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Welcome to Lunch Break's TENTH YEAR in celebrating The Twelve Days of Christmas. This year our caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'


bitter cold
the Christmas spirit moves on
with warm feelings
--Adelaide Shaw; USA


the star
i always follow
butterfly dreams
--Vibeke Laier; Denmark


carving morning
from the silence of night -
dawn birds
--gillena cox; Trinidad and Tobago


DAY 7 2016
DAY 7 2015
DAY 7 2014
DAY 7 2012
DAY 7 2011
DAY 7 2010
DAY 7 2009
DAY 7 2008

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[image from google dot com]



Its DAY SIX of the Twelve Days Of Christmas 2017-18. This year's caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'


a day filled with rain -
like a long song stretching back
to Joy to the world

a saviour born
he laid sweetly in the hay -
three wise men find

shepherds too
heard angelic choruses -
his Navitity
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago








DAY 6 2016
DAY 6 2015
DAY 6 2014
DAY 6 2012
DAY 6 2011
DAY 6 2010
DAY 6 2009
DAY 6 2008

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[image from bing dot com]



Its DAY FIVE of the Twelve Days Of Christmas 2017-18. This year's caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'


awakened at dawn -
an offering of bird songs
starts the day

a cat meows -
stories of milk and cookies
fancy Christmas trees

trickling night rain
thoughts of manger and a star
fills quiet time
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago








DAY 5 2016
DAY 5 2015
DAY 5 2014
DAY 5 2012
DAY 5 2011
DAY 5 2010
DAY 5 2009
DAY 5 2008

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Its DAY FOUR of the Twelve Days Of Christmas 2017-18. This year's caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'


her coffin incensed -
'twas the third day of Christmas
for faith-filled goodbyes
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago
in memoriam for my friend Paula Clarke whose funeral Mass was yesterday at Church of The Assumption, Long Circular Road Maraval, Trinidad


bringing down
wings of hope
white dove
--Vibeke Laier, Denmark


ever virtuous..
scratching the cold hard ground
three hens dark and light
--Pat Geyer, USA






DAY 4 2016
DAY 4 2015
DAY 4 2014
DAY 4 2012
DAY 4 2011
DAY 4 2010
DAY 4 2009
DAY 4 2008

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Its DAY THREE of the Twelve Days Of Christmas 2017-18. This year's caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'

guiding light -
the radiance of a star
that blessed night
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago


his gift of gold
to worship the Baby...
virtue of love
--Pat Geyer; USA


hummingbirds
tasting again and again
from a feeder
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago







DAY 3 2016
DAY 3 2015
DAY 3 2014
DAY 3 2012
DAY 3 2011
DAY 3 2010
DAY 3 2009
DAY 3 2008

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[image from Pinterest


Its DAY TWO of the Twelve Days Of Christmas 2017-18. This year's caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'


clouds map the sky -
Santa's stuck on a poster
a ho ho ho smile
gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago


frankincense
tear shaped drops for a King...
the new Baby cries
--Pat Geyer; USA


december star
just for a moment
a small sign
--Vibeke Laier, Denmark







DAY 2 2016
DAY 2 2014
DAY 2 2012
DAY 2 2011
DAY 2 2010
DAY 2 2009
DAY 2 2008

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Welcome to Lunch Break's TENTH YEAR in celebrating The Twelve Days of Christmas. This year our caption is 'Gold Frankincense And Myrrh'




his gift of gold
to worship the Baby...
virtue of love
--Pat Geyer, USA


the Christmas tree
lures a toddler's stare -
ATM queue
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago


·
silent night
a cat stops and listen to
the christmas bell
--Vibeke Laier, Denmark



REVISIT
Merry Christmas 2016
Merry Christmas 2015
Merry Christmas 2014
Merry Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas 2012
Merry Christmas 2011
Merry Christmas 2010
Merry Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas 2008


Creche at St Mary's RC Church [St James, Trinidad] 2018

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Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas AND a Bright and Prosperous New Year.

