apple delights
harvests bring all together
pies and turnovers
savoring all these desserts
adults sipping cidre
© Tournesol ’15
-030 Thirty days of September haiga – 30-doh – Rick Daddario – cidre
Category: tanka
dégistif d’adulte (030 – thirty days of September 30th haiga)
le délice des pommes
la cueillette rallie tous ensembles
tarte et chaussons
savourant tous ces desserts
les adultes dégustent le cidre
© Tournesol ’15
-030 Thirty days of September haiga – 30-doh – Rick Daddario – cidre
Merci Chèvrefeuille (tanka – haiku)
I am trying to keep the mood of our host and mentor for already, almost three years of hosting haiku memes. Rather than translate word for word, I have written both a French and English interpretation of his haiku:
haiku poets
write about transience … a short moment
lasting in time
© Chèvrefeuille
haiku poets
come together in passing – still,
virtual and real
poètes de haïku
rendez-vous précaire – encore,
virtuel et vrai
© Tournesol ‘15
And this is my thanks to our mentor, Chèvrefeuille, who shares his passion and thoughtfully teaches us more than words, daily.
haiku lover
shares his passion, teaching
patiently
one moment comes to life
seventeen syllables
© Tournesol’15
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – Time Machine
I chose this video of More Than Words (one of my most favourite songs) with the original Extreme in front of a live audience. I think this shows our “coming together” at Carpe Diem as a family. Merci Kristjaan pour ton dévouement . Cheryl-Lynn
Lazy afternoon (30 doh – haiga -019 September)
lazy ripples
nature’s quell in reverence
wings of a swan
graceful ceremony
devotees bow
(c) Tournesol’15
late frost ( Jisei)
This is the last haiku by Basho. It is now known as his “death poem” or Jisei.
ill on a journey
my dreams start to wander
across desiccated fields
© Matsuo Basho (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)
It’s very common in classical times that poets wrote their death-poem, the last poem of their life.
Here is our host’s Jisei
my dreams wander
along the path of my life …
Honeysuckle blooms
Honeysuckle blooms
sharing her sweet perfume
I dream away
© Chèvrefeuille
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(c) Clr’15
(c) Clr’15 September blossoms
(c) Clr’15 September blossoms
(c) Clr’15
(c) Clr’15 September blossoms
(c) Clr’15
(c) Clr’15
Today on my way to work I was shocked to see new blossoms in the thicket. Most of the flowers are dying except for sunflowers growing through the concrete in the street and tiny daisies among dead bushes. The bees were busy kissing every flower they could find today and one lone blue butterfly winked at me.
a bed of daisies
unusual blossoms
end of season
a bed of daisies
lie in wait
like poppies
unusual blossoms
caress my weary bones
butterfly kiss
end of season
contemplating
a late frost
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heart aglow
love still to spare –
liquid blues gaze,
purple veils magenta skies
fading sunset
(c) Tournesol’15
MindLovesMiserysMenagerie & Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille
Through the thicket, I saw wonder (haibun)
Walking through the shortcut to work on that regular footpath she noticed so many leaves had fallen with the winds of the night before. Saddened as she saw many of the wildflowers turning different shades of brown. She would miss her walk in this thicket seeing buttercups and wild daisies and that purplish blue butterfly too. A huge tree branch lay across the path and she stood there looking at how one night changed a season…just one night! As she walked further into the thicket and within a few feet she saw her blue butterfly. Surely it couldn’t be the same one she saw in June!! Elated…just filled with childish joy, she slowly approached the butterfly and it closed up its wing sitting on a daisy…her favourite kind of daisy too!! She saw it open its wings a bit gradually and then close them again. She smiled at how smart this butterfly was. It actually thought it was camouflaged enough to trick her. And that game of hide and seek continued for several minutes…Oh, another flutter of those tiny velvety wings…once, twice …such joy to see and feel the beauty of this past season lingering here in September.
September wonder
amid the thicket
a butterfly rests
gracious daisy gives
last of her sweet nectar
© Tournesol ’15
Communion of self (haiga) 30 Days of Haiga September 6 2015
souls consume
what most minds read – but,
the heart absorbs
communes with enlightenment
embracing words of wisdom
© Tournesol ’15
30 Days of Haiga – September 6 – Reading and Books
autumn’s bliss (haibun)
Shivering in the cool air shortly after dawn, you can see her breath in smoke signals as she walks quickly to stay warm. Lunchtime has a change of heart…
midday radiance
greets a summer’s breeze –
season’s treat
fall’s tucked up on a shelf
dead leaves shed their tell-tale scents
© Tournesol ’15
Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie
on ice (tanka – haiku)
I truly love this prompt!! it speaks to me and puts me right where I am in my life.
sifting through
the personal effects
of a spider’s web
an autumn wind loosens
another anchor thread
© Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly)
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She lived in the ancestral home by the river…not too long ago; this will be the first autumn without her.
by the river
last of the fallen leaves
gathered
floating in the current
memories of you and me
wintertime,
locking souvenirs –
frozen in time
(c) Tournesol ‘15
deceiving beauty (tanka)
Inspired by our host’s haiku:
her beauty
takes the life of the Lake
Water Hyacinth
© Chèvrefeuille
misleading beauty
industries and farms purge,
Yamaska River
running through villages
like Saint-Hyacinthe
© Tournesol’15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 