[Another June Jumble - 'Yellow Center of Today': Plumeria, Dessert Rose, Pinwheel Jasmine all from my garden today]
Welcome June and here in Trinidad and Tobago, The Wet Season.
You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or
eg the rite of afternoon tea). Welcome to Monday WRites #249: A Happy Monday to all ❧✿❧
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Blog hopping today with
Mosaic Monday
#83: Emerging (Part 2)
AND
Prosery Monday: Different Directions
Asked to write using a line from
'An Aspect of Love, Alive in the Ice and Fire' By Gwendolyn Brooks
a piece of flash fiction of up to or exactly 144 words, including the given line.
We go in different directions down the imperturbable street.
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CORONA'S BOX
It was time for the opening. They emptied the contents of crowned shaped dust all over the surface of planet earth.
Mornings became quiet now except for the whistling and chirping birds letting all and sundry know that the new day had merged from night to dawn to morning. This was The New Eerie Time.
The Lords Obedient all proclaimed throughout the planet: there will be no church going, no beach going, no school going, no hugging, no assembling, no kissing, no partying. This is the Era of The New Lord No.
He he he He he he; a sinister low laughter was heard by some.
"Close the restuarants! Close the barbers and hairdressers! Yes you can wear face masks!" "Yes meh Lord they answered" And so we go in different directions down the imperturbable street. But flowers still bloomed in earth's soil.
© gillena cox 2020
REVISIT
8 June 2015
STAY SAFE
Hello Gillena, there is again a wonderful Collage of blooms. Thank you for sharing. Have a good week.
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Happy MosaicMonday
Happy you dropped by Erica
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I love the Plumera and have a ring with those flowers. I wonder if they would grow here! Happy Mosaic Monday!
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped by Diane
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Lovely collage! To be able to grow these lovely flowers in your garden is wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
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The story's kind of creepy, in a good way. I like the direction in which you took the prosery prompt.
ReplyDeleteThanns for your appreciation Jenna
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I like the description of our times as the "Era of The New Lord No".
ReplyDelete😊thanks for dropping by Frank
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Era of the New Lord No is not where I want to be!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Dale 😊
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There are some things the overlords cannot put an end to.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Lili
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Gillena - you captured our new reality with your terrific prose. Well done! And yes, the flowers keep blooming. Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!
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You’ve certainly captured the time of Corona, Gillena, and made It into a futuristic dystopia. was time for the opening. I especially like ‘Mornings became quiet now except for the whistling and chirping birds’. From now on I shall think of 2020 as ‘The New Eerie Time’.
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...Gillena, thanks for the sunny glimpse of your garden, take care of yourself!
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The birds seem to be much more mindful of the planet than the people.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Kerfe
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Your collage today is simple yet beautiful, lovely colours. Have a wonderful week, stay safe.
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I love your story Gillena!
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It is an eerie time, but at least there are birds and flowers!
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I have never seen the flowers quite as well as when I have to abstain from all the rest.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. Thanks for dropping by Björn
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Your first stanza and the last line of your piece warms up my being, Gillena. Thank you. So does imagining the scent of plumeria and jasmine. I don't know how desert rose smells. It's time for me to plant some fragrant scents in the yard. Take care, Gillena. :-)
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Love the ending on this, and of course, your flowers!
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What some mean for evil God will use for good.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. Thanks for dropping by Dawn
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