winter calls me (jisei – troiku – tanka)

© Clr'15
© Clr’15

(troiku)

trace of autumn
butterfly and bumble bee
lingering

trace of autumn
blossoms resisting
summer’s end

butterfly and bumble bee
hold a secret
the other side

lingering
season closing in
shorter days

soft breeze whistles
golden rays warm my face
life remembered

so much love
mother fed me every day
abundance overflowed
left me plenty
to feed an army

on this muddy path
I walk alone
winter calls me

© Tournesol ’15

Written for  Dversepoets – Jisei – Death Poem

The river trail (troiku – haiga)

next bike path autumn

Troiku

along the river
autumn colours adorn
riverside path

along the river
water turning bluish grey
frigid ripples

autumn colours adorn
public parks and highways
nature’s last show

riverside path
bike trail runs along the keys
season’s last ride

© Tournesol ’15

bike path

Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille and MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

through the window (haiga)

window supermoon

through the window
gazing at the super moon
between rumpled sheets

© Tournesol ’15

Haiku Horizons “between”

Humble offering (haiku)

© Clr'
© Clr’

September 27th Supermoon Lunar Eclipse

(haiku)
exudes perfection
I had nothing to capture
your glowing presence

only deity
manifests divine beauty
of this calibre

forever
etched in my memory,
divine excellence

© Tournesol `15

Full Moon May 14th 2014 was a sight for sore eyes. I tried to take a photo…okay, I took many but nothing, just nothing rendered its beauty.

Update: September 28, 2015 after seeing the super blood moon and lunar eclipse last night, I have to say I was thrilled beyond words…so will use this poem to share my experience last night as well as a photo I took with my I-phone.

after dinner treat (030 thirty days of September haiga)

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apple delights
harvests bring all together
pies and turnovers
savoring all these desserts
adults sipping cidre

© Tournesol ’15

-030 Thirty days of September haiga – 30-doh – Rick Daddario – cidre

dégistif d’adulte (030 – thirty days of September 30th haiga)

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le délice des pommes
la cueillette rallie tous ensembles
tarte et chaussons
savourant tous ces  desserts
les adultes dégustent le cidre

© Tournesol ’15

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nature’s spa (-029 – 30 doh – thirty days of September Haiga)

geese at oakville spa

building strength,
geese at nature’s spa- before
long journey south

©Tournesol’15

029 – doh – thirty days of September Haiga with Rick Daddario – geese/goose

bashful autumn (028 doh – thirty days of September)

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suckling sweet nectar
enters autumn like a snail –
bees and butterflies

© Tournesol ’15

028 – doh -thirty days of haiga September 28 – pine cricket an early autumn kigo 

with Rick Daddario

autumn colours (027 – 30doh thirty days of September haiga)

yellow tree

autumn colours
hot red and tawny carpets
– sunshine yellow too

© Tournesol’15

027 – 30 doh – thirty days of September haiga – yellow – Rick Daddario

winter guest (026 – 30 doh thirty days of haiga)

welcome guest
pecks at seeds in bitter cold
birdfeeder sways

© Tournesol ’15

026 – 30 doh thirty days of haiga, September 26 Rick Daddario – Seeds