Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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 Play Mas

masqueraders fill the street 

the road is all yours 

that time of sunny year when

Whine and jab cohorts 

beads and buntings quivering 

bodies dancing free 

music is appropriate  

carnival time oui!

© gillena cox 2025

NOTE
'Play Mas' is my micro season as well as the poem title. I wrote 'Play Mas' using the Choka form, but starting with a 7 syllable line



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6 comments:

  1. Merril D. SmithOctober 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM

    Of course, carnival time is a micro-season where you live! 💙

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  2. Gillena CoxOctober 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Merril

    Much♡love

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  3. Jae RoseOctober 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM

    I wonderful sunny and joyous poem - Jae

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  4. Kim M. RussellOctober 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM

    I enjoyed your sunny micro season poem, Gillena, and the variation on the choka. I especially love the alliteration and movement in the lines:
    ‘beads and buntings quivering
    bodies dancing free’.

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