Play Mas
masqueraders fill the street
the road is all yours
that time of sunny year when
Whine and jab cohorts
beads and buntings quivering
bodies dancing free
music is appropriate
carnival time oui!
© gillena cox 2025
NOTE
'Play Mas' is my micro season as well as the poem title. I wrote 'Play Mas' using the Choka form, but starting with a 7 syllable line
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Here in Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹 we celebrate 100 days of Christmas starting 23rd Sepember to 25th December; hosted by Sweet 101.1 FM Radio, where our local Christmas music is featured
ENJOY THE MUSIC
Of course, carnival time is a micro-season where you live! 💙
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Merril
ReplyDeleteMuch♡love
I wonderful sunny and joyous poem - Jae
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your sunny micro season poem, Gillena, and the variation on the choka. I especially love the alliteration and movement in the lines:
ReplyDelete‘beads and buntings quivering
bodies dancing free’.