Poetry ~ Waka
When I saw this prompt and Jane Reichhold’s haiku referring to the shape of “wild rivers” and “ferns” I could not help but be right at my special spot by the river rapids and so I decided to add my thoughts in a Tan Renga. I hope that’s okay.
wild rivers
the joy unfurls
in ferns © Jane Reichhold
grief spills briny beads
white-water sweetens © Tournesol ’15
floral carnival,
swell of the willow drapes
nature’s secret
summer reels
giggling youngsters play leap-frog
mountains’ faint echo
© Tournesol’15
I originally composed this troiku this morning with the thoughts of my walk through the thicket last week on my way to work. I had been mesmerized and filled with grace looking at the wild flowers and one sole tiny blue butterfly fluttering from one flower to the next.
A blogger, Brenda from Friendly Fairy Tales, suggested “Perhaps the butterfly was a messenger of love from an admirer. A reminder to love yourself and value even the steps that you take to get to work. The in-between time is the most magic and free. I used to love driving, it felt so free being in-between one place and another.”
However, when I got home tonight I took a little peak at Carpe Diem since I had not had time to look in the past three days and I noticed the Time Glass prompt, First Celebration and found my offering fitting for this prompt as well. Serenidipty hits again.
mazu iwae ume o kokoro no fuyu-gomeri
first celebrate
the flowers in your heart
confined in winter
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
grateful
first cherry blossom
in the moonlight
© Chèvrefeuille
amid thicket
daisies stand at attention
sun beams in awe
amid thicket
birds tweet in salutation
blue butterfly flits
daisies stand at attention
buttercups wild yet humble
grass waves delight
sun beams in awe
butterfly flutters with glee
nature’s gift to thee
blue butterfly flits
silently communes with thee
love thee first, then all
© Tournesol ’15
chasing butterflies
daisies and buttercups trip
searching for nectar
pebble in my shoe
queen bee hunts sweet nectar
wilted petals weep
whipped by wind and rain
casualties of nature
© Tournseol’15
Carpe Diem SpecialRallentanda’s third “magnificent day”
magnificent day
bees buzz about the garden
by lapis blue sea
© Rallentanda
Through grasslands
recalls her favoured green
never forgotten
never forgotten
blessing that soul departed
crosses herself.
© Tournesol ’15
la confiance
une seule sottise
démolie
mille et une finesses
possiblement, cette confiance
suscitée
*****
trust
one foolish act
in ruins
trust…after
thousands of good graces
may be revived
© Tournesol ’15
On her cool flat stones she sits in quiet contemplation. Tears run down her cheeks as she empties her heart feeling so alone until…
lone muse
spills self in hurried waters,
rapids call her name
by the riverside
all qualms are shared
current flows
pooling every misery
liberating souls
fireflies
torch light dancing to the
crickets chirp
© Rallentanda
~
dancing fairies
jive with glitter and glitz
nature’s make-believe
© Tournesol ’15
cleansing my feet
launching a new dawn
the river flows
© Tournesol ’15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
