Category: Poetry

view from the top (tanka)

catching a view
that age old promise
walkin’ the beat
trying to reach the top
…just keep on walkin’

(c) Tournesol’16-02-17

Written for The Secret Keeper’s prompt: view walk promise beat old

Inspired by a poem I wrote earlier in free verse

Walk don t run free verse on meditative reflections Free Verse

walk
take your time
walk
do not climb

walk
do not run
breath in
breath out

walk
take your time
don’t beat
the clock
reaching for the top

walk
take your time
in the end
you will
get a view
crossing over

walk
take your time
breath in
breath out

seeking,
longing
that aged old promise
everlasting life

walk
take your time
breath in
breath out.

(c) Cheryl-Lynn  2016-02-17

liquid secrets (tanka – haiku)

© Clr'15 Rivière Richelieu, Chambly, Qc.
© Clr’15 Rivière Richelieu, Chambly, Qc.

(tanka)

staring at the waves
rolling on the river
taking hold of me
dripping true emotions
no longer wear me down.

(haiku)

river holds
roaring white rapids –
all my secrets

(c) Tournesol ’16

The Secret Keeper

| STARE | RIVER | HOLD | TRUE | WEAR |

Daily Moments Feb 15’16 Family Day (haiga)

girls 1

mountain breeze
winter fun
a taste of snow
~
a taste of snow
monkeying around,
on their tongues

(c) Tournesol ’16

Daily Moments – Feb 15’16 Family Day

pensée du jour 14 février ’16 demeure aimée

(c) Clr'16
(c) Clr’16

maison plein d’amour
parsemée de son essence
mon âme sœur
~
house full of love
sprinkled with her essence
my soul sister

(c) Tournesol’ 16

Daily Moments Feb 14 2016

Daily Moments Feb 9/16 – Time (troiku)

flashfictionforaspiringwriters

Sitting
waiting
contemplating

sitting
alone on a park bench
for time to change

waiting
in sweet sorrow,
time is so slow

contemplating
life’s pure joy
moving too fast

© Tournesol ’16/02/09

daily moments – Feb 9 2016

Daily Moments – Feb 1 /16 Change (haibun)

© Clr'16
© Clr’16

change
spring is coming
sense of hope

Change can destabilize and make one feel less secure at times. Imagine how worried Mother Nature must be with the drastic changes in the environment. No, we are not alone on this planet walking around with this sense of insecurity.

can the earth forgive?
that is the question –
only time will tell

© Tournesol ’16/02/01

Daily Moments – February 1 2016

The Secret Keeper word Prompts are: SENSE  SECURE WALK TIME ALONE

Daily Moments Jan 24 2016 – cat dreams (haibun)

© Clr'16
© Clr’16

She looked beside her on the bench beside where her feline friend was falling asleep all comfy in her bed.  Just as she raised her phone to show off her friend, it was as if she had antennae…

respect is key
feline courtesy when asleep,
do not disturb!

She resumed her reading and glanced now and then, envious of her little friend who had drifted back so easily to another world…

© Clr'16
© Clr’16

dazed and confused
catnap’s treasured dreams
three blind mice

© Tournesol ’16/01/24

Daily Moments Jan 24 2016

Haiku Horizons “sleep”

Daily Moments _ Jan 22 – Winters spent (troiku)

winters spent
making fun outdoors,
taste anew indoors

winters spent
under the first full moon
skating on the lake

making fun outdoors
skiing and tobogganing
giant snow angels

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taste anew indoors
Saki by the fire
savouring Basho

©Tournesol’2016/01/22

Daily Moments January 22, 2016

Haiku Horizons “spend”

cease the fight (tanka)

speak the truth
starts with the first step
sets you free
cease the fight, honour wins
stand tall – wind at your back

© Tournesol ’16/01/19

Written for the Secret Keeper writing prompt:

(5) Words: | WIND | SPEAK | FREE | START | FIGHT

winter’s grace (haibun)

©Clr`16
©Clr`16

It rained all day and night last weekend. She thought it might just be a brief break in the season. The following day temperatures dropped so much the shiny streets turn white with frost. Whatever reason Mother Nature may give for these changes in the weather, winter is still here to stay…for a while, that is.

© Clr'16
© Clr’16

forgiving nature
winter repents
graced with beauty

© Tournesol’16/01/14