goose feathers embrace (troibun)

Georgia (BastetamdSekhmet) has been my friend from afar (Italy) and mentor in writing poetry of every form, having first discovered her through prompts at “We drink because we’re Poets”. It is through her I learned more about haiku and discovered Carpe Diem. I especially enjoy her morning haiku and waka (Japanese poetry form) and here is one that I have chosen to share. This morning waka inspired me to compose this troiku.

morning chill
raindrops fall on these flowers
awaiting May warmth

laying in bed
listening to the raindrops
warm under the sheets
drifting in and out of sleep
so hard to leave my dreams

those chiming bells
echoing in this loneliness
their hollow call

I chose this haiku and waka because it reminded me when I would wake up from a nice dream. Many times I could go back to sleep and pick up from where I left off…but when my deceased mom visits in my sleep, I cannot seem to bring her back.

new dawn grips
throws me in hibernation
goose feathers embrace

new dawn grips
wilted petal drops
ending my dream

throws me in hibernation
seeking what is familiar
her warm presence

goose feathers embrace
playing make-believe
Mother’s still here

©Tournesol’16/06/06

Daily Moments – weekend’s end (senryu)

tends to her garden
waiting for blossoms
home sweet home

parasites
invade her lilies
try to call it home

weekend ends
pleasant conversation
with a new friend

©Tournesol’16/06/05

reunion (tan renga)

First autumn morning
the mirror I stare into
shows my father’s face.
© Murakami Kijo

a tear trickles
recalling that last season

memories spool back
split second flicks
fast-forward

arrested in mind’s eye
a smile forms on our lips

©Tournesol’16/06/04

pont d’Avignon(troiku)

parfum d’été
sur le pont d’Avignon
bras enlaçant

parfum d’été
séduire
tous les sens

sur le pont d’Avignon
on y danse
tous en rond

bras enlaçant
désir muet sur ses lèvres
regard sur le Rhône

summer’s fragrance
on the bridge of Avignon
arms entangled

perfume Summer
seducing
every sense

on the bridge of Avignon
dancing
round and round

arms entangled
silent desire on lips
gazing on the Rhone

field of flowers (haiku)

scented mayweed
wild flowers cast their spell
sleepy meadows

first butterfly (haiku)

filled with life’s promise
fluttering butterfly rests,
suckling sweet nectar

©Clr’16/06/01

Daily Moments first butterfly June 1 2016

Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie

reflecting on may flowers (troibun

spreading beauty
nature bows in honour
honeysuckles bloom

Thanking our host and mentor, Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai for teaching and inspiring us to not only write haiku or other forms of Japanese poetry (waka) but to grow in the experience…as a good parent he nurtures and breathes harmony and enlightenment among the family.

a lone flower
yearns to rise in splendour
field of sunflowers

a lone flower
searching for the sun
at one with nature

yearns to rise in splendour
embroidering each petal
one thread at a time

field of sunflowers
seventeen syllables
forming corolla

Daily Moments – reflecting on May flowers- June 1 – 2016

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu Looking Back