Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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MUSEUM
Being fitted for a new look, I once saw her;
iron scaffolding leaned against her,
façade: brushes daubing a brightness to her,
and all the while, she was quietly peeping
through the bustle admiring the flowering
trees in Memorial Park.

Royal. please address her.
The Royal Victoria Institute
(National Museum and Art Gallery)
Port of Spain, Trinidad, that's her.

History lurks within shadows of her
cramped space and labels file her:
amerindian, Cazabon, bones, folklore.
Visiting footsteps and gapes remain within her
adding richness of legacy and heritage to her.
MUSEUM © gillena cox 2019

Blog hopping with

Poets United
Midweek Motif ~ Museum(s)


REVISIT
21 Aug 2017
21 Aug 2016

22 comments:

  1. She looks beautiful and stately, and bursting with history!!

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  2. Thanks for your appreciatipn Sherry

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  3. I love the personification, how she is gazing at her surroundings. The effect is multi-layered--a museum with contents expanded by location and by the visitors themselves. Bravo!

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  4. Thanks for your appreciation Susan

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  5. Nice. I like how she peeps at the trees, and the people too I imagine. You brought her to life, though she harbors history that's gone.

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  6. Thanks for your appreciation Myrna

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  7. Love reading this poem from the museum's perspective!

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  8. Thanks for your appreciation Maggie

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  9. What an inviting entrance, looks like a great place to viit.

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    1. Thanks for your appreciation Robin

      Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  10. and all the while, she was quietly peeping
    through the bustle admiring the flowering
    trees in Memorial Park. - that's so lovely!

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  11. Thanks for your appreciation Rajani

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  12. Love this personification!! As I read the poem I could feel her. Beautiful.

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    1. Thanks for your appreciation Sumana

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  13. I love how you bring the museum to life

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  14. Thanks for your appreciation Jae

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  15. Oh beauty! The lady relates the history and the cultural fabric of the past and the present so artistically...As Jae said, ‘she brought the museum to life’.
    Lovely read, Gellina.

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  16. Thanks for your appreciation Panchali

    Much❤πŸ•Š❤love

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  17. Hi Gillena, it is nice to read your "Voices" again. I have tried before from a comment you would leave on Bjorn's and others but was denied access.
    Your Royal Victoria Institute sounds very interesting, if I come to Trinidad I would like visit there. My SIL has lost his dual citizenship but is trying to get Trinidadian back again. He and my daughter have a little land there to build a retirement home.
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    1. Happy you dropped by Jim hope your son in law gets his Trinidadian back

      Much❤✏❤love

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  18. Yikes I have just heard from a childhood friend called Cazabon. Now i am going to have to research that name and its connection to Trinidad.

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    1. πŸ˜„thanks for dropping back Rall

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