Whatever Touches My Roof
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

Whatever Touches My Roof

Two days of rain, a man sleeping halfway across the world, and a heart remembering what it was like to believe in beautiful things before it learned to be careful.

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My Favorite Slovak
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

My Favorite Slovak

A love letter about handstands and protein shakes, nervous first touches and forgotten kisses, and the strange sweetness of finding someone with whom even silence feels full.

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Dear Guy at M10
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

Dear Guy at M10

In the quiet rhythms of monastery life, between silent meditation, shared meals, and a sink full of dishes, our unexpected friendship begins with a smile.

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Love With an Open Hand
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

Love With an Open Hand

Love must remain an open hand, tender enough to let go. But letting go is not forgetting. It is trusting that what belongs together may one day find its way again.

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The Butterfly Does Not Ask the Wind
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

The Butterfly Does Not Ask the Wind

The butterfly does not ask the wind to stay. This is a poem about loving without grasping, about the courage to remain present without demanding permanence, and the strange peace found in releasing what was only ever borrowed.

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By the Shore
Poem Martin Herian Poem Martin Herian

By the Shore

A meditation on intimacy, impermanence, and the traces love leaves behind. Though the waves may erase what happened by the shore, even the smallest grain of sand remembers.

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Once in a Blue Moon
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

Once in a Blue Moon

The moon does not choose when to appear, in white, gold, or blue, only when we are finally still enough to see it. You entered my life unexpected, and I did not run. What the wind carries away, it also promises to carry back.

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Chasing Sunsets
Poem Vanessa Love Poem Vanessa Love

Chasing Sunsets

Chasing Sunsets is about honoring different paths without needing either person to change and discovering that presence is sometimes the greatest form of love.

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