Monday WRites 272

Saturday 14th here in T&T was a holiday. Divali The Festival of Lights observed by the Hindu community. Divali is well embraced into our society so that non Hindus as well participate in the celebration by way of greetings, and in simple ways such as cusine, clothing and going out to see the lights. On the street where i live, this has been a large as life neighbourhood event in pre Covid years embracing persons from other parts of the country and as well foreigners to the event. This year 2020, sadly because of The Covid 19 protocols there was no visible signs of the Festival, street lighting, or visits to our street. 

Mosaic 1: DIVALI PAST

Mosaic 2 Divali Jig Saw Puzzle

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 Mosaic 3: Thanks For The Food

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#105: Road Trippin', Part III

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Quadrille #116: Poem Those Possibles

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Quadrille #116: Poem Those Possibles
POSSIBILITIESPOSSIBILITIESThe possibility of making a poem possibleStrikes me as not impossibleLargely susceptible to whims and wordiness Additionally likely to colour and moodinessA muse stir into such accord will possiblyAllude to tantrum tongue twisters  audiblyPossible peacocks pruned to pretty plummage?© gillena cox 2020

REVISIT
2016 Divali Flickers
16 November2015
possible fun 2019

Its Day 55 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 radio station

ENJOY THE MUSIC: Mamacita BY Sharlene Boodram

Monday WRites 271

Mosaic 1: photos from my archives. A bust tour with my book club, 2013
Mosaic 2 Manzanilla Jig Saw Puzzle (2013 photo from my archives)
 

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 Mosaic 3: quotes

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Believe it or not we are in November, already.
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#104: Road Trippin' Part II

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Of Houses, Walls and Whistling WindsPrompted to include the line in a bit of prose  "there is nothing behind the wallexcept a space where the wind whistles" from “Drawings By Children” by Lisel Mueller
WIND SPEAKWhat a September this was, with winds speaking in angry tongues. I listened but could not comprehend  this wind-speak. Not only was there the language but also the angry action of ripping off bits of my roof and rearranging to it angry wind order.You might think there is nothing behind the wallexcept a space where the wind whistles ah but not so there is the bougainvillea shrub with its white blossoms coddled by bold radiant bracts.We all need a bit of comfort from the storms of life, yes indeed.  There is the bougainvillea shrub behind the wall

WIND SPEAK © gillena cox 2020

REVISIT
9 November2016
9 November2015
Bossy Wind

Its Day 48 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 radio station

ENJOY THE MUSIC: RemBunction and Nikki Crosby - Mary Christmas (Official Music Video) [Parang Soca] [HD]

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BABY GIRL

Earlier, I kept watching the poui pink and pretty

Blossoms giving life to skeleton branches wise and witty

So much so I smiled without knowing the reason why

And cradled my baby still in my belly in a way so shy

My first time becoming a mother

How would I know i was carrying a daughter

A child I think who knew me from long ago

Then came November, our first meeting, love aglow

Cradled there in my arms

Suckling so sweetly exuding her charms

She, with her hearty appetite

That was a November love at first sight.

© gillena cox 2020

November 2019

REVISIT
03 November 2015
November joy 2019

Its Day 42 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 Radio Station

ENJOY THE MUSIC: Alicia Jaggasar - La Dedicacion- Parang

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Poetics – Stoddard, Longfellow and Bryant say hello! (What does November mean to you?)

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[Mosaic 1 leaves and flowers of Caricature from my archives]


[Mosaic 2 Click the arrow to play Caricature jigsaw puzzle online]

[Mosaic 3 quotes]

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First Monday of November and its raining here in T&T.
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#103: Road Trippin' Part I

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In need of a happiness project - quadrille

A SONG OF RAINDROPSSing a song of raindrops, falling on flower petals, some refusing to leave, cause happiness is not a roll off task.If you got hold of it and can't drink it, still, hold it, and keep it like precious pearls, for as long as.© gillena cox 2020

REVISIT
2 November2017
2 November2016
raindrops fitted


Its Day 41 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 radio station


ENJOY THE MUSIC: Singing Francine - Christmas Is Love

Monday WRites 269

Poinsettias

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#102: Hockaday Museum of Art

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Haibun Monday 10-26-20: Happy Halloween!

SUGAR RUSH

A mockery of cavities, a murder of crows. What can an inkblack sky tell of stories yet to be told?  

Trick or treat, the song of all hallows eve. A carnival of bone sketched skeletons roaming the streets. Ghoulish faces mask the treasury of kids greedy for their sugar rush. 

How many sweets can any one child eat.

her witches' hat felled

 a toddler's tears hushed for

a bag of candy

© gillena cox 2020

REVISIT
26 October 2016
26 October 2015
sloppy floppy Halloween tale


Its Day 34 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 radio station

ENJOY THE MUSIC:Voces Jovenes - Daisy Medley

Monday WRites 268

[From my archives 2015 photos taken at La Vega Estate. Lovely Sky and Blue Plumbagos ]

BLUE-DOM

My earth's a magnet

This i know, no way will i fall

Way way below.

Find we some wings 

I swear i shall fly

Way up, way up to the sky

To a vast blue-dom

Above the clouds

There i to reside, never die

© gillena cox 2020

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Quadrille #144 - Poetic Magnetism
Prompted to pen a poem of precisely 44 words, including some form of the word magnet

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19 October 2016
19 October 2015
...poetic rays


Its Day 27 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T

ENJOY THE MUSIC:Voces Jovenes - Daisy Medley