Yellow lines forming
leaves of the elm tree
autumn’s warning
yellow lines forming
open to a new season
falling leaves
leaves of the elm tree
shading my living room
holding my secrets
autumn’s warning
bare branches will soon
colour me naked
© tournesol’2021-09-03
(Troiku is a new form of haiku created by Chevrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai)
Wishful thinking or curse?
Are there times in your life you felt that years were passing you by and you just wished it would slow down? Ah yes, I too remember those days.
Wishing time To stop for a while So you can catch up Watch out! Be careful what you wish for Corona reruns © Tournesol ‘2021-03-09
The earth has been diseased for decades and now for over a year, the world is still held hostage by a virus that has no mercy and gets stronger over time. Humans are at war with a trillion drones hiding in wait…yet, they are invisible! And so we walk around with the only protective gear possible even in this high tech era that we live.
Social distancing
Wearing a mask
Washing your hands
Social distancing
Preferably
STAY HOME
Wearing a mask
When you can’t social distance
Forget the lipstick
Washing your hands
BEFORE TOUCHING ANYTHING!
Scientists working tirelessly to give humans ammunition but it’s a slow,process to gear every human..
In the meantime, is nature really healing? I mean aside from seeing a bluer sky, is it really? When things get safer, how many humans will revert to old, damaging patterns? This “time out” is perhaps an opportunity for humans to change. Here is one way to hear from a long time environmentalist David Suzuki
A bud
Struggling to blossom
Needing air and water
A bud is just a bud is just a possibility …
© Tournesol’2021-02-14
while the world waits Troiku Daily Moments January 30 2021
scrambling for vaccines
not enough to share
while the world waits
scrambling for vaccines
generate new variants
politics and greed
not enough to share
countries forming cliques
survival or greed?
while the world waits
use your mask and wash your hands
and stay the feck home!
© tournesol ‘2021 – 01 – 30
like losing a limb over the years, she still limps mourning her lost son (c) Tournesol '24/01.2021 Daily Moments - changed forever Jan 24 2021
hearing the murmur
interrupt my worry mind
from my laptop
hearing the murmur
soft moans sounding like snores
my big fat cat
interrupt my worry mind
blare of the condo buzzer
Amazon delivery
from my laptop
sixty faces staring into space
another Zoom meeting
© Tournesol ‘2020/12/18
Daily Moments – 9 months later – Troiku
One can observe here and there in their neighbourhoods how humans have adjusted to their pandemic reality…
connecting
respecting closeness
with compassion
© Tournesol’2020/08/01
Framed walls
Mementos telling stories
home sweet home
Vintage table
Drop leaf holding laptop
Home office transformed
Spare room
Filled with books
No room for guests
(C) Tournesol ‘20/05/23
mother’s presence
A place called home
Mid century dreams
(C) Tournesol ‘20/05/23
where’ve they all gone
tumbling early in the morn
hollow echoes
where’ve they all gone
absent footsteps
abandoned stairwell
tumbling early in the morn
like clockwork
with purpose
hollow echoes
not so long ago
safely indoors
keeping satellites busy
friends and family reconnect
defend one and all
Mother Nature breathing life
Isolation saves
© Tournesol ‘20/05/07
Daily Moments – May 7 2020 No Exits Troiku
During her lunch break she wanted to go out for a walk but there were too many people walking the street. Some two by two, a teen on roller blades and cyclist in shorts. Resigning to taking the garbage out, she felt she might soak up the sun for a few minutes. When she walked out her heart skipped a beat…”No, don’t close the gate yet, I need to bring mine”…standing at 5 metres from them she felt her heart swell…
finally spring
showing its warmth
sun beaming
finally spring
forced her out
a brief moment
showing its warmth
two ladies by the dumpster
excites her
sun beaming
halos circle their heads
smiling at me
She is not alone. That is what the isolation makes you feel as if you are alone feeling what feel. The women both nodded that they had good days and bad days. Yes!! It was such a relief to speak to live women close to her age …we share the love for our offspring, the worry, the longing. And even though it is a sad reality, she walked back to her unit with a lighter foot.
she’s okay
speaking to live humans in person
sighs
© Tournesol 2020/04/29
Daily moments – Day 48 Meal break (haibun)
