Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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 Hands Emgaged Love Language

Coconut grated on a tin grater

Enough water added

Coconut milk squeezed 

Through fine cotton cloth

Sugar stirred into coconut milk

Boiled, until thickened and pastey

Maybe chocolate could be added

Or maybe ginger

Beat beat beat thicken some more

Thick enough to scoop out 

Onto a flat surface

Perhaps a large plate

Cut into squares when cool enough

A snack, a delight for children cherished

© gillena cox 2025





REVISIT TO READ

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14 comments:

  1. Kim M. RussellNovember 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM

    The craft of cookery is a special one, into which we pour love. I enjoy cooking with my grandsons, ‘a snack, a delight for children cherished’.

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  2. ms_liliNovember 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM

    Gillena, your coconut sweets and how they come to be makes them extra special. I will take them any way you make them. YUM! I'm thinking coconuts grow where you live so they are nice and fresh and juicy.

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  3. Gillena CoxNovember 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM

    Yes coconuts are grown here in Trinidad🇹🇹
    Thanks for dropping by Lisa

    Much♡love

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  4. Aaron GuileNovember 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM

    I enjoy how the final lines reveal the emotional resonance crafting a desert has for readers like me: a simple culinary act that becomes a cherished childhood delight, blending craft and memory.

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  5. HelenNovember 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM

    OH MY ~~ a recipe for me!! If I don't have a real coconut for the milk, will high quality coconut milk in a can work? I love your poem, Gillena.

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    1. Gillena CoxNovember 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM

      This was the way my mother did it. We didn't know about canned coconut milk back then
      Thanks for your appreciation Helen

      Much♡love

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  6. Dwight L. RothNovember 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM

    a wonderful poem Gilenna. Deliciously crafted!

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  7. Gillena CoxNovember 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Dwight

    Much♡love

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  8. Sanaa RizviNovember 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM

    This is gorgeously encapsulated, Gillena! I love; "Maybe chocolate could be added or maybe ginger." I will give them both a try! 🥰🥰

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  9. brudbergNovember 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM

    This sounds very tasty... you work with the ingredients you have

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  10. Gillena CoxNovember 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Björn

    Much♡love

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