Vallejo, CA Co-Poet Laureate Emerita. A Poetic Artist, writing across genres, finding poetry in light and shadows. I love drawing and dogs, and I hope my creativity can flow as freely as my desire for human kindness.https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3md4dc2yw522cCongratulations 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. https://www.vallejosun.com/erik-manuel-soto-named-vallejos-next-poet-laureate/23 Jan 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4dc2yw522chttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3md44du72ec2iPlease 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.23 Jan 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3md44du72ec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3mazghta5rk23Two 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.28 Dec 2025 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mazghta5rk23https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3mazg4rgjrs23My 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.28 Dec 2025 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mazg4rgjrs23https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3m7bxsith5c24Bent 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. -Jacalyn06 Dec 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7bxsith5c24https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3m3x46g3oh22cThe noise around me lessens through my words, through my art. -Jacalyn Eyvonne #art #poetry #escape24 Oct 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3x46g3oh22chttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3m3rgq4v3us2wWhen I escape Breathe I return Stronger. -Jacalyn Eyvonne @highlight22 Oct 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rgq4v3us2whttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3m3qko5dqks2tThis 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.22 Oct 2025 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qko5dqks2thttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3m27qnqgf4c2602 Oct 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27qnqgf4c26https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lzjngb6t5k2r23 Sep 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjngb6t5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lzefpmso4k2v21 Sep 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzefpmso4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lz36eoxh4s2p18 Sep 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz36eoxh4s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lyh6f3r6sk23I am grateful for the poetry that fills my mind Flows from my fingers and paints pictures inside my heart.10 Sep 2025 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyh6f3r6sk23https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lw7ol7kv2s2712 Aug 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7ol7kv2s27https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lvlqgqcark2d04 Aug 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlqgqcark2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lvh4awii3c23Run fast! 😂02 Aug 2025 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvh4awii3c23https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lvbsi7mdy22uI 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 Eyvonne31 Jul 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbsi7mdy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3luifkxy7422421 Jul 2025 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3luifkxy74224https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lu6k3g7hwc2uTwo 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.17 Jul 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6k3g7hwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lu4ldv3rlc2q16 Jul 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4ldv3rlc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3ltp6gujzg22f11 Jul 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp6gujzg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3ltizdo3fps2g09 Jul 2025 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltizdo3fps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3ltex3xv4ek2g07 Jul 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltex3xv4ek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lt5tnyeuek2504 Jul 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5tnyeuek25https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lsthgflygk2630 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsthgflygk26https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lsh5tfvzr22oWho 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.25 Jun 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsh5tfvzr22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lsdztzbncc2mHer 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 Eyvonne24 Jun 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdztzbncc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3ls7f7526qk2hOur purpose is far greater. Find your purpose! ❤️22 Jun 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7f7526qk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lrmjldhucc2615 Jun 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrmjldhucc26https://bsky.app/profile/poeticallyyours.bsky.social/post/3lrmjcn7pok26I do what I can for people because I wish I had somebody like me in my life.15 Jun 2025 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:u7cxathy3ij6hafs3f6ap44j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrmjcn7pok26