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 Tower darkening on.

And now from heaven’s height, 

Night showering upon,

The sleepy village site.

To what questions.

The closed window shutters,

Tight and safe from,

The torrents.

The moon's hidden play.

A game of bright here,

And gone to coy behind,

A shadow of cloudy sphere.

Is the night her playground.

To hide and seek the poetry,

Of a writer's craft,

Or his fantasy.

© gillena cox 2026

The line "Tower darkening on. And now from heaven’s height," - is from  A Thunderstorm by Archibald Lampman (1861-1899)

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 Open Link Night #411

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A numbering error after post 1336, i have corrected today at 1340

[image courtesy dVerse Poetry Pub]

“Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink nor slumber nor a roof against the rain

Edna St Vincent Millay’s poem “Love is not all.”

Maybe Just Maybe

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink 

Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain. 

Ah! but so puissant is need of it

 It must be something necessary

Neither food, rest, nor shelter

What is it then ?

Not sustenance, not time out, not abode

Then what is it?

Maybe some DNA particle, 

Which, under the microscope spells human.

Instinctively we know it ,

I believe it is, and is crucial

“Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink 

Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain.” 

Ah! but so puissant is need of it,

It is scripturally defined.

Maybe, just maybe, 

It is the driving force of humanity's existence.

Maybe all we need to understand is,

That love is, love matters.

© gillena cox 2025

LISTEN NOW OR AT OLN #396

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  Open Link Night #396 (with Live edition) 

REVISIT TO READ

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I hope to read this at Saturday's OLN
LISTEN

 

LINK BACK TO READ IT HERE

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 [art of Alma Thomas]

Focus - a Fold poem

Since today her focus is spot on,
Camera clicks, a memory frozen,
When her child was born
Back then she didn't own a camera ;
Not so now, her focus is spot on,
Time must bow at her feet
So swiftly yesterday is gone
With sunshine brightly at day then
Moon in her shapely goings on
Allows the stolen light to shine
Freezing time, her focus is spot on,
© gillena cox 2024

NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE
and HERE

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Writing “something beautiful”

art of Alma Thomas; write in response to one of her art given

AND

Open Link Night #365 (with Live edition)

 

REVISIT TO READ

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an image created for me at Bing AI; i took the image to picsart, added 2 stickers and text

This is what i hope to read at the live meeting on Saturday 13th April LISTEN
 

 READ IT AT THE BLOG HERE

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This is what i hope to read at the live meeting this Saturday. If you want to read it at the blog GO HERE

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Open Link Night AND a chance to GO LIVE on Saturday!

LISTEN

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 LISTEN TO THE POEM I READ TODAY

You can revisit to read it at my blog  HERE

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OpenLinkNight #352 – December Live Edition!

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LISTEN TO THE POEM I READ TODAY

REVISIT

 to read Thankful HERE

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It’s OLN – come join us LIVE!

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 A VOICED READING OF COLD SNAP for today's OLN

Revisit to read Cold Snap HERE

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OLN #348 – Two Opportunities to join us LIVE

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TOMORROW

First posted HERE
the video art is one of my 2017 watercolours

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It’s time for OLN LIVE again!

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[image courtesy dVerse Poetry Pub]

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OLN #342 July 2023

LISTEN TO A READING OF UNITY

REVISIT TO READ 

UNITY posted in July 

2015

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I have chosen for this OLN my poem 'Imagination' first posted in 2015. You can listen to a reading

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Ah! here we are again. Another OLN, another chance to hear voices live. I always prefer to read an oldie and today's  is from 2015. You can read it HERE 

Now Listen to my reading

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OpenLink 339 May Live edition Edition 

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Ixora was first published HERE 

 I am not attending the live meet today; but here is a voiced version

please enjoy

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OLN April 20th 2023

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If you didn't join today's live meet you can listen to this

voiced version 

You can read  this piece  first posted  in 2020 

 in response to a dVerse prompt 'Prosery: Surprised or Not' 

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 OLN 334

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You can read Jouvert Monday  first posted  in 2015

If you didn't join today's live meet you can listen to this

voiced version 

More info on Jouvert in Trinidad and Tobago HERE

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Two opportunities to join us LIVE!

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LISTEN TO THE POEM I READ TODAY

REVISIT

 to read Flipped Pages HERE

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Open Link LIVE – November Edition 

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LISTEN TO THE POEM I READ TODAY

REVISIT

 to read Jabbberwocky HERE

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OLN 13th October 2022 - Come and kick up a can-can skirt with me!

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 Its OLN at dVerse today and i'm sharing  a post - an oldie from my blog Lunch Break

See the entire post HERE

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Open Link Night # 322- Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!