Monday, February 14, 2011

Hoarding Chocolates 14


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Welcome to the 'Hoarding Chocolates' finale and Happy St Valentines Day 2011

Our gift basket contains :



Lunch Break Feb 14th 2011 quote for today

Forget love - I'd rather fall in chocolate! [Sandra J. Dykes]

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cacao pods
food of the gods
on my lips
© 2011 Sandy Vrooman


An almond cluster
left in their valentines box --
she offers to him...
Vaughn
20110214


chocolate swoon:
kisses, roses, sweets and cake
heart shapes. heart shapes. heart…
Mary Angela
20110214


eating chocolate kisses
fingerprints
cover his back
--Pris
20110214


Chocolate has to be spicy just like other food. ;-)

vodka chilli cocktail
I become a corner
in the edge of a room
--Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit surreal haiku edition Vol. 13 No. 1 (2003)
20110214





I prefer it bittersweet and hot. But sometimes it has to be white chocolate.

In the cellar
the old wine-grower
opens a can
--Ralf
20110213





Chocolate for two
this Spring morning
swett taste
--Angelika Kolompar
20110212





another bite
another birthday~
chocolates
--gillena cox
20110211


sweetness from your smile
smooth chocolate words you send
to our hungry hearts
Dianne
20110211


Decadent as can be
Chocolate served
--Lorraine
20110211


mid-February
my chocolate truffle melts
with the snow
--Bette Norcross Wappner
20110211


on her pillow
a chocolate kiss
...nearly home
--Diane Mayr
20110211


your kiss
the last chocolate
in the box
--Melissa Allen
20110211




from the mouth of
so many grown ups "no sweets"
before dinner
--gillena cox
20110210





late sunrise
a gift of chocolates
yet unopened
--gillena cox
20110209





okay! I will succumb

after my oatmeal,
a chocolate muffin
and I won't count calories!
--Doris Kasson
20110208


ecstasy--
cherry blossoms, you
and chocolate
--John Daleiden; Phoenix, AZ
20110208





chocolate
flavor
grandson's mouth
--Sakuo
20110207





ice cream sundae
one scoop chocolate-
savannah breeze
--gillena cox
20110206




Jouvert, in Trinidad and Tobago, dawns the Carnival bachannal; when mud and mas are corollaries, and this has been so, seemingly forever. Then, early in the new millenium (2007), enter chocolate; the new jouvert icon


the jouvert band--
gyrating chocolate covered
humans
--gillena cox
20110205


busy cupid
a quiver full of arrows
chocolate kisses
--magyar
20110205





snowed in
warming up with cocoa
and extra cream

Hot chocolate, yummy, or as I have on my blog, hot cocoa. Growing up we didn't have these mixes that come with sugar, only unsweetened cocoa which my mother mixed with milk and added sugar to taste. For extra richness, a dollop of whipped cream on top.
--Adelaide
20110204





buds on the rose bush-
when we danced to the music of
Hot Chocolate
--gillena cox
20110203





For over 3000 years, Chocolate like gold, has had a universal appeal...

the telephone booth-
remember the coin return
and no connection
--gillena cox
20110202




My paternal grandmother, Veronica Mitchell (many years deceased), used to grind cocoa beans which she would shape into cocoa logs and balls, to be used for making hot chocolate. She sold them, along with herbs and spices in the old Chaguanas market

out in the street
the barking dog chasing after
passing cars
--gillena cox
20110201


Thank you to all participating writers for making 'Hoarding Chocolates' 2011 a huge success;
revisit St Valentines Day 2010
Poems remain the copyright of individual writers and should not be used without their permission; much love



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12 comments:

Area 17 said...

Chocolate has to be spicy just like other food. ;-)

vodka chilli cocktail
I become a corner
in the edge of a room


Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit surreal haiku edition Vol. 13 No. 1 (2003)


Alan’s Area 17 blog
.

Diane said...

Happy Valentine's Day! Thanks, Gillena, for a delicious two weeks.

Lorraine said...

oh my gosh, splendid

Gillena Cox said...

Alan, Diane, Lorraine; Happy Valentines Day; thanks for stoppin by; much love...

Magyar said...

friends collect
to offer their good wishes
drops of sun

Pris said...

eating chocolate kisses
fingerprints
cover his back

Gillena Cox said...

Doug, Pris; Happy Valentines Day; thanks for dropping in; much love...

Devika Jyothi said...

Valentine's Day done....let the friendship and collisions and collaborations stay :)

Good reading the sets, Gillena...and a b'lated Valentine wishes :)

wishes,
devika

Frieda said...

That's a delicious collection
:-)
Best belated wishes for Valentine's day!

Gillena Cox said...

Devika and Frieda thanks for your belated greetings; much love...

Bette Norcross Wappner -- said...

A great collection, gillena!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Bette, much love...