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LONG AGO ROOMS
we closed the jalousies when it rained
the bare backed boys ran in the street
little girl's hearts to indoors chained
from long ago rooms sighed for such feats
LONG AGO ROOMS © gillena cox 2018


Revisit
'room' 2017
'room' 2015
11 April 2015


Blog hopping today with imaginary garden. In April we write a poem every day

Micro Poetry ~ Long-Ago Rooms
Prompted by Kerry; Challenge to write a poem of between one and twelve lines, in a form of your choice. Our point of departure is the phrase "long-ago rooms" from the poem When You Come by Maya Angelou.

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Location: St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

21 comments:

  1. annell4April 11, 2018 at 12:00 PM

    I love your write, your memories and beautiful house of long ago rooms.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 11, 2018 at 12:30 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Annell

      Much🌼love

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  2. Kerry O'ConnorApril 11, 2018 at 12:22 PM

    I love your quatrain, Gillena. So many memories captured in 4 lines.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 11, 2018 at 12:31 PM

      Happy you dropped by to read mine Kerry


      Much🌼love

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  3. MargaretApril 11, 2018 at 1:03 PM

    Oh the freedom of bare backed boys - I was always jealous of them when I was a girl and had to "cover up"...

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  4. Gillena CoxApril 11, 2018 at 1:39 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Margaret

    Much love...

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  5. AnonymousApril 11, 2018 at 2:05 PM

    oh the longing you captured here - captive girls, free running boys

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  6. Sherry Blue SkyApril 11, 2018 at 3:34 PM

    I love the idea of closing the jalousies when it rained....makes me remember my grandma's back porch on rainy days.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 11, 2018 at 4:48 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation
      Sherry

      Much🌼love

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  7. AnonymousApril 11, 2018 at 5:57 PM

    we closed the jalousies when it rained
    .... what an incredible line ....

    and the rest of the stanza offers up just enough to re-create the memories, while allowing us to wander into our own "inequality memories" of childhood ....
    just the perfect reading bite Gillena

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  8. Gillena CoxApril 11, 2018 at 6:13 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation 'willow'

    Much🌼love

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  9. ElleceeApril 11, 2018 at 6:51 PM

    Lovely images throughout your poem. I remember how the boys always got to go without shirts and we girls were jealous. I also remember rainy afternoons at my grandmother's house. I enjoyed this very much. :-)

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 12, 2018 at 12:58 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation LC

      Much🌼love

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  10. Rosemary Nissen-WadeApril 11, 2018 at 7:44 PM

    Oh, that's a pretty house! And I love the glimpse into your childhood.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 12, 2018 at 12:59 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Rosemary

      Much🌼love

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  11. JimApril 12, 2018 at 12:53 AM

    I can just see those shirtless boys playing in the rain and the puddles.
    ..

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 12, 2018 at 12:59 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Jim

      Much🌼love

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  12. Sanaa RizviApril 12, 2018 at 7:36 AM

    'little girl's hearts to indoors chained from long ago rooms sighed for such feats'.. sigh this says it all.. and so eloquently!💞

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  13. lynn__April 12, 2018 at 11:31 AM

    You performed quite a feat in four lines, I say! But had to keep our shirts on...

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 17, 2018 at 4:45 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Lynn

      Much🌼love

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