The family gathered in her home, feeling her presence everywhere. One daughter, sat rocking in her mother’s chair by the window, reminiscing
all took turns
even the woodpecker,
paid their respects
© Tournesol ’15
Paying respect (haibun)
in the end (haiku)
Life as it should be
slow, painful, mystifying
and then there’s joy
and then there’s joy
life accelerates
in the end, there’s light
© Tournesol ’15
day tripper (haiku)
Pray awhile (haibun)
May is le mois de Marie. As a youth she loved this excuse to walk across the river hearing the metal on the soles of her shoes click click click like the dancers on Ed Sullivan AND on a school night to boot. Every evening, people would recite the Rosary.
pray for a while
tap-dance across the footbridge
evening walk home
© Tournesol ’15
house on a hill (haiku)
beach house view
seagulls circle an old widow
muted wails
© Tournesol ‘ 15
sunburn (haiku)
nature’s performance (haiku)
bows solemnly
honouring life that was,
enters twilight
© Tournesol ’15
© Tournesol ’15
just in time (haiku)
Oli’s backyard
© Clr ‘ Rougemont apple blossoms
© Clr ‘ Rougemont apple blossoms
© Clr ‘ Rougemont apple blossoms
Mother Nature’s gift
just in time for Mother’s Day
apple blossoms
© Tournesol ’15
wasted fabric (haibun)
She walked in the nursing home looking for her mother. The nurse pointed to the old woman by the window in the rocking chair. She gasped! It was not enough dementia had robbed her of her mind…
shrivelled rose
lost in her robe
scents linger
© Tournesol ’15
buttercup embrace (haiku)
© Debbie HallBy: Debbie Hall
buttercup opens
awakening butterflies
morning caress
morning caress
blossom’s sweet nectar
butterfly’s treat
© Tournesol ’15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 