nature’s release (haibun)

Emma had been walking for hours in the dank chilly night. She had set out to walk off some steam but now her rain boots felt more like they were filled with lead. So much tension had been building over the years and now she felt she just might collapse. There was no way she could diffuse all those years of grief to trickle in a safe way. “No,” she thought to herself, “I just might hurt someone with this pent up misery.”

She found herself in front of her old church, she had not seen in decades …probably for her grandmother’s funeral. Crossing the street, she felt the rain start to pour, and blending with her tears.

Leaning over the railing, the roar of the current was impressive. Would her faith be strong enough to hold her back?

embracing cascades
spilling into dark waters,
releasing her despair

©Tournesol’17/09/14

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

148 words

Indian summer (troiku)

brisk winds
strip trees bare, until
return of summer

brisk winds
blowing gold and amber leaves
nature’s duvet

strip trees bare
warm breeze passing through
Indian summer

return of summer
autumn in remission
before winter’s sleep

Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie and the theme is Indian Summer.

A troiku is a new form of haiku created by our host, Chevrefeuille. You can see at his blog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where he introduces his readers to this new form – The Troiku.

whitecaps – troiku

(troiku)

puffs of crinolines
rolling onto sandy shore
boisterous applause

puffs of crinolines
petticoats dancing
nautical performance

rolling onto sandy shore
foaming with a purpose
purifying

boisterous applause
day’s end in exaltation
seagulls praise

©Tournesol’17/08/12

The Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Written for Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

Inspired by this photo at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-august-9th-2017-waves/

chocolat c’est bon! (troiku)

Doux et velouté
jouissance sur sa langue
chocolat c’est bon!

doux et velouté
léchant la dernière goute
sur ses lèvres

jouissance sur sa langue
plaisir savourant
fibrille et muet

chocolat c’est bon!
sirotant un pur délice
crème de cacao

©Tournesol’17/07/27

(translation)

Soft and velvety
decadence on his tongue
Chocolat c’est bon!

Soft and velvety
licking that last drop
from her lips

decadence on his tongue
savoring pleasure
with mute passion

chocolat c’est bon!
sipping pure delight
cream of cacao

©Tournesol’17/07/27

Written for Heeding haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

The Québecois expression “Chocolat c’est bon” means “Gosh, it good!” and that is why I left the original French expression in the English translation of this troiku, which is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille.

midnight concert (haiku)

gold speckles
on a twilight backdrop
sets the stage

giggles and squeals
invade the night air
skinny dippers splash

midnight sonata
the cicadas lends its shrill
drone of the bullfrog

(c)Tournesol’17

Written for Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysmenagerie

cat’s eyes (troibun)

Which tree will the hummingbird choose this year, she wonders, looking out the window from her dining room. Rocking in her old maple chair, the constant groan is weighing on her eyelids. Suddenly, eyes widen as a bird sets on her balcony.

starling sings her song
dawn of spring
cat’s eyes follow

starling sings her song
pre-season rehearsal
practice makes perfect

dawn of spring
sun melts snow
earth finally revealed

cat’s eyes follow
on the windowsill
sleepy fly stirs

©Tournesol’17/03/20

Written for:
Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserys Menagerie

A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille. To learn more how to write a troiku, click

river at sunset ( Haiku )

river flows
sun slips under ripples
duck paddles home

Writing “at one with nature” Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuiille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

Imagination (tanka)

life as you have it
water runs its course
ripples from north winds
mother earth’s grey allure
moments before sunrise

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sparrows wait (troibun)

Such a lovely spring day to be in a park. An old couple sit on a park bench. The man leans on his cane, watching his life partner talk to the birds. Gnarled fingers toss seeds to the pigeons, then places a plastic bowl filled with seeds under the bench where grateful sparrows wait.

cycling by the park
boy holding tight,
kite on a string

cycling by the park
child hangs on the monkey bar
squeak of swings

boy holding tight,
hand on her swollen belly
teeter-totter moans

kite on a string
dancing on blue canvas
how the wind sings!

(100 words)

Written for Heeding Haiku for Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie.

We are asked to write a haibun of 100 words with the theme the circle of life. I chose to include a troiku making my narrative and haiku a troibun. To see what a troiku is, check at our host’s website CarpeDiemHaikuKai here.