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  • Falling leaves [March 2026 collection]

    “Falling leaves”

    This is the March 2026 community poem collection.

    Submissions are accepted until March 25, 2026 from the Submit your poem page or via the harmonia-philosophica@hotmail.com email.

    Anyone who wants to also recite their poems to the community, can do so by participating for free in the 2026 2nd POETIC PHILOSOPHY GATHERING, the details of which are shown below.

    Event Details

    2026 2nd POETIC PHILOSOPHY GATHERING

    Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
    Time: 18:00–19:00 Greece time
    Location: Online (Google Meet)

    Link: https://meet.google.com/syb-orey-dua

    Following the wonderful energy and deep connections made during our first gathering in January, I am delighted to invite you to our second meeting. As the season shifts, we return to this intimate space dedicated purely to the power of your own words and the recitation of original poetry. No lessons. No critiques. Just original voices.

    Whether you are a seasoned writer or have just captured your first philosophical thought in verse, we invite you to share your work in a supportive, reflective environment. As always, if you aren’t ready to read, you are more than welcome to join us simply to listen and experience the “symposium.”

    How to Participate:

    To Recite: To help us organize the flow of the evening, we ask that those wishing to read submit their poems beforehand. Please send your poem(s) via DM or via https://poeticphilosophy.com/submit-your-poem/ by March 25th. Please state that the submission is for the 2nd Gathering.

    To Listen: No submission required—simply join us at the link above!

    REGISTER your participation in the relative Facebook Event at https://fb.me/e/dcsUtPaPl ! Feel free to share with your friends as well.

    Let’s welcome the arrival of Spring by once again bringing the philosophy of the heart into the harmony of the spoken word.

    Submitted poems

    [No submissions yet]

    February 1, 2026
    poems, poems publication, Poetry, poetry event, Submitted Poems

  • Flowers…

    Flowers

    Dead and dirty on the ground

    I feel so alive in the spring!

    The smell of death means the world goes round…

    APPENDIX – Version history

    This section has the past versions of the poem, to show the evolution of thought until the final publication.

    Version 1

    Flowers

    Dead and dirty on the ground

    I feel so alive in the spring!

    Version 2

    Flowers on the ground

    I pay no attention as I walk

    Feeling alive as I trump on the ground

    Version 3

    Flowers

    Dead and dirty on the ground

    One still standing

    I cut it

    It smells so good

    I feel so alive in the spring!

    Version 4

    Flowers

    Dead and dirty on the ground

    I feel so alive in the spring!

    The smell of death means the world goes round…

    January 23, 2026
    flowers, Nature, poem, poetic, Poetry

  • Sitting in the car…

    Sitting in the car
    Trying to think
    Writing a poem’

    (Empty page)

    A cat outside
    Walking away
    Knowing where to go…

    APPENDIX – Poem editing history

    This appendix shows the various versions of the poem until I considered it ‘final’ to publish. Even though there is no such thing as ‘final’ in art, I find it useful for me to document the various versions of the poem and see how my thought evolved.

    I think of what to do
    (Why do anything?)
    I prefer to just be
    Without doing anything
    A cat!
    Music
    Sitting in the car

    I think of what to do
    (Why do anything?)
    I prefer to just be
    Without doing anything
    A cat!
    Music
    Sitting in the car
    (Is that me?)

    Sitting in the car
    Despaired
    I think of what to do
    (Why do anything?)
    I prefer to just be
    Without doing anything
    A cat!
    Music
    Sitting in the car
    (Is that me?)
    The cat is leaving now
    Confident
    Knowing where to go
    Not looking back
    For a second there…
    I thought I saw myself
    Walking away from a car
    With an empty shell
    Trying to write a poem now
    Oh, no.
    The cat is coming back…

    Sitting in the car
    Despaired
    I think of what to do
    (Why do anything?)
    I prefer to just be
    Without doing anything
    A cat
    Music
    Sitting in the car
    (Is that me?)
    The cat is leaving now
    Confident
    Knowing where to go
    For a second there…
    I thought I saw myself
    Walking away from the car
    Away from an empty shell
    Trying to write a poem
    Oh, no.
    The cat is coming back…
    Trying to do something
    So that I stop this cat
    From frowning upon me…

    Sitting in the car
    Despaired
    Thinking what to do
    (Why do anything?)
    I prefer to just be
    A cat
    Music
    A car
    (Is that me?)
    The cat is leaving
    Confident
    Knowing where to go
    For a second there…
    I thought I saw myself
    Walking away from everything
    But I’m still here
    Empty
    Trying to write a poem
    Oh, no.
    The cat is coming back…
    I need to do something
    To stop this cat
    From frowning upon me…

    Sitting in the car
    Despaired
    Thinking what to do
    (Why do anything?)
    I prefer to just be
    A cat
    Music
    A car
    (Is that me?)
    The cat is leaving
    Confident
    Knowing where to go
    For a second there…
    I thought I saw myself
    Walking away from everything
    But I’m still here
    Empty
    Trying to write a poem
    Oh, no.
    The cat is coming back…
    I need to do something
    To stop this cat
    From frowning upon me…

    Trying to think
    Writing a poem
    Sitting in the car
    A cat outside
    Walking away
    Knowing where she goes

    Sitting in the car
    Trying to think
    Writing a poem’

    (Empty page)

    A cat outside
    Walking away
    Knowing where to go…

    January 18, 2026
    cat, cats, pets, poem, poetic, Poetic Philosophy, Poetry, Writing

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