Musings Of An Active Mind -: Read - Think - Reason - Question

Saturday, 31 December 2022

Soul Canvas ... Inspired

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 🙏🏾

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Image ... Imagine ... In Black And White

Imagine! Image ... Imagine ... In Black And White

Friday, 9 September 2022

Timeless, Elegant And Beautiful

Pen Sketches In Black & White

Wednesday, 24 August 2022

Blossoming In Adversity

From mere pen strokes into a picture telling a story ... blossoming in adversity.

With PowerPoint Artistic Effects ... Reality, warts included

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

13 Years, 620 Poems

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.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Twenty Fourteen May

Have You Read These New Poems?

They are Just a Click away …

https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3516641269364069315/7336374350610679471?hl=en-GB

Sunday, 8 May 2022

Sunday, 13 February 2022

Friday, 31 December 2021

Goodbye, Hello

I wish you peace ... I wish you love ... I wish you music ...

Thursday, 16 December 2021

Saturday, 27 November 2021

Sunday, 14 November 2021

Making Amends

The graphic belongs to the artist who drew it.

A preview: Love Loving You ...

Saturday, 11 September 2021

The Conscience

Using my favourite form of poetry, Rhetorical Questions ... Here addressing Enablers.

In solidarity with every hurting person who has been at the receiving end of gaslighting by an Enabler.

May you be released from the grip of the Perpetrator and the attending Enabler! 🙏🏾

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Saturday, 7 August 2021

Rooted! - Articulating Genuine Love

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

12 Years, 571 Poems

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 🤗

Saturday, 26 June 2021

Openly Targeting Enablers

Enablers Sarcasm Unleashed 😡🤬😡🤬 for Enablers 🤬😡🤬😡

##TakeAStand

Sunday, 30 May 2021

Remembering Ube 20.02.1954 - 28.05.2010

Friday, 28 May 2021

Projecting, Interpreting

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.

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Contrasts

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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Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Epitome Of Love Sustained

❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕

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Sunday, 25 April 2021

To Where All Senses Are Attuned

20.02.2021

To Where All Senses Are Attuned

As the sun sets over the horizon

Orange streaks into dark rose melds

Gradually seeping into violet,

And the blackness steadily descends.

But the beauty of that changing canvas

Now with twinkling stars festooned

Loses out to a broken heart

To where all senses are attuned.

The soundless keening cries of loss

In the air abounds

And that eerie silence

Blots out all other sounds.

As the night progresses

The longing in intensity grows

To be loved, cherished and protected

By the one that one adores.

And the sky grows darker

Into the predawn black

Matching emotions perfectly

The 'Lack-Of-Hope' pitch-black.

The sun rises over the horizon

And the dawn sky steadily loads

From sombre grey, to violet to pink

Cheerful blue, making inroads.

But the beauty of that changing canvas

With fluffy clouds now festooned

Loses out to a broken heart

To where all senses are attuned.

... Jacqui

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

What We Need Now, Absolutely!

Humanity First, across the spectrum ... Sending comfort to whoever needs it, across the miles.

(Awareness of Global Current Affairs required)

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Saturday, 10 April 2021

This Whittled Bamboo Stalk

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.

Thursday, 18 March 2021

DEFIANCE

Have You Read These New Poems?

They are Just a Click away …

https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3516641269364069315/7336374350610679471?hl=en-GB

DEFIANCE

(A Digital Sketch using PowerPoint Artistic Effects)

Thursday, 18 February 2021

Saturday, 13 February 2021

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!