Soil (haiga)

soil haiku renga

months of drought

scorching sun kills

the soil

~

mother earth weeps our folly

for causing global warming.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/19

Written for: Heeding Haiku with HA – Consider the Soil

Strawberry (haiga) Carpe Dieme Haiku Kai #501

At Carpe Dieme Haiku Kai, Challenge #501 Strawberry,  Kristjaan has written an extensive post on haiku on strawberry and more importantly on the reference to Strawberry Fields Forever and the Beatles.  Illustrations, music video and ending with a lovely song that we all remember John Lennon singing “Imagine”.  With this theme in mind, here is my humble contribution.

Strawberry

straw hat and sunscreen

squatting under bushes

picking strawberries.

children giggling

sunburned without a care

red smeared faces.

 ~

big pot of redness

controlled temperatures making

strawberry jam.

desert delight

angel food cake, whipped cream

fresh picked strawberries.

summer nights

they dance under the stars

sip strawberry wine

© Tournesol’15

Isle d’Orléans – Berry picking

~

à l’Isle d’Orléans

les corbeilles se replissent

c’est l’temps des fraises

cueillette estival

sous le soleil brulant

fraises juteuses

imagine a world

pure air, open minds

love all around.

imagine a world

communicating love

and peace.

~

© Tournesol originally written  2014/06/29

Deana Carter – Strawberry Wine

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

By the river (haiga)

©clr 2014
©clr 2014

golden glow

reflecting on the water

river flows.

 

bonfire

on the riverbank

bullfrogs moo

 

children laughing

toasting marshmallows

staying up late.

 

campfire blazing

teens singing along

acoustic guitar.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/15

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #492 Nights of Summer

Downpour (haiga)

© 2014 June
© 2014 June

 

Heavy downpour

quenching relentless soil,

freshening  June air.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/15

 

Blues (haiga)

© clr 2014
© clr 2014

 

leaves filter

shades of heaven

clouds shy away.

~

feuilles amassent

les teintes du ciel

nuages s’écartent  

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/14

Horizon (haiga) Carpe Diem #491

© OK 2013

Photo:  © CLR 2014

angels play with paint

brush strokes on blue canvas

coloured horizon.

 

new horizons

mother earth bids goodnight

concert of colours

© Cheryl-Lynn  2014/06/13

Submitted for Carpe Diem #491 Horizon

semence – seedlings (haiga)



© clr 2014
© clr 2014

la pluie verse l’énergie

terre sirote avec semence

moisson un jour

 

rain cascades life

earth sips for the seedlings

harvest one day.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/13

Dawn (haiga)

Photograph by Michelle Marie @ Tell Me About It
Photograph by Michelle Marie @ Tell Me About It

 

Dawn breathes good morning
the robin spreads its wings
breakfast is the worm

*

l’aube respire bon matin
l’hirondelle étend ses ailes
brunch au petit ver

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/13

Submitted:  Carpe Diem, #490 Dawn

Raindrops (haiga)

© clr 2014
© clr 2014

raindrops spill
grass drinks thirstily
leaves quenched.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/12

Fraicheur (haiga)

Stock Photo titled: Silhouette Of Woman Lying In Hammock Between Two Palm Trees At Sunset Hawaii South Pacific., unlicensed use prohibited

Photo: Silhouette of Woman

(haiku)

Vent doux caressant
corps brulant et bronzé
fraicheur délassée

*

 Brunante paisible
brise venant de l’océan
somnifère d’été

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/069/11

Carpe Diem #489 Coolness