spreading beauty
nature bows in honour
honeysuckles bloom
Thanking our host and mentor, Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai for teaching and inspiring us to not only write haiku or other forms of Japanese poetry (waka) but to grow in the experience…as a good parent he nurtures and breathes harmony and enlightenment among the family.
a lone flower
yearns to rise in splendour
field of sunflowers
a lone flower
searching for the sun
at one with nature
yearns to rise in splendour
embroidering each petal
one thread at a time
field of sunflowers
seventeen syllables
forming corolla
Here are three haiku composed by Stevenson all three are about trains and we are to write a haiku trying to stay in the same mood of this sparkling star our host has chosen.
the train picks up speed, in a paper coffee cup concentric waves
the river always out there in the dark late train home
coming home on the train … the backyards
(c) John Stevenson
I’m not sure I stayed in the mood but I tried to also capture moments living by train tracks. I grew up by the train tracks in Farnham, Québec and the first few years I was married we lived just below the main train station with at least 10 tracks. Needless to say we would hear trains passing through, shunting and changing tracks most nights and we could actually feel the vibrations when trains sped by. I chose to write a Troiku and tell a brief story at the same time. The Troiku was created by our host, Chévrefeuille. To see more about this form click here
Such a lovely prompt today at Carpe Diemto complete a Tan Renga. Our host shares his heart warming delight that Carpe Diem has become an engaged and loving family. Here are two completions by our host.
river stones caressed by flowing water pale moon shines (Becca Givens)
the sound of a waterfall makes the night more silent (Chèvrefeuille)
river stones caressed by flowing water pale moon shines (Becca Givens)
behind a thin veil of clouds she, the one I love, smiles at me (Chèvrefeuille)
Indeed, I am a late comer, more like the half-sister or step-sister whichever seems the nicest {grins}. A family that creates an art painters do, a mood great writers do and encouragement and guidance a caring parent or older sibling do. In that vein I have written this. I am starting with the completion that suits the mood of this prompt best.
Water is actually my lifeline in so many ways. At first I looked at this prompt and attempted several completions that appeared morose and yet it is meant to show the power of water and how its presence in my life changes the currents in my heart, soul and moods. So I wrote several and reread the instructions of our host giving us a choice to write another haiku or completion. Ah, so back to the drawing board and here are my haiku that map a part of my journey before I arrived to the above completion.
