Poetry ~ Waka
day ends
sun dips beyond rippling waves
with grace
day ends
glow of crescent moon
last performance
sun dips beyond rippling waves
gentle journey
reaching eastern seas
with grace
and quiet contemplation
savours nature’s gift
©Tournesol’16/07/04
A troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
blistering heat
cicadas together in concert
summer music
blistering heat
welcomes nightfall – and,
disrobing
cicadas together in concert
swamped by deep throated moos
a bullfrog’s call
summer music
sudden breeze moves wind chimes
shivers down her spine
©Tournesol’16/06/26
Written for HaikuHorizons “music”
A troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
after the rain
running and skipping
on the wet ground
after the rain
birds know the meaning
pot holes are baths
running and skipping
dreams of a rainbow –then,
cries with delight
on the wet ground
steps on his image – splash!
puzzled raised head
©Tournesol’16/06/21
What a delight finding this opportunity writing to not just one, nor two but three prompts today!
The Secret Keeper with these 5 words: MEANING | RAISE | CRY | DREAM | GROUND
Haiku Horizons with “puzzle”
And a new meme I discovered today, Tuesday at Ten with the word “Step”
Troiku is a new form of Haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Diem where you are welcome to write to his daily meme.
Since the spring of 2015 butterflies seemed to appear in thickets, on city streets and rested calmly so she could admire the colours of her wings. She often wondered if this was her mother visiting or another soul from another life.
gazing with awe
wings of a butterfly
her new-found-friend
gazing with awe
reposing
flower to flower
wings of a butterfly
colours and patterns
Divine’s creation
her new-found-friend
blessed
with an angel
©Tournesol’16/06/05
She remembers metals taps on the soles of her shoes, click click clicking on the sidewalk pretending to be Gene Kelly. Do you remember buying bubble gum for a penny? Oh! and for nickel, you could get an ice cream cone or a loaf of bread! She remembers scratchy feeling crinolines and hula-hoop slips…the latter you could not sit unless you wanted everyone to see your undies. Thanks goodness mini skirts came out…no room for crinolines!
She remembers when she was ten running to the chip wagon with a quarter and getting a small order of French fries and a hot-dog. Those were the days her mother was too busy in the beauty parlour…she loved those days and preferred this meal to Swanson’s frozen dinners where meat tasted like cardboard.
She remembers watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show and falling in love with John; that’s when she bought his book of poems and fell in love with poetry.
Do you remember Sonny and Cher. Those were the days the only fake thing Cher had were her eyelashes…how I found her so beautiful!! Did you know that her real name is Cherilyn? (Thought that might be an interesting tid-bit.) She remembers her first love lasting twenty-eight years; married the year the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour started.
Do you remember when milk was delivered to the house in bottles? She remembers the bread man delivering to the house in a horse drawn cart. How she felt sorry for that horse who looked so tired and old! She remembers watching the fireworks at St-Jean Baptiste on June 24th and eating her nickel cotton candy!
Then came mini-skirts and fast cars, sit-ins and love-ins. Teenage love and wedding bells…baby carriage and empty nests…and suddenly grandchild is soon entering high school!
time passes
such delight in innocence
like wind gusts
time passes
every year
spring returns
such delight in innocence
remembers
that first kiss
like wind gusts
taken by surprise-
how time has passed!
©Tournesol’16/05/30
Haiku Horizons “remember”
Daily Moments May 30 2016 “Do you remember” Troibun
silence
in the blind wind’s dance
blossoms
© Jane Reichhold
solemn contemplation
petals rest on her plaque
© Tournesol’16/05/25
The above tan renga inspired me to write just a bit more and here is a troiku I will be adding to Haiku Horizons prompt “rest”
muted June bug
in solemn contemplation
rests on her plaque
muted June bug
caught
resting
in solemn contemplation
starlings nap
on bended knees
rests on her plaque
one lone
sunflower
©Tournesol’16/05/25
©Clr`16 Lac Boivin, Granby, Qc.
on a windless day
six circles take shape
a pebble skips
on a windless day
lake is like a mirror
child makes faces
six circles take shape
sparrows skip one by one
a pebble sinks
a pebble skips
child holds his breath
counting up to six
Haiku Horizons: prompt is “skip”
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at CarpeDiemHaikuKai
parks come alive
melodies of springtime
swings squeak
parks come alive
children giggling
shouting “tag, you’re it!”
melodies of springtime
birds sing their tunes
echo through the trees
swings squeak
lovers swaying to the tune
rhythm of their hearts
© Tournesol’16-05-01
Skilful tease
stirs her ardent needs
butterfly kiss
budding heart,
responds to silken strokes
with heavy sighs
such reveries
throughout the night – and,
quickened gasps
pulsating
painting rosy cheeks
radiant
awakens in shortened breaths
ah, such momentary bliss!
© Tournesol ’15 (originally written April 2015)
wakens to the touch,
runs a finger on the curve
of her lips
© Tournesol ’16/04/27
The artist was excited as she hung her last canvas for her vernissage at the local public library. She was always impressed at the amount of people who showed up on weekends, rain or shine for these humble viewings. Under each canvas she went around to tape on the wall a haiku her niece sister had written , adding subtle and thoughtful meaning to her art.
light of day fades
fragmented promises
slip away
light of day fades
thoughts that once, seemed important
seem to disappear
fragmented promises
never had
the time of day
slip away
unfulfilled promises
just can’t turn back time
©Tournesol’16/04/26
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Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie
Tournesol dans un Jardin 