Poetry ~ Waka
Inspiration:
a peony bush
heavy with flowers …
trying to pick
from a long list of names
for the full spring moon
© Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly of Lovely Things)
arbuste penchant
amour lourd de pivoine
coeur tender verse ses larmes
flowered shrub leans
peonies weighed with love
tender heart bleeds tears
(c) Tournesol’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-special-163-lollys-fifth.html
Hu, Jennifer (2014-10-30). The Flow of Peace: 40 Haiku inspired by Zen practice (October 2014) (Kindle Locations 18-19). . Kindle Edition.
Out my window
even the sky
will end. . .
© Jennifer Hu (The flow of Peace)
I’ve tried to create a troiku with Hu’s haiku:
Out my window
even the sky
will end. . .
© Jennifer Hu
out my window
a robin preys
fledglings chirp
even the sky
has its limits,
weeps
will end…
for a season – only,
weep not
© Tournesol’15
This was not an easy prompt. I usually do not participate because I look through Lolly’s amazing poems, then flip through a few other family members and cannot decide. So this time chose Jennifer Hu. Oh, it was still a difficult feat since I have about 5 haiku collections by her. So I chose a few from (2014-11-25). Final Things: 40 Haiku inspired by Zen practice, Kindle Edition
A sharp cry-
the tea kettle
can’t sing
© Jennifer Hu ’14
an Irish tune –
shower echoes
off key
© Tournesol ’15
Ah! So many wrinkles, now —
but the mirror
is smooth
© Jennifer Hu 2014
how frail
her unsteady gait – girlish
sparkle in her eyes
© Tournesol ’15
Suddenly
the crickets
hush.
© Jennifer Hu 2014
thunder clap,
swallows in the tree
lost their tweet
© Tournesol ’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-utabukuro-8.html
hosannas
sailing along Lake Tana –
fuse with the wind
hosannas
little taste of heaven
in the air
sailing along Lake Tana
palms pressed together
monks chant
fuse with the wind
nature’s harmony
all one
© Tournesol ’15
wind though the gaps in the cabin walls … an eagle’s cry
© Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly)
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sun dips slowly, calling me…will I remember you?
~
recalling the lilt of your laughter – scent of Shalimar
~
how long before I forget your voice?
© Tournesol ’15
how long
until synergy forms V
geese fly south
© Tournesol ’15
how long
until shootings cease
nation heals
how long
an innocent child dies
families grieve
how long-
until angels carry
where the sun shines
where the sun shines
echoes of cherubim
field of daisies
© Tournesol ’15
In memory of the tragedy of Jamyla
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Shibashi ma mo matsu ya hototogi – su sen nen
how long
to wait for the cuckoo
about a thousand years
© Basho
how long
until the barren rice fields will be green
cranes fly over
© Chèvrefeuille
midsummer evening—
how long the wing of the crow
how brief the wrensong
© Mark M. Redfearn
(haiku)
(c) Tournesol ’15
I was so fascinated by Chiyo-Ni’s haiku, that I had check to see if I could find an ebook this morning and found a lovely collection of 44 selected Haiku composed during the entire life of Chiyo-ni. The Snow Woman :Selected Haiku by Fukuda Chiyo-Ni. Haiku selected and translated by Luca Cenisi, President of the Italian Haiku Association (AIH)
There are so many great haiku, it was not easy choosing…I think I may start a little booklet working on some of her haiku and trying to write in that tone this fall.
on her day off
a prostitute wakes up, alone:
the cold of nights
© Chiyo-Ni
school’s out
old Miss Grant shuffles on home
vacant rooms scream
© Tournesol ’15
Here is one more:
I saw the moon:
now I can say goodbye
to this world
© Chiyo-ni
sunset divine
calling me softly
to the other side
© Tournesol ’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-my-favorite-haiku-by-2-chiyo.html
