蝸牛/カタツムリ

Small snail on the rock

You carry your tiny shell

As I do my past

But nobody sees

All the tears I've left behind

To move on in life

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

Sky/Heaven?

The arms of the trees

prevent the breath of the sky

from entering the landscape

the day is breaking

into foam and coming rain

no time to think about 

delirious and useless metaphors

to accept the planned storm

you did cut yourself from memories

a long time ago

when you thought that you could

live a life without roots

and survive 

in a no-God's land

the arms of the trees

will resist as they can

but your mind will burst out

under the pressure of a guilt

you never perceived

stuck as you were

in the midst of nostalgia

and hope

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

Carillon/ Wind Chime

Credits: wind chime

音楽

Not one gust of wind

Since they departed from life-

The wind chime's silent

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Pas un brin de vent

Ils ont déserté la vie-

Carillon muet

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

Ecrit pour la joute poétique

TACKLE IT TUESDAY

Haiku Suite for my Beloved

愛 

First there was friendship

Then the world became tender

And now I love thee

When I happen to call thee

The flowers of my garden

Dispense their fragrance

Birds high in the sky

And the splendid butterflies

Pay thee a tribute

It seems that my heart

Repeats again and again

Thy beloved name

Thou art a mountain

Clad with the purest of clouds

Reaching to Heaven

First I lived in Time

Now owing to thy presence

I am eternal

Claude Lopez-Ginisty


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Haïku Heighty 153

Books

Books

like shutters

one opens 

after a miserable night

on a gorgeous sunny morning

Books

like old friends

one listens to

even if the story they offer

has been heard a thousand times

Books

like paper fans

one simply uses 

to refresh one's mind

after a long boring day

Books

always ready

to erase

the gloomy shadows

of unwanted reality

Books

that humbly teach 

to read to write

to dream

and to pray

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

Haïku de l'été

Lovely summer days

God is smiling everywhere

In the monastery

In the monastery

Every single tiny flower

Sings about the Lord

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Charmants jours d'été

Dieu partout présent sourit

Dans le monastère

Dans le monastère

Chaque minuscule fleur

Chante le Seigneur

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Claude Lopez-Ginisty

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Ecrit pour la joute poétique chevaleresque

Tackle It Tuesday

Deaf and alive

I'm deaf to their songs

I listen to the silence

I'm dead to the world

Claude Lopez-Ginisty


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carry on Tuesday

Fireworks

Fireworks are like

Shooting stars going from earth

To their sky abode

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Les feux d'artifice

Sont des étoiles filantes

Retournées au ciel.

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Claude Lopez-Ginisty

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Ecrit pour 

TACKLE IT TUESDAY

Doomsday

Ours is a strange world

with predictable false prophets

and online cheap miracles

happening on a daily basis

on virtual social gatherings

life has truly lost its reality

and people simply want 

their lives to just be 

an online phenomenon

with lots of followers

and myriads of testimonies

of faked loves 

and insane relationships

that start in a stupid way

at the opening of a web session

and often end up 

in indifference

let us expect doomsday

with utter confidence

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

Exile Haiku

Exile is the land

Where I retrieve my childhood

In between two tears

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Le pays d'exil

Est celui de mon enfance

Entre deux sanglots

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Claude Lopez-Ginisty


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CARRY ON TUESDAY