I look up to blue skies smoking white clouds puffy, to a map of sunlight glistening here, while her sisters weep in torrential monsoon rains.
Is it because the moon dances her way into ripeness that the stars twinkle in delight of cobalt nights and coquettish surrender?
Winsome are dreams of little girls who wait in tiredness for sugar plum fairies. Best they wait instead for charitable tooth fairies who leave small treasures behind.
Daylight greets trees leafy green, even if the rains have left droplets to create tiny rainbows at their edges.
green mangoes dangle -
boys will have to wait awhile
for their ripening
© gillena cox 2022
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Welcome to Monday WRites # 358
ITS holiday in Trinidad and Tobago today
HAPPY EMANCIPATION DAY
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).
If you have a Monday post at your blog you can share at the linky. There is no prompt. All that's required is that your post is a Monday post
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Thank you for adding a Caribbean facet to the prompt, Gillena. The haiku is lovely and quite provocative! 💙🙂
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Gorgeous painting of the season and all that is brought with it. I like the various aspects of expectation and waiting in it.
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Those tiny rainbows drew me in, great write!
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Rainbows from droplets, I like that. Lots of imagery. Lots of waiting...we always wait for something. Enjoyable read.
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Oh, this is captivating Gillena, sweet and saucy! Great write my friend.🙂✌🏼❤️
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Rob
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What a lovely Haibun Gillian! The Haiku was a little cheeky 💕☺️
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A beautiful haibun, Gillena. I love he island flavors you have added into this one. Well done.
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Oh how perfect, Gillena. Those melons on the verge of ripeness. I love this one.
ReplyDeleteMangoes not melons 😊 K. Happy you dropped by.
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You bring us a lovely bit of the tropics here :)
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This is a lovely haibun! In India, the mango season has gone by. We are in the middle of the Monsoon season. I love mangoes!
ReplyDelete😊happy you dropped by Mrityunjay
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I hope you are having a beautiful week! Sweet hugs, Diane
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