Category: tanka

pocketfull of blessings (haibun)

Pocketful of blessings. That is what I am feeling today. The past two weeks I have been blessed with the presence of wonderful, compassionate and amazing people in person and virtually.

You know when you travel and pick up a pebble or rock to keep as a souvenir? Well, so far I have a pocketful of blessings. I am seeing more and more how we are more the same than we are different if you look deep into your heart. We are all from one amazing race…the Human Race.

grey skies

(tanka)

nature’s blessings
starlings harmonize at dawn
scent of flowers
angelic arcs multi-hued
artist’s last strokes at dusk

© Tournesol ’15

budding night (haiga)

Double_Bass_Player_II_by_thereisnoband

(Photo credits: http://www.enzorefice.it/walkin-bass-la-melodia-infinita/)

bassist stirs
fingers strumming
to her heartbeat
burgeoning soul blooms
moonflower in the night

© Tournesol ’15

Spirit jives to the horn’s rhythm

Six Word Saturday

Carpe Diem Utabukuro #6 moonflowers

Blue moon (haibun)

Blue Moon

Walking home tonight she kept her head turned up towards the sky. It was night and yet the sky was so clear like daytime but as if the light had dimmed just a little.   The teal blue sky looked like a sea of floating puffy runners of all shapes and sizes. Truly this second full moon was very unique, this July night. She arrived home infused with awe of that silvery moon.

blue moon rules
sky surrenders gracefully
from time to time
playing peekaboo
buried under floating wisps

© Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem Blue Moon

Vow of love (haiga)

Capture

Celebration
among friends and family
pledge of their love
lovers’ communion
forever blessed

© Tournesol’15

with bated breath (tanka)

© Clr '15
© Clr ’15

grey-blue sky looms
clouds open with bated breath
droplets kiss their lips
skipping barefoot down the lane
young lovers holding hands

© Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem #779 Seika (Midsummer)

society’s apathy (haiku – tanks)

Society’s facade
developing countries’ tastes
linger unkindly
survival of the fittest
toxic metallic flavour

seek not with your mind
but mindfully with your heart
let go and be
love offers optimal light
quest of truth and compassion

beware of deceit
polished gems attract the weak
humility shines

© Tournesol ’15

Written for 3Word Wednesday: metallic, optimal, polished

still hope for peace (haiku – tanka)

Heaven smiles
tropical clouds burst short rains
palm tree shelters

fountain of  youth
like a desert goddess
futile mirage

Smokey jazz café
slow dance to Duke Ellington
hot summer night

Honeysuckle blooms
ancient road no longer bare
baby boomers flock
harmony hill
still hope for miracles

© Tournesol ’15

Our host, Chèvrefeuille, at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, gives us twelve (12) words (for every ”hour”) one word. The goal is to write haiku using the words as given in the clock wise way.

  1. Heaven 2. Clouds 3. Palm tree 4. Fountain 5. Goddess 6. Desert 7. Jazz cafe 8. Duke Ellington 9. Summer night 10. Honeysuckle 11. Ancient road 12. Hill

Our host gives us an example:

blue heaven
clouds gathering
a palm tree 

© Chèvrefeuille

daisy for you (haibun)

Daisies have always been special to her.. She often felt a daisy represented the multiplicity of her personality, so many petals, and several layers. The petals hidden underneath were a mystery to her and so many more to explore … her everchanging self.

© Clr’15

daisy for you
loves me, loves me not
means so much more!
soft petals, fragments of me
still more to discover

© Tournesol’15

summer heat (tanka)

softly gasps
wind whistles softly
her nakedness
through the screen door
curve of the moon

(c) Tournesol ’15

CPHK

taunting falls (tanka)

File:Princess louise falls.jpg
http://www.fallingbrook.com/history/falls.htm

cascades d’eau
inondés de souvenirs
d’un temps lointain
même l’eau n’apaise plus
ces chutes moqueurs

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waterfalls
flooded with memories
a time long ago
even water does not soothe
those mocking falls

(c) Tournesol ’15