Tuesday, October 1, 2024

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[image Samuel Palmer, The Harvest Moon, c. 1833 courtesy dVerse poetry pub]
Harvest Fold
Penny for thoughts? mine's worth more,
Why begrudge with such tiny offering,
As done in yon ancient yore,
Darnel  and wheat  a harvest to gather,
Of toil and endurance mine's worth more,
Life we know from struggle and reward,
Sets to slumber and to snore,
When  the harvest moon alights every sky,
With dreams and legends and fervent lore,
Dreamer and doctor fisher and farmer 
Field a plenty, mine's worth more.

© gillena cox 2024


BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH


REVISIT TO READ



OCTOBER IS CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH
 IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ENJOY THIS CALYPSO 
BY  LORD MELODY (1926 - 1988)


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12 comments:

  1. Merril D. SmithOctober 1, 2024 at 4:20 PM

    Such an interesting poem, Gillena. You're definitely worth more! 💙

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  2. Gillena CoxOctober 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Merril

    much💙love

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  3. Kim M. RussellOctober 2, 2024 at 3:42 AM

    A pensive harvest fold, Gillena, with a bit of a calypso rhythm. I enjoyed these lines especially:
    ‘When the harvest moon alights every sky,
    With dreams and legends and fervent lore,
    Dreamer and doctor fisher and farmer
    Field a plenty, mine's worth more.’

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  4. Gillena CoxOctober 2, 2024 at 5:37 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Kim

    much💙love

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  5. brudbergOctober 2, 2024 at 9:54 AM

    You capture the autumn so well... (both direct as a season and as a metaphor for life itself)

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 3, 2024 at 3:10 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Björn

      much💙love

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  6. robkistnerOctober 3, 2024 at 1:22 PM

    I read and enjoyed Gillena — thank you. 🙂✌🏼🫶🏼

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  7. Gillena CoxOctober 3, 2024 at 3:10 PM

    Happy you dropped by

    much💙love

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  8. ms_liliOctober 3, 2024 at 9:57 PM

    Gillena the repetition makes it feel like a song that's being sung.

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  9. DoraOctober 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM

    The repetition of "mine's worth more" reads like a riddle and a promise. Lovely, Gillena!

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  10. Gillena CoxOctober 13, 2024 at 4:37 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Dora

    much💙love

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