We are to use this beautiful haiku to inspire our writing…
lights along the shore
shimmering reflections
ripple in the lake
© Joyce Lorenson
She remembers telling her youths many times how grief is like a tidal wave at first with waves crashing on the shore with such a vengeance. Over time the waves roll in with restraint and eventually over time, intermittently until they roll in no longer. Eventually, the water is clear like a mirror safe for a single ripple…
reminder
gentle ripple on the water
memories of long ago
reminder
times she held me close,
brings a smile
gentle ripple on the water
subtle, yet genuine
and surreal
memories of long ago
songs echo in my heart
even if off-key
©Tournesol`16/06/07
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
So very beautiful!
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Thank you!
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So beautiful and a laugh at the end. Love it.
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Glad you enjoyed this…I wonder if there is a term or word for someone who does not know the words of a song and she sings it a split second after the singer pretending to know the song.
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evocative and visual, gentle poem.
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Thanks so much, I’m pleased you enjoyed it. 🙂
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Excellent Troiku Cheryl Lynn … very well done.
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Thank you, Kristjaan. I wish I would have known to write this way when I was working with bereaved children. How simpler it would have been to just write a haiku.
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