Category: Photography

Cleansing of her feet (haibun)

June 22nd, first day of summer, the day after summer solstice, she sets out to the rapids. Today is a tribute to her departed mother who was born on this day in 1926. She will also cleanse her feet in the waters of the rapids of la rivièvre Richelieu marking her mother’s first anniversary in her eternal resting place…christening this new beginning.

site of foot bath

Waves roll with force

declare birth of an angel

in heaven

 

She sits on one of the rocks by the rapids, allowing the waves to splash and wet her feet and then she dunks them in the busy rumbling water marking a new tradition en homage pour Colombe, sa mère.

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Ripples tickle 

feet float on rapid currents 

birthday giggles

© Tournesol ’15

terms of endearment (haiku)

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CLR 2014

just a glimpse
your wink saying
love you, Kiddo

just a hint of you
shadow of your smile
will just have to do

© Tournesol ’15

Papa/Dad (haiku)

plus là, Papa…
toujours présent dans mon coeur
gerbe de larmes

&&&&&

no longer here, Dad
ever-present in my heart
posy of tears

© Tournesol ’15

echoes of summer (haiku)

© Clr '15
© Clr ’15 Chez Lanoue,  Bromont, Québec

 

 

floral carnival,
swell of the willow drapes
nature’s secret

summer reels
giggling youngsters play leap-frog
mountains’ faint echo

© Tournesol’15

Carpe Diem Summer Passing

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butterflies and buttercups (haiga)

queen bee quenches her thirst

chasing butterflies

chasing butterflies
daisies and buttercups trip
searching for nectar

pebble in my shoe
queen bee hunts sweet nectar
wilted petals weep
whipped by wind and rain
casualties of nature

© Tournseol’15

Carpe Diem SpecialRallentanda’s third “magnificent day”

magnificent day
bees buzz about the garden
by lapis blue sea

© Rallentanda

never forgotten (haiga)

grasslands

Through grasslands
recalls her favoured green
never forgotten

 never forgotten
blessing that soul departed
crosses herself.

© Tournesol ’15

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As Prompt 9 says, “Better late than never”

hurried waters (haiga)

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On her cool flat stones she sits in quiet contemplation. Tears run down her cheeks as she empties her heart feeling so alone until…

lone muse
spills self in hurried waters,
rapids call her name

by the riverside
all qualms are shared

current flows
pooling every misery
liberating souls

River Flows (haiga)

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cleansing my feet
launching a new dawn
the river flows
© Tournesol ’15

privilege to help (haibun)

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rue Ste Catherine, Montréal May 1st until September (Labour Day) the part of this street is closed to vehicles…streets lined with pedestrians  and terraces.

In the past two days she had attended a clinical training in downtown Montréal,  to improve in her counselling techniques and brief solution focus approach. It was nice to be with colleagues that she rarely saw all at once due to varied shifts scattered over a 24 hour period. The fun part was eating out together and interesting conversation.  Their hunger to learn is apparent as they want to be the best they can to help youths in need.

embrace their role
puddles of misery
youths reach out

 ~

open to change
new options replace stale ways
privilege to witness

© Tournesol ’15

Three Word Wednesday The word in this prompt are: Misery – Privilege – Stale

under the trees (haiga)

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It was a hot muggy day and she dreaded going to work. She shuffled across the street with her sunglasses protecting her sensitive blue eyes from the hot sun at high noon. Suddenly she got a whiff of those amazing lilacs on the side of the road. She had to pause briefly to take in that moment. Such a mundane experience lifted her spirits and added a bit of a lilt in her step on her way to the Métro.

Under the trees
 pink posers
 fragrant

© Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem “Under the trees”