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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]

holding prescripts
of Himalayan beauty -
a healing flower
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
#1202 Corydalis Himalayan secret
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[image courtesy Carpe Diem]

the right shade of blue
Campanula wild and free
gift of healing
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
#1201 Campanula (Blue Bell)
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chant of holy men -
begging bowls washed clean
for new offerings
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
Om Mani Padme Hum
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its flight
through morning sights -
a humming bird
© gillena cox



Carpe Diem
Chèvrefeuille's Gift to You to Celebrate Our First Luster of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #4 reprise "perpetuum mobile"

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Don't Leave Before You See Again
7 June 2016
7 June 2015
7 June 2012

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Trending September Day 25

no summers
just Caribbean breezes
no winters either

fallen blossoms
on the paved walk

leaf cutter ants
they have a mind of their own
carrying cuttings

some faithful ladies arrange
vases for their church altar

automatic doors -
the intimated welcome
to grocery shoppers

persistent honking of horns
Sunday cooking gas sellers

polling day
the longest lines
for stained fingers

delicious! watermelons
did i mention, the red team won

kiskadee
this bird singing out its name
kis ka ke ee ee

as if the night was too long
an earth tremor before dawn

fragments of peace -
one aeroplane flying high
two grackles low

in the cooling of evening
to sit on the back steps nice

caterpillars
the way they cling sun or rain
comfort of leaves

in the torrent of raindrops
memories childhood paper boats


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near palm fronds wave to
distant verdant mountains

after many years
from opposite directions
to meet in the street

under large umbrellas
the doubles vendors

a can of beans -
the flip side of a label
to write a haiku

coin toss
the captain says
we play

the dare of youth to reason
game of cricket in the street

the old mango tree
holding patches of sky
all day long

just for a while this sunset
golden like the burning bush

who knows me better
than i know myself -
dark chocolate squares

contemplating gratefulness
Republic Day holiday

Friday market -
a bouquet of fresh green herbs
delights the senses
© gillena cox


This is DAY TWENTY FIVE of Trending September a haiku sequence. During this September sequence i will not be linking to prompts at other sites. Click on September 2015, from the side menu, to see all of this September's post so far.


I will be visiting friends at Paint Party Friday Week 29, Year 5 today

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picking Spainsh time
in the afternoon coolness
the mocking bird's skip
© gillena cox


Revisit
Spanish thyme
tropical mocking bird
cut grass


I am blog hopping today at
Carpe Diem #651, Picking Young Greens (wakanatsumi)


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And back linking to
i heart macro #87

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seasoning herb especially nice with fish



doves frolic
pebbles in the garden
toss slightly
--gillena cox



Revisit
herbs and spices
watering
liming



I am blog hopping today at

6WS


Carpe Diem #536-pebble


Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart Spanish Thyme

Divali Greetings 2010

Happy divali ...
divali recipies...

Trinis Say

Lily Of The Valley

lily of the valley image from World Of Flowers

My grandmother was a market vendor. She sold in the Chaguanas Market - herbs and spices - chives, thyme, nutmegs, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon; and sweet broom for clothes cupboards. She also made chocolate logs to be used for making hot chocolate drinks. She used cocoa beans, which were washed and sun dried, then crushed to remove the shells, then cloves and cinnamon sticks were added, this was then ground in a hand mill; then shaped into small chocolate logs. She also made and sold sugar cakes (not a cake but a candy made from grated coconuts).
I never called her grandmother, i called her Dee, like most other folks did; but that was not her name. A few other grownups called her Janee, but that too, was not her name.

Lily of the valley;
The memory of my grandmother Dee
Scents my mind.



in response to email questions i've edited to include -- my grandmther's name Veronica; Veronica Mitchell