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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
1236
[Michael Whelan, Lights(1991), acrylic on watercolor board – courtesy dVerse poetry pub] 
IN REFLECTING - A FOLD
Yet still i recall in reflecting,
As if at logger heads thunder clapped
November streaked in lightning,
Despite her torrid weather,
I still do recall in reflecting,
Days of - will this never cease?
Still, trees are lit now and blinking,
The grinch, maybe was behind it all,
With all his mischief making,
Hope shines through in the end,
As still i recall in reflecting.
© gillena cox 2024
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Monday, December 9, 2024
1235
BANG Quadrille
Christmas bells chime for me
Golden on my Christmas tree
With a ho ho ho and he he he
A holiday season oh so merry
Santa will drop by with a bang
Who will set the corn a-popping
Making loud sounds in the kitchen
© gillena cox 2024
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after posting, days later the idea came to me to put the words of the poem on a photo of a tree, here it is on the tree
Thursday, December 5, 2024
1234
[Christmas tree photo gillenacox 2024]
With
baubles
beads and
tinsel, our tree
of my childhood
days, sparkled and
glowed through angel
hair, everything factory
made.
A
bit of
angel hair
adds to a tree
a magical touch
only a child can see,
like spider web; elegant,
diaphanous and whimsical
fa la la la la, la la la la, fine,
fa la la la la, a delicate lace
angel
hair
© gillena cox 2024
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Monday, December 2, 2024
1232
[magi from Pinterest]
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20191202
THERE MUST BE THREE
"I fell off my horse." "You fell off your horse! Who does that at your age and with your experience. You should be accustomed to your horse, so much so you should be able to gallop through open fields or tree thronged forest with your eyes closed. So how about the camel. Would you be able to make the ride through the desert to adore the divine baby?" He didn't answer his wife the queen, instead he murmured to himself: You drew stars.
Around my scars the skin is still swollen and is looking bluish. Silently, he pondered, those other two magi cannot make me look bad. I have to heal. And heal quickly.
THERE MUST BE THREE © gillena cox 2024
“You drew stars around my scars” is a line from Taylor Swift we had to use in a prose/ flash fiction
Thursday, November 28, 2024
1231
[image from google]
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20161128
Turkey the bird of Thanksgiving
After the the family praying
On the table stuffed and ready
Is thinly sliced like Christmas ham
Placed on the plates for all to nam
But some folks have left already
Why the swift departure of them
Wanting to leave the table ahem
Maybe traffic is insteady
© gillena cox 2024
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
1229
a photo taken at Lopino 2008
REVISIT TO READ
20161125
PARANG AGAIN
To wit and with humour plenty,
The bard pens his parang merry,
A song of Christmas,
Caribbean borne, alas
No snow,
But angels a plenty show,
Us joy with their parang songs.
Adore him,
Gift him,
Love is borne again,
Merry the time again.
© gillena cox 2024
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
1228
[dragon image from google]
Dragon Fold
REVISIT TO READ
...
He ravaged far villages, he was so mean,
People lost patience and mind.
What can we do they wailed on scene
This really cannot go on
Drought must be stopped. he was so mean,
He must be stopped, and stopped now.
A tiny boy they had treated as unseen
Raised his voice to highest decibels
We must go to Dragon at Mountain Kleen
Exacerbated they all agreed because
Drought, Drought was the demon, he was so mean.
© gillena cox 2024
Spewing puppies?
Treking through the paths at The Wildfowl Trust. Rocky's is anxious to get to the paperbark tree, to hug the tree, since some of his friends had told him, how soft as velvet the tree trunk was.
Suddenly his mother asks, "where is Rocky?" Rocky she shouts and Rocky suddenly appears, like out of nowhere.
His mother hugs him and looks at his face for scratches or cuts then spins him around. "Are you okay Rocky?" We thought you might be abducted by aliens, when we didn't see you.
They reach the pavilion and stop to have some refreshments. Rocky says he is not hungry. But after mom's persistent nagging, tries to eat a sandwich.
He retches violently and out of his stomach spews a fluffly little puppy.
"What's happening!" everyone exclaims. "That is not our Rocky". Mom cries out and raises her arms upward in anguish.
an angry dog snarls
fierce fangs turn to antennae -
clear blue sky above
© gillena cox 2024
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
1227
Understated
Alive broad green banana fronds
Will sway and swish from left or right
Now gentled under morning sky
Pearls of raindrop settle there on
When watery clouds leave daylight
Tropical mockingbird might fly by
Duos of butterflies will round
And round above flitter alight
Snack lift and rise up high so high
Once a gentled wind decides to
Understate calm and silence too
© gillena cox 2024
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Tuesday, November 12, 2024
1226
Andrew Ridley- Red leaves against a concrete wall courtesy dVerse
when skies are hanged and oceans drowned, the single secret will still be man-- e e cummings
Here And Over There
How can mist just absorb it all?
