Wednesday, January 27, 2021

779

WHAT IS A LOTUS 

That love unrequited is a misnomer.

And nothing in life is free is scientifically correct,

That kindness is the lifestyle not everyone adheres to and love is patient, kind, and in no way judgemental is rock hard fact.  That and so many gifts taken for granted: Bird song, Or light - cold as a shift shaping moon, Stars - alone like socially distanced beings in a pandemic. And sky the colour of blue we think.

"Ah - If I knew then what I know now" -  should i  be saying that today? knowing that i may edit, but i'm not the author of life?

Ah humility, ah gratefulness, ah a heart of trust and thanksgiving: these i need like air to breathe, that i may hope in tomorrow.


I will bloom to light

From muddy anchors rooted

every good i am

© gillena cox 2021


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Monday, January 25, 2021

Monday WRites 282

Mosaic 1: Some New Year's cards i received from haiku friends in 2009 Year of The Ox

Mosaic 2: More New Year 2021 Stickers

Mosaic 3: 'West Mall' one of the places now on my 'Once Upon A Time' list, since i haven't been there since Covid 19 stepped in
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Mosaic 4: Carnival Past (photos from my archives)

 Its The Dry Season here in Trinidad and Tobago. We are also in The Carnival Season but the pandemic will prevent crowd activities; though the music will keep us the mood.

You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea). 
Welcome to Monday WRites #282: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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Mosaic Monday
#115: Jolly, Jubilant and Joyous

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today's challenge to use WAY in the 44 word poem

ONWARD
way out, way way out to sea, 
steamers wind their way  
against  currents of time, purporting 
power of all things possible; 
hazarding dreams to arriving at 
safe ports, already charted in divinely 
posted albums;
it is hoped that travelers and cargo  
remain  picture perfect.
© gillena cox 2021

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REVISIT
25 January 2018
25 January 2016
25 January 2015


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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

777

 TASTE OF BUTTERNUT SQUASH

I remember the taste of butternut squash,

Your roasted words scorching brain cells

Its really hard to add one to two, resulting

In minus one, three just doesn't add up.


There is always something wrong, when

The moon plays coy, hiding behind clouds

The night sky chooses to define as highlights,

Shouldn't there be a beacon drawing threads


Desire once weaved? silently, arduously, continuously

There is no cheese what ever its colour, in the taste

Of moonlight, watching, as ships drift apart,

In a sea, salty  as if filled from mere teardrops.

© gillena cox 2021


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Monday, January 18, 2021

Monday WRites 281

New Year Stickers continues

Click to play this puzzle 'Cattail' online
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We here in T&T are officially as declared by The Met Office, in The Dry Season (we only have 2 seasons The Wet and The Dry - no Winter Spring) In terms of cultural aspects We are in The Carnival Season but the pandemic will prevent crowd activies though the music keeps the mood

You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea). 
Welcome to Monday WRites #281: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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Mosaic Monday
#114: Road Trippin', Part VI

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Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy, not blaming pandemic days tolling high rates of casualties and higher still quotients of grief. The fact remains that the healthy and the sick still possess qualities of humanity's negative yin yang sets

Betrayal will not pause to stare at corona viruses however tiny or invisible to the naked eyes. Fake smiles behind masks are not hiding, they are just comfortable in their new normal gizmo. Fake news will continue to thrive for there are always makers of untruths and sensationalisms.

Sigh; hope is a thing with wings, and so are light gossamer butterflies, trusting the wind to be kind to their weight just like the diaphanous webs which continue to exist; because spiders are what they are. They will spin their silks, regardless of  time or the culture of days.
© gillena cox 2021

REVISIT
18 January 2018
18 January 2016
Soaked To The Bone


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Monday, January 11, 2021

Monday WRites 280

More New Year Stickers
This is the puzzle of the day today at Jigzone.com. Click the arrow to play online
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We are at the second Monday of 2021; a year synonymous with hope.Took down my Christmas wreath this morning. My Christmas tree is still up, lights blinging.

You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea). 
Welcome to Monday WRites #280: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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Mosaic Monday
#113: Holding on to the Holidays

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Quadrille #119 – Dabbling in Poetry


CLOUD TO SKY
dab those walls of corona blues
applying touches of smiles
hope in tomorrow always shines
like  persistent unpowered noses  

lightly apply touches of smiles
wear this accessory like cloud is  to sky 
be to those thorns what is a rose  
twenty-twenty-one bring it on
© gillena cox 2021


REVISIT
11 January 2016
11 January 2015
peel and daub


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Monday, January 4, 2021

Monday WRites 279


Click the arrow To Play The Puzzle - Fireworks
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First Monday of 2021; a year synonymous with hope. Yet, here we are still in the 'Holiday Season' within the 12 days of Christmas.

You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea). 
Welcome to Monday WRites #279: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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#112: More Family Festivities

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REVISIT
4 January 2016
target hope
void of newness.


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