let's get some on the shirt

let’s get some on the shirt [1]
by c. omfort
 
let’s get some on the shirt
and never wash it out
let’s get some on the shirt
and twist and scream and shout
 
…and never, ever… get rid of the shirt
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[1] martino, j. (6.19.11.22). let’s get some on the shirt. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

she removed a heart

she re-moved a heart [1]

by y. our journal  
 
she removed a heart
can’t be certain why
she removed a heart, but there's no need to rectify

she removed a heart (don’t let judge mental start)
a zillion billion reasons
why she re-moved a heart
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• texting can make things appear to be different than they really are.
• relax.  communicate.  observe.

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[1] martino, j. (6.19-10.22). she re-moved a heart. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

journaling thoughts

journaling thoughts [1]
by y. our journal  
 
let me share with you:
how great it is…
how easy it is…
how contemplative it is…
how visual it is…
how safe it is…
how nurturing it is…
how important it is…
 
to sit… outside, on the deck, alone, journaling thoughts
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-9.22). journaling thoughts. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

it's not the plane...

it’s not the plane… [1]
by t. h. epilot  
 
it’s not the plane, it’s the pilot*
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·       when reconstructing stories, never assume that your memories are correct.
·       check the weather.
·       get up & go!
·       think in terms of multiple, flowing continua.
·       always, always, always… give others the benefit of the doubt.
·       don’t judge.
·       fly!
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-8.22). it’s not the plane... book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.
[2] * a line in the movie: top gun: maverick. 

i guess i have a heart

i guess i have a heart [1]
by b. i. gheart 
 
i guess i have a heart
when nothing ever lasts
when life and Love and art
when Present (in the past)

when (sometimes) things get broken
when dreams (they fall apart)
when life & Love (devotion)
i guess i have a heart
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·       feeling the pain of (past) lovers… as they realize that they won’t be getting that kind of energy from me.
·       it would be heartless not to empathize with that.
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-6.22). i guess i have a heart. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

come and taste the fountain

come and taste the fountain [1]
by e. x. plosive & yet f. lowing 
 
come and taste the fountain
only you will know
all the little secrets
that make this fountain (flow)
come and bathe (in fountain)
surely you will blush
there’s no holding back now
burst-erupt and gush…
 
with/in the fountain
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-7.22). come and taste the fountain. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

pan-demic

pan-demic [1]
by divoc 91  
 
who would have ever dreamed that fun could come from the acceptance of it?
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-5.22). pan-demic. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

ruby red

ruby red [1]
by alpha betaman  
 
shower me with rubies
shower me (in bed)
shower me (All over)
show me ruby red
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-4.22). ruby red. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

sandman

sandman [1]
by a. sandman
 
surrounded by sand
no one understands
the overly defensive-excessive-possessive-repressive-expressive-obsessive posture…
of the sandman
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-3.22). sandman. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

screened-in

screened-in [1]
by g∞d s. creens
 
build a pseudo-fortress
hot & cold (a sin)
it’s an outdoor red room
when we are:
 
screened-in
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-2.22). screened-in. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

Dance-Sing in the red room

Dancing in the red room [1]
by d. ancing
 
Dancing in the red room
Dance-Sing night and day
Dancing in the red room
please come out and Play…
 
in the red room
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-1.22). Dance-Sing in the red room. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b110 (6.19-9.2022): journaling thoughts

journaling thoughts [1]
by y. our journal  
 
let me share with you:
how great it is…
how easy it is…
how contemplative it is…
how visual it is…
how safe it is…
how nurturing it is…
how important it is…
 
to sit… outside, on the deck, alone, journaling thoughts
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[1] martino, j. (6.19-9.22). journaling thoughts. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

don't pre-pave alone

don’t pre-pave alone [1]
by prepa ving
 
don’t prepave alone
cultivate new friends
covid-isolation is a pathway to pretend
don’t pre-pave the future with a silly screen or phone
cultivate the Present
don’t pre-pave alone
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·       when we dedicate ourselves to one god, one way, one person, one religion, one group, or one belief-system… we pre-pave alone-ness (when that house of cards crashes down).
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[1] martino, j. (6.18.4.22). don’t pre-pave alone. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

shadow-self

shadow-self  [1]
by a. shadow
 
as i look into my shadow, only eye can see
all the things that make, forsake and break my inner me

but (as luck would have it)
come to think: good health
as i look into my lover’s eyes (my shadow-self)
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·       shadows.. are merely proof that the sun is shining.
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[1] martino, j. (6.18.3.22). shadow-self. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

of minds and melds

of minds and melds [1]
by m. elding
 
of (open) minds and melds, the need to heal is never-ending
touch my mind & soul (the path to Whole) is mind & melding
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[1] martino, j. (6.18.2.22). of minds and melds. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

we are making babies

we are making babies [1]
by forni c. ation & mind m. elding
 
we are making babies
we are making time
we are making Love within a mystery, a rhyme
we are giving-in (to sin? to thought within a maybe)
we are f---ing fun!
we are making babies
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·       babies… are the product of co-creating mutually-experienced moments that bear fruit.
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[1] martino, j. (6.18.1.22). we are making babies. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

she opens to the sun

she opens to the sun [1]

by shesa wave

 

she opens to the sun

her Love and wave (as One)

the day has just begun

she opens to the sun

 
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[1] martino, j. (6.15-3.22). she opens to the sun. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

i came from Nothing (really!)

i came from Nothing, really [1]
by ima nothing
 
i came from Nothing, really
i came from Nothing weak
i came from Nothing (Play-full)
i came from Nothing (seek)
i came from Nothing, yet i see abundance (All around)
i came from Nothing, Really!
i came from Nothing (sounds)…
 
like Nothing
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·       some of us seem to be able to come… from (what appears to be) Nothing.
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[1] martino, j. (6.15-2.22). i came from nothing, really. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b110 (6.15-3.2022): she opens to the sun

she opens to the sun [1]

by shesa wave

 

she opens to the sun

her Love and wave (as One)

the day has just begun

she opens to the sun

 
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[1] martino, j. (6.15-3.22). she opens to the sun. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by joal martino.

