Poetry ~ Waka
lost love
under a sheet of ice
safely frozen
lost love
dormant
not shattered
under a sheet of ice
silenced
until spring
safely frozen
for a season
softening the blow
©Tournesol’16/12/04
A troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Light as a feather
saunters on a bed of waves
enlightened soul
Light as a feather
floats freely
unburdened
saunters on a bed of waves
filled
with His grace
enlightened soul
only Divine ears hear
singing softly
(c) Tournesol’16/12/04
Daily Moments Dec 4/16 picture of grace
Grief can be quite mysterious. One day it can feel like you are wrapped in a prickly shawl that makes you uncomfortable only now and then, when the prickles pinch you. Other times it can weigh you down like an iron wrap and slow you down for no reason at all. It snakes around and hides a spell and you may think that all must be fine, until it crawls out at the most inopportune time.
It is a slow process and not one person experiences it exactly the same way but the roller coaster of emotions can make you nauseous sometimes and other times angry, sad, guilty and salty tears return again cleansing your heart.
Sometimes I find grief is a bit like a leaky faucet. You know when, all you really need to do is change those worn out washers, but you don’t get around to it. The water may start leaking when you least expect it.
Aw but laughter is cathartic and it can be a nice way to reminisce of past times, long ago and maybe an image will make you smile…a nice reprieve.
(troiku)
like the first snowfall
tender sorrows veiled
autumn leaves rest
like the first snowfall
slipping back in time
childhood memories
tender sorrows veiled
taking up too much energy
holiday seasons
autumn leaves rest
under fluffy white duvet
warmed by loving hearts
©Tournesol’16
Daily Moments – November 22,2016 Mysteries of grief
The body remembers, they say. Last night after dinner around eight, her lower back was aching. They had just finished a birthday dinner one day ahead. Her son was born the following day at noon. When her guests left, she put an ice-pack on her back and rested on her comfy couch watching a new series “The Crown”. The series caught her attention in so many ways since her mother had her children during the same era Queen Elizabeth did and she was born in 1926 like her mother. Watching the children in those times, the fashion, the cars, brought her back to her own childhood. Reminiscing back and forth from her youth and bouncing back to when she gave birth to her firstborn was a memorable way to end her evening.
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She remembers, long ago, that soft throb coming from her lower back every fifteen minutes on her lower back and increasing with intensity over hours until she realized after midnight that this must be the beginning of her labour. Who really knows when it’s your first?
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Perhaps it is true…the body remembers and her backache was a subtle reminder of the joy of giving birth today to her son, thirty-eight years ago.
years go by
seem to vanish in thin air
like a shooting star
years go by
babe to boy to teen to man
life fast-forwards
seem to vanish in thin air
time at a standstill
snapshots remember
like a shooting star
beyond the milky way,
how time flies!
(c) Tournesol’16-11-07
Daily Moments November 7, 2016
To learn how to write a Troiku which is a new form of Haiku, Chèvrefeuille, who created this form, explains it on his blog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
bodies melt
yellow rose in her hair
tango of love
bodies melt
sowing their roots
forming one
yellow rose in her hair
fragrant
seductive
tango of love
acquiescence
fruitful foreplay
© Tournesol’16-07-24
Our host inspires us on the Gorse Tree (bush) and to learn more, read it at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
The Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem
under the moonlight
sisters
savouring last call
under the moonlight
melancholy moment
– just a hint
two sisters
bonds stronger than steel
but, for their master
savouring last call
hoping for one last treat
‘til sleep takes over
©Tournesol’16 – 07- 25
Daily Moments – July 25 2016 cherished moments Troiku and Haiga
Two Second at Ten, Prompt “strong”
The Troiku is a new form of Haiku created by Chèvrefeuille.
Tournesol dans un Jardin 