(c) Clr – 2014 Yamaska River
affligée par la vie
penchant sur la rive
larmes en cascades
&
tous les peines
déversent en abondances
chutes acceuillent
&
craintes, peines
répands en cascades
paisible
flexibility
rooftops, concrete buildings
city waterfalls
river flows
emotions over dams
waterfalls
waterfalls
imitate
tears
&
river holds
lamenting grief
waterfall
&
river listens
waterfalls
drown regrets
© Tournesol 2014/07/30
Photo credits: clr- Tournesol ‘2014
Submitted for: CarpeDiemHaikuFamily#1Waterfall
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
You were inspired Cheryl Lynn, what a wonderful series of haiku, I like those French ones, but your English haiku are awesome. Thank you for sharing in this haiku-reprise feature.
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thank you, Kristjaan, I am practicing every day and reading so I think that helps:) I do prefer the English ones too but I felt bad that I had not tried French enough. I will wait to purchase a book translated by Lanoue who has French and English translations on Haiku.
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Would be great to read haiku in French … are those haiku by the classical haiku poets?
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David Gerard Lanoue had several translations…one I saw yesterday at Amazon Haiku if the matters in english, French, German and Spanish. The best prices are in the US though…there are many e books but I want an illustrated book. I ordered a few yesterday.
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I of course don’t understand the words, but it is a very cool picture!
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The reader didn’t show the English portion of the post, but for some reason I got a glimpse of the last comment when I sent my mine. So I opened up the whole post and was able to see your haiku in English too!
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I like the poem and the pictures a lot. Very interesting pictures and the metaphors are so powerful.
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Thank you, I am working at improving with this form. I truly enjoy this.
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Looks to me like you are already really good at it!
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Ah thank you so much, Karuna 🙂
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loved the haiku very much … unfortunately the photos would load and can’t imagine why.
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something weird happened…so I removed all the photos and reloaded just one…a photo I took Saturday before visiting my mom
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Thought it was my computer again. I got all these white shapes and then just the ku.
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I know…WP does that sometimes
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Does it ever!
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