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St Mary's College Grounds, Sepentine Road, St Clair Trinidad.
photo taken 11th November 2015




ginko: a walk for haiku inspiration


stop and stare -
standing through the ages
verdant mountains
© gillena cox 2015

Revisit
heliconias
Cat tail
umbrellas


I am blog hopping today at

Old red bow saw
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16 November 2015

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George Street
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#19 as is above; as below
rain
the horse's head bowed
straight down
© Jane Reichhold

snow on snow
this night in December
a full moon
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

steel blue night
the old pond ripples in the breeze
mirrored full moon
© Chèvrefeuille

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Cannon Ball Tree Serpentine Road, St Clair, Trinidad
photo taken November 11th 2015


smooth azure sky
all the bird songs are hidden
where feathers have flown
© gillena cox 2015

ginko, a walk for haiku inspiration


Revisit
Pink poui
Almond tree
Monkey Ladder


I am blog hopping today at
Monday Mellow Yellows

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France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 128 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris.
Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.
People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 180 people were injured
These are the deadliest attacks in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings

surreal drama -
blood the price for a ticket
of loss dreams

veins of wrath -
the blood of innocents salts
tears again

peace peace -
when will words of harmony
ring true
© gillena cox 2015


Revisit
Sunday Savvy 5
The Wind
Sunday Lime 1


Lunch Break has a new blog button, you can copy the code to your posts whenever you link in. Sunday Smiles so that hope may continue in the wake of disaster


Welcome to Sunday Lime #59 How is your Sunday going? To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below





I am blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 278

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continue straight ahead to Christmas season

I am blog hopping today at 6WS


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drummers in toy-land
the rhythm of a season
every child so love
© gillena cox 2015


Carpe Diem extra 40 shaman haiku

like an eagle
free and high in the blue sky
my Inner Path
© Chèvrefeuille

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awe struck shepherds
on that night proclaimed holy -
birth of Jesus
© gillena cox 2015



written for the prompt at Carpe Diem #856 Shepherds





edited to include linking to

Blog hopping at PPF Week 36, Year 5


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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - awestruck


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On the street where i live; bamboo structures set up for
the Divali Lights later


with twilight comes
a drama of deyas lit -
divali mystique
© gillena cox




Written for Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #18 Yugen


souvenir paintings
what kind of a brush first drew
the image of Buddha
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

translucent tea cup
hides a deep secret
ghost of tea

© Chèvrefeuille

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Blue Plumbagos photo taken 17 Oct 2015
at La Vega Recreation Park

the sound of water -
clouds settle in between
laughter of children
© gillena cox 2015


Revisit
La Vega Oct 2015 #1
La Vega Oct 2015 #2
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles


Welcome to Sunday Lime #58 How is your Sunday going? To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below



written for the prompt at Carpe Diem #854 happiness


Linking also to
Poetry Pantry 277

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packets of chocolates
in a game of catch -
a pencil drops
© gillena cox 2015



I am blog hopping today at
Thursday's Challenge "TREATS" (Candy, Chocolate Bar, Cake, Pie, Ice Cream, Comfort Food,...)


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Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #17 Leap Linkage

...leaping
a fish opens a door
in the lake
© Jane Reichhold

As you all know Basho was basically a renga-master and due to his renga-writing skills, Basho was a master at making wild, wide leaps in the linking of the images of his poems.

swinging bridge
first one thinks of
meeting horses
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

Here the linkage leap is so wide that it may need a footnote of explanation for readers four centuries and Thousand of miles away to follow it. This is one of the problems of making an innovative or wide leap - how to get the reader's mind to track it over the abyss without getting lost. The important point in creating with this technique is that the writer is always totally aware of his or her truth.

Not an easy haiku writing technique I think, but worth to give it a try. I don't know if I can write a haiku with this "leap linkage", but I have given it a try.

sky diver
flies down to earth
like Icarus
© Chèvrefeuille
[the above excerpt from carpe diem]

packets of chocolates
in a game of catch -
a pencil drops
© gillena cox 2015

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daylight come again -
morning chirps her way into
fast moving traffic
© gillena cox


Revisit
3rd November 2009
3rd November 2010

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chrysanthemum image from google dot com


furling in sunlight
a fragrant whiff can charm
the heart's sad retreat

a fragrant whiff can charm
layers off a sullen face

the heart's sad retreat -
smiles buried in scarred recess
wind their way to light
© gillena cox 2015

Revisit
Nov 1st 2008
Nov 1st 2010
Sunday Lime 1

Every month has a flower which symbolizes someone's birth.The characteristics of that flower may be "inherited" by whomsoever is born in that particular month. Each month's flower is sometimes referred to as a Birth Month Flower. Then too, in a cultural sense, flower characteristics such as appearance, color, and scent, bear relevance as gifts. It is believed that the Romans started celebrating births and birthdays using flowers. read more here

Happy November. An offering of Chrysanthemum blossoms, and Sunday Smiles


Welcome to Sunday Lime #57 How is your Sunday going? To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below



I am blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 276

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October ends fifty four days till Christmas

they have them in piles
up front at the grocery stores -
clay lamps called deyas
© gillena cox 2015


next up-coming festival here is Divali

I am blog hopping today at 6WS

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a shadowy moon
tethered in night's vast longing
a witch her sad heart


though the witch was sad
her broomstick scurried away
into the dark night



darkness engulfing
the cackle of an old witch
ruffles the cat's fur


© gillena cox 2015


Revisit
Haloween 2008
Haloween 2010
Haloween 2013

Blog hopping at Paint Party Friday Week 34, Year 5


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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - broomstick


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edited to include
FLASH 55 PLUS! by Kerry O'Connor
CHALLENGE: optional extra prompt... to write to the theme of Halloween.