Daily Moments – October 26, 2016 November gloom looms (troiku)

bouncy toddlers
soon approaching vapid days
adjoining nature

bouncy toddlers
a squirrel stops in hope for treats
giggles echo

soon approaching vapid days
darkness looms late afternoons
ghosts with skinny arms

adjoining nature
hunter spots from his hideout
doe eyes pleading

(c) Tournesol’16-10-26

Written for Three Word Wednesday :Vapid, bouncy, adjoining

Daily Moments – October 26, 2016  November gloom looms (troiku)

weather shifts (troiku & senyru)

Photo credits: Rick Clampini'16
Photo credits: Rick Clampini’16

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

autumn (troiku) Daily Moments October 11th 2016

© Clr '15
© Clr ’15

illusions
her golden glow deceives
autumn

illusions
lively colours of the leaves
tumbling to their death

her golden glow deceives
another broken promise
wish upon a star

autumn
mask of maturity
counting days

© Tournesol 2016-10-11

autumn (troiku) Daily Moments October 11th 2016 

last mission (troiku – haiga)

spiders-web

season’s last mission
spinning faithfully
a spider’s lace

season’s last mission
a labour of love
writing her jisei

spinning faithfully
each phase
intricately

a spider’s lace
adorning
the main foyer

(c) Tournesol’16

September 24, 2016  30 days of haiga at 19 Planets Art Blog

dancing candle (troiku) & neverending love (senryu)

(troiku)

one candle
in the window
dancing for the stars

one candle
waving
to the moon

in the window
image of perfection
just, an illusion

dancing for the stars
reflections
shimmer on the lake

©Tournesol’16

(senryu)

a thousand candles
lit by one flame
a mother’s love

©Tournsol’16

tranquil moments (troiku – haiga)

autumn pause

mid-day pause
hours before
school’s out

mid-day pause
sipping
earl grey

hours before
when all you hear
autumn breeze

school’s out
slipping back into the living
laughter and bedlam

©Tournesol`16

September 21 – 30 days of Haiga – Prompt: tranquility or peace at 19 Planets Art Blog

Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

 

Niagara Falls (troibun)

red rock waterfall
into emerald pools
cedar incense

water blackened rocks
falling with the waterfall
some of them

chipped rock
the shape of water
falling

white rim
on black rock light falling
with the water

© Jane Reichhold

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(c)ShutterBox – Niagara Falls, Onatrio

The first time she visited Niagara Falls, she was a teenager, visiting him. Returning thirty years later, brought back old wounds not quite healed. The falls were famous for honeymooners and lovers but that day, they were more…

rumbling falls
pouring out her soul
mist shielding tears

rumbling falls
rainbow curtain
above white ruffles

pouring out her soul
melting cruel memories
softens the heart

mist shielding tears
cleansing
liberating

©Tournesol’16

in the dead of night (troibun)

©Clr'16
©Clr’16

midnight blue ink
river flows
writing sorrows

midnight blue ink
mocking muses
running off stories

river flows
blending old and current
muddied waters

writing sorrows
drowning at dawn
so boring and trite

Writing about twilight inspired her stay in that moment and wait by the river as dusk turned to twilight and twilight turned to midnight…the wee hours of the night when thoughts rushing in the mind seem to take over and rambling reflections start shouting and the subconscious takes on a life of its own.  Yet, wisdom deciphers what is and what is not…

©Tournesol’16

30 Days of Haiga (September 11 to 17th)

30 Days of Haiga – Sepbember 11th to 17th at 19 Planets Art Blog

 

little-girl-knitting

 

absorbed
stubby fingers drop a stitch
Grand-Maman soothes

(c) Tournesol’16

September 11, 2016 Prompt: grandmother, grandfather or grandparents

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a mother’s keepsakes
masterpieces
from her children

(c) Tournesol ’16
September 12 ,2016 Prompt: cave paintings or painting or painting tools

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GrandMaman
reading my tea leaves
in the kitchen

(c) Tournesol’16

September 13, 2016 Prompt: found in a kitchen

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setting sail
looking for lost promises
autumn breeze

(c)Tournesol’16

September 14, 2016 Prompt: from the movie “To Catch A Thief”  or boats

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exploring paths
safely
wind at my back

(c)Tournesol’16

September 15, 2016 Prompt: (felt) hats or hats

Harvest Moon

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

(Troiku)
above the smoke
suspended 
the moon

above the smoke
peering over steel wings
harvest moon

suspended
daunting darkness shields the moon
my heart stops

the moon
not above, but just beside me
brings me home

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suspended
daunting darkness shields the moon
my heart stops

(c) Tournesol,16

Sept. 16, 2016 Prompt: full moon—without the word “full”
[in haiku the word “full” is rarely used because it is understood. in other words when you see the word “moon” in haiku it means “full moon”. all other kinds of “moon” are given a specific name: new moon, super moon, three quarter moon etc.]

 

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beholding
nature’s silent concert
on the shore

(c)Tournesol’16

September 17, 2016 Prompt: on a coastline or shore

 

Grief (troiku)

like a tidal wave
spilling on broken hearts
grief flows

like a tidal wave
taste of rumbling waves
salty tears

spilling on broken hearts
life seems to stop
filling all the cracks

grief flows
caked upon mourning cheeks
remnants of your loss

©Tournesol’16