Monday, February 24, 2020

Monday WRites 234


[in today's mosaic - Children's carnival 2020 in St James LAST WEEK Sunday, and me having a refreshing coconut water TODAY during this morning's jouvert]

It's Carnival Monday today. Tomorrow Tuesday is the last day of the Season of Carnival.
Enjoy FEBRUARY dwindling

❧✿❧ 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). Welcome to Monday WRites #234: A Happy Monday to all ❧✿❧


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Blog hopping today with

Mosaic Monday
#68: 15 Miles on a Skipton Canal


AND



Quadrille #98 – Peelings, Nothing More…


THE SPECTATORS SAY
More and more inhibitions are peeled from the masquerade
Leaving costumed spirits
Free to dangle beads and strings,
Entities kicking up dust in the theater of international players
This is carnival scaled down
Drones of rhythms,
Meeting spaces of bodies gyrating to sun rays
© gillena cox 2020


REVISIT
24 Feburary 2016
24 Feburary 2015

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ENJOY THE MUSIC




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28 comments:

  1. Kim M. RussellFebruary 24, 2020 at 5:34 PM

    Thank you for sharing the spirit of the Caribbean carnival, Gillena, and the evocative lines:
    ‘Drones of rhythms,
    Meeting spaces of bodies gyrating to sun rays’.

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  2. ms_liliFebruary 24, 2020 at 5:51 PM

    Sounds warm, cozy, and alive!

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  3. Frank HubenyFebruary 24, 2020 at 5:51 PM

    I like the use of "costumed spirits" as all that is left after the peeling.

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  4. Jane DoughertyFebruary 24, 2020 at 5:56 PM

    Your poems are always an invitation to a dance :)

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  5. Gillena CoxFebruary 24, 2020 at 6:06 PM

    Glad you dropped by Jane

    Much❤love

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  6. ~Lavender Dreamer~February 24, 2020 at 6:44 PM

    How fun to see YOU....are you offering me a drink? I'll take it! heehee! Hugs!

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2020 at 12:21 AM

      😊can't go wrong with a refreshing drink of coconut Diane. Happy you dropped by

      Much✏love

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  7. TomFebruary 24, 2020 at 7:01 PM

    ...enjoy the last bit of Carnival 2020. My how the time goes quickly.

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    1. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2020 at 12:22 AM

      Yup nearly March already. Thanks for dropping by Tom

      Much✏love

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  8. lynn__February 24, 2020 at 8:34 PM

    Thanks for sharing the energy and rhythm of your island Carnival!

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  9. Arcadia MariaFebruary 24, 2020 at 9:03 PM

    A lovely, fun quadrille.

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  10. TruedessaFebruary 24, 2020 at 9:11 PM

    Your poem is uplifting and it sounds like you are having fun.

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  11. Powell River BooksFebruary 24, 2020 at 9:21 PM

    I've seen people drinking from coconuts like that before in Mexico, but I've never tried it. Is there much inside? - Margy

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  12. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2020 at 12:25 AM

    You will get more than the standard water glass from one coconut

    Thanks for dropping by Margy

    Much✏love

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  13. brudbergFebruary 25, 2020 at 4:04 PM

    Carnival ... sounds so much like fun. Nothing like that in our part of the world.

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  14. Gillena CoxFebruary 25, 2020 at 5:43 PM

    Happy you dropped by Björn

    Much✏love

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  15. MishFebruary 25, 2020 at 8:28 PM

    Feels so colourful, lively and joyful....both your poem AND the event. Thanks for joining in. :)

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  16. AngieFebruary 26, 2020 at 12:32 AM

    Gillena - the costumes are stunning and SO BIG! Lovely to see a photo of you - you are radiating joy! Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!

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  17. Gillena CoxFebruary 26, 2020 at 10:18 AM

    Happy you dropped by Angie

    Much✏love

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  18. DawnFebruary 27, 2020 at 12:58 PM

    Carnival Monday how fun! oh man and I love coconut water.
    Dawn aka Spatulas On Parade

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  19. Gillena CoxFebruary 28, 2020 at 12:40 AM

    Happy you dropped by Dawn

    Much✏love

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