Category: Tournesol dans un jardin

Persimmons (Haiku Shuukan )

I never heard of Persimmons before until this prompt.
Shiki apparently was also fond of Persimmons:
sanzen no haiku wo kemishi kaki futatsu

having examined
three thousand haiku poems –
two persimmons

© Shiki (1897)
kaki bakari narabeshi Suma no komise kara
displaying
only persimmons —
small store in Suma

© Shiki (1895)

After reading Georgia’s offering to this prompt, I was interested in reading her post. What a joy to read and see the photos she added of these fruit trees that grow in northern Italy as well as in Japan. Chèvrefeuille has certainly given us a challenging prompt.
At first I thought of not being capable of writing anything but Georgia’s lovely introduction describing Italy’s fruit trees and how these fruits do not conserve as well as our apples , I am piggybacking a bit on her story (hope that’s okay, Cara) and her photos that inspired me to write this:

Photo credits: Wikepedia

Persimmons
over abundance of fruit
rot on lawns

rot on lawns
birds fill their bellies
Persimmons fruit

Persimmons fruit
gaudy orangey red
savour the sweetness

© Tournesol 2014/08/02

Submitted for: Haiku Shuukan #16, Persimmon 

Clear (haiku)

Haiku Horizons – Clear

Hopping rocks

clear cold creek

splash

 &

cascades

clear ice blue water

beads of crystal

(c) Tournesol ’14-08-01

Full Circle (CarpeDiemHaikuKai Special#1)

Cherry Trees/High Park © Sara Desjardins Photography
Cherry Trees/High Park
© Sara Desjardins Photography

High Park’s cherry trees
 blossoming midst rustling leaves
spilling a soft breeze.

summer solstice looms
lovers kiss on moonlit beach
make love thru the night.

lovers’ departure
last rendezvous’ send-off,
magic mushrooms

pine tree icicles
blizzard warnings outside
threaten fireworks.

© Clr – Tournesol

Vancouver’s Stanley Park is well known for their Cherry trees that were given as a gift from Japan but Toronto, High Park hosts also such a gift from Japan in 1959, having received 2000 trees. Check here, for the History of Sakura; Sakura Hanami is the Japanese translation for cherry blossom viewing or flower viewing. Click here to see the Sakura Watch at High Park 2014. The photos are exquisite!

Submitted for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Special – Full Circle #1 where you have to use each work per LINE of a series of 4 haiku.

1. cherry

2. leaves

3. breeze

4. solstice

5. beach

6. love

7. departure

8. moon

9. mushrooms

10. icicles

11. blizzard

12. fireworks

for example of the first 3 words:

cherry blossoms bloom
between the young leaves –
the warm breeze

© Chèvrefeuille

 

Content (haiku horizons)

Haiku Horizons prompt “content”

Hot summer night
gentle waterfront breeze
content

thinks of you
frenzied brain quietens
inhales content

seeking contentment
tossing, turning, fretting
finally…sleep.

© Cheryl-Lynn ’14/07/21

Kittens (haiku-shuukan-11)

Cutearoo.com

innocent kittens

climbing’s easy up up up,

stuck 

~ 

playful kittens

delightful furry things,

full of life

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/29

haiku-shuukan-11-kitten

 

 

 

Never lose sight

Sitting here

contemplate

not so clear

roles of late

sitting here

I am, I am,

pondering

reflecting

weighing pros

and also cons

making sure

I don’t lose sight

of simple basic principles,

As I think of this tonight

I ask for some guiding light

and grace to finally see

make sure I never

 ever ever

lose sight of things that matter.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/21

This was originally written for a prompt 51 at Pooky Poetry on Loss of Sense but I misunderstood obviously, yet decided to post it anyway.

Thoughts interrupted (puente)

© CLR View of Montreal from a bridge.
© CLR View of Montreal from a bridge.

Thoughts interrupted  ( puente) 

where shall I go from here

so many paths to choose

don’t want to upset anyone

 

~life’s filled with so much wonder~

 

summer festivals begin

jazz, blues, francophonie

time to hop and have some fun

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/20

This is a new poetic form I am trying called  the Puente (which means bridge in Spanish), uses a one line “bridge” to connect the first and last stanzas. 

– 3 stanzas
– Stanzas 1 & 3 contain different ideas, thoughts
– Stanzas 1 & 3 consist of the same number of lines (meter and/or rhyming up to poet)
– Stanza 2 connects meaning from first to last stanza
– Stanza 2 must be one line enclosed in tildes ( ~ )
– Stanza 2 is the last line of Stanza 1 and first line of Stanza 3

Written for Poetry Jam – June 20 ,2014 Check this link out to see so many amazing poems written for this prompt.

In memory (haiku)

June 18, 1982

In memory of Fred,

a great man, friend, husband, father

miss you.

 

You loved me

like your own,

thank you.

 

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/18

 

 

Haiku Horizons: Open

Photo credits: Mother nursing infant

Eyes squinting,

squirms with disquiet

howls in concert.

~

wrapped in mother’s arms

nestles to her breast

mouth opens.

© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/16

 http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com

Written for Haiku Horizons “Open”

Instill hope

Sad Boy texting on street at night

an infant is born
one or two parents
bond and sojourn
with babe in their arms
for years to come,
attention is spent
to this child’s content.
Then something snaps
this union elapse
estrangement ensues
the youth feels alone
cannot even grasp,
yet tries to remember
this schism took place
he then comprehends
and feels a disgrace
his parent’s don’t care
or want to erase
his presence forever
he’s n’er been born.
when did this all happen?
each off on their own
no one is communicating
a youth is deteriorating
and wants to give up
knows not how to cope
but then will reach out
and we’ll instill hope.

 © Cheryl-Lynn 2014/05/17