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 Garuda Swoop Making Myths [11]

Shout, thunder, reach the 

Clouds; these claws shall

Firmly clasp, with agreement,

Divine leader under the sky

Mayhem shall rain, as he

Absolves to garner of all,

Abdicate to this predicament?

Who is mightier than i?

Crackling lightening, she

Calls to garuda, do not maul

My dear prince! for he is meant

To rule divinely, thats why.

© gillena cox 2025

NOTE:

...Shout, thunder, reach the clouds;

FROM

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[this post was edited to add the subtitle Making Myths [11]

 

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[image courtesy dVerse poetry pub]

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

© gillena cox 2024

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[image courtesy dVerse poetry pub:Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonté, 1934, book illustration]

 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!

© gillena cox 2024

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 Quadrille - Spin

Come now children sit thee in a circle

I'll spin a yarn, yes i'll tell a tale

No one will leave until i say crick crack

And the story ends.

Tales of dounes and silk cotton trees

And spiders spinning their very finest web

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[Bing created image]

 Swing low 

Oh morning shadow

Still on early bend of dawn.

In nearby forest maybe little fawn

Might rise from bended

Sleep now ended

Some trees are wide awake 

For daybreak's sake

Now birds will twitter 

And a child in her knicker 

Will yawn

© gillena cox 2024

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 It's here again. Another four year span culminating in Olympics. This year Paris hosts after 100 years since serving as host country.

A novelty opening has competing countries sailing around the Seine. Flags waving cheering to onlookers

It is the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics (although the Trinidad and Tobago athletes previously attended four other editions under the British colony and under the West Indies Federation)

The summer Olympics presents the best of the best to a worldwide audience. Every athlete doing his or her best for their countries.

Those fans not so lucky to be in the Paris stands view their TV screens and other devices.

a medal winner

smothered in hugs and kisses -

wears her country flag

© gillena cox 2024

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 Quadrille Summersault

The circus is coming  

She will be going

What better event to enjoy

Now school vacation is here 

Tickets already bought 

Expectations riding high 

Therre'll be lions and tigers 

And rings of fire

The clowns will certainly 

Do their summersaults 

The circus is coming 

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[Perseids from google ]

" Really captain, must we do this now?"  

"Aye Mr Marvelous, warp speed!, The Perseid meteor shower is on the rise and her glistening shafts will pierce the galactic bed in a matter of mere nanoseconds."

"It is what it is captain; everyday unfurls as it must; here we go then, to warp speed. Then we can all have a cup of tea"

Don't want to have us falling out of the sky like birds chased by Zeus."

© gillena cox 2024

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Flash Fiction using the line from Adrienne Su, “Oolong” 

every day unfurls as it must

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Sunday Callaloo

Tied up on the market stall 

for buyers to take home,

A favourite is the blue crabs.

To cook in the famous Sunday callaloo.

Nearby are ochroes and dasheen bush,

  the green peppers,

and bundles of chive seasoning.

One stop for this Sunday favourite.

© gillena cox 2024

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A Happy July to all 

[in my area the storms & hurricanes have started]

BE SAFE 

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[sun art from Pinterest]

Haibun - solstice

The sun rises, the sun sets. An everyday occurrence. A breath of morning to the awakened soul. Another day of magical mystical naturalness.We expect to see the sky, the clouds the birds and trees perform their natural tasks. 

However, above and beyond this simple naturalness; stars shine, planets orbit and a gazillion other occurences purpose the universe. 

Those to whom these mysteries are solvable physics, will watch wait and relay to others of us more mundane in our knowledge. Like the forthcoming solstice of this month of June.Yet these occurences are already destined and planned according to thewill of the universal creator.

clouds shape their colour

according to the suns will -

another day's magic

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Dance of Unicorns and Dragons: a quadrille

To desire or not;

That is the conundrum

Of tomorrow's figment,oft

Stored there in fantasy.

For flights of unicorns and dragons,

know no woes,

Strangled once in labels

Of madness, few dare to expose.

Still few escape to survive 

Reality in another realm.

Dances of Unicorns and Dragons © gillenacox2024

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 Tomatoes on every plate

Tomato a limerick poem

She named the precious puppy tomato

Though his colour was more like potato

He would wag his tail 

When you gave him a hail

She didn't care much for avocado

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 Quadrille Dark

Wake up, get up, nudges my muse

I will when the dark recedes,

When birdsong clears morning sky

Even though the waning gibbous moon, 

still shines

How is it to the rising east 

This morning's cloudscape is so

Ominously dark? 

Wake up get up!

Quadrille Dark © gillena cox 2024

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 Times Flies?

Time has no wings yet, we say time flies another May is upon us already the fifth month spans its days.

white butterflies how

they scallop across flowers

here in my garden 

 Today we celebrate them: Happy International Bee Day. Honey makers: queens, drones they all add to the sweetness of life

not only today 

a bee having breakfast in

the ixora bush

Its nearing the time of rains and floods. A tease of rain a few days ago. By May end,  the whole day rains will follow.

a mockingbird skips

across the wall deceiding

where to fly off to

Time Flies? © gillena cox 2024

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Still Life with Fruit, Pierre-Auguste Renoir Medium: oil on canvas FROM Bing.com

Let Down Your Hair

Friday's proposal

to the day around the corner;

Let's relax, let our hair down,

Drink a toast,

The week has come to an end.

Saturday is waiting

In the shadows,

With her empty basket,

To market to market,

The mangoes and pineapples

We'll buy.

© gillena cox 2024

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 Way Of The Wind

Let's see how this chapter enfolds.

I've always wanted to go on a visit,

To see the age old cherry trees,

In the Japanese festival.

To catch a sakura petal in my hand;

Or bask in the tremendous splendor

Of flowers carpeting a wonderland.

©gillenacox

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Happy October

Here in Trinidad and Tobago we are still experiencing a Heat Spell

You've heard about the Monday Blues 

well this is Monday WRites  (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).  

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