1875

[at extreme right, my granddaughter Zuri, photo - School Sports Event 20160326 - courtesy her mummy]

tiny bits of joy -
in a vast season where
Easter triumphs
© gillena cox 2016

Revisit
Easter joy 2015
Easter joy 2011
31st March 2013



I am blog hopping today at
Thursday's Challenge "TINY" (Small things, Short, Children, Animals, Insects,...)


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Monday Mellow Yellows

1874

they define morning
these birds
each
with its peculiar song

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their joyful songs
baptist bells ring out -
nineteen ninety six
© gillena cox 2016

The shouter baptists, who professed their religious codes at street corners, were ridiculed scorned and harassed, until 1951 when the law stated it was Okay for them to freely practice their religious rites and much later, in 1996, Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day was declared a public holiday here


Today is Spiritual Shouter Baptist Day
in Trinidad and Tobago
Happy Holiday from Lunch Break

Revisit
Happy Holiday 2009
Happy Holiday 2011
Happy Holiday 2014







Susan, prompting today, informs us: Because this is a Leap Year, March 30th is the 90th day of the year
Midweek Motif ~ Ninety / The Nineties

1873

[Pink Poui in bloom St James Trinidad 20160327]

wedge between
day to day, this special joy
of today
© gillena cox 2016

Revisit
Sunday Savvy #78
Easter 2015
Sunday Lime 1


HAPPY EASTER 2016


Sunday Smiles





Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #78 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 295


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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - Easter


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Mosiac Monday #86

1872

parched dry those stones fit -
wilted desire spells drought
curled leaves sighing crunch
© gillena cox 2016


Revisit
beausejour 2012
bush fire 2010
twists 2009



Written for Susan's prompt
mid week motif~ climate


Furthermore, Susan informs us: "Technically, climate is a set of weather statistics gathered over many years, a summary of tendencies in a region condensed from many spheres: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere."

1871

more blossoms
Good Friday fast approaches
Crown of Thorns
© gillena cox 2016

Revisit
Sunday Savvy #77
Folded Palms 2010
Sunday Lime 1


Sharing again my Crown of Thorns which blossomed this year for the first time, it was a gift from the lady plant seller where i buy plants. Today is Passion Sunday also called Palm Sunday - Holy Week begins. When we meet next Sunday it will be in Celebration of Easter


Sunday Smiles




Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #77 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 294


And

Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - passion


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Mosiac Monday

1870

hot dry day -
waves of bougainvillea
a sunny greeting
© gillena cox 2016

Revisit
bougainvillea 2013
hot days 2011
March 19th 2014


Blog hopping today at

hot dry windy March Saturday today

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Ruby Tuesdays Too

1869

slightest breezes -
weight of bougainvillea
falling in bird song
© gillena cox 2016




Revisit
Bougainvillea 2015
Bougainvillea 2013
Bougainvillea 2012

I'm blog hopping today at
Week2 Year 6

1868

receipts torn to shreds
groceries put on the shelf
a slight breeze ripples
© gillena cox 2016

I am blog hopping today at
Thursday's Challenge "EMPTY" (Vacant, Abandoned, Hollow, Empty Container/Chair/House,...)

1867

[photo view of a yellow Poui in bloom, Long Circular Road, Port of Spain Trinidad; 20160315]

yellow poui blooms -
in resolve of bones interred
hope of saints to rise
© gillena cox 2016



“We need saints without cassocks, without veils - we need saints with jeans and tennis shoes. We need saints that go to the movies that listen to music, that hang out with their friends (...) We need saints that drink Coca-Cola, that eat hot dogs, that surf the internet and that listen to their iPods. We need saints that love the Eucharist, that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza or drink a beer with their friends. We need saints who love the movies, dance, sports, theatre. We need saints that are open, sociable, normal, happy companions. We need saints who are in this world and who know how to enjoy the best in this world without being callous or mundane.
We need saints.”
― Pope Francis


A HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL TOMORROW [image courtesy Poet's United


Written for Susan's prompt
Midweek Motif ~ Saint / Saintliness

1866

lazy Sunday breeze -
sunny centers of eggs boiled
toast a brand new week
© gillena cox 2016



Revisit
Sunday Savvy #76
eggs 2014
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles




Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #76 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 293


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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - 'toast'


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Carpe Diem #937


kite mo miyo jiube ga haori hana goromo

put it on to try
in-vest yourself
in a flowered robe
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) And this is what she tells about the background of this haiku:The "jiube ga haori" is a padded vest. The "hana goromo" is a flowered robe worn for viewing blossoms. "Haori" sounds similar to "gaori", which means "to surrender to the beauty of flowers", and "kite" can mean both "come" or "wear". In this haiku Basho uses the haiku writing technique "pun" it's a kind of technique to bring a kind of joke into the haiku

white caps shattered
sand rushes around on the beach
a dragon kite
© Chèvrefeuille

1865

this weird woman counts
syllables on her fingers-
freezing dawn's bird songs
© gillena cox 2016


Written for Sumana's prompt
Mid week motif ~ weird

1864

green pigeon peas borne -
all the pelau pots we stirred
in feeding frenzy
© gillena cox 2016

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Revisit
Women's Day 2015
Women's Day 2014
Women's Day 1911-2011


Blog hopping today at

Our World Tuesday 7 March 2016

1863

March winds are blowing, here today its a cool somber Sunday. My Sunday share reflects a moment during the week passed, when sitting on my back steps reading, i paused for a while to watch three blossoms in their gusty dance
they dance with the wind
three white plumerias -
what a bunch
© gillena cox 2016


Revisit
Sunday Savvy #75
Plumeria 2010
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles




Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #75 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 292


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