1841

bird songs
including the rooster's crow
again dawn
© gillena cox 2006

I started this blog, ten years ago posting the image above and haiku, I received four comments. My, how time flies when one is having fun


Today Lunch Break is ten years old, Party Hats On: Welcome to the online party



I harbor
jubilation
in your honor


Admit I took a chance
surrounding preparation
peppy circumstance.


I come bearing gifts
to cherish and hold
long stemmed roses
--Sanaa Rizvi, Saudi Arabia


winter night
transforms to daybreak
counting dreams
--Vibeke Laier, Denmark


cheers my friend...
we clink ten times
to celebrate

in the once
that still is...
many years
happy, Happy Anniversary!
--Pat Geyer, USA


ten years
a toast in front of
the fireplace

lunch break—
inside the shell
a smooth pearl
--Stella Pierides, Germany



--Mike Keville, UK



so special...
daffodils and crystals lead
to many more
--Deborah White, USA


luminous stars
each
on its own
--Eva Limbach, Germany



hear the cork
its bubbles tell of time
a toast

Cheers, Gillena_!
_m



Raising hopes, they walk
on the multicolored moon
to share the same dream.
--Marieta Maglas, Romania


10th birthday
she no longer asks
for pink frosting
--Diane Mayr, USA

Revisit Anniversary Postings
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015


Thank you for your haiku gifts and well wishes

1840

image from google dot com


adjusting new drapes
to a window; the nuisance
of cell phone chiming
© gillena cox 2016


Tomorrow is party time here at Lunch Break, remember to drop by; as the tenth anniversary rolls in; so this is party preparation Sunday


Revisit
17 Jan 2012
#68 in the series Sunday Savvy
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles




Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #68 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below




Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 285


And

Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - party time

1839

the old cherry tree -
not even a nest today between
its spindly branches
❧✿❧
de old cherry tree -
not even ah nest today between
spindly branches


dry season
sky azure
lawn sprayed
© gillena cox 2016




Blog hopping today at
dry Saturday sky azure lawn sprayed


AND

Carpe Diem Vernacular #1 cherry blossom (kersenbloesem)


zonsopgang
kersenbloesems ontluiken
zo breekbaar
❧✿❧
daybreak
cherry blossoms open
so fragile
© Chèvrefeuille

1838

I imagine a star, rising, much like dandelion puffs in the lightness of an ethereal breeze, spun on the threads of wanderlust and bohemian trysts, the core of vanishing, the sparks of genius, reaching higher higher higher; travelling at the speed of esoteric.

sun beams and moon rays -
in the rhythm of silence
he David fleeing
© gillena cox 2016



Process Note: I used an image from google dot com, of Bowie clothed in black and white; manipulaled the image using Pic Monkey, to get the present image and added text for a haiga



Party Friday Week 45, Year 5

1837

will there be bird songs
forever; her ultimate yes
resounds still today
© gillena cox 2016


For us Catholics today is the last day of the Season of Christmas, so i will be putting away my Creche, taking down my wreath etc etc tomorrow morning


Revisit
Stray Bauble 2015
Sunday Savvy #54
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #67 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 285

1836

(hokku)

at the seashore
wind of summer through my hair
the shortest night
© Chèvrefeuille

this heat fanned by evening gusts
mixed scent of blossoms inhaled

bougainvillea tips
orchestrated to skips of
butterflies in flight

little kiskadee flies in
variegated yellow leaves

clear bright sunny day
a patch of clear blue sky near
a clump of cloud puffs

(ageku)

little room is left to sigh
season of Carnival reigns
© gillena cox 2016



Blog hopping at
Carpe Diem Special #191 A Trip Along Memory Lane #2 Soliloquy no Renga



clear bright sunny Saturday today yeah!

