Sudden

Dusk

Yesterday

The Old House

First View

River lime

Haloween Pumpkins

Carve Your Very Own Pumpin For Haloween

Sculptured Bamboo

Sculptured Bamboo

a few days to new moon sculptured bamboo for the festival of lights/gc
past midnight the sounds of our steps bounce off the buildings/mr
the girl with saddle shoes and braids gets tensies school playground /lmp
by the tennis court a waiting tray of cool drinks and refreshments/ mlm
noonday sun a stone temple seems to sway in the waves of heat /sm
winter clouds the plane's shadow travels up its wing / kr
awake the heaven's river flows from thought to thought! / kr

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'Sculptured Bamboo' a stellarenga from 'basho-beatniks Yahoo Group'
Start Date: 8th November 2007; End date: 23th November 2007
'Sculptured Bamboo' is shared here at Lunchbreak, with the permission of all participating writers.
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gc--GILLENA COX - TT
mr--MICHAEL REHLING - US
lmp--LINDA PAPANICOLAOU - US
mlm--MARY LEE MCCLURE - US
sm--SHANNA BALDWIN MOORE - US
kr-- KALA RAMESH - IN


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(A Stellarenga is a seven-link poem containing only one-liners. The first and last links mention a cosmic body, e.g., a planet, a star or one of the luminaries. Renga style linkage means that each link stands separately yet relates to the preceding and following ku either by theme, wordplay, or twist of idea. A line-space is generally placed between each ku; a stellarenga is really a set of poems. As in all renga poems a straight or tell-all narrative should be avoided. A Stellarenga can be done solo or partnered.The Stellarenga was created by Alexis K. Rotella in March 1997)

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Photo: bamboo with *deyas (*Divali Lights) St James, Trinidad

Photo by gillena cox
more Divali photos
Divali also spelt Diwali 2008 is October 28th

Pink Presence

Pomerac fruit/Malay Apple

Pomerac fruit Trinidad and Tobago

Cloudscape

Starting

Within

The Wet Season

Dinner Plate

Remembering 9/11

September 11th
seasons and cycles
wilting caladiums
-Gillena Cox; TT


September eleven
The car radio was on
Twin towers were hit
-Quentin Clingerman; US


this unhappy day
the drops of water, they fall
cannot be undone
-kouji; PH


freedom
for those gone
not for the survivors
-Kitsune Miko; US


shorn birds
fall from the sky
9/11
-Pris Campbell; US


We speak
of everything except her son--
9/11
-Linda Papanicolaou; US



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nikushimi no ima mo hatenashi kugatu jyuitiniti

endless hate
still going now
September 11th
-sakuo; JP



in a heartbeat...
our whole world
transformed
-Linda Pilarski; CA



our village is small
9/11
it became smaller
-Carol Raisfeld; US



Seven years gone
Rebuild it all
All except hope
- Famida Basheer; IN



i used to want
to be a fireman --
buildings crumbled
-Tyrone McDonald; US



ground zero --
a sparrow hopping
beside the black pit

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to the black pit --
a dog in safety shoes
searching for life

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ground zero --
blackened sweat drips from mask
of the life-saver

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September morning
on the cup with broken handle
Twin Towers

***

September 11 ...
gusty wind in the pines
with a hint of smoke

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September 11 --
in line at the blood station
bandannas and skullcaps

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September 11 --
the World Wide Web covered
with all kinds of dust

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September 11th --
after seven years, still
incomprehensible
-Origa; US
more of Origa's 9/11


dust gathers
at the corners of her eyes
autumn leaves
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dark figures
cartwheeling across the sky
maple seeds
-Trish Shields; CA


September storm
the green leaves that fall
before their time
-Bette Norcross Wappner (b'oki); US


September 11th
a new start
for the Autumn
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September 11th
same moon
different heart
-Moussia; IT


renku editor gillena cox

Thunder Peals

Home Alone

home alone-
*independence holiday
*watergrass /gc2008


*Trinidad and Tobago first celebrated
its independence on August 31st 1962


*Watergrass a wildflowering plant

The Furl

Olympic Run

Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago Silver Medalist; 2008 Bejing Olympics.

Bright Morning

Another