[…] “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” […] Mother Teresa
through sun kissed windows
she can still hear
cicadas sing
©Tournesol’16
starless night (tanka)
[…] “Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.” […] Khalil Gibran
deep in the night
abandoned by their glitter
wrapped in sadness
in the silent darkness
until dawn
©Tournesol’16/08/18
new dawn (haiku)
Chèvrefeuille wrote this for inspiration at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai:
“Maybe you know that a lot of haiku poets wrote their Jisei and Werner shared Jane’s last haiku with me through the mail. This was Jane’s last haiku, her Jisei:
with the moon
night too disappears
into the ocean
© Jane Reichhold (1937-2016)
Share your memories and your haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form about Jane Reichhold with us all. Please remember Jane in your heart and let her spirit inspire you.
morning dew
evaporates at sunrise
a skylark’s song
© Chèvrefeuille
as the sun dips
beneath the horizon,
dawns the other side
©Tournesol’16
traces (tanka)
Paloma from Blogitorloseit did a very moving tribute to Jane Reichhold. We are asked to write a haiku or tanka using one of the poems in her tribute.
touching myself
your name
on my lips © Jane Reichhold
scent of rain
lingering
on her lips
pouring
liquid passion
©Tournesol’16
summer afternoons (haiku)
sultry afternoon
cat naps in the shade –
grasshopper jumps
grasshopper jumps
pudgy hands whispering
“molasses PLEASE!”
©Tournesol’16/08/16
tranquil moments (tanka)
even the cricket
-too hot to move
stands still
emerald eyes sedate
purring lullabies
©Tournesol’16
Waiting for a sign Troiku
waiting for a sign
languid days liquefy
muted languor
waiting for a sign
thunder strikes within
silencing her muse
languid days liquefy
only cicadas whine
drowning every word
muted languor
gulls stand guard at rolling waves
tantalizing breeze
© Tournesol’16/08/16
bedtime stories (troiku)
giggles from the sand
afterglow of impish smiles
timeless memories
giggles from the sand
naivety breeds total trust
signs of timeless youth
afterglow of impish smiles
pure and innocent
after their first time
timeless memories
adults’ bedtime stories
on lonely nights
© Tournesol’16/08/16
Daily Moments August 16 – grey skies (haibun)
Waking up to grey skies, she cannot help but feel there is more to this day then this muted sky. No, definitely, she feels it. Her feline friend does too. Something tangible is felt in the atmosphere she knows will transpire soon…
morning skies
relief is on the way
melancholy haze
(c) Tournesol’16-08-16
Daily Moments – Day 1 – Road Trip
midday heat
geese in the water
cool breeze makes me sigh
(c) Tournesol ’16 – 08-08
Daily Moments August 8 2016 Road Trip – Day 1 & At One with Nature
Tournesol dans un Jardin 