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Saturday, February 21, 2015

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first Saturday of the lenten season

image from public domain




I am blog hopping today at 6WS


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Carpe Diem little creatures #18, Issa's "rice blossoms"


tombô mo ogamu te tsuki ya ine no hana

the dragonfly too
folds hands in prayer...
rice blossoms
© Kobayashi Issa

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cherry blossoms bloom
first bees come to gather honey -
cherries in autumn
© Chèvrefeuille

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a season
reflective of precious blood -
cross of Calvary
the battymamselle wings
like stained glass windows
© gillena cox


Revisit
cutting lent
yellow dragonfly
red dragonfly
at

24 comments:

  1. Mlissabeth2:42 PM

    These are nice words.

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  2. Magyar3:46 PM

    we all pray through
    these weeks to resurrection
    a moral rebirth

    _m

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  3. Gillena Cox4:45 PM

    happy you dropped in lisabeth

    much love...

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  4. Gillena Cox4:45 PM

    thanks for your sharing Magyar

    much love...

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  5. Ron.5:49 PM

    Having fully recovered from Mardi Gras, I'm thinking that a little austerity would be a good thing for a while.

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  6. Gillena Cox6:41 PM

    Surely Ron

    Much love...

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  7. Romi8:01 PM

    The haiku are beautiful, though I'm not sure what 'battymamselle' is...

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  8. Blog It Or Lose It10:34 PM

    What a great thought - the dragonfly wings as stained glass --- awesome :)

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  9. kaykuala1:51 AM

    They are simply colorful in keeping with the flowers visited! Wonderful lines Gillena!

    Hank

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  10. Gillena Cox2:14 AM

    Romi, Thank you for visiting , i'm glad i sparked your interest (batty mamselle is a local name we Trinis use for the dragonfly)

    much love...

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  11. Gillena Cox2:15 AM

    Thank you for your appreciation Jen

    much love...

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  12. Gillena Cox2:15 AM

    Thanks Hank

    much love...

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  13. Bastet's Waka Library2:52 AM

    A moving haiku! Bastet

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  14. Gillena Cox4:00 AM

    Thanks Georgia

    much love...

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  15. Chèvrefeuille11:21 PM

    Your tanka fits the time of year in a great way.

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  16. Unknown3:13 AM

    Batty mademoiselle:) lovely!!

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  17. Gillena Cox1:02 PM

    thanks Kristjaan

    much love...

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  18. Gillena Cox1:03 PM

    happy you dropped in Cheryl-Lyn

    much love...

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  19. Janice1:40 PM

    Gillena, such timely beauty! Blessings.

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  20. Unknown1:29 AM

    Very evocative and dramatic, then peaceful with stained glass - beautiful!

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  21. Gillena Cox7:10 AM

    Happy yoy dropped in Hamish

    much love...

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  22. Magical Mystical Teacher11:31 AM

    ...and now it's the second Saturday...

    Six Words and Shadows

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  23. Gillena Cox10:31 AM

    thanks for dropping in and leaving your link Maggie

    much love...

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  24. Voyance gratuite par mail10:48 AM

    Fantastic work, thank you so much for shedding a light on the topic.

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