Goddess - A Fold
I am goddess; if you agree,
How would your adoration then
Befit that i-creature in me?
Would you send supplication?
To this goddess, if you agree.
Heaven is her abode and destination.
Do you understand what you see?
Power and mercy are her instructions,
But only, if you realize the i in me,
Ponder this! smile but never smirk,
At this goddess she, if you agree.
The ocean's song
In island crossings, we dare to listen
To the ripples of the vast ocean,
To the engine's roar across its surface,
To the rocks we engrave with our stares in passing.
Nothing from the distant mountains
Can tell us, not to journey bright;
But from the splash of a baby turtle,
Will the pattern of watery entertainment sing.
Our lifejackets securely donned,
We stare into the vastness of
An ocean, a picture, a song of trust,
Ah! the wind will silently caress our cheek,
If we open windows to the view of her songs.
From jettied shore to rocky shore,
The songs of adventure in careful prattle,
Fill the pirogue of curious care,
From here we left by watery way,
Now we safely get there.
Response
A warm Caribbean morning progresses, with clear sky and pigeons in flock, out in the street. Here we have no Season of Autumn. Clouds are forming and patterning in creative shapes, left to the mind of onlookers to interpret. There will always be the storybook mind delighting with their imaginings. The rain drizzles and ceases. No one hears the breeze; still, a plumeria responds.
on the grey paved walk
a white flower has fallen -
its center yellow
with my eyes i trace
a pattern of stars at dawn -
praise for a new day/gc
tears blur one small boy’s efforts
to outline big sheriff’s badge/db
a yellow alert -
the way colours shape our
weather and warnings/gc
night rains streak the glass -
she runs the red turns too quick
on slick, empty road/db
office noises left behind
returning to home alone/gc
an owl keeps steady
while headlights veer and scatter
through the storm-soaked dark/db
Collaboration Note: The Rengay is a short form created by Gary Gay
'A Play of Lights' is a Rengay between Gillena Cox - St James, Trinidad & David (ben Alexander) Bogomolny - Jerusalem, Israel.
Start date: September 15th 2025
End date: September 17th 2025
Written: via email
Here in Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹 we celebrate 100 days of Christmas starting 23rd Sepember to 25th December; hosted by Sweet 101.1 FM Radio, where our local Christmas music is featured
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The art of happiness - a quadtille
Feeling the need of some happiness?
Maybe because you are sad,
Or people in your space are sad.
Do something nice for someone!
Smile with someone!
Listen to Soca music!
Dance as you listen !
Say a prayer for world peace.
'Happiness matters', speak it!
Yellow ixoras you stay open,
Once bloomed, through day
And through night;
Sleepless under Caribbean skies,
In your sweet umbrella forms,
Put you in a posey,
What would you represent?
Loveliness, continuity, happiness,
hopeful, joy, alluring
Ay yes,
I know, you would be enduring.
