a red hibiscus
plucked from a wayside fence blooms...
thus just for a smile
those starched white shirts
once our grand mothers pressed...
flat irons relics
untimely black outs...
the whispered requests for
candles and matches
--gillena cox
Happy Independence Day Trinidad and Tobago
Revisit
celebrating 50
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38 comments:
Happy Holiday, Gillena!
love the flower plucked from the wayside...something that might be passed over usually...
and the memories the flat iron brings of our grands....
cool chain of verse....have a lovely day gilena
Sometimes a person can find such beauty along the wayside, if one only takes the time to look. And, ha, I remember when my mother used to starch shirts. Glad those times are behind us! Happy Sunday, Gillena.
Thanks Diane
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Thanks for your appreciation Brian
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Thanks for your appreciation Mary
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The flower photo is gorgeous! Wonderful red hibiscus!
That is a lovely smile ~ Enjoy your weekend ~
beautiful flowers, happy memories grace our lives..lovely write Gillena..Happy sunday :)
Thanks Sumana
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I love them all. but when you reach for the matches.. that capture a moment of your life...
Thank you for your appreciation Bjorn
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Happy Independence Day, Gillena. I resonate with the grandmother, ironing. I still iron, in my turn!
Beautiful snippets of life captured--just lovely
Happy you dropped in Sherry
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Thanks Audrey
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I adore wayside flowers!
My Shadow Shot
On your Independence day it is good to recollect memories of the past.
These are wonderful Gillena!
I hope you are feeling much better today.
What a beautiful picture and words!
Have a blessed new week :-)
I missed you my dear Gillena I'm back for however long that is....lol I have a new blog yes besides...google I don't know how long it'll last but after 4 posts, I hasnt been deleted so you can find always at google, and here:
woahtherecowboy.blogspot.com
I missed you Gillena, so much
Happy you dropped in Maggie
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Thanks for your appreciation OE
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Thanks Mascha
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Happy you are back Lorraine, i missed all those beautiful photos; i will most certainly pop over at your new blog
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Thanks Judy, the swelling has gone down, i still have to keep the area dry and apply the antibiotic powder till the scars drop off on their own
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A well written poem.
i would love to visit Trinidad and Tobago in the future. everything you mentioned made me flashback to the South Pacific for a few moments there. Well-written Gillena!!!
Jamztoma
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I have my husband's grandmother's flat iron displayed in my kitchen. Lovely hiakus.
I really like that third one...
I just picked up another oil lamp at a yard sail... just in case.
Though black outs are not frequent here.
Happy Independence Day Trinidad and
Tobago! :)
Thanks .GL
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Thank you for your appreciation Jamztoma
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Thanks Jules, happy you stopped by
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Thank you for your appreciation Janice
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A beautiful haiga and your haiku were thought provoking ... I especially enjoyed the last one ...
Thank you Georgia
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I still wear starched shirts, whenever I go to court . . . maybe court is a relic too.
Happy you dropped in Stormcat
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