Poetry ~ Waka
enticing tansies
I grin at their pompous air
honey bees surrender
enticing tansies
along my stroll through the brush
catch my attention
I grin at their pompous air
each yellow blossom
flighty pom-poms
pure surrender
sipping the sweetness
of nectar
©Tournesol’16/07/29
Daily Moments July 29 2016 Pure surrender (troiku)
The prompt at Tuesday at Ten is “risk” this week and I decided I would write a troiku to share what a life without risk can be like:
life without risks
going through the motions
never dreaming
life without risks
is like beiges and egg shell
lacking bright colours
going through the motions
not living with your senses
more like a robot
never dreaming
keeps life safe and boring – lacks,
imagination
(c) Tournesol’16
The troiku is a special form of haiku created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
butterfly wings
tickle my cheek – just like Mom
makes me smile
©Tournesol’16/07/29
by the rapids
in solemn contemlation
soft breeze dries her tears
©Tournesol’16/07/28
setting sun
bids farewell
I bow in reverence
©Tournesol’16/07/27
Daily Moments July 27 2016
(tanka)
running through puddles
midsummer rain
laughing like young children
hands her a scented flower
raindrops on rose blushed petals
(c) Tournesol’16
Secret Keeper Prompts 5 words: YOUNG RAIN LAUGH ROSE HAND
Feeling a bit constrained to keep those 5 words in my poem, here are two other poems inspired by this flower:
(tanka)
splashing in puddles
feel so alive and young
laughing at life
hands her a gem flecked flower
curve of her rose tinted lips
(haiku)
raindrops on petals
midsummer rain
nature’s perfect gems
©Tournesol’16
river flows
sun slips under ripples
duck paddles home
(c) Tournesol’16-07-27
Writing “at one with nature” Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuiille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie
playground at dusk
children safely tucked in
giggles still linger
©Tournesol’16
a crowded streetcar
a stranger’s breath on my neck
still – I’m all alone
© Tournesol’16
CDHK “spiritual ways”
Our host, Chèvrefeuille, asks us to write a haiku where the “spiritual way” is included. Here are two of our host’s:
strong hands praying
at the corner of the street –
God be with you © Chèvrefeuille
deep silence
only whispered prayers –
the scent of incense © Chèvrefeuille
Tournesol dans un Jardin 