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

 

Transformation

 Transforming life's thorns into a thing of beauty

Stand Your Ground

 

Stand Your Ground

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?

Countless Reasons

 You are my inspiration

And Then Cruelty Was Rewarded!

Related posts, to enable a better understanding:

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2016/01/blog-post.html

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2017/09/read-it-here-or-click-on-link-in-loving.html

The Date:  20th December 2015

The Place: Kolkata

              

       ... And Then ... Cruelty Was Rewarded 

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. ]

Eyes- Revealer Of Emotions

 Contemplating 

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

62 Is Not Just A Number, Is It?

 Trivia:

The cube of 62  (238328) is the only number consisting of digits, each of which, occurs twice.

The 62 sided figure is the great rhombicosidodecahedron.

And then there's ....

May Full Closure Be Its Fruit!

 

May Full Closure Be Its Fruit!

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

 Is Nothing, If Not True

Like The Sacred Flame, Never Extinguished

 

Like The Sacred Flame, Never Extinguished

Nonplussed

 Nonplussed

Humbugged!

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

 This Time Around 

Are You No Longer Sure?

 Are You No Longer Sure?

The Rainbow Bridge

 

Lessons Learnt, Lessons Implemented

 Lessons Learnt, Lessons Implemented

One Six Seven Four

 One Six Seven Four (1674)

To You, It's What I Want To Be

 To You, It's What I Want To Be

A Debt Of Love

 It has been brought to my notice that the following link is broken:

2. https://www.calcuttafoundation.com/blog/compassion-an-inherent-trait-in-a-woman 

Below is the poem posted on that link.

From Monochrome In 2022-2023 To Colour in 2023-2024

 

In September 2022 I completed 10 Years as a childless widow. 

To commemorate that landmark, I dedicated the past 12 months to innumerable pen sketches in stark Black and White with the tag line: 

"With the abject darkness given,

Beauty I sought to create, 

Made slits in that canvas of black,

To allow light to infiltrate."

In September 2023, I embarked on a new series of pen sketches, in the colours that I love.

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

 When It Comes To You, 

What Will Be, Will Be

Is It In My Destiny?

 Is It In My Destiny?

"What was hidden in my heart,

Now on my lips a-quiver,

Awaiting a window of opportunity,

To it, to its recipient deliver."

A Contract Of The Soul?

 A Contract Of The Soul?

"Is there a thing called 'soul-mates'?

Is there 'past life affiliation'?

Do 'twin flames' exist,

Looking for reconciliation?"

With Friends Like These!

 For you, in concern and care ...

With Friends Like These!

A Day Late, A Dollar Short

 A Day Late, A Dollar Short ...

Nirvana 1979

 Nirvana 1979

Insurmountable?

 Insurmountable?

All Claims Of Love Are NOT Grifts

 For you, with love ...

All Claims Of Love Are NOT Grifts

What The Heart Wants, The Heart Does Not Always Get

 Acknowledging Lata for her proof reading skills, without which this poem would be a grammatical mess 😁  

Thank you Lata 💖

What The Heart Wants, The Heart Does Not Always Get 

14 Years And Counting

 

20th Death Anniversary

 

Maverick Imagination 🐈🐈🐈😢😔💔💔💔

 Frodo🐈💔,   BinDee🐈💔,   Finch🐈💔,

After spending on it,

Just weeks, far too few,

Itty, bitty kittens three,

To Earth have bid Adieu,

🐈🐈🐈😢😔💔💔💔

Frodo, BinDee & Finch

 Sequel to yesterday's poem

Tuxedo Panther ❤️

 Starring Lil' Binks (aka ZacharyFur) as the Tuxedo Panther ❤️

Any distressed kitten

Just has to cry out "MEW!"

In rushes the Tuxedo Panther

To it's rescue.

छोटी सी बात

Songwriters: Salil Chowdhury / Yogesh

छोटी सी बात ❤

न जाने क्यूँ, 

होता है ये ज़िंदगी के साथ

अचानक ये मन

किसी के जाने के बाद 

करे फिर उसकी याद

छोटी छोटी सी बात 

न जाने क्यूँ

वो अंजान पल ढल गये कल 

आज वो रंग बदल बदल 

मन को मचल मचल रहें, न चल 

न जाने क्यूँ 

वो अंजान पल

सजे बिना मेरे नैनों मे

टूटे रे हाय रे सपनों के महल

न जाने क्यूँ 

होता है ये ज़िंदगी के साथ

अचानक ये मन

किसी के जाने के बाद 

करे फिर उसकी याद

छोटी छोटी सी बात 

न जाने क्यूँ

वही है डगर

वही है सफ़र है नहीं

साथ मेरे मगर अब मेरा हमसफ़र

इधर उधर ढूँढे नज़र वही है डगर

कहाँ गईं शामें मदभरी

वो मेरे, मेरे वो दिन गये किधर

न जाने क्यूँ 

होता है ये ज़िंदगी के साथ

अचानक ये मन

किसी के जाने के बाद 

करे फिर उसकी याद

छोटी छोटी सी बात 

न जाने क्यूँ

Lines - Blooming In Adversity

 

Lil' Binks Knows