Congratulations to our new Vallejo, California Poet Laureate, Erik Manuel Soto. VALLEJO — Mexican-American writer Erik Manuel Soto has been named Vallejo’s next poet laureate, the Vallejo Center for the Arts announced last week. www.vallejosun.com/erik-manuel-...

Please join Co-Poets Laureate Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann, for the Book Launch and Open Mic Reading of the poets in the new release of "A New Season: Poems for a World in Flux," anthology. Over 80 poets highlighted. Saturday, January 31st at Alibi Bookshop, Vallejo, CA., from 5:00-7:00 pm.

Two weeks after wearing this outfit, I met this brilliant artist, Robert Simmons, a week before he revealed this piece. When I showed him this photo he was blown away. Sometimes the universe speaks to us, we just need to listen.

My son put me and my Fuji in a Mad Hatter tea party background after seeing me in this outfit. I think I'll have this one framed.

Bent Maps You have tried to shrink us Time and time again 400 years later you still don't realize that we will rise That we are wider than your boundaries We are louder than your fear and the Bent Maps this court has approved Forgetting that silenced people don't fade they erupt. -Jacalyn

The noise around me lessens through my words, through my art. -Jacalyn Eyvonne #art #poetry #escape

When I escape Breathe I return Stronger. -Jacalyn Eyvonne @highlight

This is just around the corner. Please save the date to your calendar. This will be an exciting visit with two outstanding poets, Terra Oliveira and Valdez Hill.

I am grateful for the poetry that fills my mind Flows from my fingers and paints pictures inside my heart.

Run fast! 😂

I Can't Breathe We walk With our lungs On high alert, Watching To see who else Gets choked by The system That pretends We are free. Yet different Shades Continue to experience the same Suffocation. -Jacalyn Eyvonne

Two of my poems were selected for Shattered Reflections, an honor I am still soaking in. My copy arrived and with it, a reminder that words matter. Thank you, 300 South Media Group, NY.

Who else, like me, finds ideas for poetry or full poems popping in their head in the middle of night? I'm constantly writing in the dark or jotting ideas into the notepad on my phone.

Her dreadlocks flow free and untamed, a crown grown from storm and sun, and the history living inside each loc. Regal in her walk like a lioness glowing beneath the pride of the ancestors. She is beauty. She is her blackness. She is strength. - ©Jacalyn Eyvonne

Our purpose is far greater. Find your purpose! ❤️

I do what I can for people because I wish I had somebody like me in my life.

We are now witnessing an epic diaper duel. Two dangerous babies are fighting now. Who's surprised? Who will win? 🍊or 🚀?

Magic wraps itself around a child becoming currency in a world filled with belief and possibility. Inside each day Is wonderment and curiosity leading to tomorrow's Wisdom, often beginning with a simple question. Why? Silhouettes 10"x10" Acrylic on canvas Art and poetry by Jacalyn Eyvonne ❤️

“Some folks learn from being told, some learn from watching others, and some have to pee on the electric fence.” - cowboy wisdom

Teehee! 😊

Second chances flow within us Speaking in dawns inside our souls Clicking into place to heal our worries and transform our anxiety into artistry and perfect rhymes. Whatever we do begins and ends with drowning out the noise of the world. Silhouettes 1/2 10x10" acrylic on canvas -Jacalyn Eyvonne

Thank you, Linda! www.jacalyneyvonne.com

My copy of "Orange is not a colour - Poems against totalitarianism," arrived today. Thanks to Fin Hall, editor for including my work. A wonderful collection of 190 poems. www.lulu.com/shop/fin-hal...

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To all of us without our Mother's, they are always with us. Happy Mother's Day!