divine intervention (troibun)

Northern lights will never be the same, she thought, ever since she spoke to that boy years ago. He was giving up on life filled with so much grief saying he wanted to join his ancestors who came every night in shimmering shapes and colours.

tinted shadows
communing with their heirs
every night

tinted shadows
everlasting radiance
from heaven

communing with their heirs
messages of love
embracing life

every night
animated skies return
divine presence

©Tournesol’17/10/04

A troibun is really a haibun with a set of 4 haiku, called a Troiku created by Chevrefeuille http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/p/troiku-new-form-of-haiku.html

message of serenity (haiga)

© Northern Lights - Alien Study — © Northern Lights – Alien Study

A young teen called once to say he wanted to take his life. Let’s call him Real. He had seen too much sadness in his short years…abuse, death of a close friend and the pain weighed too heavily on him. I knew he was calling from the far North and asked him if he often saw Aurora Borealis. “Why yes,” he quickly responded, “It is my ancestors telling me they are safe and happy in their world. I am going to join them now.”

I asked him if his ancestors might also be asking him if he still had things to do on this land before travelling beyond to meet them. He paused a long moment…he later accepted to go to emergency and get help.

I can never forget this youth for he phoned our service four days later to thank me, and that he was in hospital getting the care he needed.

multi-hues
whispering from beyond
a life of grace

ancestors
travelling on tinted vapours
call of serenity.

Carpe Diem

Celestine’s Ribbon of colours – Carpe Tan Renga Challenge #37

This week, a haiku written by Celestine of Reading Pleasure. Celestine wrote this haiku in response on the Haiku Shuukan weekly meme’s prompt festival. The goal of this Tan Renga Challenge is to write a second stanza (classical 7-7 syllables, but that’s no obligation) to it by associative thinking. The goal to make the Tan Renga complete. It’s a nice way of writing together. Tan Renga looks very similar to Tanka, but it’s written by two poets and not by one. Here is the haiku composed by Celestine to create a second stanza for:

ribbon of colours
streaks across the endless sky
dance of the spirits

ribbon of colours
streaks across the endless sky
dance of the spirits
ancestors’ rainbows whisper,
swirl in rhythmic harmony.

Tag: northern lights

divine intervention (troibun)

message of serenity (haiga)

I asked him if his ancestors might also be asking him if he still had things to do on this land before travelling beyond to meet them. He paused a long moment…he later accepted to go to emergency and get help.

I can never forget this youth for he phoned our service four days later to thank me, and that he was in hospital getting the care he needed.

multi-hues
whispering from beyond
a life of grace

ancestors
travelling on tinted vapours
call of serenity.

Celestine’s Ribbon of colours – Carpe Tan Renga Challenge #37

Carp Diem Haiku Kai – Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #37, Celestine’s “ribbon of colours”

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I asked him if his ancestors might also be asking him if he still had things to do on this land before travelling beyond to meet them. He paused a long moment…he later accepted to go to emergency and get help.

I can never forget this youth for he phoned our service four days later to thank me, and that he was in hospital getting the care he needed.

multi-hues whispering from beyond a life of grace

ancestors travelling on tinted vapours call of serenity.

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Carp Diem Haiku Kai – Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #37, Celestine’s “ribbon of colours”

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multi-hues
whispering from beyond
a life of grace

ancestors
travelling on tinted vapours
call of serenity.