1960

a group of smiles
poolside on a sunny day -
blue plumbagos
add charm in blooming petals
water splashes tease the sky
© gillena cox 2016


Revisit
Corpus Christi
under a stone ants scurry -
planting plumbagos
Corpus Christi 2010

the plumbagos
even their stems
blue
Renku Saturday 28

first rains -
the delight of plumbagos
dancing in the wind
20150530






Week 28 Year 6

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September 2016

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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - blue plumbago


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[my video choice for today]

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at a round about -
blue plumbagos bloom to watch -
swirl of vehicles
© gillena cox 2016

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Blue Plumbagos photo taken 17 Oct 2015
at La Vega Recreation Park

the sound of water -
clouds settle in between
laughter of children
© gillena cox 2015


Revisit
La Vega Oct 2015 #1
La Vega Oct 2015 #2
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles


Welcome to Sunday Lime #58 How is your Sunday going? To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below



written for the prompt at Carpe Diem #854 happiness


Linking also to
Poetry Pantry 277

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The Rainy Season is finally here




first rains -
the delight of plumbagos
dancing in the wind
© gillena cox



I am blog hopping today at


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Carpe Diem #745 moonrise



tsuki shiro ya hiza ni te o oku yoi no yado

moonrise
holding their hands on their knees
evening at a house
[hokku - basho; Tr. Jane Reichhold]

sitting on the back steps
cooling of darkening skies

whites of plumeria
shine through like night stars
in the garden

the birds have gone to roost
leaving behind a quiet twilight

my grand child speaks
in sentences; she likes
orange juice best

surely the kitchen door
should be repainted again

first rains -
the delight of plumbagos
dancing in the wind

an umbrella unfurls
to quickening footsteps
[2-8 - gillena cox]

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This is the renga our host - Chèvrefeuille shared with us

Hokku:

moonrise
holding their hands on their knees
evening at a house

on her wooden throne
grandmother makes me a new quilt

an open window
the sound of a chainsaw in consonance
with a woodpecker

the sweet perfume of young leaves
makes me dance and sing with joy

she smiles at me
love at first sight this is
25 years ago

eyes full of compassion
looking at the young leaves

blue irises bloom
the old pond becomes young again
a frog jumps in

she, the moon, reflects in the water
splash ... her face wrinkles

© Chèvrefeuille

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sweetness of bird songs -
gifts of morning accepted
with a cup of tea
© gillena cox




My digitally inspired Tea art



Week 12 Year 5


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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - tea


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i heart macro


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Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #87, Basho's "for the Star Festival"

for the Star Festival
even when hearts cannot meet
rainy-rapture (Basho)

after a while the clouds move
finally the lovers can meet each other (Chèvrefeuille)


for the Star Festival
even when hearts cannot meet
rainy-rapture / Basho
a smile for splashes of blue
plumbago flowers open /gillena


Revisit plumbago haiga 2010



for the Star Festival
even when hearts cannot meet
rainy-rapture
a smile for splashes of blue
plumbago flowers open

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Renku Saturday 28


at this time
morning glories fix the color
deep blue
Masaoka Shiki (1867 – 1902)


the plumbagos
even their stems
blue
--gillena cox,TT


blue moon
hydrangeas blushing
midnight pink
-- Alegria Imperial,BC


in blue dreamland
under her cotton sheets -
lazy morning
--Patrick Fetu,FR


Deep blue
I am
--Lorraine,CA


I want to steal the word “blue”
into every poem...
Blue is an attitude
--Colleen Redman,US
read the whole poem here


midnight blue . . .
staring at
a blank page
-- Bill,US


blue handblown glass
his hand shapes a corn flower
with no prompting
-- Adelaide,US



revisit Renku Saturday 27

Blue

artists dress Mary the mother of Jesus in a blue mantle Why? read more...

Plumbagos