trace of autumn
butterfly and bumble bee
lingering
trace of autumn
blossoms resisting
summer’s end
butterfly and bumble bee
hold a secret
the other side
lingering
season closing in
shorter days
soft breeze whistles
golden rays warm my face
life remembered
so much love
mother fed me every day
abundance overflowed
left me plenty
to feed an army
on this muddy path
I walk alone
winter calls me
© Tournesol ’15
Written for Dversepoets – Jisei – Death Poem
along the river
autumn colours adorn
riverside path
along the river
water turning bluish grey
frigid ripples
autumn colours adorn
public parks and highways
nature’s last show
riverside path
bike trail runs along the keys
season’s last ride
© Tournesol ’15
Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille and MindLoveMiserysMenagerie
through the window
gazing at the super moon
between rumpled sheets
© Tournesol ’15
Gazing at the blood moon turning red during the lunar eclipse, she was mesmerized to see how the sun reflected the colours of our earth, such a rich red-brown beauty in the sky.
trees in garished robes
hues of reds fall silently –
moon holds centre stage
© Tournesol ’15
The challenge here is to write a troiku using a haiku, Chèvrefeuille has chosen for us written by Basho.
butterflies and birds
restlessly they rise up
a cloud of flowers
© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
butterflies and birds
wrestle cozy idleness – or,
nature’s bounty
restlessly they rise up
unfurled wings rousing wafts,
filled with grace
a cloud of flowers
beckon to be suckled
swell of sweet nectar
© Tournesol ’15
September 27th Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
(haiku)
exudes perfection
I had nothing to capture
your glowing presence
only deity
manifests divine beauty
of this calibre
forever
etched in my memory,
divine excellence
© Tournesol `15
Full Moon May 14th 2014 was a sight for sore eyes. I tried to take a photo…okay, I took many but nothing, just nothing rendered its beauty.
Update: September 28, 2015 after seeing the super blood moon and lunar eclipse last night, I have to say I was thrilled beyond words…so will use this poem to share my experience last night as well as a photo I took with my I-phone.
apple delights
harvests bring all together
pies and turnovers
savoring all these desserts
adults sipping cidre
© Tournesol ’15
-030 Thirty days of September haiga – 30-doh – Rick Daddario – cidre
le délice des pommes
la cueillette rallie tous ensembles
tarte et chaussons
savourant tous ces desserts
les adultes dégustent le cidre
© Tournesol ’15
-030 Thirty days of September haiga – 30-doh – Rick Daddario – cidre
building strength,
geese at nature’s spa- before
long journey south
©Tournesol’15
029 – doh – thirty days of September Haiga with Rick Daddario – geese/goose
suckling sweet nectar
enters autumn like a snail –
bees and butterflies
© Tournesol ’15
028 – doh -thirty days of haiga September 28 – pine cricket an early autumn kigo
