heavenly skies (troiku)

day ends
sun dips beyond rippling waves
with grace

day ends
glow of crescent moon
last performance

sun dips beyond rippling waves
gentle journey
reaching eastern seas

with grace
and quiet contemplation
savours nature’s gift

©Tournesol’16/07/04

A troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Written for Haiku Horizons “wave”

underrated (tanka)

misunderstood
viewed as a weed struck down
despite golden hues
tenacious flora springs back
resilient dandelion

©Tournesol’16/07/02

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius

belonging to something bigger (tanka – haiku)

Headset on- check
volume blasting – check
try to dull thumps
failed attempts – I chant in peace
Om Namaha Shivaya

I am we
detaching from my ego
let go, let be
still need to practice
belong to something bigger

10pm, midnight
5am, no difference
so tired

I am we
detaching from my ego
let go, let be
need to practice
belong to something bigger

disturbance
inner turmoil creates
opportunities

I am we
detaching from my ego
let go, let be
Om Namaha Shivaya
belong to something bigger

Daily Moments July 2 – belonging to something bigger

Daily Moments – July 1 2016 life is good (haibun)

I just remembered this morning, I have 5 days off in a row instead of 3! Being a slow poke and not a planner, I realize that I can just relax one more day and not feel guilty.

tomorrow
and other morrows
shall follow

In the interim, washing the slip-covers of my couch seems like a good start of a day of leisure…the machine does all the work.

reading `tween times
an autobiography
one cousin’s past

fragrant shampoo
drops of Argan oil combed through
waist long hair
rousing my best feline friend
savours scents from each lock

sipping slowly
Colombian brew
Ah! life is good!

©Tournesol’16/07/01

Daily Moments, July 1 2016 “Life is good” (haibun)

nature never fails (tanka)

“There is pleasure in the pathless woods,
there is rapture in the lonely shore,
there is society where none intrudes,
by the deep sea, and music in its roar;
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” Lord Byron

Inspired by Lord Byron’s poem

©Clr’16/06/30 Chambly Rapids, Chambly, Qc.

(tanka)

seeking solace
humankind may fail, unless
compassion rules
nature never disenchants
soothing soul by rapids`roar

©Tournesol’16/06/30

mountain rendezvous (haibun)

They ran up the mountain into the forest laughing like children. He took her hand tenderly and smiled.

letters in a heart
carved on mountain white birch
after their first kiss

Daily moments – lost innocence (haibun)

Today, she sits in quiet contemplation. A day of rest for the body and yet, the heart remembers stories of untold secrets that remain silenced. Too many pieces to that puzzle missing, she sighs, wishing she could do more…

no one could resist
weeping
lost innocence

no one could resist
dancing to wise women’s song
free the children

Somehow, that song and action to free other children around the world soothed her…for today.