Poetry ~ Waka
Loving comes so easy, she thinks of her children and grandchildren. As much as it is easy to forgive someone you love, it is not so easy to forgive oneself. That is still a work in progress. Once she has mastered forgiving herself she will be on the path of self-love. The greatest love of all is to love self as we are made in the image and likeness of Our Creator. When self-love is achieved, then, she will be prepared.
caterpillar
meditates on a branch
butterfly dreams
©Tournesol’16/05/25
suckling sweet nectar
enters autumn like a snail –
bees and butterflies
© Tournesol ’15
Better late than never…I don’t reread my old posts, so trying to find one of my best haiku was not an easy feat. But I do remember enjoying writing my haiga last September during 30 Days of Haiga. Here is a haiga I chose because it is a moment I treasure, seeing butterlies and blossoms late in the season…in autumn.
here is my rewrite:
bees and butterflies
refusing to retire
sweet bedtime snack
©Tournesol’16/05/24
Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie
silence
in the blind wind’s dance
blossoms
© Jane Reichhold
solemn contemplation
petals rest on her plaque
© Tournesol’16/05/25
The above tan renga inspired me to write just a bit more and here is a troiku I will be adding to Haiku Horizons prompt “rest”
muted June bug
in solemn contemplation
rests on her plaque
muted June bug
caught
resting
in solemn contemplation
starlings nap
on bended knees
rests on her plaque
one lone
sunflower
©Tournesol’16/05/25
finch flies up the tree
dedication caught the worm
hatchlings surrender
© Tournesol ’16-05-24
Time is at a crunch, so I have completed several tan renga for Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge in one post here.
the shrine
in the sacred grove:
a cool wind blows
© Chora
wings flap with delight
love birds tie the knot
© Tournesol ’16-05-24
ancient walls
covered in parables
speak to those who see
© Janice ‘Petra Domina’ Adcock
wonder washes over me
thinking of yesteryear
© Tournesol ’16-05-24
one step outside
the temple gate, its Japan —
a tea picker’s song
© Tagami Kikusha
bamboo basket
overflows with traditions
© Tournesol ’16-05-24
scent of lilacs
stops her in her tracks
end of shift reward
scent of lilacs
greetings
on the left
stops her in her tracks
savouring
nature’s fragrance
end of shift reward
following her up above
orange moon
(c) Tournesol’16-05-23
Daily Moments May 23, 2016
awakening
galloping above carelessly
hammers to my head
awakening
run with reckless abandon
innocent children
galloping above carelessly
but, if only –
it was outside
hammers to my head
pounding tauntingly
tools I now despise
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if only
indoor sounds sang
like starlings
©Tournesol’16-05-21
Daily Moments May 21 2016 painful preludes Troiku
listening with another
to the music of the mountain stream
here is no other
© Hando
lynx nestles her kittens
dozing to the lullaby
(c) Tournesol’1-05-21
night rolled away
the street-sweeper’s broom
deepening dawn sounds
© gillena cox
softens thwack on the front porch
morning paper waits
© Tournesol’16-05-20
night rolled away
the street-sweeper’s broom
deepening dawn sounds
© gillena cox
jangle of milk bottles
back in the day
© Tournesol’16-05-20
taken by surprise
mirror mirror on the wall
sure do need a nap!
©Tournesol ’16/05/20
Tournesol dans un Jardin 