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 de homeless man rests ...

a bench 'round -de-savannah'

under Poui trees

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the Pomerac tree -

fallen pink inflorescence

a natural  carpet

childhood home garden 

a memory of many trees -

a long time ago

fruit trees strong and tall

in the yard where i grew up -

the long rod picker

with salt and pepper

fruit from the Mango Vere tree

eaten green in chow

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the city outskirts -

The Emperor Valley zoo

with bordering trees

under a Bay tree -

Royal Botanic Gardens

note our first kiss

at home paradise -

Guava and Avocado

trees gift us their fruit

my love deserts me -

Plum and Mango trees planted

just sweeten longing

Stations of The Cross

Good Friday in The Hollows -

pink Poui blooming

Easter's a-coming

traffic curbs flowering trees -

the savannah arc

all the trees wear green

circling The Savannah -

after blossoms fall

© gillena cox 2021

REVISIT
31 March 2019
31 March 2016
31 March 2015

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Poets and Storytellers United

Weekly Scribblings #63: Trees

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Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree."
-- Trees by Joyce Kilmer

ENJOY THE VIDEO

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sleep wraps the night

in a warm blanket of dreams -

blue moon waits to shine

© gillena cox 2020

Its Day 14 of 100 Days of Christmas here in T&T at FM Sweet 100 radio station

 

Blog hopping today with TAG TUESDAY

Trees


REVISIT
6 October 2017
6 October 2015
6 October 2012

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ENJOY THE MUSIC: Rebuscar - Don Alberto

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cover of night -
under the old Samaan tree
cars cars cars
© gillena cox 2009

Attended the performance last night - Noble Douglas Dance Company Inc. (NDDCI) "A Series of Unfunded Events" at Queen's Hall


[image from the internet - Fair Use]



Sunday Smiles

[smiley from google dot com]


Blog hopping today with

Poetry Pantry #424
Mary is our host


AND


Haiku My Heart
dance


REVISIT
14th October
Sunday Standard #6
Sunday Lime #6


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #6 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS
email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Music for your Sunday enjoyment
October is Calypso History month in T&T

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blackbirds twitter -
spreading overhead
the Samaan tree
© gillena cox 2018



Sunday Smiles

[smiley from google dot com]


Blog hopping today with

Poetry Pantry #420
Mary is our host


AND


Haiku My Heart
blackbirds


REVISIT
Sunday Standard 2
Sunday Lime 2
16 September 2016
Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #2 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS and i'm posting an oldie first published HERE
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Music for your Sunday enjoyment

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[Royal Botanic Gardens - Trinidad from google dot com]

gentle evening breeze -
the scent of fallen bay leaves
where young lovers walk
© gillena cox 2016


written for Carpe Diem #991 Alder - the haiku under the trees challenge

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an oldie snapped at Lopinot; i decided to repost with a new poem today; hope you enjoy today's posting

old stories told
of slaves cocoa beans and ghosts
weeping willow
on the Lopinot grounds
headstones old bones rest
© gillena cox 2015


Revisit
Lopinot 2008


written for the prompt at
Carpe Diem Time Glass #35 weeping willow


...

also linking to
Monday Mellow Yellows

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Trunk of a tree near the sea at Matura photo taken 2007

lichen covered
trees lean with the wind -
wave after wave sounds

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decades store
secrets for new visitors -
awe of trees
© gillena cox



Revisit
the faithful
i too
lingering pace


i'm blog hopping today at
Carpe Diem "Haiku Writing Techniques" #6 Sabi and Wabi


...

i heart macro #90

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Mango tree in silhouette, alongside The St James Amphitheatre © gillena cox 2006




a tree silhouette
looms above evening's fest -
sunset assembles
© gillena cox





I am blog hopping today at
Thursday's Challenge "TREES" (All kinds,...)


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will be shared also at

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flip flops images from google dot com

SANDY FLIP FLOPS

A treasure, the sand between my toes;
Washed from my flip flops, with a length of hose;

Such fun days, pearled in sea shells on the beach,
And other such like ones, hoarded within my reach;

Rocks to climb, mountains steep to gaze,
while frangipani redden, beneath the sun rays;

I treasure such memories of youth.





sorting groceries
the crumple of plastic -
empty bags for trash

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sorting groceries
the crumple of plastic -
empties now trash bags
--gillena cox


Revisit
pile up
garbage
taste of



i am blog hopping today at Poetry Jam the prompt is "treasure/trash"

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Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day. From San Francisco to San Juan, Beijing to Brussels, Moscow to Marrakesh, people plant trees, clean up their communities, contact their elected officials, and more—all on behalf of the environment...

Earth Day 2014 focus– Green Cities

Welcome to Lunch Break Earth Day 2014 Poetry revisit Earth Day 2013 To celebrate with me this year, you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and, you can also enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below




Earth day --
whiff of jasmine
in the backyard
--Archana Kapoor, Nagpal India


city life
the fan of breezes
where trees remain

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city life
tree-lined boulevard cradles
a homeless man
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago


Earth Day -
an old man picking litter
in the park

--Juilet Wilson, Edinburgh


Earth day
we all crave some shade
Desert life
--Celestine Nudanu Ghana



Poems remain the copyright of individual writers and should not be used without their permission


I am blog hopping today at
Ruby Tuesdays Too



Carpe Diem #454, midday nap

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flowering Immortelle, in the mountains

REMINISCE: RETREAT

those were Sundays yeah!
early in the mornings
we boarded the bus

going on retreat
our singing voices hushed
in then dawn breezes

windows opened door closed
settled to our seatings
someone gestures wait

bags shifted around
to make all comfortable
morning clouds clumping

egrets returning
white in the light of morning
burst of Hail Mary's

singing voices urged
of rejoice an addendum
breakfast appetite

His green of forests
and His blue of oceans filled
the retreat knapsacks
--gillena cox


Its the Sunday of the week before Holy Week; one of the readings at church this morning, told about Lazarus being raised from the dead, after Jesus had raised his eyes up to his father in heaven, and then commanded Lazarus to physical life once more. Wow! how awesome is He!!!

Oh, and there is a large banner up at church displaying our choir's concert to be held on 25,26,&27 April at Fatima College Hall; Sunday Smiles


Today is #100 in the series Sunday Savvy: revisit Sunday Savvy #99 What's your Sunday thought, Sunday wish, Sunday action today To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and, since Sunday Savvy is now a meme, you can also enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below





I am also blog hopping today at


image courtesy Magpie Tales Mag 214



the imaginary garden with real toads

Recuerda Mi Corazon Post Cards From Paradise


Carpe Diem #440, Ghost-Writer Jules


Poetry Pantry #196

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yellow blossoms fall
a March welcoming carpet
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox


the Poui are blooming; Sunday Smiles



Today is #96 in the series Sunday Savvy: revisit Sunday Savvy #95 What's your Sunday thought, Sunday wish, Sunday action today? To share 'Something Sunday' with me, you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below





And I am blog hopping today at


Recuerda Mi Corazon Post Cards From Paradise