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Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

An amazing two years You know when you start writing that book and figure out that it will take mere weeks, which runs into a year and some and the story simply gets deeper…Check out Rick’s journey.

Deep Gratitude There are times when certain memories or your long past history hits you in the solar plexus.

Paradise A delightful poem to read.

Find me, please A great piece of fiction. I read it in less than 5 minutes and totally enjoyed the build up.

An illegitimate Presidency – An interesting piece of writing.

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‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.

The Daily Post

Unseen Things…

 

 

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Unseen trail of bitter tears
left indelible gouges of pain
engraved in her heart

Unseen thoughts of rooted anger
left trails of gore and violence
in his destructive path

Unseen sense of fear and doubt
left them immobilized
unable to take actions

Speak!
That your words may be heard.

Cry out!
That your tears may cleanse your soul.

Reach!
That you may touch the stars beyond the sky.

‘The things unseen surpasses those before our naked eyes. They take on undefined proportions that define our lives.’

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

The Daily Post – Unseen

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‘PLEASE SEND IN YOUR LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

Stuck Are you feeling stuck? I think you should read this. You don’t have to let that experience dictate the rest of your life.

Hi-brow- find A candid, sweet read. Something to smile over morning coffee 🙂

Relentlessly Rick is living a real-time wildlife country. Are the Coyotes gone?

Just for you girls  A little pick me up poetry for you.

Cosy Club Manchester has some cozy spots on offer. Take a peek.

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Heartbeat…

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Fractured,
my heart loses its’ even thread;
yet uneven it throbs in longing
for you.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

The Daily Post – Uneven

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‘PLEASE SEND IN YOUR LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

Black Friday or Broke Friday Just as an aside, I’ve never understood the frenzied shopping practiced on Black Friday. I guess I never will. I like Deborah’s slogan, ‘don’t hate, donate.’

Common man, There’s something about this poem that had me thinking of Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I truly enjoyed it.

Ten things to be happy about An interesting list. I’ve always believed that happiness is an inside job and finding things to be happy about is my business 🙂

Who’s for slavery, show of hands A thought provoking post and here’s my opinion below.

Humanity has been dogged by slavery in many forms over the ages, some have been totally brutal while some are covert like the modern day slavery where a picture is painted that the victims are working for their money. I truly doubt if slavery will ever end as long as man inhabits the earth. It would only reduce due to awareness, but the greed for money will never allow it to fizzle away.
With what my eyes have seen, heard and read, if not for stringent measures that make it difficult to acquire slaves in today’s time, there are still so many who would jump on the wagon of enslaving others in the Western World.

52 weeks of thankfulness We can never thank those who support us enough. Brigid shares her thoughts.

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The Daily Post

Crossing The Bridge

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When crossing the bridge of difficulties

don’t forget your knapsack of determination

wear your best boots of hope

and your favourite pullover of faith

toss on a scarf of good attitude

cinch your belt of positive thoughts

with a compass of patience

you are set to go.

You start with you and end with you.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

The Daily Post – Crossing

Discover Challenges

What’s My Superpower?

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What’s my super power;
pray, do tell?
Let me look under the bed
I bet I’ll find the answer there

I could fly if I try
how wonderful that sounds
for sure I’ll fall through the sky
and make a huge splat.

I could disappear and reappear
which surely sounds supper
for sure my trundling tiptoe
would leave a shadowy trail

I could do many imaginary things
become a Power-Puff mama
Alas! these belong in Disney World
where make believe works like magic

I do a lot of simple things
my children say I’m the best mother ever
I believe them and like the title
Supermom

I smile a lot, laugh heartily and can cheer you up
my listening ears available
with sage counsel, if you wish
that could do some good

I could whip up a good story
and make a decent companion
even play a ditty
though my voice barely carries a tune

I could make a list
of this and of that
but it would take forever
to write them all out

What’s my super power;
pray, do tell?
I believe that it’s by being me
a full ocean of humanness in one drop of a human.

So, what’s your Superpower?

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

A ditty played on my keyboard

Tra la la, twiddle dee dee, it gives me a thrill

to wake up in the morning to the mockingbird hill

Tra la la, twiddle dee dee, there’s health and goodwill

you’re welcome as the flowers on the mockingbird hill

when the Sun in the morning peeps over the hill

and kisses the roses around my windowsill

then my heart fills with gladness when I hear the thrill

of the birds on the tree tops of the mockingbird hill.

Discover Challenge – Superpower

Writers Quote Challenge

Prompt – All New Writers Quote Challenge

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Bernadette at http://www.HaddonMusings.com and I invite you to join in on our blogging event called The Writer’s Quote Challenge.

For this week, here’s my prompt below. I believe this quote might have come out based on recent reflections that I’ve been having which I would call personal accountability and stock-taking.

