Monday WRites 326

 Today's Mosaic - Sorrel 2021. Sorrel is a traditional Christmas drink here in Trinidad and Tobago

About sorrel and my sorrel recipe HERE 

My Sorrel Recipe
3 lbs Sorrel
2 litres Water
3 cups Sugar
3 inch twist of Orange peel
15 grains of Clove
stick of Cinnamon
1 cup Rum (optional)
Pull calyx off seed pods, wash the Sorrel calyx. Put in a large pot. Add Spices and one cup of Sugar.
Add 2 liters or enough water to cover the amount of sorrel in the pot. Boil for about fifteen minutes.
Let cool, strain the coloured liquid into a large container. Add the remaining 2 cups of sugar or sweeten to taste. Add rum (optional). Bottle and Refrigerate.
 © gillena cox 2021

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Happy  month of November to all visiting. 

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 # 326: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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MM #156: Simple Pleasures - Home and Abroad

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Haibun Monday 11/22/21: Giving Thanks

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THANKS GIVEN

There is so much to be annoyed about, we remember the hurts so well. Hurts are not wild game that one goes a hunting. More like the unpredictable weather patterns. Some just come storming in. Wetting the plants, the porch, the window curtains. Snatching a bit of roof in rage. No one not even the meteorologist expected that. Well hurt is like that sometimes.

On the other side of the coin, there is the unexpected joys. Did i see that coming? Oh  but there is still goodness in the world. Like the drizzle cooling the parched earth. The wildflower pops up which no one ever planted. With its unique colour tones, petal count. stem lengths. And we pause in contemplative gratitude. And Sometimes thank you pops up in a smile not spoken.

sit here he says

pulling the chair away

from the table

 THANKS GIVEN © gillena cox 2021

A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces: You can serve your Thanksgiving Turkey with a sorrel sauce😊

REVISIT
22 November 2017
22 November 2015.
thanks giving blossoms 2017

ENJOY THE MUSIC:  

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

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KITCHEN MAYHEM

so insensitive!
way into the night bang blang
falling pots and pans, really?
please!!! cook in the daytime;
keep the sleep-peace when shadows fall.
KITCHEN MAYHEM © gillena cox 2021

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Poetry Form: The Wayra

Challenged to write:  A Wayra 

Additional challenge: To incorporate onomatopoeia in your wayra poem.

Elements of the Wayra are:

1.a pentastich, a poem in 5 lines.

2.syllabic, 5-7-7-6-8

3.unrhymed.

REVISIT 

19 Nov 2018

kis ka dee 

clack clack

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Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

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“Lights” by Michael Whelan, Acrylic on watercolor board, 1991 courtesy DVerse

GRATITUDE 

Life is a journey of gratitude

The sun come up it shines brightly

You cannot stop the attitude

The light just dazzles your eyes

That life is a journey of gratitude

This i have learned a lesson well

Taught through intangible longitude

Memorized in disappointments

Accepted in wisdom of vast latitudes

The sun goes down enjoy the setting

For life is a journey of gratitude

GRATITUDE © gillena cox 2021

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Epiphany In The Time Of Holiday

Challenged to write:  What would having an epiphany during this holiday season look like for you (or someone you know or imagine)?

REVISIT 

... gratitude for life,

... garment of gratitude 

... document today

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Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Monday WRites 325

 Some Peppers we use her in T&T. [all photos taken from the internet]

Peppers were named by Christopher Columbus and Spanish explorers who were searching for peppercorn plants to produce black pepper. Columbus took samples of a wide variety of peppers back to Europe where they became quite popular.

“Don't be a pepper on the eyes of people; Rather be the salt on their tongue and make a difference that influences their sense of belonging to the earth.”― Israelmore Ayivor

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? [The earliest version of this tongue twister was published in Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris (1756–1846) in London in 1813]

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Happy  month of November to all visiting. 

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Mosaic Monday #155: The ROLLING HILLS ARE CALLING

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Quadrille #140: Let’s Go To The Fair!

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PAWPAWS AND PEPPERS

Lets got to the agriculture fair

The pigs and the goats will be there

Will there be pawpaws and peppers

Of course and paper for writing letters 

Lets go then 

I cannot stand it when

All that fun is happening 

Its just too maddening

PAWPAWS AND PEPPERS © gillena cox 2021

A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces: Fuschia Buds (not Peppers)

REVISIT
SNOUT-FAIR THE NIGHT
...the maiden fair
15 NOVEMBER 2015

ENJOY THE MUSIC:  

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Monday WRites 324

In today's Mosaic 1. green bananas (we Trinis say green fig) from my back yard. Tis variety is used green for cooking. 2. boiled sliced served with an omelet. 3. boiled sliced with  fish and a salad.

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Happy  month of November to all visiting. 

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 # 324: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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Mosaic Monday #153: The Engagement

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Prosery - Bombarded

Asked to use the line "I am bombarded yet I stand" in a prose not longer than 144 words

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smaller and smaller

I am bombarded yet i stand: The curfew hours, State of emergences , lockdowns, constant hand washings, mask wearing, children zoom schooled, deaths, hospital bed spaces filled.

Now i am ready with flattening the curve: the vaccines, the opening of borders, the disposal masks, the designer masks, the nod of the head in greeting, the children returning to school.

Ready to understand and accept the new normal living.  In our largeness, this global village; we,  have become smaller and smaller

. © gillena cox 2021

A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces

REVISIT
8 November 2016
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Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

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3 Deyas was first posted at Lunch Break

TINY APOSTLE

Tonight lights crave the outdoors  jostle

And will it  be for a long time so

The deya light tiny apostle

Abandoning the welcoming night spectacle

Though the lights crave outdoors jostle

Tonight the protocols says no

No to crowding and the years gone hustle

Now that masks are worn atop smiles

That crowds cease to mingle and to bustle

Now that wisdom seldom goes for show

Ah but the lights crave the outdoors  jostle

© gillena cox 2021

NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE and HERE

REVISIT

4 November 2016

4 November 2015

Divali Past

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Meet bar with conceit

 

ENJOY THE MUSIC:  

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

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MY GARDEN 

Another Crown of Thorns enters

My garden, another gift of tiny

Petals paired with unique flowers

With stems carrying sharp thorns? 

And another Crown of Thorns enters

Thorny, like the showy bougainvillea

Succulent like the herbal aloes

A space awaits each new pot

For here is where beauty gathers

To outdo one another in quiet rivalry

And yet another Crown of Thorns enters

 MY GARDEN © gillena cox 2021

NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE and HERE

REVISIT

2 November 2020

2 November 2017

2 November 201​6

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Poetics: Concrete or Abstract? 

 Challenge to write a poem using only concrete nouns, subject matter and imagery

ENJOY THE MUSIC:  

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON