Friday, February 11, 2022

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Thomas Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was a pioneer in innumerable ways. He invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the light bulb; ran a successful business and research laboratory, was a tough (and eccentric) job interviewer, had his last breath collected by pal Henry Ford, and—perhaps most notably—recorded the world's first cat video. We are forever indebted.


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pencil sketch



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AND TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY
here i am selfie Feb 2022

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YUMMY OR NOT YUMMY
CANTALOUPE
a tad bit overripe don't you think
gillena cox photo


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BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

AND

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Friday Writings #13: 13 Words on the 13th

 
forest of bone
a wolf-howl in the distance
tell-tale echo

night rhyme
the tongue a winter storm
speaking poetry

dirt moon chaos
none of these fit the rhythm
of blissful sleep
© gillena cox 2022

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ENJOY THE MUSIC of Xavier Strings


32 comments:

WendyK said...

Lovely portrait and a Happy Birthday.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Wendy

Much💓love

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

What you did with the words – lovely!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary

Much💓love

Christine said...

Nice feature on Edison and Happy Birthday Gillena!

Magyar said...

Gillena dear_!

not over ripe
your grapes blend to wine
our toast

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Cressida de Nova said...

Happy Birthday Gillena.....beautiful photo of you !

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Christine

Much💓love

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Cressida

Much💓love

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping by and sharing a haiku Doug

Much💓love

Rommy said...

Happy Birthday! Hope you had a lovely day.

carol l mckenna said...

Happy Birthday to you ~ hope you are having a very loving one ~ Great post and dynamic haiku ~ Xo

Wishing you lots of laughter in your day,

A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Rommy

Much💓love

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Carol

Much💓love

Linda Kunsman said...

wonderful poetry. Happy birthday to you beautiful lady!!!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Linda

Much💓love

Marit said...

Happy, belated, birthday! Warm hugs from the Netherlands

Jim said...

Your 13 is great for me. Thank you for the prompt tribute to Thomas E, I hadn't thought of him for a long time. And I'm not sure that I ever knew he was responsible for motion pictures. Do you remember those little flip books? We let the corners flip out from our fingers and we saw motion. I wish I had one now.
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dsnake1 said...

A nice sketch of Edison.
And a Happy Birthday, Gillena!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Marit

Much💓love

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Jim
Much💓love

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Cheong Lee san

Much💓love

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Oh, I love it when storms speak poetry! Happy Birthday, Gillena!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Cheong Maggie

Much💓love

Anita Sabat said...

Happy Birthday! Stay blessed :)

Smart use of the prompts.
"the tongue a winter storm
speaking poetry"
Such a storm is welcome :)

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Anita

Much💓love

Lea said...

Happy belated birthday, Gillena! I hope you had fun celebrating! Really amazing haiku. I love them all. And I did not know that Thomas Edison made the first cat video! Thank you for the bounty you share with us!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Lea

Much💓love

Magaly Guerrero said...

These are wonderful, Gillena. Some of my favorites by you, especially the first two. The imagery is so vivid that lingers.

And again, Happiest (belated) Birthday!

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped by Magaly

Much💓love

rebecca said...

may your birthday new year be as beautiful as your poetry! thanks for everything you share and all the love you express through it.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Rebecca

Much💓love