Renhai Studio Archives

A Collection of Renhai by members of The Renhai Studio

Shaping Evening on My Street

A Renhai by Gillena Cox (Solo)

the evening sky —
colouring its canvas
for tonight

light from the street lamp
its soundless presence

the store owner sits
outside in the coolness —
today's sunset

Archive Id: 95
Gillena Cox: Trinidad and Tobago
Written:: October 21 to November 07, 2008

Theme: Eventide
Season: Autumn (Rainy Season ending)
Kigo: Coolness; Being outside in the evening
Verse Form: Free
Process: Forward

Links 1/2: Night / Streetlamps.
Links 2/3: Streetlamp / Sitting outside.
Links 3/1: Sunset / Evening sky.

Notes: The following photo was taken at Ethel street, St James Trinidad:

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In Trinidad in November we get cool evenings at the end of hot dry days, so being outside is a welcome treat, however this year we are having a lot of rainy evenings and nights, rivers overflowing and lots more flooding than years past, one of the influences of the late Atlantic Storm 'Paloma'