Couples (Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #47, MMT's "how rare the sight" )

This prompt is a tan renga challenge. Our host has chosen a haiku written by Magical Mystical Teacher (MMT). It was her response on  this haiku by Basho:

how rare!
on leaving the mountain
the first eggplant

MMT's response haiku was the following:

how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light

© MMT

now we are to write a tan renga two lines of 7 syllables to this haiku. Our host`s tan renga is here:

how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light                                     (MMT)
I always will love her      
underneath the Laburnum                 (Chèvrefeuille)

I struggled with various responses becasue I had several images of  "yellow blossoms" from my personal life.  So I broke it down to two and here they are:

Across the street from the church at my hometown, there is a small garden by the river, with various flowers.  I remember taking a picture in June of the lovely yellow lilies and wished I could come back later in the summer to catch the flora at its peak in blossoming.  Well, I did not but here is a snapshot from June.

how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light  

Across the church, newly weds

yellow lilies cheer them on. 
(c) Tournesol

Of course there are also lovely daisies and sun roots in my friend’s garden in Bromont facing several mountains. This is where we went to celebrate their 50^th wedding anniversary last Sunday. A huge tent was pitched next to the Willow tree…what a lovely day celebrating such a lovely couple. To this day, I have never met a loving couple like these two people. You can feel the love they share. They still cuddle and always hold hands sitting close together.   

(c) Clr '14

 

(c) Clr '14

 

how rare the sight—
yellow blossoms brushing
the sky with light   

Underneath the Willow tree

sun roots scan the mountains.

(c) Tournesol '14

Posted by Cheryl-Lynn Roberts 2014-08018

Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #47, MMT's "how rare the sight"