tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68918413717154857082024-03-19T06:14:40.948-04:00VERSESanyone can write; am i a poet? you decideGillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comBlogger1157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-87847451075746653312024-03-18T00:37:00.007-04:002024-03-18T16:34:05.307-04:001157<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2PUIiNtEVpEtAvu2tgHytHIX5IuGksYjAdx5Is2xi-qgg3kyTVtryKUuJDK1Y1Ur93NtvxGysuWA7Nj-exCizXkPyZ0WpDvM5Bde4sbgmDt7F9gu6qV5e3IHYzZGcQF77actzJTp2imWF74fsJYVCaeQJphG79Fq9ZwV68TCy8g51qy3xIwZbuKPrkqf/s720/Picsart_24-03-17_23-59-27-349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2PUIiNtEVpEtAvu2tgHytHIX5IuGksYjAdx5Is2xi-qgg3kyTVtryKUuJDK1Y1Ur93NtvxGysuWA7Nj-exCizXkPyZ0WpDvM5Bde4sbgmDt7F9gu6qV5e3IHYzZGcQF77actzJTp2imWF74fsJYVCaeQJphG79Fq9ZwV68TCy8g51qy3xIwZbuKPrkqf/w640-h640/Picsart_24-03-17_23-59-27-349.jpg" width="640" /></a><p></p><p><b>The Trees Wore Scarves</b></p><p>My friend, one of the Adult Literacy Tutors; invites me to an afternoon in the Botanical Gardens to witness some of her online students read in person. So i go along, and i have a heart-warming time; meeting new people old and young, from all over the islands; sharing snacks and listening to splendid readings.</p><p>ALTA Online is an interactive, web-based programme of literacy instruction built around Caribbean life skills content and designed for independent use by persons aged 9 and over.</p><p>There were also options for authors to read as well: A source of inspiration and encouragement for students in the programme.</p><p><i>scarfed trees -</i></p><p><i>applause rise and</i></p><p><i>gusts of wind</i></p><p><b>© gillena cox 2024</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cTOgQcZ_FRp6ujnZ7d8hPhL1WIilZHtqjLWvaSik4eKnVotWt0OpEeIX25yIUS4P4CsoVMVy3jLg1a4UrE0S7WlY50YWGhzuxHBieldHI8NOG4m9zZDZyHkOC3bwbTQM-9per47vKJWyZqRmM7mmbrk9DGBYkl5kv3but8aWEi48igUslrmbRW8KJj4S/s720/Picsart_24-03-18_01-26-30-921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cTOgQcZ_FRp6ujnZ7d8hPhL1WIilZHtqjLWvaSik4eKnVotWt0OpEeIX25yIUS4P4CsoVMVy3jLg1a4UrE0S7WlY50YWGhzuxHBieldHI8NOG4m9zZDZyHkOC3bwbTQM-9per47vKJWyZqRmM7mmbrk9DGBYkl5kv3but8aWEi48igUslrmbRW8KJj4S/w640-h640/Picsart_24-03-18_01-26-30-921.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><b>Quadrille Sharp</b></div><div>The trees looked sharp</div><div> In their brightly wrapped scarves;</div><div>And the dry leaves crackled underfoot.</div><div>After the noon sun on Saturday,</div><div>There was left much to say.</div><div><br /></div><div>From far and wide they gathered,</div><div>This day they will have their say,</div><div>And say they did.</div><div><b>© gillena cox 2024</b></div><div><br /></div><p></p>
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</a><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/18/quadrille-197-look-sharp-now-lets-write-a-poem/">Quadrille #197: Look Sharp, Now! (Let’s write a poem.)</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">AND</span></b></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/03/mosaicmonday-no-75.html" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mosaic Monday#75</span></a></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div div="" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>REVISIT TO READ</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2024/03/1154.html">Monday WRites 426</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/03/monday-writes-197.html">20190318</a><br /><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/03/monday-writes-196.html">...</a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: -large; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">❧✿❧</span></span></span></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></div><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 427</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b> Happy MARCH </b></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="verses" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/w314-h198/mw.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-36970448752620292512024-03-14T16:00:00.015-04:002024-03-14T16:23:10.242-04:001156[bing AI created this image for me]<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><span style="text-align: center;">This is what i hope to read at the live meeting this Saturday.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> If you want to read it at the blog
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/14/open-link-night-and-a-chance-to-go-live-on-saturday/">Open Link Night AND a chance to GO LIVE on Saturday!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jp" width="200" /></a><div><br /></div></div>
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</iframe></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com10St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-25968588746464834642024-03-12T16:37:00.002-04:002024-03-12T17:27:58.328-04:001155<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Orchard in Spring” by Alfred Sisley (1881)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">courtesy dVerse Poetry Pub</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIncVERMSdbUSGlpI9Go4qv_VHvDJihfpfCg5P86zi41y8A2XalbgndgxknDw53uYrfsQNDtv3NY4GdVmX8sCGNT8RmTRiaeI4pm4Ia56b5b0ecKbCRnM_VnbHjENC6KgP8LJEsYrN2dCZByCtT1dSXM16g7BTBHOEAwXv8uzzn7CuxRWVpx7ByBNhyEqs/s1024/1024px-Alfred_Sisley_-_Orchard_in_Spring,_By_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIncVERMSdbUSGlpI9Go4qv_VHvDJihfpfCg5P86zi41y8A2XalbgndgxknDw53uYrfsQNDtv3NY4GdVmX8sCGNT8RmTRiaeI4pm4Ia56b5b0ecKbCRnM_VnbHjENC6KgP8LJEsYrN2dCZByCtT1dSXM16g7BTBHOEAwXv8uzzn7CuxRWVpx7ByBNhyEqs/w400-h300/1024px-Alfred_Sisley_-_Orchard_in_Spring,_By_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>New Clothes</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When sentinel poui changes her clothing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From all green to an all pink thing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Know that sovereign Easter is near</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our Caribbean nuance of Spring</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With silver smiles of resurrection </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Of renewal therefore sing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pink poui has changed her garb</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And that's a wonderful thing</div><div><b style="text-align: left;">© gillena cox 2024</b></div></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/12/poetics-daffy-for-daffodils-sprung-in-spring/">Poetics: Daffy for Daffodils, Sprung in Spring</a></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div><div><i><span>Challenge: to be indpired write about the picture add words of a given list</span></i></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>REVISIT</b></div></div><div><a href="
