monday blues
transforms on rue St-Laurent
spiced by art
©Tournesol’16
30 days of Haiga for September 26th at 19 Planets Art Blog
riverbank (haiga)
riverbank
under muted darkness
frog breaks the silence
(c) Tournesol’16
30 Days of Haiga, September 25 – “Silence” at 19 Planets Art Blog
casting shadows (haiga)
nighttime dawns
casting shadows
on my words
(c) Tournesol’16
30 days of haiga at 19 Planets Art Blog September 23, 2016
last mission (troiku – haiga)
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
whispering autumn (haibun)
First day of autumn and she wondered if we would get relief from the heatwave. It was so unusual for this part of the country. Well, just on schedule, the temperature dipped just a little but enough to wear a hoodie…well, others did. It took her a lot cooler weather to warrant a sweater. But she did bring it in her backpack and she shoved her rain hat and trench coat just in case it did rain later after her shift late into the night.
Aw, autumn did not disappoint for sure…leaving work, she had her hoodie zipped up nice and snug and once outside, she had to take out the rainwear. She loves walking in the rain. No need for an umbrella…her hands are in her pocket with the hood of her trench coat keeping her nice and dry as she walked the 2 km to the Métro.
soft breeze
whispering
autumn’s here
©Tournesol’16
September 22, First Day of Autumn – 30 days of Haiga at 19Planets Art Blog
Daily Moments – whispering breeze (haiga)
tranquil moments (troiku – haiga)
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
morning play (senryu)
early riser
tiptoeing on dewy grass
squeals of laughter
(c) Tournesol’16
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
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
Shawbridge creek (haibun)
summer creek
the fish in me getting
fish kisses
summer-hot hills
folding together
dry creek beds
without a boat
crossing the creek
pine shadow wind
© Jane Reichhold
She has such fond memories up North in Shawbridge, now called Prévost at the family cottage. It was built by her great grandfather who arrived from Ballybunion,Ireland in the late 19th century. They called this summer place, Kilarney Cottage and it could house at least twenty people with nine bedrooms and only one bathroom in the kitchen downstairs. The house was next to a clear water creek. Children as well as grownups loved to skip the rocks in the creek. If you slipped, you got a startle from the frigid water. She remembers screaming with delight when she managed to skip more than ten rocks. Tucked in bed late at night, the adults still partying downstairs. The fresh cool air and sound of the running water from the creek muffled the laughter and clinking of glasses.
icy water flows
fish splashing at sundown
roaring creek lulls
© Tournesol’16
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
