remembering Good Friday (troibun)

It is 18:16 and she can’t help but be reminded, He died over three hours ago over almost two thousand years ago. It has rained off and on today and it still remains cloudy…as it it should…

seems fitting
skies weep
as it should

seems fitting
raindrops mimicking
a mother’s sorrow

skies weep
mourning her son
wailing

as it should
Good Friday revisited
when sons die

She can’t help but be reminded of my best friend’s recent loss, January 28th…her son…she imagines every mother who has lost a son, every sibling who has lost a brother…loss of a cousin, nephew…and on and on and on…they feel the pain.

Daily moments ~March 25/16 ~ metaphors (troiku )

(Troiku)

Linked together
chain of metaphors
…words

Linked together
a season, or
a lifetime

chain of metaphors
making sense of life
softening the blow

…words
in translation
ces mots cachés

Daily moments ~March 25/16 ~ metaphors (troiku )

moody mother (troibun ~ haiga)

Well, what will it be today…weather forecasters are like gamblers, never really knowing what to predict…wind, cold but the test is who will foresee kinds of precipitations these days… She prepares her bag before going to work adding safety measures to be able to challenge the moods of Mother Nature.

(troiku)

spring elements
white powdered footpaths
unpredictable

spring elements
moments of gusty winds
streams of golden rays

white powdered footpaths
clings to the past in silence
no one’s listening

unpredictable
cruel and vindictive
like a scorned lover

Daily Moments ~ March 24 2016 ~Moody Mother (Troibun)

getting to bliss (haiga)

spring is here
cleaning off the rust
workout

workout
one – two – push-ups
bathed in golden glow

bathed in golden glow
peaceful contemplation
getting to bliss

Daily Moments ~ March 23 2016 getting to bliss (haiga)

lost in thought (haibun)

She frowns at her sunlit streaked window from a long winter’s grime. Stepping outside she feels the sun’s glow but, still too cool to make the windows squeal like giddy children.

In the meantime, she has plenty of work to do inside. She grabs a broom and eyes the corners of the ceiling in each room. The thought of uninvited guests make her want to scratch.

The front entrance is the next move. She unlocks the door and peaks to see if a neighbour is in the hallway before she steps out in her tattered old hoodie and black leggings.

lost in thought
broom raised automically
a dead fly falls
woven threads rip apart
spider – nowhere to be found

The Secret Keeper 5 word prompt: web, lost, black, scratch, lock

(120 words)

Jupiter Moon (Haibun)

Walking home tonight the wind was so cold. She was happy she had an extra sweater and her lighter winter coat was just warm enough but not toast. She walked faster to create more heat and by the time she got to the Métro she was fine but not so fine when her bus arrived across the bridge…brrrr

(c) Jupiter Moon 3-21-1016 Karl Diefenderfer – Pennsylvania

Moon meets Jupiter
cool breeze clings to winter
drat where are my gloves?

Daily Moments March 22/16 0:10 Jupiter Moon

Daily Moments March 21 spring-cleaning haibun

One can feel the glow of the sun on the second day of spring despite the cool breeze. She looks out the patio window and sees how spring cleaning is overdue. Some things will have to wait until it is warmer like patio doors but still, it is refreshing to get a sense of renaissance…almost like those last hours of labour before childbirth.

spotty windows
sunshine showcases
a fly stirs

Haiku Horizons’ prompt is “fly”

orange roses (troibun)

Her son and daughter-in-law arrived March 20th, for a belated birthday brunch with an armful of assorted flowers. She was taken by surprise, expecting to eat out but never had she imagined such an array of beauty. Words of affection on the gift card warmed her heart. Several kinds of daisies with exuberant colours brought life to her living room and then her eyes set on those roses…