Glorious sunshine
captivates to distraction
stumbles on sidewalk
stumbles on sidewalk
sunshine infuses content
despite bitter winds
© Tournesol ’15
Category: three word wednesday
beautiful sky (haiku)
Beautiful is the sky
spring is here at last
sun smiles at me
chasing sunsets
running, how desperate am I!
dusk beats me
quiet night
newborn finally stops crying
hush!
© Tournesol ’15
brief moments (haiku)
Fowl play (haiga)
tills the soil,
calculating his harvest,
sows the fields
works night and day,
you’d surely be envious
noble farmer
nuisance prevails
gorging leaves messy field,
pot belly crows
© Tournesol ’15
Morning ritual (haiga)
scooping snow
inflicting sharp jabs
clears the pathway
docile, at the door
he waits for his master
morning walk
morning walk
returns to the kitchen
whimpers for his treat
© Tournesol ’15
Charlie the fisher-cub (choka)
Since this blog is mostly devoted to Japanese forms of poetry, I decided to add this Choka here following a 3-Word Wednesday prompt. The 3 words are: devious – frown – venomous
(choka)
Mama frowned at him
worried for her baby cub
Charlie insisted
I’ll be okay, Mama Bear
he went to the lake
he’d have to be devious
to outsmart those fish
but she didn’t know his friend
Pooh Bear was his pal
brought his bucket of minnows
they caught many fish
Mama would be proud of him!
then he heard a sound
a rattle snake snuck near him
Pooh jumped up and down
excited and petrified
not grasping he’d squished
that venomous rattle snake
Hurray, Hurray! Pooh!!
Mama’ll be ever grateful
you’re a shoe in now
come on let’s break the good news
off they marched with the day’s catch
© Tournesol ’15
poachers (haiku)
fiery outburst
notoriuous for
a mother bear
poachers slyly
lure her cub with honey
in their van
in their van
through rough roads to sell the cub
nearby toxic zoo
© Tournesol ’14
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