Wings of love (Troiku)

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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

Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu – Troiku

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A little bit about moi: I am a mom, a nana, a sister, a woman, a friend, a human being…a youth counsellor, Family Life Educator. I have been working in the helping profession for over 25 years and volunteered in various capacities from youths to seniors. Tournesol is my nom de plume for haiku and other Japanese form poetry here at Tournesoldansunjardin https://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com I hope you enjoy reading through my daily waka. I also have another blog "Stop the Stigma" where I may stand on my soapbox now and then and hope it will become a place to drop in and share or comment on issues important to you. In that vein this could be a great way to learn from each other. http://stigmahursteveryone.wordpress.com Namaste!

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16 thoughts on “Wings of love (Troiku)”

    1. Thanks, it is fun trying to create a troika from a haiku written by one of the great Masters…I am sure he was not thinking this but I went with what it said to me. That`s what I like about haiku…many read what we write and see something else and that`s okay. It reminds me of my aunt`s comment when we try to interpret her paintings …she rarely tells someone what she was thinking when she was creating her artwork. She says if it speaks to you in different words, that`s okay. One series she was doing genesis and I saw only genitalia…told her it would be great for a sex ed class…lol. What makes me laugh more is she hung this series in her local church…:D

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      1. I think she’s got the right of it … very often people read such deep thoughts in my haiku … and maybe I was thinking about something completely different 😉

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