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We beat 2005: a Cinquain
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By Gillena Cox
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we beat 2005

 

we beat
buntings flutter
in the balmy night breeze
as if applauding the pannists'
rhythms


we beat 2005 (c) gillena cox 2005


Published in Pink Crush 2011;ISBN 978 -1-4567-7980-1







NOTES
we beat --- a nine day Festival of music and craft held in St
James, Trinidad.
pannist --- a person who plays the pan (also called steel pan)
steel pan --- the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago



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Submitted: Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Last Updated: Sunday, December 4, 2011

About the Poet
I live in Trinidad of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; a multi ethnic, multi religious society. I write poetry for the sheer joy of crafting my feelings, my emotions my thoughts. I enjoy the challenge of abstraction in writing haiku. Married to Anthony Cox in 1971; we have a daughter Yanda and a son Khama. I was born in 1950 First grandchild: a grand-daughter born October 2012


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