Thursday, October 17, 2024

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[images courtesy deVerse Poetry Pub]

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

© gillena cox

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.

© gillena cox


BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH



REVISIT TO READ



OCTOBER IS CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH
 IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ENJOY THIS CALYPSO 
BY LORD KITCHENER (1922 –2000)

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12 comments:

  1. HelenOctober 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM

    Oh my, Gillena! Your keening words are wonderful .. they literally sang to me!

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  2. Gillena CoxOctober 17, 2024 at 11:10 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Helen

    Much♡love

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  3. Kim M. RussellOctober 18, 2024 at 4:24 AM

    It looks to me like you’re catching up, Gillena, so I’ll comment on one poem at a time.
    I love your beautifully noisy crowded canopy, especially the wonderful kenning ‘singtwitter’ and the alliterative ‘crayonscrawled canopy’.
    Writing your ekphrastic poem from the bird’s point of view was genius, as is the rhyme scheme - very bird-like.
    And you did something similar with the light quadrille – I love the phrase ‘pocket my yawn’.

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  4. Merril D. SmithOctober 18, 2024 at 7:00 AM

    A wonderful catch-up collection, Gillena. I love the crayonscrawled canopy. And so poignant, the final line of the quadrille.

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  5. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2024 at 7:32 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Merril

    Much♡love

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  6. brudbergOctober 18, 2024 at 9:55 AM

    A crayonscrawled canopy is such a wonderful sky. Love that kenning.
    As for the second one, the wonderful connection between woman and bird through the language, the quadrille I am so envious that you are able to sit outside and watch the moon.

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    1. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM

      Thank you for your appreciation Bjorn

      Much♡love

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  7. De JacksonOctober 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM

    These lines make me happy:
    "By light of sky's dawn

    I pocket my yawn"

    And I love the wordmashups in the first poem!



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  8. Gillena CoxOctober 18, 2024 at 5:05 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation De

    Much♡love

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  9. robkistnerOctober 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM

    Such a nice write Gillena — thank you for sharing… 🙂

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  10. Gillena CoxOctober 21, 2024 at 6:51 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Rob

    Much♡love

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