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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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[photo gillena cox 2014]

#Version 1
once a proud landmark
now vagrants sleep night and day
wilderness encamps
the vacated bank building
outside the sanity line

#Version 2
once a proud landmark
now vagrants sleep night and day
wilderness encamps
the emptied bank premises
outside the sanity line
© gillena cox 2018



Blog hopping today with

Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Wilderness
Prompted by Sumana



REVISIT
children's carnival 2014
25 July 2015
25 July 2013



ENJOY THE MUSIC

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image courtesy Carp Diem


tattered hand me downs
a homeless man stands staring
at the savannah
a scarecrow walking the streets
purposeful eyes avoid him
© gillena cox


written in response to the prompt at

Carpe Diem Special #161 Lolly's third "new scarecrow ...

new scarecrow ...
already a field mouse pokes
around its fly
© Laura "Lolly" Williams (published in Lovely Things, CDHK- e book)

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old scarecrow
lost his battle with the storm
in the field

in the field
pieces of old clothes and paper
birth of scarecrow
© Chèvrefeuille

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Easter joy
she shares a cheesey smile -
all her eggs dyed

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back against the wall
refusing to rise,
the homeless man
will this be
his abode for the night
© gillena cox -TT


Easter morning
the sheets pulled back
on the empty bed
© Michael Baribeau - USA



Revisit
nightfall
dawn
Sunday Lime 1




HAPPY EASTER 2015 FROM ZURI AND GRANDMA GILLENA, SUNDAY SMILES




How is your Sunday going? Today is #29 in the series 'Sunday Lime' 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 246

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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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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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shuffle of cardboard
the homeless man spirits to
another corner
--gillena cox



I am blog hopping at

PPF: Week 52, Year 3


Recuerda Mi Corazon Haiku My Heart Fridays


Carpe Diem #416, Jodo-ji (temple 49)

stray dog seeking food
between the garbage of Mc Donalds -
rambler under the bridge
--(c) Chèvrefeuille

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image from public domain (received in an email)

grocery shopping...
when will the homeless man
find his other shoe
--gillena cox

Fallen Mangos

Rainy Wind

image from google