Monday, August 8, 2022

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Today's mosaics 'stories and haiku' After reading my book The Naughty Angel to a group of holiday campers at the NALIS Port of Spain Library a haiku workshop was a fitting event on which to end the session.



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❧✿❧ THAT' MY TYPEZooming in. Putting the freeze on. A process of selection. Like pulling out the petals and removing the thorns to get to the aroma of the rose. Haibun, tanka, haiku; short forms, that's my type,  especially, the haiku.
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32 comments:

  1. TomAugust 8, 2022 at 8:37 AM

    ...you had a happy group of children!

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  2. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2022 at 10:38 AM

    😊yes indeed. Happy you dropped by Tom

    Much💖love

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  3. ~Lavender Dreamer~August 8, 2022 at 3:58 PM

    How wonderful! I know they enjoyed hearing you read to them. It is so much better when read aloud! Love your mosaic today! Hugs!

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  4. ms_liliAugust 8, 2022 at 4:47 PM

    And you're so good at the short forms, Gillena. Were you teaching the kids poetry?

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2022 at 5:02 PM

      Happy you dropped by Lili. I read yo them. Then i did s workshop telling them the fundamentals of 575 hsiku and they wrote 3 haiku.

      Much💖love

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  5. De JacksonAugust 8, 2022 at 4:54 PM

    Love those first lines, especially, Gillena. "Zoom in." :)

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  6. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2022 at 5:03 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation De

    Much💖love

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  7. ViolettaAugust 8, 2022 at 5:18 PM

    Hi, nice blog, nice pictures - I´ve never been to the carebean sea. Greetings from Austria to Trinidad & Tobago

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  8. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2022 at 6:52 PM

    So happy you dropped by and linked up Violetta

    Much💖love

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  9. Callsign SantaAugust 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM

    That was fun Gillena! And I agree about haiku...

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  10. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2022 at 7:45 PM

    Thanks for dropping by Ain

    Much💖love

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  11. Arcadia MariaAugust 8, 2022 at 8:08 PM

    So many forms to choose from when writing poetry. Nicely done Gillena.

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  12. Gillena CoxAugust 8, 2022 at 8:48 PM

    Thanks for dropping by Arcadia

    Much💖love

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  13. TruedessaAugust 8, 2022 at 10:01 PM

    Yes, your poetic pen enjoys different types of form. You haiku are always wonderful.

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 9, 2022 at 4:42 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Trudessa
      Much💖love

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  14. Yvonne OsborneAugust 9, 2022 at 2:51 AM

    I love the short forms too. You excel at them.

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  15. Gillena CoxAugust 9, 2022 at 4:42 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Yvonne

    Much💖love

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  16. Merril D. SmithAugust 9, 2022 at 12:52 PM

    How fun to work with those children, Gillena! Lovely ending! 💙

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 9, 2022 at 11:47 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Merril

      Much💖love

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  17. paeansunpluggedAugust 9, 2022 at 3:14 PM

    You are very good at the short form, Gillena! 💙

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 9, 2022 at 11:47 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Punam

      Much💖love

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  18. MishAugust 9, 2022 at 4:01 PM

    An amazing experience to share the magic of poetry with children! I like the way you describe the process of concise poetry. Thanks for sharing the photos as well. Its a beautiful thing!

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  19. Marion HortonAugust 9, 2022 at 5:29 PM

    That must be great fun teaching children about Haiku. Lucky them to have you teaching them.

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    1. Gillena CoxAugust 9, 2022 at 11:48 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Marion

      Much💖love

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  20. NatureFootstepAugust 9, 2022 at 6:35 PM

    a great idea with the workshop. :) Love it!

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  21. Gillena CoxAugust 9, 2022 at 11:48 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Monica

    Much💖love

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  22. David BogomolnyAugust 10, 2022 at 6:30 AM

    I love this piece, Gillena. It's so you.

    BTW -unrelated- I tried the "Fold" that you created - it's fun! Check it out:

    https://skepticskaddish.com/2022/08/01/the-fold-or-creativity-verses-form/

    Much love,
    David [ben Alexander]
    http://skepticskaddish.com/

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  23. Gillena CoxAugust 10, 2022 at 6:40 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation David

    Much💖love

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  24. RostroseAugust 10, 2022 at 12:57 PM

    Dear Gillena,
    oh that sounds exciting that you had a reading of The Naughty Angel followed by a haiku workshop! I think your visitors liked it - that's what it looks like in the photos!
    All the best from Austria
    Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/08/blogparade-tropisch-exotisch-u30blogger.html

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  25. AngieAugust 10, 2022 at 11:27 PM

    Gillena - how wonderful that you are able to work with the kids and pass on some of your incredible writing talent! Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!

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