Poetry ~ Waka
temperatures shift
sitting on a bed leaves
first snowflakes
temperatures shift
wind blowing fiercely
scarf on a branch
sitting on a bed of leaves
jack-o-lantern treat
squirrel prefers tricks
first snowflakes
flutter ever softly
on running noses
&&&&&
autumn weather shifts
laying on leafed bedding
snowflakes on their tongues
©Tournesol’16-10-24
Written for Haiku Horizons “shift”
Daily Moments October 24, 2016 Weather shifts
holy scriptures
different versions confuse, yet
golden rule triumphs
( c) Tournesol’16
early riser
tiptoeing on dewy grass
squeals of laughter
(c) Tournesol’16
A beautiful post with stunning senryu included by Alan Summers…must read!
Here are the responses from “Senryu vs. Haiku,” a recent post. The responses were brief with the exception of the one by Alan Summers who was obviously impassioned by the topic. Please read until the end, as there are many large spacing gaps in WordPress.
David Boyer:
Personally, I think the senryu designation is unnecessary. After all, it’s all nature, human or otherwise.
marion:
I often have problems distinguishing between the two, Charlotte (as I did here on your blog last week). I am sometimes concerned that I will label a poem incorrectly and look foolish: you have now given me a license to stop
worrying about this!
I enjoy writing both forms, but find haiku slightly easier as I feel a senryu has to contain an element of wit, irony or dark humour, and this can often take some work to get right. Although I’m sure it’s…
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scorching day
even the cicadas whine
scents of sweat
smells linger
secreting the past
Pandora
©Tournesol’16/08/30
daily moments – nostalgia August 30 2016
3 – 5 – 3
tends to her garden
waiting for blossoms
home sweet home
parasites
invade her lilies
try to call it home
weekend ends
pleasant conversation
with a new friend
©Tournesol’16/06/05
some folks lack values
exploit unselfish natures
winding amoral
(c) Tournesol 16-05-06
Submitted for: Flash Fiction Prompt – July 18, 2014-GoodBye
Revised March 18, 2016 to 99 words, no more, no less as inspired by
Charli Mills at The Carrot Ranch
She entered the coffee shop across from Concordia University. They met here the first time five years ago. Some lectures pushed her buttons. Many fled to Psychology hoping “book smart” would make better therapists, muttering, “Enough of this learning by doing crap!”
“Work out your own shit”, most of her professors said, “Be aware of your red flags! You could do more harm than good.” The same group of mature students met here after each class. Together they formed a community of resources, compassion and knowledge.
she dreaded endings,
late arrival was more her style
…just couldn’t say goodbye.
© Cheryl-Lynn (Tournesol) 2016/03/18
99 words
last fallen leaf
limbs freeze in time
– silence
~
after serenades
wolf greets winter moon,
– silence
~
after the rage
kissing fists and leather belts
screams silence
~
sibling rivalry
birthdays and barbecues
empty nest
© Tournesol ’16/02/03
No matter how much I feel I am fine alone, loving my independence, embracing my solitude so I can think, meditate and write at my heart’s content…listening to this song right now makes my heart flip flops, longing for that connection…
(senryu)
dreaming, you – me
locked in reckless abandon
our sinful desires
~
(tanka)
gravity kicks in
before the rise of dawn
drags me to reality
reach out to caress you
fingers stroke just mangled sheets
© Tournesol ’15/12/23
Inspired by this song:
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do
I’ll still feel you here ’til the moment I’m gone.
You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much
Than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.
[CHORUS:]
Set me free,
Leave me be.
I don’t wanna fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I’m supposed to be.
But you’re on to me and all over me.
Oh, you loved me ’cause I’m fragile
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while
And all my fragile strength is gone.
[CHORUS]
I live here on my knees
As I try to make you see
That you’re everything I think I need here on the ground.
But you’re neither friend nor foe
Though I can’t seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you’re keeping me down.
You’re keeping me down, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You’re on to me, on to me, and all over…
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
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