I originally composed this troiku this morning with the thoughts of my walk through the thicket last week on my way to work. I had been mesmerized and filled with grace looking at the wild flowers and one sole tiny blue butterfly fluttering from one flower to the next.
A blogger, Brenda from Friendly Fairy Tales, suggested “Perhaps the butterfly was a messenger of love from an admirer. A reminder to love yourself and value even the steps that you take to get to work. The in-between time is the most magic and free. I used to love driving, it felt so free being in-between one place and another.”
However, when I got home tonight I took a little peak at Carpe Diem since I had not had time to look in the past three days and I noticed the Time Glass prompt, First Celebration and found my offering fitting for this prompt as well. Serenidipty hits again.
mazu iwae ume o kokoro no fuyu-gomeri
first celebrate
the flowers in your heart
confined in winter
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
grateful
first cherry blossom
in the moonlight
© Chèvrefeuille
amid thicket
daisies stand at attention
sun beams in awe
amid thicket
birds tweet in salutation
blue butterfly flits
daisies stand at attention
buttercups wild yet humble
grass waves delight
sun beams in awe
butterfly flutters with glee
nature’s gift to thee
blue butterfly flits
silently communes with thee
love thee first, then all
© Tournesol ’15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
Sounds like a wise friend. Love the troiku.
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The friend was nature, the human friend was Brenda:)
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There’s a Disney-esque quality about this piece, almost as if the animators all got together and said, “Let’s see what kind of fantastic scene we can create this morning.” Wow!
Confined in Winter
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What a beautiful comment, Mark, Thank you. I did have a Snow White feel to me for a few moments alone there taking my time. Thank goodness there are places like here to share this without feeling I am going crazy:)
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Fun imagery! 🙂
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It truly was!! 🙂
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This is really lovely and an unusual style. I don’t think I’ve come across it before but the gentle repetition of line connects the whole picture giving it action – maybe that’s why it seemed ‘animated’. Like watching the scene with you. ‘Love thee first, then all’. Perfect.
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I was talking about you yesterday!! Did your ears buzz? I was thinking about recording some of my poems since I have started videotaping some of nature’s beauty around me. And I told my colleague how I enjoyed listening to your recordings, your beautiful accent and that I hoped to share a pint or two at Hurley’s some day 😀
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I think that’s an excellent idea. The recording and the pint. 🙂 It’s so great to put a voice to familiar bloggers, brings them even closer and you get to hear how they intended their work to be read. I’ll look forward to it. And that pint one day.x
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maybe I’ll bring the pint over the pond:)
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You’d be most welcome, missus. A pint at one Hurley’s or another. 🙂
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You’re most blessed Cheryl! Going to work but walking through paradise along the way. Isn’t that a privilege? And you’ve put in brilliant postings to share!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank, it did feel like my tiny piece of heaven before going to work. Now that I have written this, I can always come back and be there again.
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Yep, You have captured it in time to be revisited and savored.;) I really enjoyed this post.
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Thanks, it was such a joy to write too!
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I could tell, felt like I was on the walk there with you. I’ve never seen a blue butterfly, awesome.
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I hope to see more.
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