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.
Is It In My Destiny?
"What was hidden in my heart,
Now on my lips a-quiver,
Awaiting a window of opportunity,
A Contract Of The Soul?
"Is there a thing called 'soul-mates'?
Is there 'past life affiliation'?
Do 'twin flames' exist,
Looking for reconciliation?"
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
Frodo🐈💔, BinDee🐈💔, Finch🐈💔,
After spending on it,
Just weeks, far too few,
Itty, bitty kittens three,
To Earth have bid Adieu,
🐈🐈🐈😢😔💔💔💔
Starring Lil' Binks (aka ZacharyFur) as the Tuxedo Panther ❤️
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
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)