https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/03/monday-writes-145.html">20180312</a></div><div><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2016/03/206.html">20160312</a></div><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/03/366.html">20170307</a></span></div></span></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-15187587763645756382024-03-11T17:03:00.007-04:002024-03-11T18:10:36.241-04:001154<p><i>image created for me by bing AI</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhQyaWVoowSYt4kVsYyfM2kxjbAuAO-26olsav9FqypxjtCATVHFv1D5yAy7w-EvqGq32zQIrJLutQSVITTUe8F8lo9qp38yXtcebSrzg74odrl8VZ870deB3JAQco4VbcxfZWfXw0IvvWE2FeAdKf8OehxGxJXkc1ye6zsBYP2NcAHfTlYbTfxpzauHp/s1024/OIG3.h7_xO1kaQjJHAk_zMh.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhQyaWVoowSYt4kVsYyfM2kxjbAuAO-26olsav9FqypxjtCATVHFv1D5yAy7w-EvqGq32zQIrJLutQSVITTUe8F8lo9qp38yXtcebSrzg74odrl8VZ870deB3JAQco4VbcxfZWfXw0IvvWE2FeAdKf8OehxGxJXkc1ye6zsBYP2NcAHfTlYbTfxpzauHp/w581-h581/OIG3.h7_xO1kaQjJHAk_zMh.jpeg" width="581" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Wandering Through The Unknown</b></div></b><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Though <i><b>all of the names swallowed up by the cold</b></i> left a bitter taste on her freezing lips; still, she remained adamant. She was not leaving without her best bud her friend of first school days.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She was determined to search this wretched unknown territory; alone if she must, unshod if she had to. She would find him.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Her backpack felt even heavier than when she had zeroed in from earth with all of its wars and changes in climate. She didn't know what season she had reached in this unknown star. There was no inkling in this wasteland of emerald sky, yellow dust and red rocks.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She had never thought to pack a paint brush or colours.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">©</span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">gillenacox2024</span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTU35dlrQxcdKsH71Fv2TDJCb5SNhexqC0plYsBfhqw9C6oNLSGoAEcih-oOePVxr5tp3e8xqKk6bR9PSymWVUryAgNFALUp1T78CkOhiExI2OfLA39HhpJsviCvW6Hm5ORTPH9Hft2wxYSJSQn0zE5oJRMR5BruJQK_TJbISA9HhTBJnGzxYD6_8AUiCg/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
</a><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/11/prosery-tomas-transtromer/">Prosery – Tomas Tranströmer/</a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Prompt line for today's prosery is</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>all of the names swallowed up by the cold</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>REVISIT TO READ</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2024/03/1151.html">Monday WRites 425</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2020/03/707.html">20200311</a><br /><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/03/monday-writes-196.html">20190311</a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: -large; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">❧✿❧</span></span></span></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></div><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 426</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b> Happy MARCH </b></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;">You've heard about the Monday Blues </div><div style="font-size: xx-large;">well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).</div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="verses" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/w314-h198/mw.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com22St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-33129194475481636352024-03-07T16:33:00.006-04:002024-03-07T17:03:00.971-04:001153<p> Suitor by Lawrence Alma-tadema from a google search</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYMU_6ofo0Y6XpN0vjmU8e-1p_wjtNITlizJKP1qmR78VkWCYZ5JiohU7z0rQFsymKllDy2NpAfongOARueCyYpatIiv8OmDEav6f-hymlpa1TUaGESPzJXL33tcd3gsXB6vcFLCGYerb0nXo7TKbf2TNHY2BOFXntY_g44wpWekqWqhwstyURUEnxU7A/s661/welcome-footsteps-sir-lawrence-alma-tadema-canvas-print.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="661" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYMU_6ofo0Y6XpN0vjmU8e-1p_wjtNITlizJKP1qmR78VkWCYZ5JiohU7z0rQFsymKllDy2NpAfongOARueCyYpatIiv8OmDEav6f-hymlpa1TUaGESPzJXL33tcd3gsXB6vcFLCGYerb0nXo7TKbf2TNHY2BOFXntY_g44wpWekqWqhwstyURUEnxU7A/w640-h540/welcome-footsteps-sir-lawrence-alma-tadema-canvas-print.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Flippant Suitor</b></span></div><p>To where do rosebuds traverse</p><p>If not in the sequence of verse</p><p><br /></p><p>In the intentions of our universe</p><p>Already fixed to no reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>Why then suitor, romancer, do worse</p><p>Than a heart wounded or curse</p><p><br /></p><p>As bended knee rises another to converse</p><p>With same adoration so perverse</p><p><b>© gillena cox 2024</b></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/07/mtb-echoing-back/">MTB: Echoing Back</a></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div><div><i><span>Challenge: Write your poem as a Ghazal*
5 -15 rhyming couplets AA, BA, CA, DA, EA, etc...