1835

a new year
opened to promises
vinca blooms
© gillena cox 2016


Revisit
periwrinkle 2013
periwrinkle 2014
periwrinkle 2015





Maybe i should do an Old Photos project this year: what say you


blog hopping today at


Party Friday Week 44, Year 5

Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - promises

1834

a new year -
white poinsettia drenched and
rainy blessed
© gillena cox 2016



Linked today to
Thursday's Challenge a favourite photo

1833

at a round about -
blue plumbagos bloom to watch -
swirl of vehicles
© gillena cox 2016

1832

image from google dot come


A precious people scenario, the nonchalant Ginger, for a while, is neglected

curled into sleep
a dog under the table -
New Year toasted
© gillena cox 2016


Revisit
5th January 2009


Blog hopping today at

Carpe Diem #891 joy of living

Chèvrefeuille prompted with a modern winter kigo, extracted from Jane Reichhold's "Dictionary of Haiku", supporting with such examples

touching me
during the ballet
his left hand
© Jane Reichhold

she and I
in front of the fireplace
enjoying life
© Chèvrefeuille

In the tropics, here in Trinidad, there is no winter or cold phases of the year, so the kigo "Joy of living"; i accepted, more so as a prompt for the celebratory aspect of our welcoming a new calendar year

1831

animation from google dot com


Returning home from church last night, an ordinary day-two of a new year, crossing the street, happens my head is down for a brief moment. Next thing i'm aware of someone in front of me, so i step back one pace raising my head, i'm looking straight and direct, into the smiling eyes of Machel Montana(T&T Soca Monarch). My brain registers, my mouth zips, i continue walking, Shucks!! i should have at least said Happy New Year, duh!!!

stars are out -
the twinkling of lights
on Christmas trees
© gillena cox 2016


#Soca - A style of music, originating in Trinidad and Tobago, a blend of Soul and Calypso.


Revisit
Overlap
Sunday Lime 1


Sunday Smiles



Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #66 in the series Sunday Lime How is your Sunday going email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below




Blog hopping today at
Poetry Pantry 284


And

Carpe Diem #890 (for its nuance of days in-between seasons)




A sampling of Machel's music, Dont leave before listening

1830

my Christmas wreath 2015 still up



tired -
hype of the holidays
sets in
© gillena cox


❧✿❧HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF LETS HAIKU A CHRISTMAS CAROL❧✿❧



Linking today to

1829

❧✿❧HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS ❧✿❧


PROMPT Jan 01st 2016 DAY TWELVE
- "We'll listen to the Church bells chime.'


copyright remains with the individual writers


awakened
from a dream of shoe shopping
firecrackers

booming in
the break of News Years day
a festive sky

sky brightens slowly
into the year's first morning
what colour her clouds

❧✿❧

tinkle of bells -
His presence form bread and wine
for those who believe
© gillena cox


FAMILY GATHERING
HAPPY NEW YEAR
CHILDREN HO HO HO HO
© Tatjana Debeljacki , Serbia


of last year
the pendulum clock
reloading again
© Marco Pilotto, Italy



New year's eve ...
we raise a toast
at Times Square
© Archana Kapoor Nagpal, India


the Church's bell
like clockwork at seven
New Year's Day
© Marina Bellini, Italy


frosty morning
the cat stops and listen to
a distant bell
© Vibeke Laier, Denmark


church bells echo faith
and so we sing in hope...
God is charity
© Pat Geyer, USA



Church bells
and love within
chimes.
© Sanaa Rizvi, Saudi Arabia


a long sleep in
gathering strength
for the new year
© Adelaide Shaw, USA


firecrackers pop
no New Year's church bells
in the suburbs
© Diane Mayr, USA


the last tock
with this new wind
the first tick
© Magyar, USA


Revisit
New Years Day 2015




The song for 2015 is from Trinidadian Lennox Grey - "Around the christmas tree”


We are using the first eleven lines of his song for our prompts during the twelve day festival


Today ends our New 2015 Christmas haiku series which replaced the old series “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (2008 - 2014)

❧✿❧A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO YOU❧✿❧

TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION END DAY:
Link a post from your blog to the Linky
Post here at Comments
Post to the event site at FB
Send me your haiku by messenger
email me

All haiku submitted will be published at Lunch Break between December 21st 2015 to January 01st 2016. Festival posts will be edited throughout the days of the festival to include your haiku.

SEASONS GREETINGS



Linking today to


Party Friday Week 43, Year 5

Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - Happy New Year