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2014/09/07

spirits rest (haiga)

 
From a Dictionary of Haiku by Jane Reichhold here are are some of Jane's haiku on this theme:
 
sleeping peacefully
the Best Western Motel
by the cemetery


grave marker
as a cradle headboard
rest in peace
abandoned cemetery
iron keys cross the ground
no one going in

 
I have chosen mostly photos from Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montréal, where there is a huge family tombstone on a plot,  my great-grandfather O'Donnell had purchased.  My aunt told me that he had allowed several friends who could not afford a plot to be buried here. My grandparents and my father are here. 
 
Notre Dame des Neiges Montréal, Qc.
 
 
dansant toute la nuit
auberge des biens heureux
Grand-papa rigole  
 
pierre familiale
crie les noms de les ancêtres  
hommage sacré   
plus d’un siècle d’irlandais
jig au violon des séraphins
 
family tomb
cries the names of ancestors
sacred homage
a century of Irish folks
jig to the seraphim’s strings
© Tournesol 2014
 

gravestones
veiled in weeds and dandelions
spirits moan

 
© Tournesol 2014
 

 
 

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Montréal, Qc.

 
 

 

spirits gather
soon it will be Hallow’s Eve
fox lookout
 
 
© Tournesol 2014
 
 
 
Posted by Cheryl-Lynn Roberts, 2014/09/07
Tournesol dans un Jardin

2 comments:

Your visits and comments soothe the soul and my eyes smile, thank you!
Vos visites et commentaires apaise l'âme et mes yeux rigolent, merci!