</span></i></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>REVISIT</b></div></div><div><a href="
https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2023/03/1022_7.html">20230307</a></div><div><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2022/03/879.html">20180305</a></div><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/03/366.html">20170307</a></span></div></span></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com16St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-8830024375480751992024-03-05T18:01:00.007-04:002024-03-06T01:52:58.684-04:001152<p> Bing AI created this image for me</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx5O4AM_rNgFwzPCfloYa4vE-4OhXAggm_9M1CnIlQXEJ-rTNz4tsC7dcWmHHTaJns88yYTBdqkmJwvnjkUVer6vY6G_d8FQJMSCXCh-EtcdQDfjfD8IOEtVvg6fewGm9maF4zcM4EkZ0nfx5ajMU1mhYiWf2VHZAZlBBGCGfdl_ep0-Au9aHiZgL5DT_/s1024/OIG1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx5O4AM_rNgFwzPCfloYa4vE-4OhXAggm_9M1CnIlQXEJ-rTNz4tsC7dcWmHHTaJns88yYTBdqkmJwvnjkUVer6vY6G_d8FQJMSCXCh-EtcdQDfjfD8IOEtVvg6fewGm9maF4zcM4EkZ0nfx5ajMU1mhYiWf2VHZAZlBBGCGfdl_ep0-Au9aHiZgL5DT_/w400-h400/OIG1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Now She Is Grown</b></p><p>when she was young and</p><p> but a bud she dreamed of a</p><p> brilliant sun on </p><p>her velvet petals warming </p><p>she though not of a </p><p>bush or shrub only blossom</p><p>beautiful no thorns </p><p>or raindrops heavy falling</p><p>nor ladybugs wings</p><p>now the sun and the moon stars</p><p> and planets exist</p><p><b>© gillena cox 2024</b></p>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/05/poetics-young-and-green/">Poetics: Young and Green</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Challenge: to write a poem on being “young and green” from whatever persona or viewpoint you choose to adopt,
</div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></i></div><div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div><b>REVISIT</b></div></div><div><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2016/03/202.html" style="text-align: left;">20160305</a></div><div><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/03/monday-writes-144.html" style="text-align: left;">20180305</a></div></span></div></span></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-84223174872951754732024-03-04T16:52:00.004-04:002024-03-04T17:20:47.617-04:001151<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BEhmtZgbH4El-hPOdxnO3rbYxH4p6yB2hyphenhyphenZ-7UbLOPaT86r6njfqaiYm-Lit3ko7sCPCGH9qPJMwzYYk5dEbm4urKffCvzDWrgcFXwE2RVIZUTuCEW3JYz1sjiinQ3-z88PhBDJp3uEGBr-92G2vN5B5fysJoT_LWrIdABiRKtr4ZcOaTGzH/s2309/Picsart_24-03-01_06-25-59-917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2309" data-original-width="1732" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BEhmtZgbH4El-hPOdxnO3rbYxH4p6yB2hyphenhyphenZ-7UbLOPaT86r6njfqaiYm-Lit3ko7sCPCGH9qPJMwzYYk5dEbm4urKffCvzDWrgcFXwE2RVIZUTuCEW3JYz1sjiinQ3-z88PhBDJp3uEGBr-92G2vN5B5fysJoT_LWrIdABiRKtr4ZcOaTGzH/w480-h640/Picsart_24-03-01_06-25-59-917.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">pink curtains shiver</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">paws striking with eyes shining -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lola is at play </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The new addition to my granddaughter's swoons;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a grey kitten whom she brought to visit. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lola ran through all the rooms, before sparing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">with a curtain panel and tired, fell into slumber. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">gillenacox2024</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WITH</b></span></div><div><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/03/mosaicmonday-no-73.html">Mosaic Monday#73</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUwTRP6aM1Y4XB-uH98L_db4IJ_Hu7nZRerzhNo_L1Lx0vc3mUrMzNczZn5VChtjCc5s8dTjptdvSXvsbBvr0LANZ9jL4t15keM6A8u2i2YtGYNSrGTmeW2yWMb4Bex1ppchoP7UKI9TjmxQOikaGhkKftPkNsYQIUm5rJME2KBUvw9J3QGy7IFmA/s200/mm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="200" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUwTRP6aM1Y4XB-uH98L_db4IJ_Hu7nZRerzhNo_L1Lx0vc3mUrMzNczZn5VChtjCc5s8dTjptdvSXvsbBvr0LANZ9jL4t15keM6A8u2i2YtGYNSrGTmeW2yWMb4Bex1ppchoP7UKI9TjmhKp-xQOikaGhkKftPkNsYQIUm5rJME2KBUvw9J3QGy7IFmA/s1600/mm.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div>AND</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTU35dlrQxcdKsH71Fv2TDJCb5SNhexqC0plYsBfhqw9C6oNLSGoAEcih-oOePVxr5tp3e8xqKk6bR9PSymWVUryAgNFALUp1T78CkOhiExI2OfLA39HhpJsviCvW6Hm5ORTPH9Hft2wxYSJSQn0zE5oJRMR5BruJQK_TJbISA9HhTBJnGzxYD6_8AUiCg/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i>
</i></a><i><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/03/04/quadrille-196-lets-have-a-slumber-party/">Quadrille #196 – Let’s have a Slumber Party!/a>
