My dear followers, for you a reading from Cindy Georgakas’ book Celebrating Poetry

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My dear followers,

For you a reading from Cindy Georgakas’ book Celebrating Poetry. The poem is entitled There is no distance between hearts that love. I read only an excerpt.

So many miles away, I feel your pain and despair. Your country is suffering, and I am suffering with you because you are my friends. I may have never met you; but I know your heart.

I know your stories, I know your desires, I know your struggles, I know your purpose, I know your families, I know your work, your trials and tribulations, your ultimate highs and lows, your dreams and vision for a better tomorrow…

Cindy Georgakas

For you too I discounted the book. The eBook is now $2.99 and the paperback $9.99.

You can get it Here

Have a marvelous week.

Published by Gabriela Marie Milton

Gabriela Marie Milton #1 Amazon Best-Selling Author, 2019 Author of the Year at Spillwords Press NYC; internationally published poet; poetry collections Woman: Splendor and Sorrow (Vita Brevis Pres, July 27, 2021); Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings (Vita Brevis Press, April, 2020)

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16 thoughts on “My dear followers, for you a reading from Cindy Georgakas’ book Celebrating Poetry”

  2. As a clinical psychologist, I long ago realized never to say “I understand how you are feeling.” No matter my personal or professional experience, I hoped to hear the suffering of another, to “see” him or her, to abide with him or her, but not to claim I had shared their lived experience in all its pain, horror, or heartbreak — an impossibility, after all, since I could not get into their skin.

    Cindy’s poem is beautiful and beautifully read by you, Gabriela. I appreciated the sentiment and the eloquence, but could not go further.

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    1. My dearest Gerald, thank you so much for your comment. As a university professor who teaches science I understand what you are saying. However, if I may, the realm of poetry at least as I understand it- is the realm of dreams, aspirations, beauty, not that of positivism. Objective experimentation (which by the way quantum physics claims that it does not even exist) does not apply to poetry. Poetry is subjective. So …

      Thank you again for your thoughtful comment. I always appreciate your support 🙏🌹✨

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      1. Not sure that this goes to both of you? If so, I just want to say I love the dialogue between the two of you and appreciate this rich conversation. I agree with you as well Gerald and i would never frame what I said in a one on one session as I did in this poem. I can never get in someone’s skin as you say but my heart holds the collective consciousness of each person i read or witness and it was from this place that I tried to convey my care and support. There are so many that feel so alone and isolated. I believe I wrote this when their was a tragedy in one of the countries that blogger friends shared. Lovely to chat with you both. ❤️

  3. Thank you, Gabriela. To clarify my comment, it was not from the prospective of objectivity that I wrote. Any experienced therapist knows that saying something like “I feel your pain” to a sufferer does little good. Indeed, many such patients then come to see the speaker as a person they cannot relate to, because they recognize the counselor is misguided.

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    1. My pleasure. I agree with you. It just that poetry allows us the freedom to alter facts – poetic license.

      On a different note, listening to clinical therapy every night on YouTube helped me to overcome my panic attacks. I have a lot of respect for your profession.

      Gerald, if I do not talk to you before the new year, have a wonderful holiday and happy 2025 ✨✨✨

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