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Pen Poem: Imaginative Poetry From Garden Of Poems

by tiffanyGarden Of Poems, my creative self, Poetry, Poetry Portfolio August 20, 2025July 31, 2025No Comments

Pierce me with your
 ink filled sword,
force your words to linger
as they twist inside,
because murder is never sweet,
unless it's in the mind
causing a new reality to live.
So murder my mind
with words of wonder.
Let the sharp bladed images
of your prose or verse
slice out the mundane,
so that I may live among your ink
until the new understandings take hold
and I am reborn with new light 
into a new life.

I have a few things for you if you want to read or learn more about me or this book. First I do have a page dedicated to all things Garden of Poems. I also have my wonderful portfolio of poetry, a Youtube playlist for poetry readings, and you can of course purchase the book on Amazon. You can also follow my writing journey on Instagram.

Free: Poetry From Garden Of Poems

by tiffanyGarden Of Poems, Poetry, Poetry Portfolio August 13, 2025July 23, 2025No Comments

Free your verse
to free your mind
to free your poem.

Yes, free yourself
to free your soul
to free everything
you ever have known.

Free your verse
to see
to breathe.
Free your poem
to learn
to grow.

Free your mind
to be who you are
to just simply be.
Free yourself now
to learn 
to know.

Bird or fish? Contemplative Poetry From Garden Of Poems

by tiffanyGarden Of Poems, Poetry, Poetry Portfolio August 6, 2025July 23, 2025No Comments

Staring at the valleys
the mountains
the depths, the sea
I thought I could fly
but held my wings back.
If I jump will I take flight
soaring above my cares
flying away from my fears?
Or will I fall
into the dark deep sea
drowning in a new world
I do not know.

Will I become
a fish in the great unknown?
Am I a bird or a fish?
Can you tell me, please
or is it something for me to find out,
something for me to learn,
for me to decide?

Bird Or Fish: A Poem

Goes the Clock: A Simple Poetry Excerpt From Garden Of Poems

by tiffanyGarden Of Poems, Poetry, Poetry Portfolio July 30, 2025July 23, 2025No Comments

Tick tock goes the clock
 as the waves rolls in time may fly
 or time may stop 
the waves crashes on the shore either way.
Tick tock goes the clock
 as the sun shines on
 time may fly 
or time may stop
 the sun will heat the sand either way.
Tick tock goes the clock
 it's far far away
 time may fly
 or time may stop 
we won't pay attention either way.

A Beauty and A Beast: Poetry Found in Garden Of Poems

by tiffanyGarden Of Poems, Poetry, Poetry Portfolio July 23, 2025July 23, 2025No Comments

I longed for a strong hero,
a beauty to lean on,
a beast to help me on my way,
so exploration was started.
Who could complete me?
Where was he?

Inner findings
led to inner peace
and I found my strong hero,
she was there
inside of me.

Yes, I find my beauty
the more I explore my beast.
Both inside, both me,
and I am complete.

I may not know how
to capture one's heart,
but I can capture their arms
and that's alright with me.
I know I always seem on guard,
unless you are in my guard,
then I am my hero,
and I remember
I already know my way
and I am the only version of me.

Yes, I find my beauty
the more I explore my beast.
Both inside, both me
and I am complete.

A Beauty and A Beast

Extraordinary: A poem from Garden of Poems

by tiffanyGarden Of Poems, Poetry, Poetry Portfolio, Uncategorized July 16, 2025July 23, 2025No Comments

Extraordinary is an imaginative poem from Garden Of Poems. I published this poetry book in 2021.

Garden of Poems book cover. Poetry book by Tiffany Joy

I look to the future
with my dreams pushed back.
What road do I travel;
Where does it lead?
Will my someday come to play?
Or will another story unravel?
Will my thoughts stay a thought
Will my life be normal?

Please, let the mediocrity subside
For I dream of being extraordinary
Let me be amazed with how far I travel.
Let this road lead me to a life worth dreaming of.

If nothing else I hope this road leads
to a dance with my mate
to a life lived 
and ends with an extraordinary story to tell.

Extraordinary

The Winged Hearts Acrylic Painting

by tiffanyVisual art July 16, 2021March 16, 2021No Comments

Title: Winged Hearts

Size: 10 inches by 8 inches

Medium: Acrylic paint on stretched canvas

Year completed: 2020

Write Up: Let your heart fly free above the sky and sea. Well, you can’t see the sea in this painting, but that’s what I thinking of when I painted Winged Hearts, another acrylic painting.

