Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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STAY
Amaryllis, snipped from her pride of place,
Bunched artfully amongst hyacinths blue, ace
With careful meter to woo the heart of a beloved;
There at his bedside, a task determined,
Never to let darkness of unmeasured days
Falter to silence, least he slip into nether land ways;
Oh! but stay pretty please, stay awake my beloved in sleep,
Stay to dreams realized in quiet harmony of welcomed keep.
That length of days may weather our love and sweet our kisses
Be, ever the flavour of life, burning at the edge of years to verses
STAY © gillena cox 2020


Blog hopping today with

Poets And Storytellers United
Weekly Scribblings #1: January is here, with winds that blow kisses ~
Prompted by Sanaa to choose three words from a list given to create a new poem. The words i chose are in bold.


REVISIT
8th January 2018


IT'S CARNIVAL TIME HERE IN T&T, ENJOY!!!
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Location: St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

25 comments:

  1. Sanaa RizviJanuary 8, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    This is soo beautiful, Gillena!💝 I especially love; "Stay to dreams realized in quiet harmony of welcomed keep." Thank you so much for writing to the prompt 😘

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  2. Gillena CoxJanuary 8, 2020 at 12:03 PM

    Thank you Sanaa for droppkng by to read mine

    Much❤😊❤love

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  3. SusanJanuary 8, 2020 at 1:21 PM

    That loving bedside bouquet is a wonderful wake-up surprise and continuation of romance. And I always love your music!

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 8, 2020 at 7:15 PM

      Glad you dropped by Susan

      Much💃🕺🏽💃🏽love

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  4. MarjaJanuary 8, 2020 at 4:01 PM

    Very romantic Love 'unmeasured days' and 'Stay to dreams realized in quiet harmony of welcomed keep'

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 8, 2020 at 7:17 PM

      Thank you for your aopreciation Marja

      Much💗🌷💗love

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  5. Susie ClevengerJanuary 8, 2020 at 6:21 PM

    "Be, ever the flavour of life, burning at the edge of years to verses" Oh, I love that line. Lovely poem!

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  6. Gillena CoxJanuary 8, 2020 at 7:18 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Susie

    Much✏love

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 8, 2020 at 9:33 PM

    Oh yes,can relate to this so well. Beautifully penned. May it long be so for you!

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 12, 2020 at 9:49 PM

      Rosemary i will have to edit the labels to include fiction, because this is totally a fiction write. Glad you enjoyed it

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  8. Gillena CoxJanuary 8, 2020 at 9:35 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

    Much✏love

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  9. Kim M. RussellJanuary 9, 2020 at 5:22 AM

    A lovely touch of romance, Gillena, especially in the lines:
    'That length of days may weather our love and sweet our kisses
    Be, ever the flavour of life, burning at the edge of years to verses'.

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  10. Jae RoseJanuary 9, 2020 at 7:15 AM

    What a wonderfully complete poem - very captivating..and happy new year to you too

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  11. Cressida de NovaJanuary 9, 2020 at 8:11 AM

    Very romantic.

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  12. HelenJanuary 9, 2020 at 11:42 AM

    ... quite lovely!

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  13. Magical Mystical TeacherJanuary 9, 2020 at 12:32 PM

    We snip the beautiful blossoms, hoping against hope that they will not fade. But they do. And something in us fades with them.

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  14. Anjum Wasim DarJanuary 9, 2020 at 6:01 PM

    love able affectionate hopeful revelation of nature- 'charm strikes the sight'but merit wins the soul'

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    1. Gillena CoxJanuary 12, 2020 at 9:51 PM

      Thank you for yohr appreciation Anjum

      Much✏love

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  15. purplepeninportland.comJanuary 11, 2020 at 9:50 PM

    "That length of days may weather our love and sweet our kisses"

    Such a beautiful, loving line.

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  16. Gillena CoxJanuary 12, 2020 at 9:52 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sara

    Much✏love

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