Music 2
Music is an
enchantment, that takes us far
away from our minds.
©The Vixen of Verse, 2020.
- 🎙🫧Event/Review – Khushi Festival 2026🎙🫧
#event #announcement #review
On 1st August this year there was an even bigger Khushi festival. The sun shone on the Sunshine Festival and attracted lots of people especially families. Held in Oldham Library and the new J.R. Clynes building where there are two brilliant well equipped studios. There was also a large marquee from where a lot of DJ music came from. I caught DJ Ruby's afternoon set.
There was so much to take part in or just watch all day, like face-painting, henna, bubbleoligist, the wonderful Dhol Drumming, Naarch by Anita (Dance), Pink Chai and Vegan Spice outside. In the library foyer, there was badge making, makers market, colouring and craft activities, sari demo and block printing. Kite making and the outstanding kite exhibition upstairs in the gallery. The friendly little Brew Box which makes fantastic coffee.
There was an Actual Reality Arcade with games like Whack! Invaders, Tetris, Marble Run and Beat the Buzzer.
There were so many wonderful performances throughout the day, I was sorry to have missed the whirling dervish performance which my friend told me was fantastic! I did get to see inside the Oldham Theatre Workshop's 2 studios in the J.R. Clynes building across from the library.
The musical performance in Studio 1, Love and Sacrifice by Satnam Golsham was fantastic. She has a beautiful voice and was accompanied by talented musicians on drums, guitar, cello and flute. ( It would have been nice if they could have been named and credited in the programme!)
I attended and performed in the Mushaira: A Poetry Symposium hosted by the lovely and talented poet, Yasmin Toor. She made everyone welcome and calmed any performance nerves.
Thanks must be given to all the organisors and those charming, hardworking volunteers who were from the Chai Ladies Project, Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Oldham Theatre Workshop, and Oldham Library staff. As a deaf/disabled member of the public I found all the staff and volunteers, polite, friendly and helpful. A big thank you to you all.
The Khushi Festival is an annual event, which is well worth attending. If you haven't been before, consider attending next year, you will have a great time!
©✍️CarolynCrossley
©📸CarolynCrossley/NaarchByAnita - 🌿🌻Triolet for Thursday 35 – Fighting Pain🌻🌿
#triolet #poetry #French
Fighting pain moment by moment,
Breathing and distraction techniques.
Medication side effects not heaven sent.
Fighting pain moment by moment,
Body bombarded, so stiff and bent.
Feeling like one of nature's freaks,
Fighting pain moment by moment,
Breathing and distraction techniques.
Rest, move, rest, keep repeating.
Reading and writing block it out
For a while, but it's so defeating.
Rest, move, rest, keep repeating.
What little energy I have is depleting,
It feels like an agonising wrestling bout.
Rest, move, rest, - keep repeating.
Reading and writing block it out.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸RealThrives - 📚🤸♂️Slow Renga (154) Wednesday 🤸♂️📚
#slow #renga #poetry #Japanese
Taking a break/weeding
No. 1
taking a break
frequently helps control pain
that constant in life
No. 2
weeding out the friends
whose toxicity poisons
the air that I breathe
No. 3
taking a break from
negativity, we smile
as the rain comes down
No. 4
weeding out the weeds
which are wildflowers, time to
re-wild a meadow
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸AmandaWhite - 🐈⬛🐈💜CAT’S WORLD 253💜🐈🐈⬛
#catsworld
©📸SahvannahNargi/AIMODIFIED - 🤣Sense of Humour 🤣🤣💙381💙
#senseofhumour
©📸MarileeSleeman - 💜Shadorma Poetry 169👒 – Your Tribe
#poetry #shadorma
Make time for
your friends, give them your
support and
be grateful
for theirs. Your family of
friends are your very own tribe!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸CharlesShulz/Scent-sational - ❤️💃🩵Triolet🩵💃❤️129 – Do It!
#Triolet #poetry #french
Trying new things is scary, but do it!
It gets you out of your comfort zone.
You have plenty of time to just sit,
Trying new things is scary, but do it!
Activates you and increases your with,
Gets you out so you're not alone,
Trying new things is scary, but do it!
It gets you out of your comfort zone.
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸Cultureword - 🐲💚Tanka 334💚🐲 – For Tanka Tuesday
#Tanka #Tuesday #poetry #TheDailyHaiku
a longing for a
sea breeze with the tang of salt,
on my tongue and lips
the plaintive cry of seagulls,
the sound of waves on the sand
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©📸MarikaKate/AIMODIFIED - Haiga🖼️ No. 187
#haiga #poetry #japanese
seaside beach huts
stir childood memories
buckets and spades
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
©🦊VixenOfVerse,2026/📸Shein/BeachPaintByNumbers - 💛✨️5-7-5 Haiku/Senryu✨️💙No 131💛✨️
#575 #Haiku #senryu #TheDailyHaiku
trees whisper on the
breeze, sun dapples through the leaves
lazy summer days
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2026
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