I love painting and creating clouds in my artwork lately. There is something soothing and fun about adding the different colors and layers of cloud. I watch them grow from flat blobs of paint to fluffy colorful clouds with each layer I paint with them. Also, I of course love to paint hearts. If you’ve been around my visual art for any period of time you should know that. With the clouds and hearts, this was such a natural and fun painting for me to do. Plus the colors are the ones I’ve been gravitating to lately. This is a very Tiff painting and I love it. I hope you love it too.

Thank you for reading and taking a look at my Winged Hearts acrylic painting. Please let me know what you think with a comment below.

Want More?

On YouTube, I do have a playlist dedicated to sped-up paintings. I also have my painting portfolio, an Instagram for my visual art, and other Visual Art Writings. If you are interested in purchasing please visit my Etsy shop.

My Magical Garden Painting

by tiffanyVisual art July 2, 2021March 16, 2021No Comments

Title: Magical Garden

Size: 8 inches by 10 inches

Medium: Acrylic paint on stretched canvas

Year completed: 2020

Write Up: My Magical Garden painting is a quick and fun painting I did with more emotion than thought. I started it with just the background and slowly added elements to it with little mind power. My goal was to simply have fun and move the paint around until it was a completed piece. First I added more textured grass then some pink flower-like plants. Next came the other flowers. I added the arch after that but it didn’t seem complete. That is when the trees popped up.

I’m really happy with this colorful painting. It reminds me of a magical garden from a different realm. As if you could walk through the archway and into a land of fantasy. There is also peace and calm to the simple plants, as though they are waiting for you to finish creating them with your desires and imagination.

I hope you enjoy my Magical Garden painting as much as I do. If you do please let me know with a comment below.

Want More?

On YouTube, I do have a playlist dedicated to sped-up paintings. I also my painting portfolio and other Visual Art Writings. If you are interested in purchasing please visit my Etsy shop.

Love Boldly My Acrylic Painting

by tiffanyVisual art June 18, 2021February 22, 2021No Comments

Title: Love Boldly

Size: 11 inches by 14 inches

Medium: Acrylic paint on stretched canvas

Year completed: 2020

Write Up: Not to be too dramatic, but this painting sort of changed my life. I had the idea to do something like this. It was a cool exclamation mark with a heart instead of a dot. As I painted it I realized what it meant. It meant “Love Boldly.” What does that look like though and why should I paint it? Well, I needed to stop being afraid of other people’s opinions. If they misinterpret my love and caring we could either work through that or I could explain myself. This ‘love boldly’ became my 2020 motto and I even got this symbol tattooed on my forearm. It opened my eyes to how I should treat everyone. This included the stranger on the street, my best friends, and myself. Everyone should be loved boldly and without fear.

Now noticing this I see myself smiling and saying hi to strangers more. I also notice better self-talk and an even more positive attitude. It is partly me stepping outside of myself and also me having enough confidence to say, “people can think I’m strange I’m going to love everyone as boldly as I can today.”

This whole shift in being started with this painting so don’t just live boldly but love boldly also.

Want More?

On YouTube, I do have a playlist dedicated to sped up paintings. I also my painting portfolio and other Visual Art Writings.

My Heart Given Painting

by tiffanyVisual art June 4, 2021September 12, 2022No Comments

I some how missed my Heart Given painting when I was going through ones to share. It is a slightly older painting. I finished it in 2019, but I still love it. Plus, I have to share all my paintings. Why paint if I’m not going to share.

Title: Heart Given

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Size: 12 inches by 9 inches

Year Painted: 2019

For Sale:

Price for public: $86.50

Patreon (scones and above): $63

Email tiffany@forthejoyoftiff.com or comment below for more information.

Write Up

Heart Given is a rather spiritual painting of mine. It is a woman giving her bruised and battered heart up and in return 2 doves are bringing her a bright, fresh, new one. This painting shows how when we give God our hearts he gives us a new heart that is more beautiful than the heart we gave up.

Want More?

On YouTube I do have a playlist dedicated for sped up paintings. I also have a section on this site where I share my visual arts portfolio along with my painting portfolio.