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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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[image from google dot com used for this haiga]


We were the very first set of entrants. It was the same year our country's independence was declared. We got pencils and candy and little red-white-and-black flags.
"Do you remember the rose garden used to be there?" "Yes, I remember the orangish-yellow one i planted; just like the sky over there." "I planted one also" he said, his smile still shy, in a much much older face.

Sahara dust
heavy in the dawn sky -
high school reunion
© gillena cox 2017



Blog hopping today with

Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Reunions


Revisit
high school
13 September 2016
13 September 2015
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27 comments:

  1. John Buchanan2:44 PM

    Hi Gillena, This is an interesting thought well captured.

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  2. Sherry Blue Sky2:49 PM

    So beautiful, Gillena.

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  3. Susan3:06 PM

    You make the Haibun into a vivid memory, every part essential. There is no desert in your words. I enjoy the Haiga too.

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  4. Gillena Cox3:10 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Susan

    much love...

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  5. Gillena Cox3:11 PM

    Thank you John

    much love...

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  6. John Buchanan3:27 PM

    I was born in Trinidad two years later!

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  7. Gillena Cox4:09 PM

    Wow, how nice!!!
    thanks for dropping by again John.

    Much 😍 love

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  8. Adelaide4:58 PM

    Well done, Gillena.

    Did you get any of hurricane Irma? Hope all is well.

    Adelaide

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    1. Gillena Cox7:11 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Adelaide. We had some thunder showers. But Trinidad and Tobago was not in Irma's path

      Happy you dropped in

      Much 😍 love

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  9. indybev7:11 PM

    What special memories! Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Gillena Cox7:12 PM

      Thanks for dropping by Bev

      Much 😍 love

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  10. J.N.T.7:22 PM

    Your high school reunion sounds tender and romantic. I could feel the love there. Great write Gillena.

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    1. Gillena Cox5:45 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation JT

      Much 😍 love

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  11. Myrna R.7:42 PM

    Such lovely memories and thoughts. Enjoyed this Gillena.

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    1. Gillena Cox5:45 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Myrna

      Much 😍 love

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  12. Anonymous9:28 PM

    Takes me back too. Thank you

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    1. Gillena Cox5:46 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Martin

      Much 😍 love

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  13. Rosemary Nissen-Wade3:50 AM

    You make it sound quite nostalgic, and unique.

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    1. Gillena Cox5:47 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

      Much 😍 love

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  14. Amit Agarwal4:24 AM

    You said the unsaid without saying it, Gillena:) Wow! I loved it to the core..

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    1. Gillena Cox5:47 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Amit

      Much 😍 love

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  15. Panchali1:49 PM

    Aha...this is lovely! Beautifully done, Gellina!

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  16. Gillena Cox5:13 PM

    Happy you dropped in Panchali

    much love...

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  17. Magical Mystical Teacher7:49 PM

    Maybe it's because of the dust that I shunned my own high school reunion a few weeks ago. :)

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  18. Gillena Cox3:57 AM

    (✿◠‿◠) thanks for dropping by MMT

    much love...

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  19. Sarah Russell12:12 AM

    Smiling at this poem. "...his smile still shy, in a much much older face....". Just perfect!

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  20. Anjum Wasim Dar7:10 AM

    so beautifully expressed

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