I end 2022 as a Published Poet & Pen Sketch Artist.
Soul Canvas ... Inspired, a 9 X 7 inch Coffee Table Book containing 25 poems from my anthology of 630 poems and 29 pen sketches from my portfolio of pen and pencil sketches.
Thank you all for your continued encouragement 🙏🏾
From mere pen strokes into a picture telling a story ... blossoming in adversity.
With PowerPoint Artistic Effects ... Reality, warts included
30.06.2022
12 months seem to have gone by in a flash and here I am once again to celebrate a fresh milestone - 620 poems in 13 years.
Cuz Joao Marcedo you put me on the world map in 2015 and shored up my conviction in my mission and myself. Every milestone since I dedicate to you.
My survival as a poet with an audience would not have been possible without you, who visit my blog and your continued belief in me and my gift of verse.
A heartfelt Thank You! 🙏🏽 to each of you for your continued encouragement and moral support.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Using my favourite form of poetry, Rhetorical Questions ... Here addressing Enablers.
How swiftly another year has gone by!
I wrote my first poem on 01.07.2009, and as the sunsets on the 12th year, my anthology boasts of 571 poems.
You could say, it's been a fruitful 12 years.
To the One Whom I Hold In Awe, my humble gratitude 🙏🏾
To each and every one of you who have been kind towards my efforts, much love ❤️
To Tinta (K Jacinta Rao) & Reena Shukla, my patient sounding-boards, many virtual hugs 🤗
You did not see me,
While
you were reading my words
You saw the
caricature,
That you
have built up of me
Cloaked in the
projections of your own mind-set.
Onto whatever I
said/wrote
You put
tone to my words
Nuanced
my phrases
Restructured
my punctuation
Assigned
intentions
..... According to your perceptions
In short, you
projected your interpretations onto my words
And so you
missed out,
On the
beauty of my mind
Its unique
approach to issues,
The careful and
precise usage
Of
language to communicate a thought.
... And
as a result, communication failed and we both lost.
Note:
The landscape drawing that makes up the background, I have made that effect using MS-Paint and Photoshop Filters.
The trees, clouds and other graphics, I had sourced via Google Search some years ago and are the intellectual property of the respective artists.
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villaday.wordpress.com
❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕
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Humanity First, across the spectrum ... Sending comfort to whoever needs it, across the miles.
(Awareness of Global Current Affairs required)
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This Whittled Bamboo Stalk
On a different note ... To Love Eternal!
Though this poem focuses on the flute, it could be replaced by any other musical instrument. Music uplifts me and I thank all musicians for bringing the sweet tones of music to life.
Have You Read These New Poems?
https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3516641269364069315/7336374350610679471?hl=en-GB
DEFIANCE
(A Digital Sketch using PowerPoint Artistic Effects)
Binks says "Twhank Mew" to each and every one of you who have welcomed him and also thinks that he is cute 😸😻 and to show his appreciation, he lets you know through this song that he will be there for you whenever life gets to be troublesome. Enjoy!
In honour of my beloved Mother, Irene Louise Marcedo, I have posted 5 poems from the 9th to the 13th December, on Facebook, to celebrate her Birth Centenary, which falls on the 11th December 2020.
Love you Mummy, miss you so much! 💕 ... Jacqui
Part I :
Irene Louise Marcedo - Celebrating The Person, The Woman, The Mother ... Through the eyes of her Last Bundle Of Joy ... ❤️ You Mummy
Part II :
Commemorating Your Life Of Nurturing, Of Growth
Irene Louise Marcedo,
With the magic in your fingers
You raised an atmosphere serene
With flowering plants and fruit trees
Amidst a riot of green.
... Jacqui
Part III :
100th Birth Anniversary
Irene Louise Marcedo
Victory With Honour,
Are words on a disc
Etched in beaten gold
As mottos go,
Its without parallel
A gift of worth untold.
... Jacqui
Part V : The Final Tribute in this series
Nothing is impossible
When you set out to achieve
If consistency and focus
In your performance, you weave.
... Jacqui
Irene Louise Marcedo
11.12.1920 - 11.12.2020
UNIQUE ... INIMITABLE
My new poems posted on Calcutta Foundation Website, Voices
1. https://www.calcuttafoundation.com/blog/so-you-believe-she-asked-for-it-eh
2. https://www.calcuttafoundation.com/blog/compassion-an-inherent-trait-in-a-woman
