Daily Moments reflections in the dark July 15 2017

At Virtual Haiku on Facebook, we are asked to write a haiku to the photo shown This inspired me to write several and so I decided to use one of my photos and add the haiku and one tanka below. Also the prompt at HaikuHorizons this week is coincidentally, dark.

©Clr’17

secrets
stored in dark corners
await

dusk revealing
untold secrets
another time

twilight mysteries
alluring and entertaining
hoot of an owl

embrace your fears
attune to uncertainty
insights may appear

childhood secrets
hiding in the dark – away,
from their happy place
carved into the crevices
of their soul

©Tournesol ’17/07/15

Daily Moments reflections in the dark July 15 2017

a lover’s muse (senryu + free verse)

(c)Clr’16

Gazing from afar
in soft whispers – a favourite
love story unfolds

“you are the blue
of skies
that make me dream
of your eyes

you are the pink
of blush
warming my cheeks
when I think
of you

you are the green
of meadows
us – melting into one
a perfect lovers’ scene

you are the wind
off the sea
breathing life into my lungs
you are the red
of blood
running to my heart
you are light
of my life
illuminating total bliss

you are the fire within
that makes me wince with joy
so pure and enduring
left longing for more

you are a vision
just a dream
yet still fills
my whole being
for just a moment
this rumination
still surviving
will always be
and
forever thriving

as I close my eyes
I lay in wait at night
our secret rendezvous
I long for you, my knight
and as I drift away
I see you clear as day

you are the blue of skies
that lost horizon found
held together… bound,
until the sun doth rise.”

©Tournesol’17/07/13

Daily moments of sweet reflections – a lover’s muse July 13, 2017

humble trees (haiku)

(c)clr’17

nature pauses
trees melt in the horizon
enter twilight

(c) Tournesol’17

wedding night (senryu)

bright strawberry moon
in the heat of the night
their bodies cling

©Tournesol ‘17

Haiku Horizons: Bright

guiding light (troiku)

Just before dawn
life seems to be on pause -still,
the north star shines bright

just before dawn
restless fledglings peep
mother eyes the worm

life seems to be on pause – still,
with bated breath –
baby’s first step

the north star shines bright
both on sea and land,
earth’s guiding light

©Tournesol’17

Haiku Horizons: Bright

spring blossoms (troiku)

©Clr’17/06/11

June blossoms
wings coming back to life
stealing their hearts

June blossoms
painting shades
in living colour

wings come back to life
honey bees and butterflies
falling in love

stealing their hearts
monks chant at sundown
bowing their heads

©Tournesol’17/06/11

Haiku Horizons: steal

unpredictable muse (free verse – tanka)

staring at the screen
nothing happens
what is wrong with me?
I want to scream!
not a word comes
not even a phrase
from my empty head.

when that moment hails
and inspiration does not fail
what a feeling to be had
poetry in motion

alas it’s not tonight
the words will come
another day
until then I shall walk
around the parks
and search among the trees
to my muse they may talk

I feel a tanka brewing
in the back of my mind
yay, a line or two or three or five
to finally end my day

(tanka)

wind at my back
riding on my bicycle
taking in the view
shops, bistros and patios
summer’s around the bend

Tournesol`17/06/07

Daily Moments June 7, 2017 unpredictable muse

First kiss (haiku)

hesitant and teasing
bumping noses seeking…
that first kiss

©Tournesol’17/06/05

Haiku Horizons: kiss

total submission (haiku)

soothing their angst
a mother’s lullaby
submits them to sleep

———-

taste of those lips
fall into submission
dripping with desire

(c)Tournesol’17-05-30

Haiku Horizons: submit

blessings (haiku)

an angel looks up
listening to the bird sing
out the window

©Tournesol’17/05/25

Haiku Horizons: Window

©Clr;17