Category: Haiku

sweet sprinkles (haibun)

[…] “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” […] Rumi

There is no question the love she has for her children and their children; they are from her, a part of her extending into the future. And as she is like a daisy with each petal depicts the multiplicity of her personality, hence, several petals group together forming another passion…her love of reaching out to those in need.

pain bleeds
late in the night – and then,
gentle sigh of relief
sweetens the night air
voice of comfort

©Tournesol’16/08/19

midsummer day (haiku)

[…] “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” […] Mother Teresa

through sun kissed windows
she can still hear
cicadas sing

©Tournesol’16

starless night (tanka)

[…] “Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” […] Khalil Gibran

deep in the night
abandoned by their glitter
wrapped in sadness
in the silent darkness
until dawn

©Tournesol’16/08/18

new dawn (haiku)

Chèvrefeuille wrote this for inspiration at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai:
“Maybe you know that a lot of haiku poets wrote their Jisei and Werner shared Jane’s last haiku with me through the mail. This was Jane’s last haiku, her Jisei:

with the moon
night too disappears
into the ocean

© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)

Share your memories and your haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form about Jane Reichhold with us all. Please remember Jane in your heart and let her spirit inspire you.

morning dew
evaporates at sunrise
a skylark’s song

© Chèvrefeuille

© Clr '15
© Clr ’15

as the sun dips
beneath the horizon,
dawns the other side

©Tournesol’16

summer afternoons (haiku)

sultry afternoon
cat naps in the shade –
grasshopper jumps

grasshopper jumps
pudgy hands whispering
“molasses PLEASE!”

©Tournesol’16/08/16

Haiku Horizons “jump”

Waiting for a sign Troiku

©Clr'16
©Clr’16

waiting for a sign
languid days liquefy
muted languor

waiting for a sign
thunder strikes within
silencing her muse

languid days liquefy
only cicadas whine
drowning every word

muted languor
gulls stand guard at rolling waves
tantalizing breeze

© Tournesol’16/08/16

Haiku Horizons “sign”

bedtime stories (troiku)

©Clr’16

giggles from the sand
afterglow of impish smiles
timeless memories

giggles from the sand
naivety breeds total trust
signs of timeless youth

afterglow of impish smiles
pure and innocent
after their first time

timeless memories
adults’ bedtime stories
on lonely nights

© Tournesol’16/08/16

Haiku Horizons “sign”

Daily Moments August 16 – grey skies (haibun)

Waking up to grey skies, she cannot help but feel there is more to this day then this muted sky. No, definitely, she feels it. Her feline friend does too. Something tangible is felt in the atmosphere she knows will transpire soon…

morning skies
relief is on the way
melancholy haze

(c) Tournesol’16-08-16

Daily Moments – Day 1 – Road Trip

midday heat
geese in the water
cool breeze makes me sigh

(c) Tournesol ’16 – 08-08

Daily Moments August 8 2016 Road Trip – Day 1 & At One with Nature

moon beams haiku august 7 2016

in the night sky
swell of my heart
crescent moon beams

© Tournesol’16-08-07

Daily Moments – At one with Nature