Monday WRites 230

[in today's mosaic The Red House Port of Spain Trinidad reopened after renovations 24th January 2020]

RED WALLS QUADRILLE
Stone walls red, when folks go wild, blush under the sun opposite age old trees.

Stone walls, crumble to embers when, wild of riots cinder and reduce gravel to flames.

Stone walls, rise the phoenix of endurance, after rage takes it toll, Ever Red
RED WALLS © gillena cox 2020


NOTE
Seat of Parliament in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The architectural design of the Red House is of Beaux-Arts style, its foundation stone laid on 15 February 1844. Painted red in 1897, burnt to the ground 23 March 1903, In July 1990, the Red House was the site of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt. In 2011 closed for renovations which began in 2016.


Last Monday in January and the Season of Carnival is ripening lively here in Trinidad. We had a most auspicious event on the 24th, The Red House Port of Spain Trinidad reopened after renovations. More about The Red House HERE

You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea). A Happy Monday to all
Welcome to Monday WRites #230, ❧✿❧ Happy New Year 2020

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Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#64: Kiplin Hall, Back from the Brink

AND


Quadrille #96: Wild Monday
Prompt:Kim from Writing in North Norfolk, welcoming dVerse poets to this week’s Quadrille, when we take any meaning of one word and transform it into 44 poetic words.The word today is ‘wild’


REVISIT
27 January 2018
27 January 2017
27 January 2016


ENJOY THE MUSIC


[photos Carnival Past © gillena cox ]



[photo and gif © gillena cox 2020, gif created in Picsart]