Poetry ~ Waka
last splashof pink
slips below the horizon
enter twilight
last splash of pink
blending with a darkened sky
colour it purple
slip below the horizon
other side of the world
meeting dawn
enter twilight
dusk turning
to midnight blue
©Tournesol ’17/11/01
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chevrefeuille at CarpeDiemHaiku Kai.
Clouds no longer form shapes in the sky. All one sees now is grey and greyer. Wind gusts and rain make the trees flap their arms shedding their leaves that are still green! The day is coming and we feel it in our bones due to the dampness, the cold and daunting night of Hallow’s Eve.
stars hiding
behind heavy billows
filled with tears
stars hiding
waiting to shine
on All Hallow’s Day
behind heavy billows
stories retold
of revered saints
filled with tears
dressed as an angel
dropped all her candies
©Tournesol’17/10/30
Written for Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge: Spooky Night
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chevrefeuille at CarpeDiemHaikuKai. I have coined the haibun in this case a Troibun.
cobwebs hang on doors
everyone plays “dress-up”,
shouting, “trick or treat!
old lady wringing her hands
“well, now my little pretties!”
Dracula next door
handing out bags of treats
children grab and run
©Tournesol’17/10/30
decades
of love affairs
reminiscent dreams
Marvin Gaye reminding me
how sweet it is
thinking of you
lightheaded and giddy
breathing in your scent
help me before I fall in love
all over again
melancholy dreams
a case of you so bittersweet
my soul still bleeds
©Tournesol’17/10/28
Daily Moments – October 18/17 -Reflections of loves come and gone, sweet love and bitter heartbreaks
kusa no ha [ya] ame ni magirenu aki no tsuyu
blades of grass–
lost among the raindrops
autumn dew
© Issa (1810)(tr. David Lanoue)
blades of grass
snail crawls warily
in the everglades
lost among the raindrops
heartbroken
a lover’s tears
autumn dew
morning frost glints
like GrandPa’s gold tooth
©Tournesol’17/10/27
I have used Issa Kobayashi’s beautiful haiku as an inspiration at Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie and decided to use his haiku to form a troiku . A troiku is a new form of haiku created by our host, Chevrefeuile which he explains on his website Chevrefeuillecarpediem.
taking their leave
marveling at the clouds
castles in the sky
taking their leave
an autumn ritual
falling into place
marvelling at the clouds
universal convention
gods united
castles in the sky
angels celebrating
all hallows’s Day
©Tournesol’17/10/25
Written for Haiku Horizons’prompt: castle
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
(senryu)
wrapped
in naked humbleness
confesses her sins
©Tournesol’17/10/12
making the sign of the cross
she leaves the confessional head down,
hands clasped together in prayer
kneeling before the Virgin Mary
giving thanks for absolution of her sins
shivering at her nakedness, she prays
©Tournesol’17/10/12
Inspired by chevrefeuillescarpediem-nakedness
sunflowers
smiling at the sky
standing at attention
sunflowers
waving
at the harvest moon
smiling at the sky
praying for a miracle
moonbeams heed
standing at attention
home for Thanksgiving
man on the moon
©Tournesol’17/10/12
How could I not write something about les tournesols (sunflowers)! We are asked to write a poem or story inspired by the above photo at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie’s Photo Challenge 184
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
*Reference for Thanksgiving is for our Canadian Thanksgiving on October 9th.
wistfully holds
futures passed and gone
scent of promise
wistfully holds
visions of newlyweds
his heart quickens
futures passed and gone
offspring born and grown
love for her transcends
scent of promise
flourishing with each grain
passion begotten
The sky began its concert, with hues that melt his heart. His wife shouts from a distance, “Mon amour nous sommes tous à la table, viens vite, nous t’attendons!”He slowly turns to go and looks with love at his hand, “I love the handful of the earth you are.”
Written for MindLoveMiserysMenagerie – Sunday Writing Prompt 223 – We are inspired by a sonnet by Pablo Neruda and we can take any line or the entire poem to inspire a story. I have chosen to write a Troiku with a narrative which I call a Troibun (taken from Haibun) A Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
Sonnet XVI by Pablo Neruda
I love the handful of the earth you are.
Because of its meadows, vast as a planet,
I have no other star. You are my replica
of the multiplying universe
Your wide eyes, are the only light I know
from extinguished constellations;
your skin throbs like the streak
of a meteor through rain.
Your hips were that much of the moon for me;
your deep mouth and its delights, that much sun;
your heart, fiery with its long red rays,
was that much ardent light, like honey in the shade.
So I pass across your burning form, kissing
you – compact and planetary, my dove, my globe.
Tournesol dans un Jardin 