Poetry ~ Waka
solo no renga
mind games people play
faced with charades now and then
call it what it is
some are kind and genuine
others play their fake persona
life’s too short
don’t waste time with forgeries
just be real
© Tournesol’16/05/26
The Secret Keeper –
5) Words: | CHARADE | FACE | CALL | FAKE | GAME |
(tanka)
strawberry fields
buckets filled to the brim
child’s morning play
time to cook home cooked jam
Granny’s the talk of the town
(shadorma)
the child played
one sunny morning
in his yard
at his home
talking to his dog, Jamie
“Time to go get a snack!”
©Tournesol’16/05/19
(haiku)
they ran wild
through fields and woodlands
serving themselves
serving themselves
legends of these horses
wild and free
wild and free
hard to believe they’ve been around
for centuries
(shadorma)
running wild
from another time
long ago
wanderers
shipwrecked many years ago
trusty survivors
(c) Tournesol’16-05-02
Late evenings she sits at her antique desk waiting. It was a test of patience that her creative mind endured every night.
by the window
holds her mother’s vintage pen
under lit candle
by the window
signs of a summer’s breeze
a flame flutters
holds her mother’s vintage pen
waiting for her muse to write
words of her own
under lit candle
waits to untangle letters,
like a magic potion
© Tournesol’16/04/01
Written for 5 words prompted at the Secret Keeper:
TEST | POTION | MUSE | OWN | SIGN |
rolling waves
cool the sundried sand
seagulls watch
seagulls watch
bright sun sinking slowly
lovers’ moment
lovers’ moment
twilight dawns upon them
deflects prying eyes
5 words: wave, cool, prevent (synonym: deflect), bright, watch
sly cat plots,
spying beneath the bush
his quaking prey
his quaking prey
worth the wait to see that spark,
in cat’s eye
© Tournesol’16/03/07
The Secret Keeper writing prompt:
(5) Words: | WORTH | SPARK | PLOT | QUAKE | SPY
intense flaws shot
environmental bedlam
out of reach
can’t wait for spring
Mother Nature weeps
© Tournesol ’16/02/26
Written for the prompt at the Secret Keeper: (5) Words: REACH SHOT INTENSE FLAW SPRING
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
(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
| STARE | RIVER | HOLD | TRUE | WEAR |
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
Tournesol dans un Jardin 