VERSES

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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Leprechaun In The Lawn

May you always be blessed

And never ever be cursed

May your shoes fit snugly

So you never trip or fall silly

May you drink your beer

Be you far or near

May you dance on a shamrock lawn

But never upset a leprechaun

© gillena cox 2026

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Poetics Tuesday — Irish Blessings

Challenge:

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Monday, March 16, 2026

1381

[ Kay Sage, I Saw Three Cities, 1944 from google]

Eternal Day

Sun and moon destined to shine, in azure or obsidian skies. They know their times and stations. Whether super, full, or black, eclipse or otherwise. Tides and moods stringed to their events helplessly flow in following.

What of wars are they chimed in here too. Is war always inevitable? Must they always be at their appointed times. And what of peace, why can't we all, everyone, enjoy peace simultaneously.

It all belies, our existence; we wait, and are still denied. Or maybe, it is like day and night? Hours of light and hours of darkness? In one whole and eternal day.

© gillena cox 2026

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Prosery: Winter Lull

Challenge: to use in a prose

“It all belies

Our existence; we wait, and are still denied.”

From
“Winter-Lull” by D.H. Lawrence
https://poets.org/poem/winter-lull

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

1380

[image courtedy dVerse Poets Pub]

Chip chip Reward

These wet rocks,

where the tide has been,

Barnacled white and weeded,

Brown sandals gingerly,

Wend their way across as if,

Asking questions of ocean stir,

Still clinging to soles and stone,

Some days a catch of shells,

Settle in between crevasses,

Waiting willingly to flavor a pot,

So they come searching with,

Buckets and pails for the reward.

© gillena cox 2026

Note: Chip chip" refers primarily to small Donax coquina clams found on the east coast beaches of Trinidad, particularly in Mayaro. They are a popular local seafood delicacy, often boiled, cleaned to remove sand, and prepared in curries or as "chip chip accra"[from google]

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Open Link Night #403 with Live Edition

Challenge: to take inspiration from the opening line from Edna St Vincent Millay’s poem “Low tide.”

These wet rocks where the tide has been, barnacled white and weeded brown. In writing a new poem.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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[image from google]

Poui Alert

Alive! The Queens Park Savannah

March is here do you hear

The breezes through poui

Trees dress themselves so

You and i will stare in gasps

Oh how pretty the pink is

But the yellow is gorgeous

Too, still the whites are showy

Enough to arrest our stares

Easter is near, or else

Why the fuss from trees at

The perimeter of The Savannah

© gillena cox 2026

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Poetics: Embodying a Landscape

Challenge: to incorporate a landscape or cityscape into your poetry that either mirrors or amplifies your interior landscape (or lack thereof). Be sure to use the examples above to guide you as to what I mean by “embodying a landscape.” Is there a place that’s special to you, that moves you, that has become a part of you? Perhaps you have a memory of encountering a landscape that has changed you or enlightened you? What particulars of this landscape have inspired, comforted, encouraged, strengthened you, or done just the opposite? Put it all in a poem, and take us there.

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