Poetry ~ Waka
Departure #23
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
Lazy season (troiku)
call to task
mid-summer harvest
suckling nectar
call to task
butterflies and bees
floating in sweetness
mid-summer harvest
making ready for,
season’s long sleep
suckling nectar
tirelessly collecting
honey’s essentials
©Tournesol’17/08/10
Written for August Retreat at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – theme is “Departure”
rumbling of the train
commuters nodding their heads
whistle blares last stop
©Tournesol`17/08/06
Our host, Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, gives us this painting to inspire our writing waka. I have chosen to write a Troiku, which is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille.
disrobing slowly
winter’s slumber lies in wait
blushing
disrobing slowly
watching with heightened interest
lusting
winter’s slumber lies in wait
calculating
patience
blushing
shades of pink and amber
the old maple tree
©Tournesol’117/08/05
staying up all night
searching like a fool
wishes come in dreams
wrapped in self-pity
lined with self-righteousness
seams that cry “why me”
such strange bedfellows
living in a paradox
passion and despair
prisoner of self-doubt
fooled by ancient fairy tales
power is within
waking up hungry
waiting for the sun to rise
crunching cheerios
©Tournesol’17
contradictions reflected Daily Moments August 5 2017
At Heeding haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie, our host asks us to write a haibun (prose with a haiku or tanka) inspired by the sculpture below. I looked up the artist, Matteo Pugliese and discovered the name of this piece is La Promessa…
I discovered a new form of poetry last month called The Cherita at Celestine’s blog Reading Pleasure, a gifted Haiku poetess; the Cherita was created by al li. Rather than using prose, I am telling my story with two Cherita followed by a Troiku which is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille. I name my haibun a troibun since troiku is the core.
The hidden promise (Troibun)
aggravation started bubbling unexpectedly
all those hopes and fantasies
never seeing the dawn of day
sadness and self-pity
wrapped inside a duvet
used to comfort her
pointing fingers and blaming life is so less painful
staying up late at night
wishing upon a star
waking up dismayed
feeding on crestfallen
crunching on uncertainty
©Tournesol’17/08/05
captive
all those years – stalling
prisoner of self-doubt
captive
wall of hidden truths
fooled to feel helpless
all those years –stalling
that prince of fairy tales
held inside a web
prisoner of self-doubt
unrequited promises
trapped inside her soul
©Tournesol’17/08/05
I just noticed this prompt at Carpe Diem #1228 sunset (CD Imagination) today and decided to include my “daily moments” haiga at work yesterday, which just happened to be written July 31st.
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During a long counselling call, I looked out the window and noticed the sunset…I could not run up on the roof for a short break so I took a photo from my I-Phone …
silence
of a fading sky
nature’s last act
©Tournesol\17/07/31
Today, looking at this photo again, my muse whispered her impressions…
brush strokes
with raging passion
on blazing sky
liquefying
on tawny seas
©Tournesol’17/08/01
A troiku
perched on his post
overseeing the cornfield
cawing his presence
perched on his post
watching the sun rise slowly
behind the old barn
overseeing the cornfield
scurrying unnoticed
mice squeal with delight
cawing his presence
even the old scarecrow
stands at attention
©Tournesol’17/07/30
A troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille.
The Troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille
(troiku)
marked with age spots
the old woman holds out a cup
with gnarled fingers
marked with age spots
having lived a long life
beauty rewritten
the old woman holds out a cup
invisible to society
people hurry by
with gnarled fingers
shelled nuts from her secret stash
feeds the squirrels
©Tournesol’17/07/28
As a child August meant school was around the corner. With mixed feelings she anticipated a new school year, that smell of fresh ink on new books, her best handwriting on that first page of her scribbler and so much promise to fill her mind…learning anew. Of course there were new students arriving in her little town and new relationships forming opening her heart she smiles, waiting with anticipation. And yet, as months progress death looms in the air as leaves fall and grounds reek of decay…
The Troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille
(a troiku)
autumn leaves whisper
echoing
that first je t’aime
autumn leaves whisper
endings or new beginnings
paradox of life
echoing
mistakes repeated
over and over
that first je t’aime
fairy tale or mystery
still unresolved
©Tournesol’17/07/28
Tournesol dans un Jardin 