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CLEAR VIEW  a sevenling

If i am your queen

And indeed you my king

let us be the dance

Watch that scene

Over exclamations of wonder

See us a  vista clear

I am by your side

CLEAR VIEW  © gillena cox 2021

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 HAPPY ADVENT

tis my favourite liturgical season 😊

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This one’s for you, Bjorn!

Challenge: to write a poem using one line from Dancing Queen by Abba

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REVISIT
30 November 2017
30 November 2016.
ONE QUEEN BEE

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Monday WRites 327

Today's mosaic is titled 'Birthday Girl' The birthday girl is Yanda, my daughter. (All protocols observed) All vaccinated, a tiny group of family and friends (all girls party) went to the safe zone  'A Cup of Joe' in Woodbrook on the eve of her birthday to celebrate her turning 50.  That left her, alone time on, her actual birthday the 28th to relax and spend the day reading a book.

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Saying goodbye to month of November  and thanks for all the blessings. 

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 # 327: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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 HAPPY ADVENT

tis my favourite liturgical season 😊

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MM #157: Harlow Carr Garden

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 Quadrille #141: Heady is the Poem That Wears the Crown 

Challenge: to write a quadrille using any form of the word Crown

SAVIOUR AND KING

An earthly crown to pierce his head;

And he, heavenly crowned, to rule

For ever and ever over all, 

That has been created.

Ergo the manger awaited his coming;

Where three kings, already in crowns,

Paid homage, bearing gifts of 

Gold, frankincense and myrrh.

© gillena cox 2021

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A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces:

REVISIT
29 November 2017
29 November 2016.
29 November 2020

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A crop of the canvas 'De Meeting'  by LeRoy Clarke

DINE OUT AGAIN -  an ekphrastic

Bring to the table your knives and forks

Elbows and fingers

Your green shoes with the platform heels

Clop clop into the dining area

Vaccinated patrons only

This is a safe zone

We feast on sumptuous morsels of

Macaroni pie and trini gossip

Little did we know that staying at home

Could be world mandated

We viewed the paintings of Picasso

Lets steal glances of Clarke

Now here comes dessert

Sweetbread and sorrel

Christmas around the corner

See the angel on the tree top?

DINE OUT AGAIN   © gillena cox 2021

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Open Link Night #305

REVISIT
25 November 2019
25 November 2016
25 November 2015

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Monday WRites 326

 Today's Mosaic - Sorrel 2021. Sorrel is a traditional Christmas drink here in Trinidad and Tobago

About sorrel and my sorrel recipe HERE 

My Sorrel Recipe
3 lbs Sorrel
2 litres Water
3 cups Sugar
3 inch twist of Orange peel
15 grains of Clove
stick of Cinnamon
1 cup Rum (optional)
Pull calyx off seed pods, wash the Sorrel calyx. Put in a large pot. Add Spices and one cup of Sugar.
Add 2 liters or enough water to cover the amount of sorrel in the pot. Boil for about fifteen minutes.
Let cool, strain the coloured liquid into a large container. Add the remaining 2 cups of sugar or sweeten to taste. Add rum (optional). Bottle and Refrigerate.
 © gillena cox 2021

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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 # 326: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

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MM #156: Simple Pleasures - Home and Abroad

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Haibun Monday 11/22/21: Giving Thanks

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THANKS GIVEN

There is so much to be annoyed about, we remember the hurts so well. Hurts are not wild game that one goes a hunting. More like the unpredictable weather patterns. Some just come storming in. Wetting the plants, the porch, the window curtains. Snatching a bit of roof in rage. No one not even the meteorologist expected that. Well hurt is like that sometimes.

On the other side of the coin, there is the unexpected joys. Did i see that coming? Oh  but there is still goodness in the world. Like the drizzle cooling the parched earth. The wildflower pops up which no one ever planted. With its unique colour tones, petal count. stem lengths. And we pause in contemplative gratitude. And Sometimes thank you pops up in a smile not spoken.

sit here he says

pulling the chair away

from the table

 THANKS GIVEN © gillena cox 2021

A JigZone Puzzle to fit Online 6 Pieces: You can serve your Thanksgiving Turkey with a sorrel sauce😊

REVISIT
22 November 2017
22 November 2015.
thanks giving blossoms 2017

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KITCHEN MAYHEM

so insensitive!
way into the night bang blang
falling pots and pans, really?
please!!! cook in the daytime;
keep the sleep-peace when shadows fall.
KITCHEN MAYHEM © gillena cox 2021

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Poetry Form: The Wayra

Challenged to write:  A Wayra 

Additional challenge: To incorporate onomatopoeia in your wayra poem.

Elements of the Wayra are:

1.a pentastich, a poem in 5 lines.

2.syllabic, 5-7-7-6-8

3.unrhymed.

REVISIT 

19 Nov 2018

kis ka dee 

clack clack

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“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

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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

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 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).

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Mosaic Monday #155: The ROLLING HILLS ARE CALLING

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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

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