</a></i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Prompt word for today's quadrille is slumber</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>REVISIT TO READ</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2024/02/1147.html">Monday WRites 431</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2022/03/878.html">20220304</a><br /><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2021/03/786.html">20210304</a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: -large; vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xxx-large;">❧✿❧</span></span></span></span></span></b></div></span></span></div></div><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 425</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b> Happy MARCH </b></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;">You've heard about the Monday Blues </div><div style="font-size: xx-large;">well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).</div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="verses" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/w314-h198/mw.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com26St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-16573219281145936972024-02-29T18:20:00.007-04:002024-02-29T19:13:07.512-04:001150<p> [photo courtesy Michelle Beauchamp at dVerse Poets Pub]</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTyaFSBEU_bk-cQrPvq0XRk3BfwB7vMmBXoLYyjnR3CxGwKWh2AXXBcP-F_QYOD3oidZoQztNb9RgmFPe6DelY5p9c7f6vaUYNBpF34Y89r-2X_mKqf67SlAI5jCd4c3cfnb3ftCt5q8a1MhvStttc8yrhhgBdx_m7U_lepx9CS6oJbdPwpD_uewjDmP9/s768/1000004453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTyaFSBEU_bk-cQrPvq0XRk3BfwB7vMmBXoLYyjnR3CxGwKWh2AXXBcP-F_QYOD3oidZoQztNb9RgmFPe6DelY5p9c7f6vaUYNBpF34Y89r-2X_mKqf67SlAI5jCd4c3cfnb3ftCt5q8a1MhvStttc8yrhhgBdx_m7U_lepx9CS6oJbdPwpD_uewjDmP9/w400-h400/1000004453.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>Everyday A Possibility</b></p><p>Life without regret</p><p>Opens the living to better futures;</p><p><i>Hope is not a resting place,</i></p><p><i>but a starting point - a cactus,</i></p><p><i>not a cushion</i>, which encourages couch potatoes to rest on laurels;</p><p>No! hope can take wings</p><p>In flights of imagination,</p><p>Acting out hunches </p><p>Much like the poet, molding words</p><p>Into tangible responses to</p><p>Everyday possibilities </p><p><b>© gillenacox2024</b></p><p><br /></p><div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/02/29/open-link-357/">Open Link Night # 357</a></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today's mini prompt</span></div><div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Consider these lines of wisdom by American author, H. Jackson Brown Jr.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Be a cactus in a world of delicate flowers.”</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">“Hope is not a resting place but a starting point – a cactus, not a cushion.”</span></i></div></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-72324697802725117712024-02-27T16:50:00.005-04:002024-02-27T17:23:12.296-04:001149<p style="text-align: center;"> [Bing AI generated image]</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwv83NiSJWS4cHos-xkj7XOhyphenhyphenpsli1pyK7P1dXUoInFjAxsMBUlSH6o3AjFzD43__w5MXpBn69fwg5_wWWiZxKAU0pTZo0-oUs6EQEzusFufpYpKB9xTbz8dMUP-v_YgJAbv6oHLLhWnu3xzLodOWiqwOJ-VT3CaXFm9oCM8td_APLIK44PQzKKXW2fv1k/s1024/OIG1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwv83NiSJWS4cHos-xkj7XOhyphenhyphenpsli1pyK7P1dXUoInFjAxsMBUlSH6o3AjFzD43__w5MXpBn69fwg5_wWWiZxKAU0pTZo0-oUs6EQEzusFufpYpKB9xTbz8dMUP-v_YgJAbv6oHLLhWnu3xzLodOWiqwOJ-VT3CaXFm9oCM8td_APLIK44PQzKKXW2fv1k/w501-h501/OIG1.jpeg" width="501" /></a></div><b>Just A Leaping Nonsense</b><br /><p></p><p>A frog leaps into a pond</p><p>There is a splash</p><p>Significant enough to found</p><p>A poem so small in a flash</p><p>Haiku of Basho</p><p>Oh oh oh</p><p>Oh oh oh</p><p>When it is hot so</p><p>Hot you really want to make a dash</p><p>Save a notebook that was found</p><p>Or make potatoes into a mash</p><p>A poem leaps into a pond</p><p><b>gillenacox2024</b></p><p><br /></p><div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/02/27/dverse-poetics-tuesday-2024-poets-leaping/">dVerse Poetics Tuesday — 2024 Poets Leaping</a><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div>
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https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/02/632.html">20190227</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="
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Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com14St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-65347138460906153552024-02-19T18:36:00.006-04:002024-02-19T18:58:53.352-04:001147image from <a href="https://pin.it/3YtALW5EA">pinterest</a>
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<p> A touch of sunshine</p><p>A dash of azure</p><p>This poem wanders into</p><p>A bright day</p><p><br /></p><p>Eyes are viewing</p><p>The same scenes as yesterday</p><p>Only one bird led the chorus</p><p>At daybreak shrill and right </p><p><br /></p><p>What of sunset</p><p>Will there be a touch of gold</p><p>© gillena cox 2024</p><p><br /></p><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/02/19/quadrille-195-dont-touch-that-dial-stay-and-write-a-poem/">Quadrille #195 – Don’t Touch that Dial! (Stay and Write a Poem) </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the prompt is touch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div>
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<p> </p>This is what i read at the live meeting this Saturday
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© gillena cox 2024<p><br /></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/02/13/poetics-its-written-in-stone/">Poetics: It’s Written in Stone</a><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">REVISIT TO READ</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="
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release their sweet, wild perfume
then bow down, heavy with rain.’ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in a prose writing not more than 133 words<br /><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">AND</span></b></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/02/mosaicmonday-no-70.html" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mosaic Monday#70</span></a></div>
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font-size: large;">HAPPY FEBRUARY TO ALL</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="verses" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/w314-h198/mw.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></span></div><div></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-47769705857602911512024-02-08T17:34:00.004-04:002024-02-08T18:08:10.882-04:001142<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRYRLrOg8CPaGjubj1WiaT6OFBwCM_zYYsjrlgH3JmmOV_e1IyKXIXoVLfmMjgbUR9Iy3viRkhKBXIJjF7fOVi_4lvAEiHBvhfBXLW9y7EMhyAHn4ZV6xEsfx3ugt9UE2yrm_AMiarYTYo0WaQGu-wIXN1AN46dT5rVSN7V6UQDlWxCqNE3ItqoCyHMPF/s1714/Picsart_24-02-08_17-43-12-279.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1567" data-original-width="1714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRYRLrOg8CPaGjubj1WiaT6OFBwCM_zYYsjrlgH3JmmOV_e1IyKXIXoVLfmMjgbUR9Iy3viRkhKBXIJjF7fOVi_4lvAEiHBvhfBXLW9y7EMhyAHn4ZV6xEsfx3ugt9UE2yrm_AMiarYTYo0WaQGu-wIXN1AN46dT5rVSN7V6UQDlWxCqNE3ItqoCyHMPF/s600/Picsart_24-02-08_17-43-12-279.png" width="600" /></a></div><p> <b>HOT DRY HEAT</b></p><p>The flowers bloom,</p><p>Obvlious of the heat,</p><p>The hardy ones;</p><p>Like bougainvillea,</p><p>And ixora.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sky is bright,</p><p>A blue sky for sure,</p><p>Cumulus; like bagged</p><p>Cotton candy at a fair,</p><p>The flowers bloom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some with thorns,</p><p>Some without,</p><p>Isn't life like that,</p><p>For those pretty ones?</p><p>The sky is bright.</p><p><br /></p><p>You just have to look up;</p><p>What is it about azure,</p><p>The colour of wonder,</p><p>And of blooms,</p><p>Some with thorns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like barbed wire,</p><p>Keeping out,</p><p>And sometimes keeping in</p><p>Screams, even when</p><p>You just have to look up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those fearless birds,</p><p>Tired of chirping,</p><p>Sit and rest;</p><p>Some even preen on lines,</p><p>Like barbed wire </p><p><b>© gillena cox 2024</b></p><p><br /></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</b></div></b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">REVISIT TO READ</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2022/02/888.html">20220208</a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2021/02/monday-writes-284.html">20210208</a><br /><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/02/503.html">20160208</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"></div></div></div></span></div></span></div><div></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com15St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-37087567518398619592024-02-05T00:00:00.084-04:002024-02-08T17:22:05.954-04:001141The following is but a tiny sampling of children masquerade along The Western <div>Main Road in St James yesterday <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHf3EvwXNPbBrbdylbtpxl8GQYUuH8aNjEDWwZ-OTJNEw9U_1b4CCoaEX87Ie5JqeTmaUEb36IqsjoYTgCq_o8ZEKeCT3MBycelZcLpTjUhm_TIFhyJDPQ3pYbSIw1czf8YoG2u1nwD5ALm7K4_ow4OShLF7YxCdvAQ5RyiA_TSDzIxCUI97XkZvtF2kSo/s720/Picsart_24-02-04_17-44-24-460.jpg" style="display: block; 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font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;">©gillenacox2024</b></div></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/02/mosaicmonday-no-69.html">Mosaic Monday#69</a></div></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUwTRP6aM1Y4XB-uH98L_db4IJ_Hu7nZRerzhNo_L1Lx0vc3mUrMzNczZn5VChtjCc5s8dTjptdvSXvsbBvr0LANZ9jL4t15keM6A8u2i2YtGYNSrGTmeW2yWMb4Bex1ppchoP7UKI9TjmxQOikaGhkKftPkNsYQIUm5rJME2KBUvw9J3QGy7IFmA/s200/mm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="200" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUwTRP6aM1Y4XB-uH98L_db4IJ_Hu7nZRerzhNo_L1Lx0vc3mUrMzNczZn5VChtjCc5s8dTjptdvSXvsbBvr0LANZ9jL4t15keM6A8u2i2YtGYNSrGTmeW2yWMb4Bex1ppchoP7UKI9TjmhKp-xQOikaGhkKftPkNsYQIUm5rJME2KBUvw9J3QGy7IFmA/s1600/mm.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">AND</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 429</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">HAPPY FEBRUARY TO ALL</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="verses" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/w314-h198/mw.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div><div></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com33St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-74214994346798595992024-02-01T16:48:00.003-04:002024-02-01T17:04:37.200-04:001140image credit <a href="
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<p> <b> </b><b>Fo'day Morning</b><b> Expletives</b></p><p>Anger finds itself impaled upon a </p><p>spike like capon thus designed to naught</p><p>Obscenities reward excessive way</p><p>Locked in cursive verbal longings sought</p><p><br /></p><p>Tis wee hours of morning arriving </p><p>Dawn to yawning loud stories be told</p><p>Tired stars see all as useless striving</p><p>Shadows carry restless drunks so bold </p><p> <b>© gillena cox 2024</b></p><p><b><i>NOTE: Fo'day Morning; a Trini idiom, is that time between dawn and morning light</i></b></p><div><br /></div>
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</b><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/30/poetics-may-i-have-this-dance/">Poetics: May I Have This Dance?</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" />
