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

 

If Tomorrow Never Comes...

  Have You Read These New Poems? 

They are Just a Click away …

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

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 🙏🏾

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

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

Enchanted Garden

 

Timeless, Elegant And Beautiful

 Pen Sketches In Black & White

 

Blossoming In Adversity

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

With PowerPoint Artistic Effects ... Reality, warts included 

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.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

60, Not Out

 

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

 

Mother's Day 2022

 

A Poem Of Thanks

 ❤️🕊️🎶❤️🕊️🎶❤️🕊️🎶❤️🕊️🎶❤️🕊️🎶

Goodbye, Hello

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

Happy Birthday Judaline

 Created with ❤️ ...

Choices

 

Making Amends

The graphic belongs to the artist who drew it.

 A preview: Love Loving You ... 

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! 🙏🏾

When Pencil Meets Paper

 Visit me at   linktr.ee/JacquiMarcedo

Rooted! - Articulating Genuine Love

 Rooted! - Articulating Genuine Love

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 🤗

Openly Targeting Enablers

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

##TakeAStand

Remembering Ube 20.02.1954 - 28.05.2010

 

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.

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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Epitome Of Love Sustained

 ❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕❤️🤗🥰💕

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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

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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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.