VERSES

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

865

“Lights” by Michael Whelan, Acrylic on watercolor board, 1991 courtesy DVerse

GRATITUDE

Life is a journey of gratitude

The sun come up it shines brightly

You cannot stop the attitude

The light just dazzles your eyes

That life is a journey of gratitude

This i have learned a lesson well

Taught through intangible longitude

Memorized in disappointments

Accepted in wisdom of vast latitudes

The sun goes down enjoy the setting

For life is a journey of gratitude

GRATITUDE © gillena cox 2021

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
Epiphany In The Time Of Holiday

Challenged to write: What would having an epiphany during this holiday season look like for you (or someone you know or imagine)?

REVISIT

... gratitude for life,

... garment of gratitude

... document today

ENJOY THE MUSIC:

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Monday, November 15, 2021

Monday WRites 325

Some Peppers we use her in T&T. [all photos taken from the internet]

Peppers were named by Christopher Columbus and Spanish explorers who were searching for peppercorn plants to produce black pepper. Columbus took samples of a wide variety of peppers back to Europe where they became quite popular.

“Don't be a pepper on the eyes of people; Rather be the salt on their tongue and make a difference that influences their sense of belonging to the earth.”― Israelmore Ayivor

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? [The earliest version of this tongue twister was published in Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by John Harris (1756–1846) in London in 1813]

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Happy month of November to all visiting.

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).

Welcome to Monday WRites # 325: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Mosaic Monday #155: The ROLLING HILLS ARE CALLING

AND

Quadrille #140: Let’s Go To The Fair!

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PAWPAWS AND PEPPERS

Lets got to the agriculture fair

The pigs and the goats will be there

Will there be pawpaws and peppers

Of course and paper for writing letters

Lets go then

I cannot stand it when

All that fun is happening

Its just too maddening

PAWPAWS AND PEPPERS © gillena cox 2021

A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces: Fuschia Buds (not Peppers)

REVISIT
SNOUT-FAIR THE NIGHT
...the maiden fair
15 NOVEMBER 2015

ENJOY THE MUSIC:

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Monday, November 8, 2021

Monday WRites 324

In today's Mosaic 1. green bananas (we Trinis say green fig) from my back yard. Tis variety is used green for cooking. 2. boiled sliced served with an omelet. 3. boiled sliced with fish and a salad.

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Happy month of November to all visiting.

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).

Welcome to Monday WRites # 324: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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Mosaic Monday #153: The Engagement

AND

Prosery - Bombarded

Asked to use the line "I am bombarded yet I stand" in a prose not longer than 144 words

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smaller and smaller

I am bombarded yet i stand: The curfew hours, State of emergences , lockdowns, constant hand washings, mask wearing, children zoom schooled, deaths, hospital bed spaces filled.

Now i am ready with flattening the curve: the vaccines, the opening of borders, the disposal masks, the designer masks, the nod of the head in greeting, the children returning to school.

Ready to understand and accept the new normal living. In our largeness, this global village; we, have become smaller and smaller

. © gillena cox 2021

A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces

REVISIT
8 November 2016
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ENJOY THE MUSIC:

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Thursday, November 4, 2021

862

3 Deyas was first posted at Lunch Break

TINY APOSTLE

Tonight lights crave the outdoors jostle

And will it be for a long time so

The deya light tiny apostle

Abandoning the welcoming night spectacle

Though the lights crave outdoors jostle

Tonight the protocols says no

No to crowding and the years gone hustle

Now that masks are worn atop smiles

That crowds cease to mingle and to bustle

Now that wisdom seldom goes for show

Ah but the lights crave the outdoors jostle

NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE and HERE

REVISIT

4 November 2016

4 November 2015

Divali Past

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Meet bar with conceit

ENJOY THE MUSIC:

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

861

MY GARDEN

Another Crown of Thorns enters

My garden, another gift of tiny

Petals paired with unique flowers

With stems carrying sharp thorns?

And another Crown of Thorns enters

Thorny, like the showy bougainvillea

Succulent like the herbal aloes

A space awaits each new pot

For here is where beauty gathers

To outdo one another in quiet rivalry

And yet another Crown of Thorns enters

MY GARDEN © gillena cox 2021

NOTE
How to construct The Fold Poem HERE and HERE

REVISIT

2 November 2020

2 November 2017

2 November 2016

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Poetics: Concrete or Abstract?

Challenge to write a poem using only concrete nouns, subject matter and imagery

ENJOY THE MUSIC:

Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Monday, November 1, 2021

Monday WRites 323

November is here. Happy month of November to all visiting.

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).

Welcome to Monday WRites # 323: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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