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<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2023/01/1008.html">20230130</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/01/626.html">20190130</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/01/351.html">20170130</a><br /><p><br /></p>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com16St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-66177893735398142472024-01-29T16:33:00.001-04:002024-01-29T16:33:38.787-04:001138<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8A_E95k-mDVJISm_L36iwbuDD-NNW51juZ1N80rHwlo09tFM0WKMdC3Fb0hNYwlc5HCdq1JenjrCbEu2vPCMhQ4HEYZ9Q80xLBCEVv3Ac9uIYCRs9h9uaYNzXGk4cdCmBf-YB4p3ys7LqF-P8QTU5M8lG0KZYwT6genlLhmLL_iyk7-75mIm0-_I6Xsuj/s1772/Picsart_24-01-29_16-31-16-208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="1772" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8A_E95k-mDVJISm_L36iwbuDD-NNW51juZ1N80rHwlo09tFM0WKMdC3Fb0hNYwlc5HCdq1JenjrCbEu2vPCMhQ4HEYZ9Q80xLBCEVv3Ac9uIYCRs9h9uaYNzXGk4cdCmBf-YB4p3ys7LqF-P8QTU5M8lG0KZYwT6genlLhmLL_iyk7-75mIm0-_I6Xsuj/w640-h602/Picsart_24-01-29_16-31-16-208.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Breath: a haibun</b></p><p>Morning silvery sky: the coolness caresses my cheek.There is a shiver amoung the banana fronds, the response of a gentle breeze.</p><p>Arms stretched wide, i inhale, hold, exhale, again and again. This fitting exercise of breath is like giving thanks for the morning; new crisp and fragile.</p><p><i>on the neighbour's roof -</i></p><p><i>there a kiskadee is perched in</i></p><p><i>silence for a while</i></p><p><b>gillenacox2024</b></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/29/haibun-monday-1-29-24-breath/"> Haibun Monday 1-29-24: Breath </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>REVISIT</b><br /><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2024/01/1136.html">Monday Writes 427</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/01/monday-writes-140.html">20180129</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2016/01/179.html">20160129</a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 428</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="verses" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/w314-h198/mw.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com18St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-56364320115236748972024-01-24T00:48:00.012-04:002024-01-24T13:12:25.372-04:001137#digitalart ©gillenacox composed@picsart
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXjuTpEM-aFhkm7HI6h7WvbSR0uRU4rXjYUM-N2uI6mqjzhgOaA2YgkkyZY0Aw5UEjzZTGkhNB1oyhPc5mr_kUAM6MyLQDKwTy1kq3seWwMKRIdgcWLKOA5VL3Sk2BCj9cqECZY52zTBnxGcY8hs1EOPiMbjZ0UXC8y5SSFtMD-aqpV0_spHnihm9_Z-l/s791/Picsart_24-01-24_00-38-27-611.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="791" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZXjuTpEM-aFhkm7HI6h7WvbSR0uRU4rXjYUM-N2uI6mqjzhgOaA2YgkkyZY0Aw5UEjzZTGkhNB1oyhPc5mr_kUAM6MyLQDKwTy1kq3seWwMKRIdgcWLKOA5VL3Sk2BCj9cqECZY52zTBnxGcY8hs1EOPiMbjZ0UXC8y5SSFtMD-aqpV0_spHnihm9_Z-l/s400/Picsart_24-01-24_00-38-27-611.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b> PAPA BOIS: A PREQUEL</b></p><p>He was a boy, </p><p>just a little trini boy</p><p>Like any other boy</p><p><br /></p><p>Pitching marble</p><p>Hoarding marble</p><p>Swapping marble</p><p><br /></p><p>Till one day</p><p>Oh what a day</p><p>A memorable day</p><p><br /></p><p>He wandered into the forest</p><p>The thick dense forest</p><p>Spirit and tree filled forest</p><p><br /></p><p>He was never seen again</p><p>No one heard his voice again</p><p>His friends looked for him again and again</p><p><br /></p><p>Till years [after]</p><p>Friends who became hunters [after]</p><p>Sometimes swore they saw [after]</p><p><br /></p><p>A familiar face flash by</p><p>A face aged now, but with horns</p><p>A face older than the hills.</p><p><b>© gillena cox 2024 </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaBJxoJL547Tj50CaK-PWWpdJ0FwgZZwUT81C-EnLgzICXpGLTox-lZA1HOUpXZjZKV80Jk5gjUEjj2zQP_Miz8GgL7MKrvOjoB8iKwmFh3hUtn08qwOJVYs-0yZ_QK_Fsu6BygmpzSfcuCT2g4uARF2HFFKd5izgLO5Xr4okGZASPQyn8OMmjzkty30P/s201/download.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="121" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNaBJxoJL547Tj50CaK-PWWpdJ0FwgZZwUT81C-EnLgzICXpGLTox-lZA1HOUpXZjZKV80Jk5gjUEjj2zQP_Miz8GgL7MKrvOjoB8iKwmFh3hUtn08qwOJVYs-0yZ_QK_Fsu6BygmpzSfcuCT2g4uARF2HFFKd5izgLO5Xr4okGZASPQyn8OMmjzkty30P/w241-h400/download.jpeg" width="241" /></a></div><p><i><b>[Papa Bois image from google]</b></i></p><p><i><b>##Papa Bois</b>, a French patois word for "father wood" or "father of the forest" is a popular fictional character in Trinidad and Tobago folklore </i></p><p><i>He is the protector of the plants and the animals in the forests. He is half animal and half human. The lower half of his body is of a goat and the upper part of his body (his head, chest, and arms) is like a man's except that he has two horns coming out of his forehead.</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/23/and-what-were-you-like-before/">. . . and what were you like before . . .</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The prompt; to write about a fiction character before they became who they are <b>[i edited to add: the story / poem is my imagination of what Papa Bois was before he became the mythical character we now know him to be] as</b> the prompt asked... You’re simply being asked to think about the possible background of a famous character or mythological figure and write a poem showing a different side to them...
