in the end (haiku)

Life as it should be
slow, painful, mystifying
and then there’s joy

and then there’s joy
life accelerates
 in the end, there’s light

© Tournesol ’15

day tripper (haiku)

sets his bait
selling villagers snake oil
shame on him 

© Tournesol ’15

Haiku Horizons “Shame”

house on a hill (haiku)

beach house view
seagulls circle an old widow
 muted wails

© Tournesol ‘ 15

sunburn (haiku)


© Wikipedia

Aloe vera
sunburned shoulders
 fair skin sighs

© Tournesol ’15

Haiku Horizons “fair”

just in time (haiku)

Mother Nature’s gift

just in time for Mother’s Day

apple blossoms

© Tournesol ’15

wasted fabric (haibun)

© Clr `15
© Clr `15

She walked in the nursing home looking for her mother. The nurse pointed to the old woman by the window in the rocking chair. She gasped! It was not enough dementia had robbed her of her mind…

shrivelled rose
lost in her robe
scents linger

© Tournesol ’15

buttercup embrace (haiku)

Common Blue Butterfly on Buttercup

© Debbie HallBy: Debbie Hall

buttercup opens
 awakening butterflies
morning caress

morning caress
blossom’s sweet nectar
butterfly’s treat

© Tournesol ’15

dandy pickings (haiku)

Photo credits: www.rgbstock.com

they’re back!!
yellow splattered meadows
dandelions

replay game
do you like butter?
under your chin

wildflowers
little tyke’s free pickings
for mother

 © Tournesol ’15

way of the scent (Troiku)

http://www.etsy.com Art Oil Painting Landscape Blossom Apple Tree Original Fournier Appalachian Quebec CanadaFull “Full Bloom”

(Troiku)
Up the mountain
bread crumbs on the trail
white blossoms

up the mountain
soft petals brush my cheek
tickling

bread crumbs on the trail
 old crow robs me blind
lost my way

white blossoms
 fragrance lingers
 leads the way 

© Tournesol ’15

Troiku, a new form created by Chèvrefeuille

Carpe Diem  On a Mountain Path

Carpe Diem White Blossoms

Rest-stop (haibun)

She loved her road trips and spinning those wheels, playing her music and singing aloud with an open window. Truck stops were spread out in timely fashions almost as if fast food industries knew when you had to eat but more likely to gas up and pee.

Her fuel gauge told her she should stop soon; she sees a rest-stop with picnic tables surrounded by pine trees. The place is deserted and she sighs with relief.

hwy restop

highway rest-stop
scented pine and Camembert
make-believe terrace

© Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem “Buying a cookie”