Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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[snow flake photo (2019) Photograph by Klaus Vartzbed from Google]

New To Snow

In a time of vacation,

When minutes are relaxed,

Appetites surge like  ocean waves


Waiting for godot now,

Is  never piontless,

He will or he very well may not


Come what may the cold is real

And torrid weather oceans left behind

This is a move northward


Time spent away of comfort

Zone new and foreign

Anticipating snow is relevant


So when the dust of flakes

Fly to my unmittened cupped hand

Through the doorway, wow!

© gillena cox 2026


BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH 
Challenge: to  a poem about snow, inspiration Frances Horovitz - ‘New Year Snow’
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SONG CHOICE FOR TODAY


Monday, August 8, 2016

Monday WRites 69


[image courtesy the imaginary garden with real toads]

BIRD SONGS ELSEWHERE
I
So he peeled the bananas, cutting them in small pieces.
Not round slices, rough chunks, small rough chunks.
He placed this prized stock on the wall. I watched him.
A kind of morning ritual, this.

II
Down below, waters of The Carenage rippled, only if
You watched closely and intently.
Else, there it was, just part of a vast expanse.
You stretched your mind, but couldn't,
Try as you might, fathom width or depth. No brainer.

III
Vacations are like that, time stretches like gum
You've chewed, first knowing its sweetness,
Then just continuing the action of chewing.
But the satisfaction is there nontheless.

IV
So then the birds flew in on coloured wings.
Like hand crafted little trinkets you would buy
From a souvenir store down town. Feather, flutter.
They pecked at the little gift of bananas bits.

V
Here he was, my uncle, sweetening bird songs,
The kind you listened to, awakening to skies
Far away from home, well not that far away,
Only you couldn't taxi to get here.

BIRD SONGS ELSEWHERE © gillena cox 2016




You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Welcome to Monday WRites #69, ❧✿❧ What's your mood like today ❧✿❧ I invite you to link in with one of your WRites





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Back Linking to
Voices, Spaces & Songbirds - Dreaming with Stacie
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads


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Monday, February 29, 2016

Monday WRites 50

[a google dot com image]


BEACH RUN
When we ran, barefooted along the sand
Margined by the incoming lace of end waves,
I knew this was love's doing,
Nurturing our passion
Under a scorching sun, merely warming our hearts
In sync with each other.
Where caterpillars looped Frangipani in bloom
Our fingers entwined, we walked the paved path
To meet the mini buses
To take us back to vacation 'home'
Where aunty had cooked the breadfruit oil down
She was waiting for us
How was Grand Anse she asked?
BEACH RUN © gillena cox 2016

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You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea).
Welcome to Monday WRites #50, ❧✿❧ Whats your mood like today ❧✿❧ I invite you to link in with one of your WRites




GRAB MY BUTTON

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Linking to
Prompt Nights – Take me to the Ocean [7]


AND

The Tuesday Platform
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads