Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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Striking chords slice grey dawn

Night falls back, with morning exposed

Pandemic day awakened bows to a yawn

Prayer thoughts stain the swiping blade

Feathered heralds slice grey dawn

Time duly apportioned  to historical eras 

Ponder the goal sky! grey to azure sworn

For whistles and songs  choir your task

This is the dance of daybreak drawn

By a master swordsman besting his game

Kiskadee and Mockingbird slice grey dawn

© gillena cox 2021



NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE
and HERE

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
Weekly Scribblings #65: Bird is the Word

REVISIT
14 April 2018
14 April 2015
bird flown


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Location: St James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

30 comments:

  1. Kim M. RussellApril 14, 2021 at 8:38 AM

    I bet those kiskadees and mocking birds sound delightful!

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  2. Gillena CoxApril 14, 2021 at 10:21 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Kim

    Much💛love

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  3. indybevApril 14, 2021 at 10:39 AM

    ....and eternal gratitude to the Master Swordsman!

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  4. Brother OllieApril 14, 2021 at 3:48 PM

    They wake me early these days, but year they are chords indeed.

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  5. Gillena CoxApril 14, 2021 at 4:00 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Brother Ollie

    Much💛love

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  6. Rosemary Nissen-WadeApril 14, 2021 at 6:34 PM

    Absolutely beautiful, Gillena. I enjoy your short forms, but it's so nice to see you branch out into something longer – particularly as this fold so cleverly begins with a haiku. I love this art work too.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 15, 2021 at 4:19 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

      Much💛love

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  7. Old EggApril 14, 2021 at 11:04 PM

    It is really good to share this world with birds, they are colourful, beautiful and adventurous...and can sing a lot better than me!

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 15, 2021 at 4:20 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Robin

      Much💛love

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  8. JimApril 15, 2021 at 1:12 AM

    We have been immersed with bird calls for about the last two weeks. This will remain the entire summer. We don't have the a kiskadees is but we have plenty of the mocking birds. They call from roof top to roof top here in the suburbs. I talk with them but don't know what I am saying, except in English the call is "who cooks for you?" in a semi-bird tone ands they will answer.
    ..

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 15, 2021 at 4:21 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Jim. In Tobago the Mocking Bird is called Day Clean. They say its the first to sing at dawn there.

      Much💛love

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  9. Priscilla KingApril 15, 2021 at 10:44 AM

    I've never lived with kiskadees but mockingbirds are fun. They watch their audience and say/sing things to produce results. Once after the big cicada swarm was over I watched one perch on a railing and make a noise like a cicada, just to tease a half-dozen other birds.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 15, 2021 at 4:22 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Priscilla

      Much💛love

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  10. Magical Mystical TeacherApril 15, 2021 at 11:06 AM

    Thank goodness for those slicers of grey dawn!

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  11. Gillena CoxApril 15, 2021 at 4:22 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation MMT

    Much💛love

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  12. Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost April 17, 2021 at 2:20 PM

    The Haiga is gorgeous. The text art with the picture of the bird with its golden markings is very striking.

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  13. Gillena CoxApril 17, 2021 at 4:43 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ornery Owl

    Much💛love

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  14. brudbergApril 18, 2021 at 11:10 AM

    We are in the season of birdsong... each morning is a delight.

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    1. Gillena CoxApril 19, 2021 at 6:57 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Bjorn

      Much💛love

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  15. ms_liliApril 18, 2021 at 4:21 PM

    I watched the youtube of the dVerse Live OLN and enjoyed hearing you read your poem. What would this world be without birdsong. I like the haiku at the top of the page.

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  16. purplepeninportland.comApril 18, 2021 at 8:40 PM

    That haiga is masterful, Gillena!

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  17. kaykualaApril 18, 2021 at 11:49 PM

    This is the dance of daybreak drawn
    By a master swordsman besting his game
    Kiskadee and Mockingbird slice grey dawn

    With all the troubles and inconveniences affecting everyone it is a relief to hear the birdsongs that used to be frequent before. Great word craft Gillena!

    Hank

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  18. Gillena CoxApril 19, 2021 at 6:58 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Hank

    Much💛love

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  19. Sanaa RizviApril 19, 2021 at 3:46 PM

    This is gorgeously, gorgeously worded, Gillena! I love; "Prayer thoughts stain the swiping blade/Feathered heralds slice grey dawn."💝💝

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  20. Gillena CoxApril 19, 2021 at 5:09 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Sanaa

    Much💛love

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  21. Ken / rivrvlogrApril 20, 2021 at 10:50 AM

    This is an interesting form. I like the flow. I'll have to try it some time.

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  22. Gillena CoxApril 20, 2021 at 6:25 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ken

    Much💛love

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  23. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comApril 14, 2022 at 5:36 PM

    Beautifully writ and such a joy to hear you read. I LOVED hearing the kiskadees at dawn in Bermuda. We spent January and February in Bermuca for 5 years. I always thought it so amazing that the kiskadee's song was its name!

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