©Clr’17
the sound of rain
drumming against the window
lovers’ serenade
the sound of rain
in the night
muffling their moans
drumming against the window
keeping in time
with their heartbeats
lovers’ serenade
tangle of limbs
spellbound
©Tournesol’17/02/15
©Clr’17
Walking home from work, she sometimes feels the pain of many weigh on her. Shuffling home with heavy foot, tears run down her cheeks.
melancholy
clinging to her shadow
rain washed it away
rain washed it away
leaving just one
tear on her cheek
©Tournesol’17/02/07
(c) Clr’16
(tanka)
running through puddles
midsummer rain
laughing like young children
hands her a scented flower
raindrops on rose blushed petals
(c) Tournesol’16
Secret Keeper Prompts 5 words: YOUNG RAIN LAUGH ROSE HAND
Feeling a bit constrained to keep those 5 words in my poem, here are two other poems inspired by this flower:
(tanka)
splashing in puddles
feel so alive and young
laughing at life
hands her a gem flecked flower
curve of her rose tinted lips
(haiku)
raindrops on petals
midsummer rain
nature’s perfect gems
©Tournesol’16
Inspired by Patricia Donegan’s haiku:
As rain drops diminish
I hear the tapping
of the monk’s wooden bell. © Patricia Donegan
after the downpour
swallows bathe in pools
of rainwater
©Tournesol’16
Tonight
the cypress tree & I
lean into the wind. © Patricia Donegan
sailboat hastens
tall white sail tautens
wind at her back
©Tournesol’16
Well, what will it be today…weather forecasters are like gamblers, never really knowing what to predict…wind, cold but the test is who will foresee kinds of precipitations these days… She prepares her bag before going to work adding safety measures to be able to challenge the moods of Mother Nature.
(troiku)
spring elements
white powdered footpaths
unpredictable
spring elements
moments of gusty winds
streams of golden rays
white powdered footpaths
clings to the past in silence
no one’s listening
unpredictable
cruel and vindictive
like a scorned lover
© Tournesol ’16/03/24
Daily Moments ~ March 24 2016 ~Moody Mother (Troibun)
© Clr’16
grey skies
April showers in March
early spring cleaning
© Tournesol ’16
Daily Moments ~ March 14-16 ~ spring cleaning
© Clr `15
Startled at the first crashing sounds, she glances out the window looking at the hurried rain falling. Thunder continues to threaten perhaps another power outag; she places the kettle on the stove…at least there will be tea to sip. Until then, she takes her pen to scratch a word or two before the darkness falls.
drum rolls warn
skies give way
pouring rain
pouring rain
lovers squeeze precious moments
midday nap
starlings seek shelter
nestlings whine in union
earth gulps excess
sodden paths
giggling child splashes
nestlings hope
earth’s open house
worms’ midsummer dance
starling’s patient perch
© Tournesol ’15
I was pleased to see the prompt at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, “Midday nap” seeming just perfect to slip in one more stanza so fitting with this midday rain.
summer bracken
the shape of the spots
on the resting fawn
wild rivers
the joy unfurls
in ferns
© Jane Reichhold
Photo credits: Tropical Collection – Denver Botanic Gardens
© Tournesol`15
fragile beauty
through leaves of ferns
I see the sun
© Chèvrefeuille
torn ferns
I use their leaves like a fan
Ah! that coolness
© Chèvrefeuille
© clr 2014
cleansing rain
feeds mother earth
hurts my joints
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/25
© clr June 2014
Gazing out the window
willing the rain to stop
to go out and play.
© Cheryl-Lynn 2014/06/15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 