end of summer love
September’s broken promise
with fallen leaves
© Tournesol ’15
end of summer (haiku)
Category: CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI
deceiving beauty (tanka)
Inspired by our host’s haiku:
her beauty
takes the life of the Lake
Water Hyacinth
© Chèvrefeuille
misleading beauty
industries and farms purge,
Yamaska River
running through villages
like Saint-Hyacinthe
© Tournesol’15
my river (haiga)
back home
my river holds
the universe
© Tournesol`15
I couldn`t decide which so I added these as well:
the river-
stories from afar,
show and tell
my river
flows in different
shades of blue and green
the river
brings the world
to me
© Tournesol’15
hosanna au plus haut des cieux (troiku)
hosannas
sailing along Lake Tana –
fuse with the wind
hosannas
little taste of heaven
in the air
sailing along Lake Tana
palms pressed together
monks chant
fuse with the wind
nature’s harmony
all one
© Tournesol ’15
A Troiku is a new form of Haiku our host and mentor at Carpe Diem has created.
Click Troiku to learn more.
migrating (haiku)
how long
until synergy forms V
geese fly south
© Tournesol ’15
until the angels (haiku)
how long
until shootings cease
nation heals
how long
an innocent child dies
families grieve
how long-
until angels carry
where the sun shines
where the sun shines
echoes of cherubim
field of daisies
© Tournesol ’15
In memory of the tragedy of Jamyla
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Masterpieces:
Shibashi ma mo matsu ya hototogi – su sen nen
how long
to wait for the cuckoo
about a thousand years
© Basho
how long
until the barren rice fields will be green
cranes fly over
© Chèvrefeuille
midsummer evening—
how long the wing of the crow
how brief the wrensong
© Mark M. Redfearn
Safflowers (tanka)
safflower field
beneath the periwinkle sky –
sight to dye for
© Björn Rudberg
amazing sight
a yellow sea as far as I can see
Safflower field
© Chèvrefeuille
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summer rains lull
colours bleed into puddles
safflowers rouse
radiant blossoms
whimsical and free
( c) Tournesol ’15
Chiyo-ni: The Snow Woman (haiku)
I was so fascinated by Chiyo-Ni’s haiku, that I had check to see if I could find an ebook this morning and found a lovely collection of 44 selected Haiku composed during the entire life of Chiyo-ni. The Snow Woman :Selected Haiku by Fukuda Chiyo-Ni. Haiku selected and translated by Luca Cenisi, President of the Italian Haiku Association (AIH)
There are so many great haiku, it was not easy choosing…I think I may start a little booklet working on some of her haiku and trying to write in that tone this fall.
on her day off
a prostitute wakes up, alone:
the cold of nights
© Chiyo-Ni
school’s out
old Miss Grant shuffles on home
vacant rooms scream
© Tournesol ’15
Here is one more:
I saw the moon:
now I can say goodbye
to this world
© Chiyo-ni
sunset divine
calling me softly
to the other side
© Tournesol ’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-my-favorite-haiku-by-2-chiyo.html
étoile de mon coeur (Troiku)
She sits with mixed feelings, watching the sun set. The wind picks up from le Mont Royale on the rooftop. She is saddened to see such beauty leave her hemisphere. And then she smiles, reminded that as she bows in reverence thinking of her friends on the other side.
star of my heart
baring thy omnipresence
fills me with bliss
star of my heart
so much love to share
radiance released
baring thy omnipresence
all-pervading love unfolds
rising in the East
fills me with bliss
whispering good morning
my brothers’ new dawn
© Tournesol ’15
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