Intricate

 Painstakingly hand-crafted  ......

My right hand shakes when BP’s high,

Plus, I've no vision in one of my eyes,

These limitations contribute to the resulting shapes,

That from imperfections arise.

..... by Jacqui 

Bland

 

My Heart For You Still Seeks

 

The Safer Option

 

Is Silence The Safer Option Or A Cowardly One?

This poem essays the dilemma faced by the protagonist when they come face-to-face with the acts of weaponized cruelty and bias crime.
They have been brought up in a faith that encourages speaking out against injustice.
If the protagonist takes a stand against the above, they know that there is the possibility of trouble for themselves, their lives changing drastically.
The protagonist is anxious and fearful and questions if they will be protected by their God if they follow the path set out by Him.
If they choose the path of silence, will they be acting out of cowardice?

If I Have This Attitude .....

 From the Anthology Of 'If I' ....

[Crumb Matron = any 50+ aged individual (either male or female), who covers up for a perpetrator / encourages the perpetrator's unbecoming actions, by gaslighting or actively bullying the victim or by keeping silent on the objectional activity, so that they continue to benefit from the patronage of said perpetrator. ]

Poems worth reading (2023-2024)

Poems worth reading (2023-2024)

1. May Full Closure Be Its Fruit

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2024/01/may-full-closure-be-its-fruit.html

2. All Claims Of Love Are Not Grifts 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/07/all-claims-of-love-are-not-grifts.html?m=1 

3. With Friends Like These 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/08/with-friends-like-these.html?m=1 

4. Humbugged

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/humbugged.html

5. Lessons Learned, Lessons Implemented

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/09/lessons-learnt-lessons-implemented.html

6. Nirvana

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/08/nirvana.html

7. What The Heart Wants, The Heart Does Not Always Get https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/07/what-heart-wants-heart-does-not-always.html?m=1

8. It Is Nothing, If Not True 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/11/is-nothing-if-not-true.html 

9. When It Comes To You, What Will Be Will Be 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/09/when-it-comes-to-you-what-will-be-will.html?m=1 

10. Insurmountable? 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/07/insurmountable.html?m=1 

11. A Day Late, A Dollar Short 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-day-late-dollar-short.html?m=1 

12. A Contract Of The Soul? 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-contract-of-soul.html?m=1 Is It 

13. In My Destiny? 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/09/is-it-in-my-destiny.html?m=1 

14. To You, It's What I Want To Be 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/09/to-you-its-what-i-want-to-be.html?m=1 

15. Are You No Longer Sure? 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/are-you-no-longer-sure.html?m=1 

16. This Time Around 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/10/this-time-around.html?m=1 

17. One Six Seven Four 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/09/one-six-seven-four.html?m=1 

18. Divinely Chosen 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/12/divinely-choosen.html 

19. Like The Sacred Flame, Never Extinguished 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/11/like-sacred-flame-never-extinguished.html 

20. Nonplussed 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2023/11/nonplussed.html

Goodbye 2023! Hello 2024!

 Goodbye 2023! Hello 2024!

Over the years, whenever I have experienced any adversity, I have actively sought and have graciously learned the resultant lessons, implemented them in my life, and turned around adversity into benefit. This approach has held me in good stead.

Divinely Chosen

 Jamie Anderson: "Grief is love, with no place to go." 

Love taken away,  with no hope for return, 

Into grief gets translated,

For, "Grief is love,  with no place to go" 

Where the heart has disintegrated.

Not Lost - Humanity

 

Is Nothing, If Not True

 

Like The Sacred Flame, Never Extinguished

 

Nonplussed

 

Humbugged!

 

To The One Who Has The Power To Give

 🙏🏾 🙏🏾 🙏🏾  🙏🏾 🙏🏾

Inoffensive / Offensive

 

Spoke To The Ego

 Related: https://tinyurl.com/fpu2s8ym

Beauty In Black And White

 Almost all of my drawings are unplanned and non-representational. I just draw and am then pleasantly surprised at the end result. It seems that I use an art form (without knowing it) called Zentangle Art. Thank you Mona Biblow for this information.

I am fascinated by the beauty of black and white graphics 🩶🖤

This Time Around

 

Are You No Longer Sure?

 

The Rainbow Bridge