through the window (haiga)

window supermoon

through the window
gazing at the super moon
between rumpled sheets

© Tournesol ’15

Haiku Horizons “between”

garished dressings (haibun)

© Clr'
© Clr’15

Gazing at the blood moon turning red during the lunar eclipse, she was mesmerized to see how the sun reflected the colours of our earth, such a rich red-brown beauty in the sky.

trees in garished robes
hues of reds fall silently –
moon holds centre stage

© Tournesol ’15

Wings of love (Troiku)

The challenge here is to write a troiku using a haiku, Chèvrefeuille has chosen for us written by Basho.

butterflies and birds
restlessly they rise up
a cloud of flowers

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)

butterflies and birds
wrestle cozy idleness – or,
nature’s bounty

restlessly they rise up
unfurled wings rousing wafts,
filled with grace

a cloud of flowers
beckon to be suckled
swell of sweet nectar

© Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu – Troiku

Humble offering (haiku)

© Clr'
© Clr’

September 27th Supermoon Lunar Eclipse

(haiku)
exudes perfection
I had nothing to capture
your glowing presence

only deity
manifests divine beauty
of this calibre

forever
etched in my memory,
divine excellence

© Tournesol `15

Full Moon May 14th 2014 was a sight for sore eyes. I tried to take a photo…okay, I took many but nothing, just nothing rendered its beauty.

Update: September 28, 2015 after seeing the super blood moon and lunar eclipse last night, I have to say I was thrilled beyond words…so will use this poem to share my experience last night as well as a photo I took with my I-phone.

after dinner treat (030 thirty days of September haiga)

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apple delights
harvests bring all together
pies and turnovers
savoring all these desserts
adults sipping cidre

© Tournesol ’15

-030 Thirty days of September haiga – 30-doh – Rick Daddario – cidre

dégistif d’adulte (030 – thirty days of September 30th haiga)

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le délice des pommes
la cueillette rallie tous ensembles
tarte et chaussons
savourant tous ces  desserts
les adultes dégustent le cidre

© Tournesol ’15

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nature’s spa (-029 – 30 doh – thirty days of September Haiga)

geese at oakville spa

building strength,
geese at nature’s spa- before
long journey south

©Tournesol’15

029 – doh – thirty days of September Haiga with Rick Daddario – geese/goose

bashful autumn (028 doh – thirty days of September)

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suckling sweet nectar
enters autumn like a snail –
bees and butterflies

© Tournesol ’15

028 – doh -thirty days of haiga September 28 – pine cricket an early autumn kigo 

with Rick Daddario

autumn colours (027 – 30doh thirty days of September haiga)

yellow tree

autumn colours
hot red and tawny carpets
– sunshine yellow too

© Tournesol’15

027 – 30 doh – thirty days of September haiga – yellow – Rick Daddario

winter guest (026 – 30 doh thirty days of haiga)

welcome guest
pecks at seeds in bitter cold
birdfeeder sways

© Tournesol ’15

026 – 30 doh thirty days of haiga, September 26 Rick Daddario – Seeds