September 2016: 30 days of haiga

no longer lost
behind the new moon
circle of light

September 1 2016 prompt:new moon

Labour Day weekend
orange flames dancing,
last campfire

September 2 2016 Prompt: fire or campfire

blazing sky,
that last performance
the wind bows

September 3 2016 Prompt: wind or breeze

cheerful stance
looking up at the sky
with golden smile

September 4, 2016 – Prompt: gold or golden

fallen apple
worm makes itself at home,
blue jay’s main course

September 5, 2016 Prompt Apple or black

housework
never seems to get done
may as well relax

(c) Tournesol’16

September 6, 2016 Prompt: things that never get done

day’s adieu
tomorrow’s harvest,
crows last treat

September 7, 2016 Prompt: harvest

rumbling
echoes on the railway
traveler’s lullaby

September 8, 2016 Prompt: railroads, trains

swallows sing
sitting on the balcony
sips her mint tea

September 9,2016 Prompt: mint

darkness lifts,
watching the fog
roll off the lake

September 10, 2016 – Prompt: mountains or fog/mist

Trying to play catch-up now that I can relax, for September: 30 days of haiga at 19 planets Art Blog with Rick Daddario

Entouré d’amour (tanka) daily moments September 12 2016

septembre avance
les nuits frissonnent
l’été prend fin
toutefois, une chaleur me borde
entourer des êtres chers

September moves on
twilight shivers
summer’s end
yet, swaddled in warmth
surrounded by loved ones

©tournesol’16

Daily Moments – September 12 2016 Entouré d’amour

humility troiku

(c) Clr'15 September blossoms — (c) Clr’15 September blossoms

stately sunflowers
standing tall and vain,
bend with the wind

stately sunflowers
nourish the land – not,
just a pretty face

standing tall and vain
trying with all its might
to reach golden star

bend with the wind
autumn enters with a gasp
a humble gesture

©Tournesol’16

caring (haiku) Daily Moments September 8/16

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
― Leo Buscaglia

Walking to work, I used to wish “Bonne Journée” to a stranger sitting outside his apartment building on a chair outside. This week he shouted out, “Bonne Journée, Madame!” and what a fine day that was for me!

child hears them cheer
budding like a flower
sticking out his chest

Daily Moments – Caring (Haiku)

taste of autumn (troiku)

Quote of inspiration and the theme is “autumn” hosted by Silverthreading

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” George Eliot.

©Clr’16

©Clr’15

©Clr’16

©Clr’17/06/11

©Cheryl-Lynn R’16

©Clr’16

savouring autumn
dipped in earthy tones
drunk with bliss

savouring autumn
sights, sounds and scents
infuse me

dipped in earthy tones
no longer veils young lovers
the old bare oak tree

drunk with bliss
splash of autumn in the sky
at sunset

©Tournesol’16/09/07

A Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille, at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

amber glow (haiku)

Our host, Chèvrefeuille says :

«Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Maybe it’s a little bit strange to have departing spring for prompt today, because on the Northern Hemisphere we are running towards autumn and on the Southern Hemisphere spring is almost starting, so departing spring?

Let me tell you why I came to this choice. As I heard of Jane’s passing away I was really sad. Jane a nice friend, my mentor and co-host had departed. Jane brought something new to my haiku as I got to know her. She brought beauty and simplicity into my haiku … she gave my haiku new life. New life is spring, but now … with the passing away of Jane … that new life starts to depart from my haiku. It feels like a lack of inspiration, a writer’s block … so departing spring is to me more than what it says … the ending of spring and the start of summer … Will I get my summer? Will I get my spring, my new life back?

I am still in mourning, not only for my dad, but also so for Jane … I will miss her as much as I miss my dad.

departing spring
to remember the words
I hum the tune

What a strong haiku. It gives words to what I am feeling. I read all of Jane Reichhold’s books again and again to stay in tune with her spirit … I have to remember her, we have to remember her here at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the weblog which she finds the best on the Internet.
I feel proud, but humble, that Jane Reichhold was part (and still is) of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Her spirit we will feel here as long as CDHK will exist … and for sure I will cherish her spirit in everything I do here at CDHK.

in deep silence
drizzling rain
rustling of leaves

Her mother passed at the edge of autumn, the second of December.