Poetry ~ Waka
Shivering in the cool air shortly after dawn, you can see her breath in smoke signals as she walks quickly to stay warm. Lunchtime has a change of heart…
midday radiance
greets a summer’s breeze –
season’s treat
fall’s tucked up on a shelf
dead leaves shed their tell-tale scents
© Tournesol ’15
Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille at MindLoveMiserysMenagerie
Inspired by:
suddenly,
the crickets
hush
(c) Jennifer Hu 2014
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and then,
the last leaf,
fallen
fallen
season’s end
downtrodden
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the sky exploded –
her spoon
half-way to her mouth
(c) Tournesol ’15
Still on the path of Jennifer Hu, from her collection: Final Thoughts (2014)
A sharp cry –
the tea kettle
can’t sing
(c) Jennifer Hu 2014
silly love songs
giddy teens croon
off-key
an Irish song
shower echoes off –key
ghosts shudder
tender love song
echoes from the shower –
soft cries
(c) Tournesol ’15
Inspired by our host’s haiku:
her beauty
takes the life of the Lake
Water Hyacinth
© Chèvrefeuille
misleading beauty
industries and farms purge,
Yamaska River
running through villages
like Saint-Hyacinthe
© Tournesol’15
A different challenge at Carpe Diem today…we are to compose the hokku to complete this tan renga.
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where the waters flow afar
the village glows with sweet plum flowers (Anonymous)
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in her mind’s eye-
sucks the juice of that first plum,
her first born
© Tournesol ’15
back home
my river holds
the universe
© Tournesol`15
I couldn`t decide which so I added these as well:
the river-
stories from afar,
show and tell
my river
flows in different
shades of blue and green
the river
brings the world
to me
© Tournesol’15
menacing clouds burst
rampant river overflows
old dam gives in
like grandpa`s old sweater
unravels on his portly chest
© Tournesol ’15
Inspiration:
a peony bush
heavy with flowers …
trying to pick
from a long list of names
for the full spring moon
© Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly of Lovely Things)
arbuste penchant
amour lourd de pivoine
coeur tender verse ses larmes
flowered shrub leans
peonies weighed with love
tender heart bleeds tears
(c) Tournesol’15
http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.ca/2015/08/carpe-diem-special-163-lollys-fifth.html
how long
until shootings cease
nation heals
how long
an innocent child dies
families grieve
how long-
until angels carry
where the sun shines
where the sun shines
echoes of cherubim
field of daisies
© Tournesol ’15
In memory of the tragedy of Jamyla
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Shibashi ma mo matsu ya hototogi – su sen nen
how long
to wait for the cuckoo
about a thousand years
© Basho
how long
until the barren rice fields will be green
cranes fly over
© Chèvrefeuille
midsummer evening—
how long the wing of the crow
how brief the wrensong
© Mark M. Redfearn
She chats on the phone this warm August day with her son checking up on how he was doing with his summer cold. It is ragweed season combined with the humidity at 65 – 70%…breathing can be challenging for many.
At one point he shouts on the phone, “Oh no! A bird just stole a raspberry from MY plant and he’s holding it in his beak now! I gotta go! ” She chuckles thinking, “It is free for the picking if you just leave them there.” He has raspberries and blueberries that she got a glimpse of when sitting for the girls (German Shepherd mix gals that is) a month ago. He truly is blessed with a lovely back yard that serves him what he needs…a few apple trees and a few berry bushes. But you know the old saying, “You snooze, you loose.” This little bird “grabbed” this opportunity!
raspberry favours
dripping with sweetness
pickpocket finch
© Tournesol ’15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 