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52

poems

for

52

weeks

Personal journals are a great place to write poetry, but they are not a great place to share it. In lieu of this, I set out to share a poem from my journal every Wednesday for a year. This journey began on June 9th, 2021 & was completed 52 weeks later on June 1st, 2022. Some are tongue in cheek, others are quite deep. My hope is that these poems serve as a window into my artistry and an inspiration for your own creativity. Thank you for being my accountability partner in the process of growth. There is plenty of room in this garden for us all.

With Love, Jackie

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No. 52.2 - Understand
No. 52.2 - Understand

Play me your homemade song. Go for a ride. Take me along. Swing me on portraits shifting like sand…

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Jackie MintonJune 1, 2022project 52, understand, hand, play, jump, poem, poetry, last, complete
No. 52 - Either Or
No. 52 - Either Or

You throw stones expecting ripples on a pond, and find yourself ankle, knee, head deep in my life long search for what is worth more…

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Jackie MintonJune 1, 2022project 52, looking, land, sand, shore, either, or, and, ocean, pond, riddle, poetry, final, poem
No. 51 - New Life
No. 51 - New Life

Blood and water mixed, fire of love extinguished when the heart of all hearts stopped beating. How could any keep believing?

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Jackie MintonMay 25, 2022project 52, carry you, new, life, seed, sacred heart, pierced
No. 50 - Needlessly
No. 50 - Needlessly

Seed fell, sent yet tell me: Rest well. Let the mess be blessed defenseless. Wrestle the restless. Beget tenderness…

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Jackie MintonMay 18, 2022seed, feed, e, poetry, poems, project 52, fell, need
No. 49 - Lost At Sea
No. 49 - Lost At Sea

Bubbling up, brimming over, one peaceful thought, like a four leaf clover in a field of wind. Begin again…

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Jackie MintonMay 11, 2022
No. 48 - A Wound
No. 48 - A Wound

Blessed, broken, bleeding, making a way for healing; entreating, believing, receiving a wound to renew, the sword pierced through…

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Jackie MintonMay 4, 2022wound, sacred, heart, wounded, sword, healing, suffering, redemption, bleeding, life, poetry, project 52
No. 47 - My Mother's Garden
No. 47 - My Mother's Garden

In my mother’s garden, the purple pries apart the vein from leaf, the bark from tree– as branches make an arc…

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Jackie MintonApril 27, 2022poetry, peonies, garden, mother, daughter, project 52, poems, mothers day
No. 46 - Rising
No. 46 - Rising

On a quiet morn, you comfort the grief stricken and worn with such delight that their surprise is like an open door…

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Jackie MintonApril 20, 2022rising, resurrection, poetry, project 52, a year of poems, delight, Easter, Christ, eternal rest
No. 45 - Cross
No. 45 - Cross

Cross over the colors, pools of beauty a blur. Dare to discover past the seasons that were, here blooming a new in the dawn of mid-June…

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Jackie MintonApril 13, 2022poetry, project 52, cross, holy week, monet, bridge, over a pond, of waterlilies, art
No. 44 - A Spark
No. 44 - A Spark

Inspired, running down a fine wire from what has yet come to be to me; asking, Now please? …

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Jackie MintonApril 6, 2022project 52, lightening, spark, inspiration, thought, writing, reflection, asking, motion, vessel, Sonar, Pen to page
No. 43 - To Elizabeth
No. 43 - To Elizabeth

Reach into the water. See what you find. Pull out good gifts to measure divine life put on the table, steady and sure…

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Jackie MintonMarch 30, 2022poetry, point of view, gospel, the visitation, elizabeth, mary, encouragement, project 52
No. 42 - Re-baptized
No. 42 - Re-baptized

Stay right there– don’t move an inch. Let me capture in time this moment of bliss and of sorrow so happily intertwined…

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Jackie MintonMarch 23, 2022home, time, journey, still, on the way, poetry, project 52
No. 41 - Shine
No. 41 - Shine

Opaque from the day to day, tainted by all life has thrown my way. In darkness there is no image…

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Jackie MintonMarch 16, 2022project 52, poetry, stained glass, shine, darkness, revelation
No. 40 - Rendered
No. 40 - Rendered

Oh how little let me be, not to hide, but find in thee my selfish self yet un-prevailed and make of death an open veil…

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Jackie MintonMarch 9, 2022poetry, project 52, fast, lent, inspiration, small, little, way
No. 39 - Remember
No. 39 - Remember

Remember last summer? Magical and miserable, enchanting and exacting, restful and restrictive, rejuvenating and painstakingly cruel. How can we have one without the other?…

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Jackie MintonMarch 2, 2022memory, poetry, summer, winter, together, remember
No. 38 - Becoming
No. 38 - Becoming

I crawled upon my belly, following the branched trees, swallowing what life humbly gave for me to eat, till suddenly a stillness…

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Jackie MintonFebruary 23, 2022poetry, becoming, butterfly, pov, nature, wings
No. 37 - The Other Side
No. 37 - The Other Side

We followed the sound as a hum into a roar, water poured off that great precipice, dissipating in mist above and lake below…

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Jackie MintonFebruary 16, 2022poetry, allegory, nature, walking, other, side, point of view, waterfall
No. 36 - Silver Lining
No. 36 - Silver Lining

A heart of love there’s no denying when, pen to page, one takes to writing. As light shone off the window pane and on your face, there for reminding…

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Jackie MintonFebruary 9, 2022
No. 35 - All is Well
No. 35 - All is Well

Clouds break. Breath takes in a moment of sunlight. Soft wind, I begin to open in good time. As leaves need room to unfold…

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Jackie MintonFebruary 2, 2022project 52, poetry, all is well, nature, imagery
No. 34 - The Way
No. 34 - The Way

I hope that you are happy. I pray your worries few and those that seem to cling soon flee, running away from you…

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Jackie MintonJanuary 26, 2022project 52, poetry, way, peace, path
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