* photo (with permission) from a friend.  

when nothing happens...

when nothing happens… [1]
by jaol
 
in regard to the “january 6^th hearings” saga, the pussified democrats are jumping for joy (at present).  

have they forgotten that the bully-republicans have (again and again and again and Again and AGAIN to the 100,000th power) completely ignored any evidence regarding any behavior (by themselves) that they would completely crush (if the pussified democrats did it)?
 
once again, everyone on the left tunes-in, and they get all excited about “justice.”
 
on the right???  bully-leaders and culted followers watch the foxy newsmakers.
 

the result of all of this… when nothing happens… is the worst-case scenario:

 

the lesson?

 

they can be proven to be responsible for an insurrection/coup of the u.s.a.

they can be proven to be liars…

they can be proven deniers and cover-up artists…

…and they can get away with it.

 
next time… count on it.
 
i should probably just move out of the country now, while it is still possible.

:)

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[1] martino, j. (6.15-1.22). when nothing happens... book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

govern-mental II

"if you've come out of this pandemic and you still take advice from the government, 

you need to check your head."

-r.c.

 

triple-take

triple-take [1]
by a. trip

life passes by, we laugh, we sigh 

(what difference does it make?)

life (and Love, sometimes) is but a mystery (a rhyme), a time: 

(decide)-(again) to take a triple-take

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• inSpired by an old picture of race-watchers… unable to hold-back the triple-take.

• inSpired by two Love-rs… unable to hold back the triple-take (of their relationship journey).

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[1] martino, j. (6.14-2.22). triple-take. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

i watch the weather change

i watch the weather change [1]
by anna overcast son
 
i watch the weather change
as day turns into night
as spring turns into summer
as storm approaches (sight)
as cold turns into hot
as night turns into day
as it becomes (it’s not)
i watch the weather change
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·       watching the weather change gives me the living, tangible experience of life’s fluidity.

·       weather, animals, people (and therefore, relationships) continually morph… in front of my eyes.

·       it’s strange, in a way, how i’d like the good times and good vibes and good relationship moments to stay the same… ignoring the obvious: they won’t.

·       the in-sight (for me anyway), is to put-in-the-work and to continually observe and to continue to be objective, even when love blows me away.

·       in the end, Love IS. 

·       my mission, here (should i choose to accept it), is to tap into Her, to Know He/r, and to hold my-self up to the highest of standards.
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[1] martino, j. (6.14-1.22). i watch the weather change. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

i wish i was a shadow

i wish i was a shadow [1]

by a. shadow man
 
i wish i was a shadow-man
created by a dream
silhouette/refection
with in-Sights unseen
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[1] martino, j. (6.12-7.22). i wish i was a shadow-man. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

the shadowman cometh

the shadowman comes [1]
by a. shadow
 
the shadowman engulfs and protects…
slowly yet powerfully…
as he allows you to open, to release, and to explode into-and-onto the shadow…
co-creating an interplay in-to your deepest secrets…
healing them.
 
when the shadowman arrives, the shadowman comes.

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[1] martino, j. (6.12-5.22). the shadowman comes. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

i want you by my side

i want you by my side [1]
by i. n. side & o. utside
 
i want you by my side
so you and i can see
so that we co-inside
make me a better me
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[1] martino, j. (6.12-3.22). i want you by my side. book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

she came with a kiss

she came with a kiss [1]
by ima c. oming
 
what’s there not to like… when she shows up like this
present and invite-ing
she came with a kiss

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[1] martino, j. (6.12-1.22). she came with a kiss . book 110: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.

it's all poetic, really

it’s all poetic, really [1]
by anna p. oet
 
it’s all poetic, really
it’s all poetic, yes
it’s all poetic (maybe this is something to address)
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[1] martino, j. (6.2-1.22). it’s all poetic, really. book 110: Love. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us. 

b111 (6.1-1.2022): 111

111 [1]
by no-i-tu-love
 
1 + 1 makes One
prime/whole number Heaven
not to be outdone
summon one-eleven
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·       in book 111, I’ll attempt to examine love, Love and Love’s perspective (the ego).

·       it (of course) will be an exercise in futility, since love has never been aptly described in a way that is Universally accepted.

·       the fading and loss of love will also be examined.
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[1] martino, j. (6.1-1.22). 111. book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.
[2] https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2013/12/28/the-ancient-greeks-6-words-for-love-and-why-knowing-them-can-change-your-life?gclid=CjwKCAjws8yUBhA1EiwAi_tpEZTdFjCTABwS-D1XMXeONnCPLK6Py2bCKmELXW3dtvfwapSBBGAZLhoCYqAQAvD_BwE.
[3] martino, j. (2002). Spiritual Play. unpublished.