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<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2023/01/1005.html">20230123</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/01/624.html">20190123</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/01/349.html">20170123</a><br />Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-57177020381992729122024-01-22T16:17:00.009-04:002024-01-22T16:55:36.385-04:001136<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhT8MfdSwPQMxitq0oXvrG0TZpZKW47eVVaVc_PBCOkGpUIlZN0-38ba5mhQAn59eHkJn53u_69pCfNC8o6sHRkvilp7ONPLa4Btdrr1UtI3t2VBZKydQQIaP083PktUWDTt5VsnMbzRYZywHHzTseFyf4wEN6_vXyWxlCijVISSsnpA4jK0BEl6MfpBEx/s2000/Picsart_24-01-22_16-27-47-689.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhT8MfdSwPQMxitq0oXvrG0TZpZKW47eVVaVc_PBCOkGpUIlZN0-38ba5mhQAn59eHkJn53u_69pCfNC8o6sHRkvilp7ONPLa4Btdrr1UtI3t2VBZKydQQIaP083PktUWDTt5VsnMbzRYZywHHzTseFyf4wEN6_vXyWxlCijVISSsnpA4jK0BEl6MfpBEx/s400/Picsart_24-01-22_16-27-47-689.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p> <b>Sorting Out The Sky</b></p><p>A pinch of morning,</p><p>Now with dawn setting,</p><p>Sliver of silver,</p><p>Radiance giver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh sky! what summons you</p><p>To tease at us so?</p><p> Feathered harbingers,</p><p>Noisy bringers,</p><p><br /></p><p>Of new occurences;</p><p>Are sure to find references,</p><p>In measure of man's mind,</p><p>Who isn't always kind.</p><p><b>gillenacox2024</b></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/22/quadrille-193-poems-in-a-pinch/">Quadrille #193: Poems in a Pinch </a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The prompt word is pinch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>REVISIT</b><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2020/01/697.html">20200122</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/01/monday-writes-139.html">20180122</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/01/348.html">20170122</a><br />Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-25661314200636115322024-01-18T16:00:00.003-04:002024-01-18T17:02:38.737-04:001135<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVkoDUaTDdX5j_5gBnlgKn_9iQNgZBM74CdQiGWJK7MDQ6Yt2Kxm9Kwigcp88rx7pdFTJnGXpeqvaocS5zRFXERWYk_ewROZGhzIL-oNJffLuEyumEVioY_rCxWdyhE8w-xnveJyrhuo7L5uGYrBj6_y7YYsP4SGGAj7tm_r4KUkUyiL07n_sBVi9WHef/s400/175.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="388" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVkoDUaTDdX5j_5gBnlgKn_9iQNgZBM74CdQiGWJK7MDQ6Yt2Kxm9Kwigcp88rx7pdFTJnGXpeqvaocS5zRFXERWYk_ewROZGhzIL-oNJffLuEyumEVioY_rCxWdyhE8w-xnveJyrhuo7L5uGYrBj6_y7YYsP4SGGAj7tm_r4KUkUyiL07n_sBVi9WHef/w501-h516/175.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p> LISTEN</p><p>This is what i hope to read at the live meeting on Saturday 20th January 2024
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<a href=" https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2016/01/175.html"> GO HERE</a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/18/oln/">OLN 354 + a little live</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ2jZIYM03opZTJRUfl1S1KPRfd_pjOV65vPiRSDkpskBeXBDhTLODe5uRStWyuxNFWRCd_OJ_N8n-6Fr1xNAN2HhbFeSmeN6e-KjOZdxZzX0TrTlYhzUavxMwGMGhr2Hx0JVlk4dRxaDrD0AV7UxsUDkrfv_SVr-CjQZ6onNpMx6LPFVi1pa4ec0VSqj/s200/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-55376978117139669832024-01-16T17:13:00.006-04:002024-01-16T18:13:26.768-04:001134<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>old photos from my archives</i></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUKxTvQLHFXuhZv-LQSLzmA5hjz-lK0aGJC8aQI9Ak5zBwZelnxTYeviXmKUeWoa0gQTLBeVTqDehMpWcl9L4s44dhT9GK6pUtE0jc0f-3smU0SeIa2AUZW7y_bMWFhGpAppbEh_lGA2McKtN_7gqSt26iER4GVMBKY_nHRaX1Pk9Ih3tqjcIOqmZwcI_/s4128/20200216_145335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUKxTvQLHFXuhZv-LQSLzmA5hjz-lK0aGJC8aQI9Ak5zBwZelnxTYeviXmKUeWoa0gQTLBeVTqDehMpWcl9L4s44dhT9GK6pUtE0jc0f-3smU0SeIa2AUZW7y_bMWFhGpAppbEh_lGA2McKtN_7gqSt26iER4GVMBKY_nHRaX1Pk9Ih3tqjcIOqmZwcI_/s320/20200216_145335.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegt58GC_MnvQ8FRexzSNlQVSUx31s60Qrrr-cP-xC4uBd29hh29uajcUl_txyfWSJm318cuVJOyHUjIo45GbfqKJckyRYeD6UIgaZY_xxy4mhuc5V_7bylGiLL46pYboqvAfjDd1QsuYoYoSIZL1tnBhA1ytYWQvblEw4us73S4kxOJl40Do-k0Zc9P6d/s4128/20200216_145357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegt58GC_MnvQ8FRexzSNlQVSUx31s60Qrrr-cP-xC4uBd29hh29uajcUl_txyfWSJm318cuVJOyHUjIo45GbfqKJckyRYeD6UIgaZY_xxy4mhuc5V_7bylGiLL46pYboqvAfjDd1QsuYoYoSIZL1tnBhA1ytYWQvblEw4us73S4kxOJl40Do-k0Zc9P6d/s320/20200216_145357.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxJhjm36HIYPOw61vYPMeFWmNIIm5vX9552DGHllrQth9V2HdZ4bf77W5eK199Z3jyHZG3mfwVOjXjNl64c9dv_6ON-tpQiD_LAcQYxNxJXACKkrhii-V84Uwl1HsW_80rRf8YSOcC_Wz7y9gkDB_zAaZS9qKilIvqRc4tpg1CfJi-pq1AgLQL-jtNVbt/s4128/20200216_145416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxJhjm36HIYPOw61vYPMeFWmNIIm5vX9552DGHllrQth9V2HdZ4bf77W5eK199Z3jyHZG3mfwVOjXjNl64c9dv_6ON-tpQiD_LAcQYxNxJXACKkrhii-V84Uwl1HsW_80rRf8YSOcC_Wz7y9gkDB_zAaZS9qKilIvqRc4tpg1CfJi-pq1AgLQL-jtNVbt/s320/20200216_145416.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Sample and Tease: City of Port of Spain</b></p><p>City of Port of Spain;</p><p>Rich in history, protest, and monument.</p><p>Preserves till today;</p><p>A people loving peace,</p><p>But loving more justice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Old quays and cathedrals are welcoming.</p><p><br /></p><p>Standing tall, The Red House,</p><p>Seat of political decision.</p><p>Woodford Square, echoing voices</p><p>Of change and belief.</p><p><br /></p><p>Memorial Park, where wreaths draw in, the heroes who died, so we could be, the city today.