Category: Haiku

pocketfull of blessings (haibun)

Pocketful of blessings. That is what I am feeling today. The past two weeks I have been blessed with the presence of wonderful, compassionate and amazing people in person and virtually.

You know when you travel and pick up a pebble or rock to keep as a souvenir? Well, so far I have a pocketful of blessings. I am seeing more and more how we are more the same than we are different if you look deep into your heart. We are all from one amazing race…the Human Race.

grey skies

(tanka)

nature’s blessings
starlings harmonize at dawn
scent of flowers
angelic arcs multi-hued
artist’s last strokes at dusk

© Tournesol ’15

daybreak’s promise (haiku)

© Clr '14
© Clr ’14

morning dawn
sunshine glows upon her face
smiles reflect her soul

morning prayers
seem long and tedious… yet,
bless the day

waste not looking back
ruminating on shadow’s trail
new beginnings dawn

© Tournesol ’15

3 Word Wednesday reflect tedious waste

lighthouse (haiku)

© Darkqiviut, lighthouse at night at Deviantart

harmonica cries
lonely sailor sighs in wait
’til lighthouse winks

© Tournesol ’15

CPHK Lighthouse

budding night (haiga)

Double_Bass_Player_II_by_thereisnoband

(Photo credits: http://www.enzorefice.it/walkin-bass-la-melodia-infinita/)

bassist stirs
fingers strumming
to her heartbeat
burgeoning soul blooms
moonflower in the night

© Tournesol ’15

Spirit jives to the horn’s rhythm

Six Word Saturday

Carpe Diem Utabukuro #6 moonflowers

summer’s promise (haiku)

knee deep in weeds
longs for lingering days
summer’s promise

summer’s promise
languid limbs on private beach
enchanted sighs

or as our host, Chèvrefeuille, has suggested a Tanka

knee deep in weeds
longs for lingering days
summer’s promise
languid limbs on private beach
enchanted sighs

(c) Tournesol’15

Carpe Diem Special Lolly’s Spring tidings

Blue moon (haibun)

Blue Moon

Walking home tonight she kept her head turned up towards the sky. It was night and yet the sky was so clear like daytime but as if the light had dimmed just a little.   The teal blue sky looked like a sea of floating puffy runners of all shapes and sizes. Truly this second full moon was very unique, this July night. She arrived home infused with awe of that silvery moon.

blue moon rules
sky surrenders gracefully
from time to time
playing peekaboo
buried under floating wisps

© Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem Blue Moon

Vow of love (haiga)

Capture

Celebration
among friends and family
pledge of their love
lovers’ communion
forever blessed

© Tournesol’15

ladybug makes the day (haibun)

The little girl skips home to show her mom the drawing she made at day camp. Turning the corner, she bumps into a boy on a skateboard and she falls to her knees. Crying and holding her scraped knee, her drawing falls into a puddle. The skater looks around awkwardly, leaning on an  elm tree.

from an elm leaf
ladybug upon her knee
wiping tears away

©Tournesol ’15

CDHK

midday nap (haiku)

bathed in dreams
sweet yet shortlived
afternoon nap

© Tournesol ’15

tonnerre du midi (haibun)

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Elle est surprise aux premiers sons du tonnerre; regardant par la fenêtre elle voie la pluie qui précipite.  Le tonnerre continue à menacer possiblement une autre panne d’électricité; elle place la bouilloire sur le feu … au moins il y aura du thé à siroter. En attendant, elle prend sa plume et écrit un mot ou deux avant la tombée du jour.

son de tambour avertit
ciel abandonnent
pluie battante

pluie battante
amants exaucent moments perdus
midi sieste

les étourneaux cherchent refuge
pleurnichant collectif des oisillons
terre engloutit l’excès

chemins immergés
L’Enfant s’arrose en rigolant
oisillons espèrent

terre , porte-ouverte
danse des vers sous la pluie
mère étourneau patiente

© Tournesol ’15