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It's Carnival Monday here in Trinidad and Tobago, jouvert (dirty mas) starts the adult street parades, however this pandemic year 2021 was quiet compared. The Carnival Season ends tomorrow. Though the spirit and vibe is present, the pandemic prevents crowd activities. The music did keep us in the mood and the new normal fostered all sorts of creatives: virtuals fetes, workshops, and talk shops and look backs through the carnival archives and virtual competitions.
You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Welcome to Monday WRites #285: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.
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SOME OF MY JOUVERT POEM LINKS
how it starts raucous music high five mud mas inhibitions peeled primal self frenzy chocolate covered bathed in fun loving
jouvert revellers jouvert a renku
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#118: Another Revolution Around The Sun
A FAIRY AFIRE
Nine hazel trees waved in the sun hot breeze. Fish in the pond jumped and frolicked below, in the shade of windswept boughs.
Who knows whether they were Salmon or Tilapia, as the report goes, they were fish. Fish who thought their sanctuary sacred. So much so, they lived peacefully among lazy caiman which ate their weight of water hyacinths in said dreamy haven.
Till one day, a fire fairy wandered in from the next glen. She was so broken, her whole being ached from the longing for her unfaithful lover.
She sat under one hazel, head bowed, wings drooping, cradling sorrow. This was too much for her to bear. Before she exploded into a million tiny fiery bits headed toward the sun, she heard her own heart speak: "I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head"
© gillena cox
There were many creative ways to celebrate the season in spite of Covid! I hope things will be back to normal next year.
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Loving this line!
ReplyDelete"She sat under one hazel, head bowed, wings drooping, cradling sorrow." I can just feel the sorrow here.
Thankz for your appreciation Lilian
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Sounds like an ideal place to soothe one's heart ache.
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You created a beautiful setting for a sad ending.
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Gillena - here we go - Carnival past, and Lent begins! Belated Happy Birthday to you! Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!
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I have not seen a Carnival for many years. They kind of came out of fashion where I live. It´s a pity really.
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Thanks for dropping by Monica
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Ah Carnival sounds like fun. Wish there was no Covid and I wish I was there with you. Nice mosaic and I am going to click on the puzzle.
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I love the wordplay in your title, Gillena, and the gorgeous setting in the opening paragraph – I’d like to know the significance of nine hazel trees. The sacred sanctuary of the salmon reminds me of the Irish legend of the salmon of knowledge. My heart goes out to the broken-hearted fire fairy.
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Wished I could dance in Tobago... lovely Post, dear Gillena.
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Happy you dropped by Erica
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Here hoping we're back to happy Carnival for 2022, oh me, oh my! I'm waving at you from the sun's hot breeze here in Thailand! Have a lovely week
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Good Wishes to you in Thailand Wren
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Such a dreamy haven! But I feel for the poor fire fairy! I love the title, that's a great play on words. It is Carnival time here too, but a bit subdued because of the pandemic. Still lots of kids made the effort and got dressed up.
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...Gillena, I hope that you had a festive and safe Carnival Season.
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Very beautiful! You've shared interesting things about the place you live and I love that! Hugs!
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A carnival and a warm sunny day would be wonderful right now.
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Warm Wishes. Thanks for your appreciation Dawn
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Love the way you ended this Prosery with the challenge line .... not an easy task. Cheers.
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This reads like a myth... I am almost wondering if the caiman would started eating the fishes after being hit by a shard.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Thanks for your appreciation Björn
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Poor fairy!
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoyed carnival season despite the pandemic restrictions.
Thanks for your appreciation Merril
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