Daily Moments – reflections of spring – May 15/17 (Troibun)

Spring is really here, she thinks as she walks along the boulevard. Finally, lawns are brightening from last season’s slumber. Dandelions are starting to poke their heads here and there, a sure sign of warmer times to come. Such a treat to walk outside in lighter clothes, no longer the weight of winter coats and fur lined boots, she ponders as she sneezes and wipes her teary eyes.

(troiku)

scents
tickling her nose
fresh cut grass

scents
warming her heart
roses for Mother

tickling her nose
along the roadside
dandelions giggle

fresh cut grass
summer in the horizon –
grating lawn mowers

©Tournesol’17/05/15

A Troiku is a new haiku form created by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai where you will see daily meme for waka.

Written for Haiku Horizons: Road & my

bedtime stories (troiku)

giggles from the sand
afterglow of impish smiles
timeless memories

giggles from the sand
naivety breeds total trust
signs of timeless youth

afterglow of impish smiles
pure and innocent
after their first time

timeless memories
adults’ bedtime stories
on lonely nights

Haiku Horizons “sign”

summer fun (haiku)

Inspired by Patricia Donegan’s haiku:

As rain drops diminish
I hear the tapping
of the monk’s wooden bell. © Patricia Donegan

after the downpour
swallows bathe in pools
of rainwater

©Tournesol’16

Tonight
the cypress tree & I
lean into the wind. © Patricia Donegan

sailboat hastens
tall white sail tautens
wind at her back

©Tournesol’16

bonne Saint Jean (haiku) daily moments

children squealing
school`s out
time to play

time to play
dancing in the street
fireworks at night

fireworks at night
summer’s here – celebrate
Bonne Saint-Jean

Daily Moments – Bonne St Jean (haiku)

June 24 2016

blossoms (tan renga & troiku)

silence
in the blind wind’s dance
blossoms
© Jane Reichhold
solemn contemplation
petals rest on her plaque

The above tan renga inspired me to write just a bit more and here is a troiku I will be adding to Haiku Horizons prompt “rest”

muted June bug
in solemn contemplation
rests on her plaque

muted June bug
caught
resting

in solemn contemplation
starlings nap
on bended knees

rests on her plaque
one lone
sunflower

©Tournesol’16/05/25

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

¸Haiku Horizons “ground”

Safflowers (tanka)

safflower field
beneath the periwinkle sky –
sight to dye for

amazing sight
a yellow sea as far as I can see
Safflower field

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summer rains lull
colours bleed into puddles
safflowers rouse
radiant blossoms
whimsical and free

( c) Tournesol ’15

Carpe Diem

wind at my back (tanka?)

Ah, wind, wind
my saviour today
trees and their leaves
protect me all day
despite this heatwave

This was written during our heatwave last week August 16th – 20th’15

summer splash (haibun)

Big city fountains offer solace to children and adults during summer heat waves. A homeless woman soaks her feet in tepid water chanting a bluesy song, swaying side to side.

summer spree
water fountain splash
uplifting spirits

CDHK