Poetry ~ Waka
She looked beside her on the bench beside where her feline friend was falling asleep all comfy in her bed. Just as she raised her phone to show off her friend, it was as if she had antennae…
respect is key
feline courtesy when asleep,
do not disturb!
She resumed her reading and glanced now and then, envious of her little friend who had drifted back so easily to another world…
dazed and confused
catnap’s treasured dreams
three blind mice
© Tournesol ’16/01/24
Daily Moments Jan 24 2016
winter breeze
diamonds on open fields
eyelashes glisten
bedded river
still
ships pass in the night
©Tournesol ’16/01/23
Daily Moments – January 23 2016
droplets weep
on the Great Buddha
first morning
©Tournesol’16/01/22
Carpe Diem Special #193 Revise That Haiku … a trip along memory lane
Daibutsu no katahada no yuki toki ni keri
the snow has melted
on one shoulder
of the Great Buddha
© Shiki
winters spent
making fun outdoors,
taste anew indoors
winters spent
under the first full moon
skating on the lake
making fun outdoors
skiing and tobogganing
giant snow angels
taste anew indoors
Saki by the fire
savouring Basho
©Tournesol’2016/01/22
Daily Moments January 22, 2016
mallets pound madly
vice grip tightens the brain
nocturnal omen
(c) Tournesol’16-01-21
Daily moments – Jan 21/16
madly – nocturnal – omen
Sitting on the shore, she ponders on life. Flashes of her youth, her marriage and promises kept as long as she could, for the sake of the children. Guilt weighed her for years wishing she could have controlled happiness for those she loves until she finally learned. Happiness is an attitude. One can get caught up in the happiness trap, hanging on to misery, self-effacing tapes repeated in our minds or letting go and letting be. Hanging on to “feel good” thoughts and images, mirroring the goodness within is her guide now for the rest of her journey.
Mother Nature soothes
cradling her stellar babe
tranquil surrender
compassion embraced
warmth slipping into deep sleep
© Tournesol ‘2016/01/20
When I saw these breathtaking photos at LivingLearningandLettingGo, I could not help but see a mother cradling her infant, the way the sun seems lulled on the horizon. Karuna was generous enough to allow me to post her photos for my reflections here.
rolling the dice
little or no control
death and dying
once felt luck of the draw
right to die changes the stakes
© Tournesol ’16/01/19
In their twenty’s they became friends with their neighbours downstairs from their duplex. Finally, she met a Quebecois couple who appreciated her music too! They would spend hours in the “music room” listening to vinyl turning on their Technique blasting from their Pioneer speakers and later their Avid.
Hours getting drunk on the music…no need for drugs here. Hotel California was played over and over and over so many times. It’s a wonder the vinyl didn’t wear out but it wouldn’t , now would it with quality diamonds turning on that record.
The strings to this song lifted them to places no drug could ever bring them. RIP, Glenn Frey!
time has hastened
another legend dies
before his time
© Tournesol ’16/01/20
Daily Moments January 20 2016
gulls stand guard
snow speckled sand dunes
broken promises
©Tournesol ’16/01/19
Walking home was not easy with a sore shoulder, bruised knee and back that felt like her spine was made up of toothpicks. The chill was tolerable in her down filled parka but the weight of her backpack on that bad shoulder and bad hand resting her cane made coming home to a warm bath her only goal.
snow drifts
mounds of white block her path
wind at my back
©Tournesol’16/01/19
Daily Moments January 19/16
Tournesol dans un Jardin 