Wednesday, December 6, 2017

480

[Narcissus image from Pinterest



ZONE OF DOUBLE
What lure the likes of reflection holds,
For a heart to beat after its own
Folly to apples poison the fairest
And moon round and full there to behold

Who is vanity then to want of reason

Mirror mirror held in speculation
Becomes the verdict lends the sway of
Ancients claiming old souls thrust in today
Why worry at scars of time's passing
ZONE OF DOUBLE © gillena cox 2017


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Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Narcissus (Vanity/Narcissism)

Monday, December 4, 2017

Monday Writes 134




STAR STUDDED JOURNEYMEN
Clatter of bones calls of days lost
Defeat in struggles cold gone lust
Mockery where light once burned
Empty sockets grin most, returned

Now all that was and this now past
Without blood hence now at last
Cage of support will rattle on anon
Till flesh returns or never lie be shun

Gather then crowns of seething green
Ever those boughs of steady wind seen
Bend thee in supple wondrous haze
Behold rapturous sight of dazzling gaze

Follow though the cold nights discourage
Enliven heart rekindle as day its courage
STAR STUDDED JOURNEYMEN © gillena cox 2017



Note
The Advent wreath, or Advent crown, is a Christian tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks of Advent in the liturgical calendar of the Western church... usually a horizontal evergreen wreath with four candles... Beginning with the First Sunday of Advent, the lighting of a candle can be accompanied by a Bible reading, devotional time and prayers. An additional candle is lit during each subsequent week until, by the last Sunday before Christmas, all four candles are lit. Many Advent wreaths include a fifth, Christ candle which is lit at Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The custom is observed both in family settings and at public church services.


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❧✿❧A Happy Advent Season to all❧✿❧ The first Sunday Advent candle has been lit and hope journeys with renewed longing

You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Welcome to Monday WRites #134, ❧✿❧ What's your mood like today ❧✿❧ I invite you to link in with one of your WRites






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Revisit
4 December 2014

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

478

image from google dot com]


BITTERSWEET
to such bittersweet longings

beginnings and endings appeal
they level waiting and anticipating

then a star shines brightest
and wise men follow their hearts
finding love swaddled in a manger
BITTERSWEET© gillena cox 2017


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Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Bittersweet

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MM 2017 Nov 29

Revisit
29 November 2016



Monday, November 27, 2017

Monday WRites 133

[images from Google dot com used for this mosaic]



JESSE TREE RONDELET
The Jesse Tree
Its roots in history of our mien
The Jesse Tree
Most gracious gems from clouds watered
Blossoming hope of days forseen
Thus faith allows us ample mean
The Jesse Tree
JESSE TREE RONDELET © gillena cox 2017


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Jesse Tree Symbols

[Jesse tree Clip Art from google dot com]



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A Happy Monday to all
❧✿❧Saying Goodbye November and Hello Advent Season ❧✿❧ Today is the first day in the Season of Advent. The Jesse Tree symbol for this day is creation - earth

You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Welcome to Monday WRites #133, ❧✿❧ What's your mood like today ❧✿❧ I invite you to link in with one of your WRites





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MM 2017 Nov 27

Sunday, November 26, 2017

476


i sweep
yellow leaves fall
from the Plumeria
as if greeting Fall far away
hello
© gillena cox 2017

# Here in Trinidad and Tobago we have only The Wet and The Dry Seasons; no Summer Winter Fall or Spring.


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November Themes


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MM: Nov 26 2017



Revisit
26 November 2016

Thursday, November 23, 2017

475


...Mommy brought her a glass of milk. She didn’t like milk very much. What she liked very much was orange juice. She drank her milk slowly, with some encouraging words from her mommy.
It was now time to brush her teeth, and get into her jammies. (that’s what Zinnia called her pyjamas). She chose the white ones with the coloured kitty cats patterns all over.
Her dad began to read to her a bedtime story. In no time at all, Zinnia was fast asleep; dreaming of ice lollies, and lollipops...
© 2017 gillena cox. [excerpt from my new children's book 'Third Planet From The Sun'] The story ends with one haiku poem.

Published through Authorhouse All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5462-8442-0 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-5462-8441-3 (e)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017917130
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.



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Revisit
23 November 2015

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

474

[a google dot com rose animation]


A SPELL OF ROSE
pluck thee petal by petal
by orb of refrains settle
question this rose and ink
oh passion sway her mettle

tis night this moon in sync
will barter sold hearts for mink
for a rose let sound be taste
while ear behold a lover wink

dark thorns be stranger haste
to rose a maiden soul re-paste
fairest peeled of jealous sake
wild plea fraught to no disgrace

blush sweetly innocence partake
stretch of hand quell his quake
sated web through love spell spun
for sweet fragrance of rose sake
A SPELL OF ROSE © gillena cox 2017

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Poets United Midweek Motif ~ The Flower: Rose
prompted by Sumana

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MM 2017 Nov 22


Revisit
22 Nov 2015
Rose Buds And Dew
A To Z Rosebud

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