Showing posts with label kyoka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kyoka. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

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he eats his spinach
 to stay strong at his sailing
 he sings his shanties
 as the moon shiftshapes readily 
in the purple dark night sky
© gillena cox 2023


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Sunday, April 10, 2022

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bargain counter -

two for the price of one

packaged masks 

© gillena cox 2022

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sumie sunday 72

Sunday Standard 72

Sunday Lime 72


Sunday LXXII of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
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Happy Passion Sunday

#Passion Sunday also called Palm Sunday

Hosanna; blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord" (Mark 11.9)

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

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What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

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she placed her books
 and homework in a birdcage
and sang a song
of Mary and her lamb
a girl wearing ponytails

© gillena cox 2022

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ENJOY THE MUSIC: André Tanker - Hosanna


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Friday, April 08, 2022

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Continuing: Cutting up the art journal and keeping the scraps. 10 (ACEO) Art Cards Editions and Originals 
    





Welcome to Art For Fun Friday #3


video (ACEO)



GREETINGS



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Bon Appetit


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BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

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Friday Writings #21: What’s There

wrought iron leaves -

a plant stand chosen to hold  

odds and ends

© gillena cox




ENJOY THE MUSIC: Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion - The Prayer
 
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Art For Fun Friday 
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Sunday, April 03, 2022

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sorting through

a collection of masks -  

the right match

© gillena cox 2022

REVISIT 

sumie sunday 71 

Sunday Standard 71

Sunday Lime 71 



Sunday LXXI of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
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our help is in the lord who made heaven and earth [Psalm 121]

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

SUNDAY SMILES

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

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outside the diner

a persian white living

in a teardrop

highly born now deserted

trading scraps for her meows

© gillena cox 2022

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ENJOY THE MUSIC: Madonna - Love Dont Live Here


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Wednesday, March 09, 2022

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contemplation
enticing or just red
that is the question 
elephant stalled
at the apple

© gillena cox 2022

#having fun with Shakespeare's - "To be or not to be that is the question" famous soliloquy from Hamlet in Act 3, Scene 1


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Sunday, February 27, 2022

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 kings and queens parade -

masqueraders wear also

the pandemic mask 

© gillena cox 2022



[Image from the internet]
Fans were treated to the first official Carnival events since the Covid 19 pandemic started, here in T&T at safe zones in San Fernando and Port of Spain this year


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 Sunday LXVI of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
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Forever i will sing the goodness of the Lord

[Psalm 89] 

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

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tears roll down cheeks

smudged silence sob

from many humans

singed again by war where words 

could've been better spoken

© gillena cox 2022


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ENJOY THE MUSIC: Sting - Russians (Instrumental Cover)


Sunday, February 20, 2022

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'pan in de sancoche'

all the players wear their mask

2022

© gillena cox 2022


[Image from the internet]
Yesterday's February 19th - the first official Carnival event since the Covid 19 pandemic started, here in T&T



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 Sunday LXV of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
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Forever i will sing the goodness of the Lord

[Psalm 89] 

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

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taking for granted

surrounded by sheer absence

a candle glows dim

round midnight here the full moon

lights up an island outage

© gillena cox 2022


  On Wednesday 16th February 2022, Trinidad suffered the setback of an islandwide outage 

 read about the island outage here

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ENJOY THE MUSIC: Thelonious Monk Quartet - 'Round Midnight


Sunday, December 12, 2021

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 tinkle of bells

the congregation stands

all wearing masks

© gillena cox 2021


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 Sunday LV of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
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Cry out with joy and gladness [Isaiah 12]

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 


Third Sunday of Advent today

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she pillows his head

sighs in the lap of heaven 

soft sleepy murmurs

emit from his tired soul

will he rise remembering


Image prompt courtesy the Sunday Muse

are dreams only for

realm of sleepers and angels

comfort ye weary

wings of flight and adventure

portals for rabbit hole songs 

© gillena cox 2021

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ENJOY THE MUSIC
Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON


Sunday, November 28, 2021

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masks removed
a birthday celebrated
with food and talk
© gillena cox 2021

Today is my Daughter's Birthday. Happy Birthday  to Yanda Cox

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 Sunday LIII of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
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Praise the Lord, my soul! [Psalm 146]

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

First Sunday of Advent today

SUNDAY SMILES


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Image prompt courtesy the Sunday Muse

face protected
she sleeps in the subway train
on her way to work
part-time fashion model
her perfect makeup preserved
© gillena cox 2021


ENJOY THE MUSIC
Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON

Sunday, November 21, 2021

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masked the optician 
offering lens choices - 
again three or four 
© gillena cox 2021


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 Sunday LII of the series '100 ways to haiku a mask 
Tell me about your Sunday email me OR post a COMMENT 

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Praise the Lord, my soul! [Psalm 146]

What's there to smile about today? Thank God for the grace of poetry 

Feast of Christ The King Sunday today

SUNDAY SMILES


Smilee from google

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
weather beaten 
the green door peels like autumn
letting go creeps up
always its harder to fall
than to cling in sweet comfort
© gillena cox 2021


ENJOY THE MUSIC


Link to Sweetest 100 Days of Christmas in T&T HERE HAPPY SEASON