From Dec 25 2017 to Jan 6th 2018. Lunch Break will be hosting its TENTH YEAR of The Twelve Days of Christmas

Please drop by and link in OR comment with a gift of your words

much love
gillena

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Gaudete Sunday -
in the season of waiting
a flicker of joy
© gillena cox 2017


Its the Sunday of joy; ENJOY!!!!

Sunday Smiles





Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #65 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today with

Poetry Pantry # 383

AND


Recuerda Mi Corazon joy


Enjoy The Music


Before you leave see also
Sunday Savvy 65
Sunday Lime 65
17 December 2015

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a slow clip clop -
rhythms faithful hearts set to
The Manger Birth
© gillena cox 2017





[on the drawing board 'Journey To Bethelehem' watercolour]





Blog hopping today with

week 41 year 7

AND


MAIL ART


Enjoy The Music



Revisit
15 December 2016
15 December 2013

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their stripped bodies -
tis the Season of Advent
caterpillars chat
© gillena cox 2017



Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem #1326 transformation
Kristjaan prompts us with a quote from Brida by Paulo Coelho
... "She had met people who had lost the glow of being alive because they could no longer fight against loneliness and had ended up becoming addicted to it. They were, for most part, people who believed the world to be an undignified, inglorious place, and who spent their evenings and nights talking on and on about the mistakes others had made. They were people whom solitude had made into judges of the world, whose verdicts were scattered to the four winds for whoever cared to listen..."



Revisit
14 December 2016
14 December 2014
14 December 2013

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[Moringa image from Pinterest used in this haiga]



your words spoken
healing as the Moringa
whispered small doses

...

words spoken -
as healing as Moringa
shared in small doses
© gillena cox 2017



Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem #1325
follow the dictates of your heart


Revisit
13 December 2015
13 December 2014
13 December 2013

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[image from Pinterest]


we gather roses -
she arranges our hearts
closer to her son
© gillena cox 2017


Blog hopping today with
Recuerda Mi Corazon

12 Days of Mary Love: DAY 12
Feast day of Virgen de Guadalupe


Enjoy the music



Revisit
12 December 2015
12 December 2014
12 December 2013

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[a Pinterest image used for this haiga]

ever opening
she bring this gift of blossom
love unfailing
© gillena cox 2017

Blog hopping today with
Recuerda Mi Corazon

12 Days of Mary Love



Revisit
11 December 2016
11 December 2015
11 December 2013

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[image from Pinterest]

to such hearts waiting
second Sunday of Advent -
Mary's love renewed
© gillena cox 2017



Happy 2nd Sunday Season of Advent folks. Will be sitting in at my daughter's ceremony of awards. Celebrating thankfully; her hard work, discipline, and blessings. She has been working and studying. And this year has completed her MBA.

Sunday Smiles





Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #64 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today with

Poetry Pantry # 382


AND


Recuerda Mi Corazon 12 Days of Mary Love [DAY 10]


Enjoy The Music



Before you leave see also
Sunday Savvy 64
Sunday Lime 64
10 December 2015

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[original Madonna and Child image from Pinterest; fair use: jasmine overlays and a frame added for this haiga]


fragrance of jasmines
lingers way into sleepy night -
Mary's tender love
© gillena cox 2017



Blog hopping today with
Recuerda Mi Corazon

12 Days of Mary Love



Revisit
9 December 2016
9 December 2015
9 December 2013

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[image from Pinterest used for this haiga]


chosen and formed -
to her immaculate soul
God's son borne
© gillena cox 2017


Immaculate Heart of Mary Pray For Us


Blog hopping today with

Recuerda Mi Corazon
12 Days of Mary Love - Day 8 Feast of The Immaculate Conception





Revisit
8 December 2016
8 December 2015
8 December 2014

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[image from Pinterest



what was she like -
me thinks a mother's heart
wise tender and strong
© gillena cox 2017



Blog hopping today with
Recuerda Mi Corazon

12 Days of Mary Love



Revisit
7 December 2016
7 December 2015
7 December 2014

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[image - used for this haiga from Bing dot com]


gentle agreement -
a saviour to all the world
the gift she bore
© gillena cox 2017



Blog hopping today with
Recuerda Mi Corazon

12 Days of Mary Love



Revisit
6 December 2016
6 December 2015
6 December 2014