Let me share some of my thoughts with you.

“We are all vessels. The question is what are the contents of your vessel?” Jacqueline

Each day I wake up, I know that my life is not about finding myself since I already exist, but about creating myself out of the ‘me’ that I’ve been given, thus, I endeavour to create a me that I would look back at years later and find that I still like her.

If your body is a canvas
and all your thoughts are etched on it
would it be beautiful to see
or, would it make us cringe in fear and shame?

If your thoughts are an artwork
moulded for all to see
would it stand on a mantle
or, hidden away in the attic for no eyes’ to see?

If your words are droplets
shared with all around you
would it cleanse and refresh the listener
or, would it be corrosive like acid and burn their ears?

If our whole life is a cup
tipped over when it is full
would some smidgen of beautiful things come out
or, would ugliness pour out in generous quantity?

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

P.S. We are continuing the same format and here that is: there are no rules to follow. Either make up your own sayings or use a quote from a famous author that you find gives you inspiration.

Each Thursday, we will post the prompt and all you have to do is participate!

On your own blog post do a pingback to this post and make sure to “like” or “comment” on everyone else’s post. A pingback is when you embed (or copy) the URL of my weekly prompt into your own blog post.

Make sure to check our weekly prompt to see if your entry is there. You can copy URL of your blog post and include it in the comments section of my original weekly prompt if that works better for you.

Copy the badge above and include it in your own post. Tag your post on your own blog as “The Writer’s Quote Challenge,” so we can find the posts in the reader.

We are looking for more hosts to join in the fun.  So if you would like to pick up the challenge of hosting, just let one of us know.

For last week’s postings, you can check this link.

Thank you for participating and compliments of this season once again.

 

Writers Quote Challenge

Prompt – All New Writers’ Quote Challenge

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Here’s my weeks’ prompt for writers’ quote.

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Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations – Author unknown

When I want to clear my head, I either take a long walk or a long drive and just admire my surroundings. It gives me room to be by myself, to mull over things and to return with a clearer perspective. It’s actually an indulgence and a source of rejuvenation for me, just to go off and wander.

Most times, my wandering yields total satisfaction.  Issues that appeared so difficult earlier becomes less burdensome by the time I’ve taken them apart piece by piece and I am equally rewarded by the sights, sounds and total experience of being out and about.

I’ve literally stumbled on beautiful destinations while trying to navigate unknown routes during my walkabouts or should I say drive about.

Just on Saturday, I took off to somewhere and got lost, in trying to navigate my way back to the right route, I stumbled across this beautiful waterside with loads of lovely boats and yachts. I parked my car, took several photos, enjoyed the sights and was thankful I’d missed my way 🙂

I’ve equally experienced lots of beautiful results that are the culmination of things that appeared difficult at the onset and the lesson that I take from these experiences is not to be misled by a tough beginning because the situation can turn around and it would end with praise.

The Sojourn

I’ve walked many miles on these feet of mine,

my knapsack strapped on my back and

my hope held within my heart.

Many times, I have no idea where my steps would lead,

most times the terrain has been difficult to navigate.

Countless times I’ve stubbed my toes and fallen to the ground,

bled through my sole, blisters, corns and callous decorate my feet,

But, I can’t, I don’t and I won’t stop going,

for the rainbow in the horizon keeps beckoning and

the breathtaking beauty ahead makes the sojourn worthwhile.

Jacqueline

Bernadette at www.HaddonMusings.com

Jacqueline at www.Acookingpotandtwistedtales.com

Bernadette and I invite you to join in on our blogging event called The Writer’s Quote Challenge. We have decided to pick up the baton that Colleen and Ronovan have handed off.

We are continuing the same format and here that is: there are no rules to follow. Either make up your own sayings or use a quote from a famous author that you find gives you inspiration.

Each Thursday, we will post the prompt and all you have to do is participate!

On your own blog post do a pingback to this post and make sure to “like” pingback” on everyone else’s post. A pingback is when you embed (or copy) the URL of my weekly prompt into your own blog post.

Make sure to check our weekly prompt to see if your entry is there. You can copy URL of your blog post and include it in the comments section of my original weekly prompt if that works better for you.

Copy the badge above and include it in your own post. Tag your post on your own blog as “The Writer’s Quote Challenge,” so we can find the posts in the reader.

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‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

Your warrior within Reading this story made me wonder how many women are brutalized each day in their so-called homes, yet the hide it behind layers of foundation, mascara, and a worn-out smile?

Relish in the orange This is what I call a sweet write, with a recipe too 🙂

Beyond the sky Will you come with me?

Table for one I love how Van paints this. Many a time, I choose to be all by myself, to savour the solitude of being alone without feeling lonely.

The day democracy died This article sums it up. America, which way forward?

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Let’s have a rocking blog party this weekend 🙂