Bing AI created this image for me. I then used picsart to add a filter
(taking some time out from blogging)
anyone can write; am i a poet? you decide
Bing AI created this image for me. I then used picsart to add a filter
(taking some time out from blogging)
The automatic doors open,
You are swallowed like Jonah
In the belly of the whale
Only here, you get to pick the meat
Off the teeth in the jaws,
Grocery shopping in a cool space;
You shop according to colour,
Or you shop according to taste,
The cashier ask you to tap or insert;
Paper receipts shuffle out of the device,
The automatic doors open,
You are outside in the glaring sunlight,
With a plastic grocery bag,
Having left the ground floor of the building.
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Blossom Speak
This year i see the yellow patches on the mountains. I spot the pink infloresence around the Queens Park Savannah and i exclaim as i always do.
We are in Holy Week the week leading up to Easter, when i think, every said poui tree on the island would exclaim here i am in blossom speak.
In your clime you talk about cherry blossoms at the same time here in my clime i speak of poui
from the car window -
craning my neck to view
pink poui blossoms
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On a clear cool day,
Why this needless nuisance of rain,
Past rooftops, routing a straigth path
Down from free fleecing azure.
Who cares? cause the windows are shut;
Maybe every engaging human,
Has had wholly enough,
Of outside influences.
So they therefore shut in
All casual coincidences of life
Leaving legacies of strife to
Flowers free on the meadows
© gillena cox 2024
The Trees Wore Scarves
My friend, one of the Adult Literacy Tutors; invites me to an afternoon in the Botanical Gardens to witness some of her online students read in person. So i go along, and i have a heart-warming time; meeting new people old and young, from all over the islands; sharing snacks and listening to splendid readings.
ALTA Online is an interactive, web-based programme of literacy instruction built around Caribbean life skills content and designed for independent use by persons aged 9 and over.
There were also options for authors to read as well: A source of inspiration and encouragement for students in the programme.
scarfed trees -
applause rise and
gusts of wind
© gillena cox 2024