Mountain, palm, and aged tree;
Oh silver-lit sky! answer his call,
Say to morning, here i am, before
Deciding to just absorb it all;
There in yond garden, an effort
Of blossoming peeps over a wall,
There 's sure to be delighted
Hearts swooned to watch some fall,
Yin and yang fill empty whole
So how can mist just absorb it all?
© gillena cox 2024
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
1225
[AI generated image]
REVISIT TO READ.furling in .
But When
The dawn sky in chameleon mood,
Glints silver- grey, pale orange, or pink,
Sometimes, the moon smiles at me
Through a cloudless blanket.
And happiness floods my being,
Coffee becomes the cherry on top.
But when;
My granddaughter comes to my house,
Joy follows.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
1224
October 31st will be a public holiday here in Trinidad and Tobago for the observance of Divali (also spelt Diwali). On the street where i live there, a family hosts this festival every year and people from all over the country and also foreigners come to see the lights.Food is served freely on this night. The block which spans about four buildings, that part of the street is closed to traffic and bamboo sculptures are put in the street, deyas are mounted and lit on the holiday night. The festival is still popular but over recent years, the crowd has dwindled.
the smell of ghee
deyas on bamboo frames lit -
who can stay indoors
© gillena cox 2024
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY 2008 Stellarenga
A Stellarenga is a seven-link poem containing only one-liners. The first and last links mention a cosmic body, e.g., a planet, a star or one of the luminaries. Renga style linkage means that each link stands separately yet relates to the preceding and following ku either by theme, wordplay, or twist of idea. A line-space is generally placed between each ku; a stellarenga is really a set of poems. As in all renga poems a straight or tell-all narrative should be avoided. A Stellarenga can be done solo or partnered.The Stellarenga was created by Alexis K. Rotella in March 1997)
SOME HINTS OF DIVALI PAST ON THE STREET WHERE I LIVE (first posted at my blog Lunch Break)
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Monday, October 28, 2024
1223
A promise of better days
Even when caught in puzzling maze
The promise of sunlight
Even when the storm might
Blown your roof off
Yes promise not to scoff
For daylight's promise follows
Dark night shadows
Promise moon to smile back
And smile back
© gillena cox 2024
Challenge: to write a quadrille, the prompt word is promise
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...Tuesday, October 22, 2024
1222
[Morning Song Canvas - Louise Salmon from the internet]
OCTOBER IS CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ENJOY THIS CALYPSO BY Mighty Bomber (1929 -2022)
Today i awake, i am thankful
But still i am lethargic
Just do this i say to myself
Otherwise i would savour
Lethargy and wallow in it
Just do this i say to myself
So i plug in the kettle
Having filled it with water
Just do this i say to myself
I mean to have a cup of coffee
No milk, no sugar, just a bitter blend
Just do this i say to myself
Well i sip cause its hot
And praise the Almighty so deserving
Just do this i say to myself
I'm now in motion mode
There is a day ahead of me to live
Just do this i say to myself
© gillena cox 2024
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...Monday, October 21, 2024
1221
[image from the internet] 
OCTOBER IS CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ENJOY THIS CALYPSO BY Mighty Sniper
My son is in the driver seat. We are going towards the Oueens Park Savannah. Once there the Botanical Gardens is on our left and The Savannah on our right. It's the month of June, so the Poui lining the perimeter are hushed in green, Oh,but Flamboyants also called Gulmohar, wow! these trees are showing off so much.
blossoming in flames
red/orange of Flamboyants
for miles around
© gillena cox 2024
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
1220
[images courtesy deVerse Poetry Pub]
OCTOBER IS CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ENJOY THIS CALYPSO BY LORD KITCHENER (1922 –2000)
A CROWDED CANOPY
Dropstop the bird songs
They twitter on and on
As if the dawn were their platformstage
Who told them to singtwitter
Witholding butterflysundaes
Under a crayonscrawled canopy
Called sky
© gillena cox
YOU AND ME
We friends know each other's language,
You say hello i offer a guage,
Of your mood and the scent of sage,
Drifting into my cage,
Coming from your kitchen, age
Old altar of skillful mage
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QUADRILLE - LIGHT
By light of sky's dawn
I pocket my yawn
Drag one plastic chair onto the lawn
I have no desire to be a fawn
The say it will be a supermoon
Were i in love i would swoon
For some, love ends too soon.
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
1219
I- Calypso
Lyrics to make a big man cry,
Sassy women to whine,
And elders' stories to narrate,
Calypso sweet sweet calypso.
II - Steelpan
And; ah likyting likyting likyting,
That's how the whole thing start,
Then the tuning and the styling,
Now steelpan is world class.
III - Doubles
You can leave your house on empty belly,
Stand up under the doubles vendor's umbrella,
Breakfast with - hot mild or sweet sauce,
Nothing like a doubles to start a trini day.
© gillena cox 2024
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CHALLENGE:choose your own, a well-known, or a random location from the website what3words.com
use your three words to write a 3 stanza poem
each word as topic per stanza
each stanza numbered or subtitled with the reference word
MY WORDS
calypso...steelpan...doubles
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