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from a flower
an ant has walked away-
beauty left behind
© gillena cox 2017

[Beauty - ink pencils on water colour paper]




[Beauty - crop and rotate]


[Beauty - Digital smudge]


[Beauty - Digital tiki theme added]



Blog hopping today with

Week 19 Year 7


Enjoy The Music


Don't Leave Before You See Again
14 July 2015
14 July 2014
14 July 2013

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[i used one of my 2015 photos for this haiga]

to miles of flying -
asymmetrical wings tag
your beauty retained
© gillena cox 2016

written for Prompt Nights On Popular Demand – Imperfection is Beautiful – [5]




Today is a public Holiday here in Trinidad and Tobago:
Happy Corpus Christi.

Revisit
Corpus Christi 2014
Corpus Christi 2012
Corpus Christi 2009

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(image from google.com)
Linking today to Recuerda Mi Corazon 'A Virgin A Day' (till Dec 12 in honour of Our Lady Of Guadalupe)

ADVENT CALENDAR 2013


moonflowers ---
the beauty
of hidden things
--Chiyo-ni (1701-1775)

hay in a manger
in Bethlehem Ephrata
to cradle a king
--gillena cox


Its Renku Saturday #47, revisit Renku Saturday #46 Comment a verse to the haiku dialogue if you wish; i'll edit, and pin it upfront


18 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS

Cinderella Syndrome 21

Cannas from...

gift of beauty-
the flowers adorning
our gardens
--gillena cox

'Fairy God Mother'
From ash to beauty,
only crystal slipper left:
one less is enough!
--dianne..

...With a flick of her magic wand, Cinderella ... found herself wearing the most beautiful dress, the loveliest ever seen in the realm. “Now that we have settled the matter of the dress,” said the fairy... [Childhood reading.com; Cinderella]


continuing the Cinderella Syndrome or What every girl should have; well!!! at least once in her lifetime, anyways...in haiku/haibun style throughout the month of August; e-mail me or add your contributions at comments; to be included in the day's post

Cinderella Syndrome 12

original photo from...

alley cat
his bold stare as he slips through
the wrought iron gate
--gillena cox

"Miaow", which really meant, "Cheer up! You have something neither of your stepsisters have and that is beauty." It was quite true. Cinderella, even dressed in rags with a dusty gray face from the cinders, was a lovely girl. While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes, were still clumsy, lumpy and ugly and always would be. [Ivy Joy's Fables and Fairy Tales]


continuing the Cinderella Syndrome or What every girl should have; well!!! at least once in her lifetime, anyways...in haiku/haibun style throughout the month of August; e-mail me or add your contributions at comments; to included in the day's post