Poetry ~ Waka
Since today is World Suicide Prevention Day, my writing today may attempt to spread this awareness.
sunflowers
swaying
posing like a star
sunflowers
casting shadows
shading old wounds
swaying
seeking the light
from dark places
posing like a star
yet, hangs on to dear life
falling leaves
©Tournesol’17/09/10
Daily Moments – September 10 2017 shade (troiku)
you say black
forever trapped
dogged old ways
you say black
another may say white
same old debates
forever trapped
dead
before your time
dogged old ways
life’s diversity
lacking shades of grey
©Tournesol’17/09/10
Daily reflections on Stubbornness – September 9/17 (troiku)
Troiku’s a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
waiting
like a numb caterpillar
news from the south
waiting
imagination
runs wild
like a numb caterpillar
my heart
stops
news from the south
hoping
prayers are answered
©Tournesol’17/09/09
Daily Moments September 9/2017 praying for the south
A Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carp Diem Haiku Kai
long ago memories
lighthearted and free spirited
always made her smile
long ago memories
pretending to be so confident
trembling in her skin
lighthearted and free spirited
if only she’d caught this virus
life is beautiful
always made her smile
belly laughs
set her free
©Tournesol’17/09/07
Daily moments – laughing (troiku) September 7 2017
earth wind and water
vying for control
egos sinking
man waits in a puddle
feeble solicitude
butterfly flutters
birds raise their nests
ants digging deeper
creation pleading
Mother Nature mourns
shedding
antiseptic tears
in prayer we wait
©Tournesol’17/09/06
Daily Moments – September 6 2017 tropical casualties (Solo no renga)
a thousand and one
rocking in her mother’s chair
memories
a thousand and one
I love you’s
never overstated
rocking in her mother’s chair
wishing
she were here
memories
storytelling and laughter
by the riverside
©Tournesol’17/09/04
Daily Moments September 4 2017 – Swaying Recalls (Troiku)
In the silence of the day
writing tales of such despair
quietens the soul
quietens the soul
misery released out in the air
sigh of gentle calm
©Tourneosl’17/09/02
Daily moments therapy of writing September 2 2017
September enters
a million leaves applauding
sudden rising winds
September enters
wrapped in woolen shawl
under clear blue skies
a million leaves applauding
preparing for autumn’s playground
bed of crunchy leaves
sudden rising winds
flying hats and pleated skirts
whistling boys’ delight
©Tournesol’17/09/02
Daily Moments September 2 2017 rising winds ~ troiku
They walked along the riverside silently. Occasionally he would put his arm around her waist making sure she did not trip over the mounds on the grass. This would be there last time on the property. So many years passed. So many memories. A lifetime of giggles, squeals and splashing, crying and shouting echo on the water like a thousand and one ghosts. She turns her head slightly to look at her lifetime mate.
liquid blues gaze
once upon a lifetime
her heart still flip flops
©Tournesol’2017/08/30
Daily moments – August 30th – lifetime replayed one last time (haibun)
all day long she waits,
just one stroke of affection
my feline friend
©Tournesol’17/08/29
Daily Moments – August 29 2017 Waiting (Senryu)
Tournesol dans un Jardin 