stand above the ordinary level in profound thoughts and the subtlety of presentation. Usages like' indivisible solidarity' and singular consent, 'singular pulse', 'synchronized accord, unbreakable roundness'--- all do full justice to the theme. No wonder your poem has secured the trophy win. Congratulations!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 11:08:00 AM

Valsa, your lovely message and feedback just takes my breath away. I am deeply honored with heartfelt gratitude. It is my feeling you do the same with your inventive and totally creative words combinations and imagery! I believe that writing song lyrics for many years helped me to craft my writing. I would recommend The Craft of Lyric Writing by Shelia Davis as a guide into this arena. So much spills over into poetry. Take care dear friend. Blessings!

David Kavanagh

Date: 6/1/2022 12:59:00 PM

Heya Sam, I’ve just seen your top spot in the seeker’s contest, with this masterful poem, very complex with apparently random lines and shapes, but you brought unity through fusion of consciousness and spirituality, I would’ve needed Einstein to try bring order and measure to all the pieces, amazing writing, congratulations on the win, cheers David

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:55:00 AM

Hi David! I so appreciate your perceptive lens and insightful feedback. This theme took my sometimes warring heart and spirit on a quest through an often chaotic landscape of experiences to find a place where they could agree to agree in one breath. It makes me happy to know that the final lines of the poem achieved that goal. After reading so many of your poems I know that you could have done the same! So grateful for your congratulations. Cheers!

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 6/1/2022 8:10:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. A "Wonderful" write. Have a great/blessed day with your win...................

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:40:00 AM

Thank you dear friend! Pondering this theme was like watching a flower open to reveal a blossom! Sending you many blessings!

Sotto Poet

Date: 6/1/2022 6:57:00 AM

Brilliant poem, Sam. Congratulations on your top win

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:38:00 AM

Thank you so much Lasaad! This poem was a journey. The placement was a wonderful surprise and great honor as there were so many exquisite poems on the list. Sending you blessings of gratitude.

Christuraj Alex

Date: 6/1/2022 4:02:00 AM

Last two lines tell volumes. Congratulations!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:35:00 AM

Thank you Chris. Yes, the last two lines were meant to be a summary of the poem. I am so glad that came through as the conclusion! Sending you blessings!

Krish Radhakrishna

Date: 6/1/2022 1:15:00 AM

Sam, Brilliant poem and congrats on a well deserved top win!! Such beautiful combination of phrases and visions!!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:32:00 AM

Thank you so much Krish! This poem emerged after much thought and much contemplation on the theme trying to articulate what was bubbling up in my spirit! The placement is such an honor among so many amazing entries and wisdom. Hope you are doing well. So good to hear from you. I always enjoy your messages. Blessings!

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 6/1/2022 1:10:00 AM

Congrats on your top win, Sam! An outstanding work; enjoyed immensely. Thanks for sharing

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:26:00 AM

Well, you've done it again Seeker - taken me on a pilgrimage into a place of wonder and agreement! I am deeply honored by your placement and so happy you enjoyed this entry. To tell you the truth, once again I got so wrapt up in the theme I almost missed entering the contest. Your themes are journeys. Thank you for all that you do! Blessings!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/31/2022 3:51:00 PM

“ Distilled in breathless agreement Rising from opaque mists Where gypsy heart and pilgrim spirit Commit to a blind quest,” I love these lines Sam, they took me on an esoteric journey beyond. Amazing! This should do well in the contest. Blessings xxoo

Sam Kauffman
Date: 6/2/2022 10:22:00 AM

Connie, thank you so much for your beautiful message and joining me on this journey of open eyes and wandering heart finally agreeing to agree. I think this theme took us on the same esoteric journey as pilgrim companions. So grateful for your inspiring support! Blessings dear friend!