(c)Clr’16
sunny June day
mixed with emotions
bitter and sweet
perfect cycle of life
beginnings to endings
Daily Moments June 18 2016 bittersweet day
Daily Moments June 18 2016 bittersweet day (tanka)
remembrance
one single ripple (troibun)
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
never forgotten (haiga)
Through grasslands
recalls her favoured green
never forgotten
never forgotten
blessing that soul departed
crosses herself.
© Tournesol ’15
As Prompt 9 says, “Better late than never”
echoes of her son (troiku)
pins a poppy
looking in the mirror
echo of her son
pins a poppy
children dancing in the street
wonder why the tears
looking in the mirror
ghosts from battlefields
tears on her cheeks
echo of her son
whispering soothingly
I’m okay.
or
echo of her son
tear not for me
I’m okay
© Tournesol ’15
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai “Poppies”
Our host shows us how to write a Troiku (a new form of Haiku) here
Tournesol dans un Jardin 