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Dragon Fold

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.

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 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

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Legendary Creatures

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 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

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MTB: A Trillonet of Wild Winds

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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?

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Reflection

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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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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

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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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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

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Time for a 44-word poem!, 

Challenge: to write a quadrille, the prompt word is  promise

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[Morning Song Canvas - Louise Salmon from the internet]

 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

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 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

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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

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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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Nghệ thuật Lê Phổ

Get to know kennings

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ENJOY THIS CALYPSO BY LORD KITCHENER (1922 –2000)

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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.

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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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[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.

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[Ariadne giving Theseus string before he enters the labyrinth] image courtesy dVerse poetry pub

 Quadrille String

You plucked the strings of my heart

Carrying a tune like apples in a cart

Ruddy and fragrant and appetizing

Ours was a melody oh so enticing

Days meandered into weeks without dread

Time took its own path on a journey

so well tread

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 Green Fold

Moisture absorbing earth, a reward of green; 

Cultivars and wild ones rejoicing,

Ensuing a vibrant luscious scene;

Carpeting with a few colour pop ups,

Meadowing, variety to a reward of green;

The colour of trees unassuming,

Unfruited, unflowered, undemanding mein,

Green as grass, green of leafy trees,

The mountains verdant where clouds stop to glean,

Essences of scenes at greening,

Cooling  relaxing the eye is, a reward of green.

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An Autumn Fold

What have  i heard of Autumn?

Leaves fall, they bare the trees.

What is this Season's anthem?

 Colours! brown, orange, red, and

Yellows too;  i 've heard of Autumn.

Some poets mourn, some celebrate;

Meeker morns are a humdrum,

But the berry’s cheek is plumper,

Don't lose hope, or hit rock bottom,

Though now the rose is out of town,

Ah, the sentiments i've heard of Autumn

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NOTE

Lines 7, 8, and 10 contain words from Emily Dickinson “The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry’s cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town.”

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What do i know of equinoxes. I live in a clime where seasons are Dry (January to May)

 then Wet (June to December) But strange overlaps occur. Days thunders into Dry, and drought-like

days seep into Wet. But we, here in Trinidad and Tobago, are not the only ones marking these topsy turvy days.

I suppose equinoxes will remain stable, even though the scientist and climate observers question, will there be clear delineated seasons in the future?

Meanwhile i sit in my backyard at dawn; once there is no rain, and watch the stars, (before day saunters in) some twinkle, some don't.

The bold-facedness of a cat!  stalking through my back yard and slinking through the gate.I have no pets..

twenty-one stars counted -

the way Vivaldi knew it

seasons are destined

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the phenomenon of equinox

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 Morning Speaks Softly

When overhead sky is blank of cloud,

And morning birds dot its reserves,

Tree branches are sure to observe,

There is no need of noises loud.

And life to witness sunrise is proud;

More breaths are added now to this curve,

Paint all faces to worship and to serve,

When overhead sky is blank of cloud.

Creation wrestlles to discipline its crowd,

Not because they so deserve,

Rather that they may conserve,

There is no need of noises loud.

When overhead sky is blank of cloud,

Another dash of light and dark to swerve

There is no need of noises loud.

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Dream Rescue  - A Fold

Inbreath, what a handsome angel,

He flew into my plight, bringing

Just the right solution, the right gel,

Sweetening a tired night's dream;

I leave behind, a handsome angel,

Colours so intense are stressful,

One can fall into a pond pel mel,

Like the little adventurous Alice girl,

It's child play like Farmer In The Del;

O fantasy! whose reality are you

To craft such a handsome angel?
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 Vampire quadrille

insatiable to warmth and life,

monsters of night bringing strife,

for their cold rapport no sunlight,

only discord to warrant fright,

a click of fangs,

to soothe their pangs,

these bloodthirsty beings of dark,

even the ravens will cry out, hark!

beware the night!

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 Solvitur ambulando – A Fold poem

we went through our neighbourhood walking

and praying it was all so natural

no one had to ask another calling

through the telephone what time will we start

it was tradition through our neighbourhood walking

singing praises in the streets on liturgical occasions

pre -covid days were all about scheduling

there was much more projection in our tomorrows

whether we made it through living or dying

then came the disrupter wielding mask and distance

upsetting our neighbourhood walking

© gillena cox 2024

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