</p><p>Parade of Carnival bands claim The Queens Park Savannah, the largest roundabout in the island; </p><p> Poui in pinks and yellows burst into blossoming, even out-glamouring The Royal Botanic Gardens. </p><p>Not forgetting The Emporer Valley Zoo, named for the emporer butterfly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pulse of City of Port of Spain; is vibrant and varied. This is just a sample and tease</p><p><b>©gillenacox2024</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgdPUYZSB9_3OM8IP03gEXeAv-35nf9Y9qg8kfmC8BoocG-bQkPkvqamA_fXq6KWSou4xvV1ocTWA_xO1TUGMuinAgF4LESHZ6X69j2D_OTZ-TLlwcS-TmibCcwgUA25QGXI10hniBEwnXAf3WKEwIQwvDr-d8SD5WkAUT2N7aYBDcAOvkZ5nyyM8u_Lz/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgdPUYZSB9_3OM8IP03gEXeAv-35nf9Y9qg8kfmC8BoocG-bQkPkvqamA_fXq6KWSou4xvV1ocTWA_xO1TUGMuinAgF4LESHZ6X69j2D_OTZ-TLlwcS-TmibCcwgUA25QGXI10hniBEwnXAf3WKEwIQwvDr-d8SD5WkAUT2N7aYBDcAOvkZ5nyyM8u_Lz/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/15/dverse-prosery-january-15/" style="font-style: italic;"></a><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/16/poetics-city-love/">Poetics: City love</a><br /><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">It's The Season of Carnival Here in Trinidad &Tobago</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;">
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REVISIT<br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2019/01/622.html">20190116</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/01/491.html">20180116</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/01/346.html">20190116</a><br />
<a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2016/08/265.html">A Snippet of Three Cities</a><br />
<!--end LinkyTools script--></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>Gillena Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com17St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago10.6744134 -61.5325824-17.635820436178847 -96.6888324 38.984647236178844 -26.376332400000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891841371715485708.post-62746892351984781142024-01-15T01:59:00.028-04:002024-01-15T16:46:25.258-04:001133<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJfexQFfcejjmvmqsjmv15CkCDdyIx0e1t-dN0GIrGjQywH194Dh0CpvB_lR_ut3mkfaj_nrcP9bCqc0w7_VWiG_egJd2K25GbJ95L5g2IbsvP5y4sFTwRLOXK-gJQAXPJGfjAGdHFvUitPVMK2t0y87ow9XM8fzQBWOn3Dr7lM83EUs2eQ5cOnDn2Jki/s720/Picsart_24-01-06_12-00-25-138.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJfexQFfcejjmvmqsjmv15CkCDdyIx0e1t-dN0GIrGjQywH194Dh0CpvB_lR_ut3mkfaj_nrcP9bCqc0w7_VWiG_egJd2K25GbJ95L5g2IbsvP5y4sFTwRLOXK-gJQAXPJGfjAGdHFvUitPVMK2t0y87ow9XM8fzQBWOn3Dr7lM83EUs2eQ5cOnDn2Jki/s600/Picsart_24-01-06_12-00-25-138.jpg" width="600" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><div>Cooked with rice and meat called pelau, or stewed alone, </div><div>Pigeon Peas is a traditional Carnival Season food in Trinidad and Tobago; grown in home gardens and farms.</div><div>Read more <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_pea"> HERE</a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WITH</b></span></div><div><a href="https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/2024/01/mosaicmonday-no-66.html">Mosaic Monday#66</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUwTRP6aM1Y4XB-uH98L_db4IJ_Hu7nZRerzhNo_L1Lx0vc3mUrMzNczZn5VChtjCc5s8dTjptdvSXvsbBvr0LANZ9jL4t15keM6A8u2i2YtGYNSrGTmeW2yWMb4Bex1ppchoP7UKI9TjmxQOikaGhkKftPkNsYQIUm5rJME2KBUvw9J3QGy7IFmA/s200/mm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="200" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUwTRP6aM1Y4XB-uH98L_db4IJ_Hu7nZRerzhNo_L1Lx0vc3mUrMzNczZn5VChtjCc5s8dTjptdvSXvsbBvr0LANZ9jL4t15keM6A8u2i2YtGYNSrGTmeW2yWMb4Bex1ppchoP7UKI9TjmhKp-xQOikaGhkKftPkNsYQIUm5rJME2KBUvw9J3QGy7IFmA/s1600/mm.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div>AND</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s200/DVERSE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTavKJdQqKt1exYoznMFk8H36j0MUoy3K3ueYnR-2fI6yE7lmpjTcK7I78qFKj7K-ftsRDl8LIVHyTmpOm2TduhAj_Vovy7UmNrPUF9knm0yx44HVOteq1sY6HvRwZwsC4FXrUC-kobOSEkhaIQZT_Xt5icaizh17Sf5Go6UEtSIF4TOghXdIR6UDZTI59/s1600/DVERSE.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/15/dverse-prosery-january-15/" style="font-style: italic;"> dVerse — Prosery — January 15 </a><span><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>using a line from</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e;">Dudley Randall, </span><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46562/ballad-of-birmingham" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0675c4; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ballad of Birmingham</a></span></div><div style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><b>To</b><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b><b>The Movies</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;">I guess it was one of those morning where you looked to the paper boy; calling out in the street, the urgency to buy news in print their goal. This early morning scene always made her smile and shake her head. Oh but that morning in particular;</div><div style="font-size: medium;">oh <b><i>but that smile was the last smile</i></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>to come upon her face</i></b>, for soon after she would have gotten the news of a ship built to last, then sunken; carrying down so many hopes dreams and connections.</div><div style="font-size: medium;">And many many years later. The movies would made the day come alive once more.</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b>©gillenacox2024</b></div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">REVISIT TO READ</b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2023/12/1131.html">Monday WRites 425</a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2018/01/monday-writes-138.html">20180115</a><br /><a href="https://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2017/01/345_15.html">20170115</a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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