White Christmas (haibun)

© Clr '14-12-11
© Clr ’14-12-11

December 23rd, the temperatures rose over 10 degrees Celsius. It was springtime weather at the end of December.  Two days of rain cleaned the streets, sullied snow banks and melted most of the snow. Makes it doubly hard for half-doubters..one of my three grandsons… to still believe but painstaking stories, Crosby’s songs and want-to-believe children makes it still happen…one more year.

grey puddles
born from melted snow
earth’s enigma

~

White Christmas
fairy-tales echo
crooner’s refrain

© Tournesol ’14

Carpe Diem White Christmas

fears lit candles (haiga)

 © Clr '14
© Clr ’14

shimmering and lush
reflecting six eyes hoping
Christmas magic.

tall and proud
craves admiration
fire its foe

© Tournesol ’14

CP- Christmastree

near you (haiku)

Caroline Michaud Photographie
© Caroline Michaud Photographie

breathing,
when I’m near you
quickens

when I’m near you
sun never sets
heart liquifies

quickens
my pulse and breathing
heavier.

© Tournesol ’14

Haiku Horizons “near”

magical night (choka- haiku)

 Vincent van Gogh said about this painting :

"... it does me good to do what’s difficult. That doesn’t stop me having a tremendous need for, shall I say the word — for religion — so I go outside at night to paint the stars"
The Starry Night /Emote Version by spring-sky
© The Starry Night /Emote Version by spring-sky @ Deviantart

walking to the store
found it windy and chilly

felt my hands frosting
forgetting my gloves at home

hands in my pocket
writhed along slippery paths

looked up at the sky
so many glistening stars

mouth open in awe
dazed by such magnificence

this massive ceiling
of art looms over my head

exhaled sigh of bliss
feeling blessed to be alive

I smiled at the moon
“could I have seen him wink back?”

a fairy-tale night
I could feel it in my bones

something wonderful
would be happening tonight

I then felt a bump
with an awkward step, I slipped
fell flat on my back
arms spread to make snow angels
I winked back at the Moon.

~

 sudden gust
snow circled around me
angels appeared

© Tournesol ’14

CP Ghost Writer Georgia of Bastet and Sekhmet’s Library

Carpe Diem “Angels”

frost (haiku)

silver flowers
danced intricately
on chilled panes

(c) Tournesol ’14

Carpe Diem

HALLELUJAH! (haiku)

Sheer exaltation,
universality greets
love …a brief moment.

© Tournesol ’14

HALLELUJAH! Flashmob sings ‘Wana Baraka’
in a library in Valladolid

 

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (essence + shadorma)

© William Adolphe Bouguereau Song of the Angels (1881)

(an essence )
peace on earth’s everything
cheer the birth, new-born king

pure of heart, Prince of kind
plays a part with you in mind

filled with mirth, rejoicing
peace on earth’s everything.

(shadorma)
angels hail,
Prince of peace is born
cleanse your souls
open hearts
renew your vows of kindness
compassion triumphs.

© Tournesol ’14

We have the option of writing a Shadorma (a non-rhyming six-line poem with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5) – or an Essence created by Emily Romano.

An “Essence” consists of two lines of six syllables each. There is an end rhyme (rhyme at the end of the line) and an internal rhyme (rhyme in the middle of the line).

BJ Shadorma and Beyond at MindLovemiserysMenagerie

Flash mob concerts always make me weep, they’re so beautiful!

bed of straw (haiga)

(c) Manger by Eikonik at Deviantart
(c) Manger by Eikonik at Deviantart

in a crib of straw
on a cold winter`s night
a king is born

on a cold winter`s night
three men bearing gifts
babe in a straw bed

a king is born
stars streaming in the sky
angels chant

(c) Tournesol ’14

Carpe Diem

nature’s art (haiga)

(c) Clr '14
(c) Clr ’14

 

on a country road
bales of hay artfully placed
canvas of meadows

(c) Tournesol ’14

ruby lips (haiga)

Veronica Lake

heat of the night,
pulled her close and kissed
those ruby lips

those ruby lips
taste of Ripasso, smooth
full-bodied

© Tournesol ’14