remembering ash trees (Solo no Renga)

traveling from afar
hunt their own tree as a host
slowly sucks out life

emerald ash borers thrive
turning hope to disrepair

star shines in reverence
through bare branches
lost leaves of ash

©Tournesol’16/07/11
Written for TheSecretKeeper 5 word prompt OWN TURN SHINE TREE STAR
In honour to ash trees in Southern Québec

breaking ground (solo no renga)

pulling weeds
knees kiss the ground
beneath the cedars

scent of life on my fingers
planting seeds row on row

day after day
like a mother in wait,
shoots breaking ground

© Tournesol ‘15/12/01

¸Haiku Horizons “ground”