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Showing posts with label NaHaiWriMo. Show all posts

Saturday, May 17, 2014

1440

the emu a flightless Australian bird


image from google dot com

...The emu was very interested in dancing, so she flew down from her home beyond the clouds, and asked the birds if they would teach her to dance. A cunning old native companion replied: "We shall be very pleased to teach you our dances, but you could never learn with such long wings. If you like, we will clip them for you." The emu did not give much thought to the fact that short wings would never carry her home again. So great was her vanity that she allowed her wings to be clipped very short...read the whole story HERE

detention lines -
"the way of the transgressor..."
chalked on the black board

---- gillena cox

"The way of the Transgressor is exceedingly difficult " this was a frequent and favourite line given to kids in detention when i was a student at high school


I am blog hopping today at

6WS


The prompt at Nahaiwrimo today is emu, and i have double posted to my blog

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

1266


wildflowers...
purples whites, reds, all
nameless to me

a grand-baby
cradled in my arms...
soft glow of moonlight

cooing of pigeons...
all of morning
stirs to life

--gillena cox

27 #liberty,26 #love, 25 #life; haiku written for NaHaiWriMo; Michelle Harvey is the prompter for August

Linking Today to Texture Tuesday
AND Ruby Tuesday AND CARPE DIEM AND Wild Berries

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

1244



July ends...
a field of caladium
furls in the wind

-- gillena cox



Today ends my month of prompting at NaHaiWriMo

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

1243


pan yard fusion
of players and fans...
carnival flavor

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Monday, July 29, 2013

1242


clouds sitting on
the red roof of an old church...
the opened bus window

-- gillena cox

revisit Tortuga 2009

Linking toRecuerda Mi Corazon - Mornings With Mary

I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Sunday, July 28, 2013

1241



drenched and jewelled
the peacock ginger flower...
white clouds emerging

-- gillena cox

revisit drenched 2008

Linking to Recuerda Mi Corazon - Postcards From Paradise

I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Friday, July 26, 2013

1239


Ruby Tuesday...
a bower of green grapes
distracts entrances

-- gillena cox


Linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon Haiku My Heart Friday


I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Thursday, July 25, 2013

1238


cricket match...
a shell-blower lauds
his team's good plays

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

1237


stilettos...
evening wraps its shadows
around city props

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

1236



pondering
a swan haiku; news
of the new prince

-- gillena cox


revisit April 30, 2011

I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Monday, July 22, 2013

1235


rosary beads...
from the bougainvillea
a new bird's song

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Back linking to Recuerda Mi Corazon Post Cards From Paradise

Sunday, July 21, 2013

1234


fullness of the moon...
shadows engulfing
neighborhood trees

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo; and also the prompter today at One Single Expression

Saturday, July 20, 2013

1233


the kiskadee
responds to the rooster's crow
day arriving

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Friday, July 19, 2013

1232


playing the game
'two truths and one lie'...
riotious laughter

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

revisit 1176

Linked to Recuerda Mi Corazon Haiku My Heart Friday

Thursday, July 18, 2013

1231


an African pulse
underscores advertisements...
the August fest

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

1230


gathering rainbows
in soap bubbles...
sunny days

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo

Monday, July 15, 2013

1228


golden sunny day...
only the foreign beer
have discount stickers

-- gillena cox



I am the prompter this month at NaHaiWriMo