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Dragon from Pinterest

Yesterday i posted Shudder - A fold linking it to dVerse and as quickly as today i am mining it with some new punctuations, line breaks and an extension of the storyline, and adding it to one of my series.

TALES OF A DRAGON UNSEEN - MAKING MYTHS [9] 

"Mayhaps we be reading the shadows wrong."
She whispered to Erke, edging up even closer.
His sword sheathed, he dare not prolong
this agony of not knowing, what monster breathed
ahead. "Mayhaps we be reading the shadows wrong,"
he agreed with Gurtha, quickening his stride.
Just then, in the distance, the booming of a gong.
They stood frozen, holding breaths an eternity.
Quickly a shudder wove through the forest, a throng
of sensation. Forever cannot be drawn in a circle.
"Shh! mayhaps we be reading the shadows wrong."

The dragon shimmied its way back into the sea.
Silvery scales wagon-wheeling through the vast
wetness. Only to Neptune's trident he chose to flee.
Of loud percussions had he, no taste of entertainment.
So dragon prince, shimmied its way back into the sea.
Then the ripple of leaves against a whistling wind,
and Holy monks in a temple, tired too of duty,
Was now, all that remained of a harrowing night.
Till the next season of moon birthing, maybe,
Erke and Gurtha would have have to wait their adventure.
For the dragon shimmied its way, back into the sea.
TALES OF A DRAGON UNSEEN - A DOUBLE FOLD © gillena cox 2021

NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE and HERE

REVISIT
MAKING MYTHS [8]
MAKING MYTHS [7]
MAKING MYTHS [6]

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Mayhaps we be reading the shadows wrong

She whispered to  Erke edging up even closer

His sword sheathed he dare not  prolong

This agony of  not knowing what monster breathed

Ahead, mayhaps we be reading the shadows wrong,

He agreed with Gurtha, quickening his stride.

Just then, in the distance, the booming of a gong.

They stood frozen, holding  breaths an eternity.

Quickly a shudder wove through the  forest,  a throng

Of sensation; forever cannot be drawn in a circle.

Shh mayhaps we be reading the shadows wrong.

SHUDDER - A FOLD© gillena cox 2021

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I chose from the list given, the sentence  to compose my poem:

 “Perhaps we are reading the shadows wrong; forever cannot draw a circle.” – Winter Moon ~ Part Three: Petals of the Sun

Monday WRites 314

 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).

Welcome to Monday WRites # 314: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

Ah September and the weather here in T&T brings stormy days. With roofs blown off, flash flooding and trees falling. Yet we cling to hope and resolve. I have chosen yellow as the colour representing hope in my post today.

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Quadrille #135: Shake that Poem Groove Thang

Quadrille - groovy

Let me bring you my yellow groovy,

Better than any boring movie.

Lets dance baby in yellow sunshine,

Today is special to moo, cows, and moonshine. 

And with silver linings at dawn,

We shall wrap ourselves warm. 

This poem writes itself,

  A magical  elf.

Quadrille - groovy © gillena cox 2021

REVISIT
chant for hope 2021
hope in today 2020
hope and renewal 2019
a hope lies in 2018
something called hope 2017
hope and recovery 2016

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image Tale of The Nine Tail Fox

Gumihos, or the nine tailed foxes are mythical creatures commonly heard around East Asia. Lee Yeon is a powerful Gumiho and former mountain deity who has lived over a thousand years. The drama kicks off with his search for the reincarnation of his one true love Nam Jiah, who was separated from him due to possession by a deathly plague, metaphorical for the evils in the world. As the plot thickens, we find shades of love and sacrifice as Yeon sets out to battle his nemesis, save Jiah and in turn protect Seoul from dwindling.

#courtesy dVerse

KASA - CHOICES

He sees her that nine tale fox

She sees him her wannabe protector

Him alone she desires

Will he be forever hers

She will use her cunning ways

To achieve her whatevers

He will think before he acts

Family before passion

His first kiss seals a contract

To a wife wise and loyal

Not for him the nine tail fox

With her guile and wayward airs

KASA - CHOICES © gillena cox 2021

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Poetics 

 Exploring the realm of Korean literature - first stop Seoul

REVISIT

2 September

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image from dVerse

NOW voiced by gillena cox

The empty street leads to the mountain

Where clouds sit upon

Looking down at us lowly creatures

In our houses

Hiding away from pandemic viruses

Once upon a time 

We flooded the beach sands with our footsteps

Running

Laughing

Playing

Like children just discovering what joy is

And today

The silence wraps us in warm hugs

The kind we want to shrug off

But we know 

They are the best we should have NOW.

NOW © gillena cox 2021

PROCESS NOTE

This was a hard challenge for me. I voiced my poem on my phone but could not upload it. Then i tried voicing again directly to the post but it was not accepted so i had to go to my  laptop and  tried to up load the voiced recording to sound cloud only to be more confused and frustrated. I could only get it uploaded if i included it making it into a video. Only then it could be accepted to the post

Hope  you enjoy this attempt

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REVISIT
31 August 2021
31 August 2017
31 August 2015

Happy 59th Anniversary of Independence to us here in T&T

even though our beaches are still in lockdown, we are still observing curfew hours,

we are vaccinating and looking forward to better days

Monday WRites 313

Tomorrow August 31st we here in Trinidad and Tobago will celebrate the 59th Anniversary of Our Independence. 

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).

Welcome to Monday WRites # 313: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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Haibun Monday 8-30-21: Back to school

Today, that is,  2021, some will still have to stay at home. Some will will be taxied. Some ride the mini buses. Some will be chauffeured by dad or mom or other such caregivers. All should be Pfizer vaccinated. Back to school in the new normal era.

the call to donate -

bagging notebooks, pens, pencils

back to school drive 

Those staying at home will have to have the uniforms cleaned and fitted(just as if they were entering the school building through the main gate) and, the lap tops and tablets working in tip top shape.

Down memory lane takes me personally to a time when copy books were brown papered. Washecongs were whitened. Socks were paired left/right and ties, yes ties pressed and ready.

that smell of new books -

what house colour will i wear

who will be prefect

 Haibun - Back To School © gillena cox 2021

Back Story

#Washecongs: what we now call sneakers. Back then, they were white and had to be scrubbed clean and a white liquid polish applied.

#At high school, both the boys and as well  the girls wore ties.

#My high school alumni  organised a back to school hamper drive, as an event to assist students who would need help due to pandemic circumstances.

REVIST
31 August 2020
30 August 2018
31 August 2017

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GOD BLESS OUR NATION: sung by Mavis John

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well girl, here we are

In our seventies, not too bad so far;

bird song of mornings,

and sunset evenings;

tis the way this life must go,

gratefulness be our mojo;

i and i, you know what they say,

best buds, all the way...

© gillena cox 2021

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Meeting the Bar: Soliloquy

REVISIT

26 August 2015

I'll document today

chapel of thanks

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To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;

Hamlet soliloquy, spoken by Hamlet, act 3, scene 1

William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616

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