Hoarding Chocolates - 10

A Mayan chief forbids a person to touch a jar of chocolate;
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from the mouth of
so many grown ups "no sweets"
before dinner
--gillena cox

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A Box of Confections

chocolate delights--
the sweet taste of your lips
lingers all night

this Valentine’s eve
I’ll have no other sweets--
the day is long

an east wind blows
the nectar of your scent
fills my being

my eyes overflow
with your dark beauty
Spring dream

ecstasy--
cherry blossoms, you
and chocolate
--John Daleiden; Phoenix, AZ





Since the days of the Aztecs chocolate has been used as a gift. Today a box of luxurious quality chocolate says a thousand "thank you's", "good luck", or "I love you". Chocolate can be given as a way of saying "congratulations", "I am sorry" or "get well soon". On Valentine's Day chocolate clearly says "I LOVE YOU!" Chocolate is more than food, it not only fills your belly but also makes you feel soooo good.


putting away groceries-
one, two, three, boxes
of chocolate
--gillena cox





okay! I will succumb

after my oatmeal,
a chocolate muffin
and I won't count calories!
--Doris Kasson

Hoarding Chocolates - 7

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first sampler-
licking the spoon from a batch
of brownie batter
--gillena cox



the child
a pocketful of goo
chocolates
--magyar



chocolate
flavor
grandson's mouth
--Sakuo

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ice cream sundae
one scoop chocolate-
savannah breeze
--gillena cox

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Jouvert, in Trinidad and Tobago, dawns the Carnival bachannal; when mud and mas are corollaries, and this has been so, seemingly forever. Then, early in the new millenium (2007), enter chocolate; the new jouvert icon

the jouvert band-
gyrating chocolate covered
humans
--gillena cox





busy cupid
a quiver full of arrows
chocolate kisses
--magyar

Hoarding Chocolates - 4

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Cocoa plantations and estates are usually located in valleys or coastal plains, and must have evenly distributed rainfall, and rich, well-drained soil. A mature tree has 50,000 or even 100,000 blossoms in one year
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slight rain
the squawking of green parrots
from distant hills
--gillena cox






Hot chocolate, yummy, or as I have on my blog, hot cocoa. Growing up we didn't have these mixes that come with sugar, only unsweetened cocoa which my mother mixed with milk and added sugar to taste. For extra richness, a dollop of whipped cream on top.

snowed in
warming up with cocoa
and extra cream
--Adelaide

Hoarding Chocolates - 3

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"Its sleeting here in New Hampshire now. It snowed all yesterday and overnight. Work was canceled, and if I'm lucky, I'll be able to shovel my way out in a day or two! Wish me luck!"

hot chocolate
marshmallows bump
my nose
--Diane







Scientists have discovered that chocolate was invented at least 3,100 years ago in Central America and not as the sweet treat people now crave, but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol. Researchers identified residue of a chemical compound that comes exclusively from the cacao plant - the source of chocolate - in pottery vessels dating from about 1100 BC in Puerto Escondido, Honduras.
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this one's for Anthony Cox, my husband; revisit Anthony

buds on the rose bush-
when we danced to the music
of 'Hot Chocolate'
--gillena cox

Listen to 'You Sexy Thing' by Hot Chocolate







chocolates
cached in her bookcase
romance novels
_m

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For over 3000 years, Chocolate like gold, has had a universal appeal...

the telephone booth-
remember the coin return
and no connection?
--gillena cox

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My paternal grandmother, Veronica Mitchell(whom we fondly called Dee)(many years deceased), used to grind cocoa beans which she would shape into cocoa logs and balls, to be used for making hot chocolate. Dee sold them, along with herbs and spices in the old Chaguanas market revisit Dee

out in the street-
the barking dog chasing
after passing cars
--gillena cox



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Starting Tomorrow Hoarding...

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Let's have some CHOCOLATE fun. Starting tommorrow, join in the new collaboration here "Hoarding Chocolates" e-mail me OR add your sampling to the stash as a comment. On Valentines Day, February 14th, the booty will be compiled into one elegant chocolate package; much love

Sunday Church

Morning Rain

Inspiration for this haiga

Morning Sunlight

Leaned

Sleepless

Lunch Break - 5th Anniversary

fifth anniversary
at Lunch Break
we share a five star

*¤*

morning chill
awakened by the tremors
of a shivering earth
--Devika Jyothi



Welcome to the fifth anniversary celebration of Lunch Break: a haiku/haiga dialogue...Started 18th January 2006; to revisit the 4th Anniversary Celebration click here...

"the poet of the haiku vanishes as to direct our attention toward what is beyond the ego...."
essay by Carlos Fleitas'Haiku: lightning on a clear sky'



winter clouds -
leafless magnolias
trembling in the wind

*¤*

ice needles -
a warmed up fly
pops in the window
--Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu



snow falling
across the parking lot
headlights flip on
--William KENNEY



lunch break -
I read
"Lunch Break"
--Andrzej Dembonczyk




--STOPS



child holding
a new kite in his hands --
warm seabreeze
--Juhani Tikkanen



somewhere between Christmas
and Valentine's Day-
happy birthday lunch break!
--Cara



religious calendar
of the world three hierarchs
and the candlelight
Tatjana Debeljacki



already five years
of dedicated duty...
bon anniversaire
--Keith A. SIMMONDS



I certainly have enjoyed LunchBreak. Gillena's writing and artistic talents make it a special event each time. Congratulations Gillena. Best wishes
--Que



5th anversary / omedetou / keep going haiku way.
--Kokko




Shanna




--Diane
photo is courtesy the Library of Congress



Thanks to:-Andrzej Dembonczyk,PO; Cara Holman, US; Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO; Devika Jyothi, IN; Diane Mayr, US; Gheorghe Postelnicu,RO; Juhani Tikkanen, FI; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Nakamura Sakuon, JP; Quentin Clingerman, US; Shanna Baldwin-Moore,(Hawaii)US; Tatjana Debeljacki,SB; William Kenney, US;



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



MUCH LOVE
gillena

Panis

Read about the hymn Panis Angelicus click here...
Listen to Andrea Bocelli - Panis Angelicus click here...


**☼**
Today Lunch break is five years old (started on Jan18th 2006) if you would like to be a part of tomorrow's celebration posting e-mail me or leave your sharing as a comment tommorow; hyperlinks, poems, music, images; much love...gillena

Ribbon Curls

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