By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Little things can make all the difference in the world.] A little wave can influence a costal shore since every gentle brush pulls grains of sand into the sea and delivers treasures from the deep onto the land A little water can give rise to a mighty treeContinue reading “Little Things (A Poem)”
Category Archives: Poetry
Empowering Words (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: There are so many ways that I want to help other people, such as friends and family members who are struggling with various issues. Sometimes, writing seems to be the best means to do that.] You are powerful I want to tug these words off the page likeContinue reading “Empowering Words (A Poem)”
A Written Soul (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: More musings on the creative process.] I have read that writing reflects its author as if texts were images upon a pond surface But unlike a pond that ripples and changes what writers set down on a page can linger centuries after we have disappeared into timeContinue reading “A Written Soul (A Poem)”
Oblivion Avenue (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Inspired by a dream filled with ideas for characters and places just waiting for their chance to appear in fiction somewhere.] Along Oblivion Avenue or so I have heard ideas exist in a state between what might be and what might never have been the road Continue reading “Oblivion Avenue (A Poem)”
The Queen of Dusk (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Inspired by a skillfully done portrait created by a friend of mine on DeviantArt, who suggested that I might like to try composing a poem or short story based on her work. Here is a link to the portrait by Lily-in-Snow: https://www.deviantart.com/lily-in-snow/art/Queen-of-dusk-918673256%5D She slips down the slope from her humbleContinue reading “The Queen of Dusk (A Poem)”
Constructed World (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Hope you enjoy this trip into a peaceful landscape.] Bring your readers into a story (or so I have read among the lines of various writers) like someone who guides readers beyond a doorway beyond which stretches another world filled with unknown sights soundsContinue reading “Constructed World (A Poem)”
Katie Casey Goes to the Ball Game (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: It turns out the iconic baseball song, “Take me out to the Ball Game,” was originally part of a much longer tune–with an empowering message about a woman who cheers on the games at her local baseball stadium, during a time when women were mostly banned from attending them, apparently.Continue reading “Katie Casey Goes to the Ball Game (A Poem)”
A Miner’s Curse (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Based on an actual legend from near my hometown.] Abandoned somewhere in the mountains deep in Southern California or so legends say exists a deep mine filled with gold silver and valuables left behind by Gold Rush-era miners for inexplicable reasons… However Continue reading “A Miner’s Curse (A Poem)”
A Character Named Metafiction (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Another highly experimental piece, based on the literary genre of metafiction.] A character named Metafiction is aware she is a character named Metafiction who lives within the margined boundaries of this poem much like a happy robin safe inside her nest high in a tree ThisContinue reading “A Character Named Metafiction (A Poem)”
If I Could… (A Poem)
By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: A lot has happened over the past couple of days with my family. I’m still kind of dealing with it, so that’s why I haven’t been quite as active on WordPress as usual.] If I could rearrange the stars in the heavens into fanciful new constellations just toContinue reading “If I Could… (A Poem)”