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Abstract 20210416 - poster paints

night embraces me

with colours abstract wanting

to become stories

© gillena cox  2021

Digital Manipulations

last week's paper bow added

BON APPETIT

Blog hopping today with 

Paint Part Friday

Week 5 Year 11

recuerda mi corazon

a weekly unfurling of tiny jubilant love

ENJOY THE MUSIC: Chopin - Nocturne op.9 No.2

REVISIT
my post to PPF Week 7 Year 10
my post to PPF Week 7 Year 9
my post to PPF Week 7 Year 8

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a star twinkled sky-
awakened the moon enjoys
her nighttime frolic
© gillena cox 2020


During this time of Covid shut-ins and lockdowns, children in Trinidad and Tobago are tucked into bed virtually with a series of bedtime stories written by local writers. Here; 2 narrators read my story - 'Third Planet From The Sun' (published 2017 by authourhouse UK). #130 in the series.

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BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Rain's Garden
Thursday Art Date: Night Scene


REVISIT
20 August 2017
20 August 2015
20 August 2015



[gif created using PicsArt]

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[brush and ink sketch. 3.5 by 2.5 inches]

night silence deepens -
those old familiar songs
on the radio
© gillena cox 2020


HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS VISITING TODAY

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Phased opening continues here in T&T in the new normal era of face masks and social distancing.

...you who seek God, may your hearts revive! [Psalm:69: 33]

Sunday Smiles


Today is #77 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS.
Tell me about your Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below

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BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Poets and Storytellers United
Writers' Pantry #25: Summer Solstice

AND


Recuerda Mi Corazon
a weekly unfurling of tiny jubilant love

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REVISIT
Sunday Standard 77
Sunday Savvy 77
Father's Day 2019


ENJOY: Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, John Legend perform "Lean On Me"

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night pierced -
the distant strains of
an old calypso
© gillena cox


Its year end Sunday in The Catholic Calendar - The Feast of Christ The King. And tomorrow, Advent begins - a New Year. While here in T&T, in the secular stream we are in and celebrating 100 days of Christmas.
Sunday Smiles




Blog hopping today with

Poetry Pantry #430

AND


Haiku My Heart
old calypso



Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #12 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS. Tell me about your Sunday
email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below






REVISIT
Sunday Standard 12
Sunday Lime 12
25 November 2016


ENJOY THE MUSIC

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['Lullaby' haiga]

a howling wind
its lullaby -
no moon tonight
© gillena cox 2018



['Lullaby' digital composition]


[2 images from the internet in Lullaby Fait Use]





[some pencil sketches i did this week]


Blog hopping today with

Week 28, Year 8

AND


VINTAGE




ENJOY THE MUSIC




REVISIT
14 September 2017
14 September 2016
14 September 2015

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image from google dot com


drenching rain -
the night absorbs tears
of angels

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wing beats -
above the realm of night
moon beams

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Thunder moon -
every lullaby given
wasted dreams

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tomorrow calls -
at the edge of a dream
roosting birds
© gillena cox


Revisit
July rain 2008
July rain 2014
Sunday Lime 1



well, well, that was a serious statement of rain last night; Its the first Sunday of this July and #40 in the series 'Sunday Lime';


Sunday Smiles




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





I am blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 259


...

Carpe Diem #768 tsuyu (rainy season)

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Takeji Asano image from google dot com


sleep-lulled city with
quiet moon nearing fullness ...
stillness of tonight
--gillena cox


Revisit
not yet full
advent haiga
ply

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image from google dot com


FIREWORKS

reds greens oranges
colours at pointed fingers
on a festive night

fireworks boom inky sky
he is covered in cartons

unseen to slumber
the vagrant corner sleeper
whether day or night
--gillena cox



Revisit
best regards
bakery treats
nations dream



I am blog hopping today at Open Link Monday in the anniversary week at 'imaginary garden with real toads'

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painting 'Starry Night' by Van Gogh from google dot com

gentle breezy night -
counting stars, just the bright ones
from a fixed number
--gillena cox


I am back linking today to
Carpe Diem #481, Helpful (Mongolian Mythology ... in a way)


Recuerda Mi Corazon Haiku My Heart

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sheets of waves cover
asleep sea, lighthouse rotates
sparkling lullabies
--(c) The Inner Zone

the market women have gone
quiet now the shroud of night
--gillena cox


Linking today to Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge, The Inner Zone's "sheets of waves cover" See more responses to the Tan Renga HERE

sheets of waves cover
asleep sea, lighthouse rotates
sparkling lullabies
the market woman have gone
quiet now the shroud of night

Linking also to Haiku My Heart Friday at Recuerda Mi Corazon

AND Linking also to Paint Party Friday: 37.3


33 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS

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night rain...
scent of the earth
drifts in
-- gillena cox

Linking today to Our World Tuesday AND TextureTuesday

revisit night rain #1044



57 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS

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Fireworks

Trinidad and Tobago celebrates 50 years of Independence August 31st

Gentle Rain