Find The Sacred Within The Mundane

Poetry that invites pause, reflection, and connection—written for humans, by a human.

Looking for poetry? A book? A reason to slow down for a second?

You’re in the right place.

This site is home base — for my work, my blog, and everything I’m exploring next.

Meet Jacquelyn

I’m Jacquelyn Merrill Ruiz, a poet rooted in reflection.

I believe in the quiet power of noticing—the way a single image, sound, or phrase can shift your whole perspective.

My poetry explores the every day with intention, revealing the beauty, grief, humor, and truth living just beneath the surface.

I’ve been publishing work since 2015, and I hold a Master’s in Professional Writing, where my thesis was a book-length poetry collection.

Whether you're here for the poems or the blog, I hope you find something that feels familiar in a new way.

If you're here for words, you're in good company.

“Everybody needs poetry, even if they don’t know it.”

Current Mumblings

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An Update Ten Years in the Making
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My Contemporary Queer Romance Series is Actually, Finally Getting Published!

I’m very happy to announce that the first book in my queer contemporary romance series, International Love and Misadventure, will be released September 9, 2025, with book two coming out December 9, 2025, and book three on March 11, 2026! And the title for book one is…

Starlight and Cinnamon.

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Finding the Path

You're hearing it here first, folks: I'll be going the indie route and self-publishing my first romance trilogy this year! The first book will come out in the last quarter of 2025, and the rest will be published in 2026. The date is still soft, since I'm hiring professionals for all the stuff I can't professionally do myself, and their timeline is my timeline. I'm very excited and have a ton of stuff planned, from revamping my website, linking it to my new, pen-name website, getting real author photos, submitting my books for review, etc. I can't wait to share the titles and covers in a few months.

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A Little Review, a Few Wishes

A few days ago, my husband was talking about playing board games last New Year’s Eve, and I had no memory of it. He had to remind me that of course I had no memory of it because I was visiting family out of state last year. I hadn’t forgotten that trip, or the many I took the rest of the year, it’s just that time all runs together now without any demarcations

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