Friday, May 31, 2013
1193
Back linking today toSunday Whirl Wordle #110 and Linking to Recuerda Mi Corazon
heart beats
asleep or awake
in God's care
on layers of birdsong
i awake to Friday
a beam of sunlight
high in the plumeria
a new nest
rosary beads connect
the mysteries of nature
a bird visitor
anchors my gaze
to bougainvillea
at close range those eyes
a golden ring of bird view
fertile rain clouds
the phrase of caladium's
broad leaf charm
shift of seasons yield
the current faces of color
--gillena cox
Thursday, May 30, 2013
1192
...photo credit to International Monthly Kukai. My haiku placed 10th in the May 2013 International Kukai No. 14
Just saying....
a walk with silence . . .
under a shady olive
a stone elephant
--gillena cox
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
1191
trickling water...
light footed a grackle
alights on a rock
--gillena cox
Linking today to Outdoor Wednesday
Monday, May 27, 2013
1190
coolness of evening...
yellow center of felled
plumeria
--gillena cox
Linking today to Monday Mellow Yellow and back linking to Shadow Shot Sunday
Sunday, May 26, 2013
1189
Sunday savvy...
blue - petaled watergrass
onset of the rains
--gillena cox
“A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.”—Chinese Proverb
Sunday Smiles
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tag 7 Issa's Sunday Service
tag 8 Sunday In My City
tag 9 Silly Sunday
Linking today to Haiku Songlines, and Today's Flowers
Today is #71 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #70; today, May 26th, Mothers day in Poland; revisit Lunch Break Mothers Day Celebration 2013
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sunny morning
the drying out begins
before the next storm
We've had several days of rain and very cold temperature, more like March than the end of May.
-- Adelaide
Saturday, May 25, 2013
1188
Saturday morning Jigsaw Puzzle
Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!
revisit Part 3 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
Saturday morning...
in the silence
sunlight emerging
--gillena cox
A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering.
--Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)
Linking today to The Weekend In Black And White; Recuerda Mi Corazon; Scenic Weekends
Its Renku Saturday #38; revisit Renku Saturday #37
Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!
revisit Part 3 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
Saturday morning...
in the silence
sunlight emerging
--gillena cox
A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering.
--Matsuo Basho (Translated by Robert Hass)
Linking today to The Weekend In Black And White; Recuerda Mi Corazon; Scenic Weekends
Its Renku Saturday #38; revisit Renku Saturday #37
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1187
Forest Trek Jigsaw Puzzle
Thoughts and prayers for Oklahoma after the tornado;
wishes for the promise of paradise on planet earth
Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!
Linking today to Outdoor Wednesday
revisit Part 4 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
Thoughts and prayers for Oklahoma after the tornado;
wishes for the promise of paradise on planet earth
Click to play the jigsaw puzzle online; Enjoy!!!
Linking today to Outdoor Wednesday
revisit Part 4 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
1184
red lipstick...
those Holy Spirit songs
Sunday savvy
A Happy Pentecost Sunday to all, revisit Pentecost Sunday 2012; Linking today to Haiku Songlines
Sunday Smiles
Tag 1 One Single Expression
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tag 4 Sunday Scribblings
tag 5 Lovely Sunday Quotes
tag 6 Sunday Whirl
tag 7 Issa's Sunday Service
tag 8 Sunday In My City
tag 9 Silly Sunday
Today is #70 in the series Sunday Savvy; revisit Sunday Savvy #69 share your Sunday something email me post a COMMENT
Saturday, May 18, 2013
1183
Its Renku Saturday 37#; revisit Renku Saturday #36
thrill of a bird...
daylight slips through
its ringing tones
--gillena cox
a fresh-made dewdrop
is cool too...
moon at the gate
--Issa, 1820
Linking today to Recuerda Mi Corazon and The Weekend In Black And White
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
1181
Mothers Day
a garland of wishes...
