Shinano’s deep wooded mountains
even in Fifth Month…
cherry blossoms
©Kobayashi Issa
gusts from the Rockies
kiss the tide at Stanley park
cherry blossoms
©Tournesol’17/02/21
Mountain breeze (haiku)
Tag: Stanley Park
spring’s promise (haibun) Carpe Diem + NaPoWriMo Day 9 2016
Ah the freshness of rebirth in Spring weather and she dreams of blossoms in April and Stanley Park in Vancouver.
budding promise
on the Pacific coast
cherry trees sway
Yet east of the country in Québec weather has its highs and lows…white as it may be, fluffy and unique in each detail, these snowflakes but still, SNOW is a four letter word!
green patches waiting
snow delays,
for dandelions
(c) Tournesol’16-04-09
artist’s haven (haibun
Photo credits: Katrin Shumakov at Flickr
I often write about the cherry blossoms at Stanley Park in Vancouver. My first trip there, I met a lovely Japanese couple at the airport on my arrival. It was early April, and they encouraged me to visit Stanley Park, proudly telling me how the Japanese government has donated many cherry trees to Vancouver. I’m so glad they told me and was so enthralled by the beauty of a park situated by the Pacific Ocean, bursting with pale pink flowers throughout the park.
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I learned later that High Park in Toronto has many cherry trees. “How could I have missed that?” I scold myself, having lived so close to that park for thirteen years. It was only when I moved back to Montreal did I hear of these cherry trees.
cherry blossoms
photoshoot haven,
spring’s promise
© Tournesol ’15
spring fever (Soliloquy no Renga)
Hokku:
Ah! those cherry blossoms
their beauty amazes me again –
finally spring is here
© Chèvrefeuille
soft petals come to life
puffs off the ocean
in all its glory
cherry blossoms boast
festooned Stanley Park
strolling through the park
birth of new relationships
lovers holding hands
pause, admire blossoms’ fair
dawn of spring fever
midsummer dreams
first kiss turns to lustful bliss
autumn weddings set
September comes and goes
couples seek shelter indoors
cozy fire crackles
lovers recall their first kiss
budding spring day
longing for romantic walks
beneath the cherry blossoms
© Tournesol ’15
Soliloquy No Renga “the spring wind!”
such a malice
cherry blossoms in full bloom
the Spring wind!
© Chèvrefeuille
such a malice
cherry blossoms in full bloom
the Spring wind!
gusts rip such soft petals
sprinkling pink on park grounds
pacific wind
competes with silk beauty
on Stanley Park
some still cling to branches
braving these ocean winds
© Tournesol ’15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