Sunday savvy
This is my first year as a grand mother; i am reposting (#1162 of April 16th, 2013) dedicating the haiga below, to my six months old grand baby Zuri, who loves my walking her and singing to her in my garden.
hot day...
reflected in scarlet furls
a smile
--gillena cox
Sunday Smiles
the wave from India
bathes the dress
the pink one
the music box
the aroma of lilac
an old chant
on the promenade
the florist is singing
selling the violets
--Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia
our love expressed
in a fragile bloom...
pink carnation
--Pat Geyer, USA
this day
of stories
...keeping her among us
--John McDonald, Scotland
Poems remain the copyright of individual writers
Tag 1 One Single Expression
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tag 7 Issa's Sunday Service
tag 8 Sunday In My City
tag 9 Silly Sunday
tag 10 The Mindful Meanderings Of A Multifarious Mother
Today is #69 in the series Sunday Savvy; Happy Mothers Day, join in the celebration... email me post a COMMENT or a URL revisit Sunday Savvy #68
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Friday, May 10, 2013
1180
cattail Jigsaw Puzzle
Enjoy the jigsaw puzzle; click to play; add a poem or statement at comments; Have a Fun Friday; Remember to stop by on Sunday to share in the 2013 Mothers Day Celebration
Enjoy the jigsaw puzzle; click to play; add a poem or statement at comments; Have a Fun Friday; Remember to stop by on Sunday to share in the 2013 Mothers Day Celebration
Thursday, May 09, 2013
1179
rainforest spirits...
clearly your ardor for love
knows no bounds
--gillena cox
We all love a happily ever after story, be it myth or true life; well, we were surely entertained by the forest myth about a plant we now know as 'hot lips'. And the story goes... should a young man spontaneously and unprompted, touch his lips to the bright red bracts of the 'hot lips' he will in turn win the woman he desires.
Other attractions as we treks include; the herb garden; an enormous ant hill created by bachacs(leaf cutter ants); the monkey ladder - which starts on the ground and vines its way up into the trees, becoming woody as it matures, its is used to make very pricy furniture pieces; 'the wait awhile', an unassuming little palm - the underside of the leaf grabs and holds (we were given a demonstration of this), its can be dangerous to persons moving swiftly or even running through trail, it can grab and rip away bits of one's face, it is used in the construction of tapia houses; and, the wafts of sweet fragrance from the incense trees.
Only a slither of the wonders of our rainforest trek; just saying....
This is Part 5, end of - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
much love
Linking today to Share The Joy Thursday
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
1178
careful footsteps...
where once our ancestors
trod with such ease
--gillena cox
The trek into the forest with our guide Joel proved to be every bit interesting and informative; we step carefully, staying on the path, avoiding the the dense rooted areas of balisier and other heliconias, for there in the snakes lurk.
As luck would have it we were able to spot, hummingbirds, the white bearded manakin also referred to as the 'forest no good', responded to the guide's finger clicking and appeared low in the trees, looking like round balls of white cotton; the golden headed manakin also referred to as the 'forest Michael Jackson', (the male so dubbed for their courtship dance); the collared trogon, and we were enthralled into silence, to see the bearded bellbird after hearing his compelling resounding thunk thunk thunk sound. We even got a display of his fanning white tail feathers
A bit of the history informs, the original house built circa 1908 known as Spring Hill Estate was a privately owned cocoa, citrus, and coffee estate. Loaded with ephiphytes a tangerine tree, aged at more than 70 years still stands rooted
as this trail, wends its way,
we make 'a walk back in time' our footsteps trod portions of the formerly and originally first 'Arima Main Road'
This is Part 4 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
... ends tomorrow
Linking today to Outdoor Wednesday
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
1177
red cat tails...
wandering through minutes
the drizzle
--gillena cox
A break for lunch, from readings, allowed time to refresh and recharge.
Wandering around the compound to lush treats of flora, birds at the bird feeders, and lizards filled the break. As well, there was the pocket museum to visit. The view from the museum's veranda is nothing short of stunning
from here to there...
all the words a poet
strives to pen
--gillena cox
This is Part 3 - mini series 'Poetry Picnic - Asa Wright Nature Center'
... continues tomorrow
Linking today to Ruby Tuesday and to Today's Flowers
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