She struggles to be on time at work but for dinners, parties, outings, she is usually late. She prefers to say, fashionably late. Being a night person and working late shifts, means late morning rise, working into the night.
nightly reflections
slow-dancing with her muse
kissing dawn goodnight
(c) Tournesol ’16-2-8
The short intro worked well in this haibun, and the haiku was rather sumptuous, I must say. A warm, tactile haiku, each line knitting together but working cleverly and sensually on its own as well.
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Thank you, Hamish, I am trying to keep the best for last in the haiku when I write my narrative. Learning with practice.
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Well, that was such a smooth, tactile haiku, but a bit more, you played with emotions very well, giving it a little twist, very hard to do, endearing, and very successful
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Thanks so much, Hamish, the night seems much more intense and palpable than the day. Perhaps alone in nature, a vast field or forest day or night would be as intense.
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Ah … it’s difficult when the days and nights get all mixed up … thanks for sharing your reflections.
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I have always been a night person so working late changes little except I miss see friends evenings.
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Here we’re opposites I’m afraid!
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I know but most of friends are opposite
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True … at least in some fields. I’ve found it’s better if not completely opposites though .. I think this is about the first really big difference I’ve ever discovered between us.
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I might be able to get used to waking up at dawn and going to bed before 10, that way I see dawn and sunsets and stars! but when I stop working…until then, c’est la vie!..ou ma vie 😉
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Ah … then not really a choice if you have to work nights now is it 😀 Anyway my personal sleeping habits also became a habit from my working days when I used to wake up to at 5:30 to catch a 7:00 train and didn’t get back home in the evenings until 6:00.
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I miss my day shift 8 to 4 when I took the bus at 6:30. I would walk for 2 to 3 hours several times a week right after work…boy was I in good shape then for a 50 yr old 😉
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There are some real disadvantages to working night shifts .. first of all it totally upsets your whole night day relationship … and it’s pretty hard to go out for a two hour walk at night.
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When the days get longer, I do walk during my hour break and enjoy the sunset…can’t wait!
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Know what you mean … I really have to push myself to go for walks right now … 😦
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Thank goodness I work each day which forces me to walk…I miss the long winter walks with an old friend/neighbour when the kids were little.
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Know what you mean .. it’d be so much easier to walk with an old friend .. 🙂
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Yes, I wrote a poem “thinking of Janet” and we would walk for hours in the winter…right in the middle of the snowy street.
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That must have been delicious .. I can just imagine it what a wonderful vision.
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We’d stop at the “depanneur” (convenience store) to get a chocolate bar which we felt we deserved since we were walking it off 😉
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This is lovely! It’s a side of you we haven’t seen before 🙂
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We are all night people in my family…my dad was, my mom pretty much too, my son excluding my daughter and her dad.
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I am a night person too 🙂
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Atta girl!!
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😀
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I love the idea of slow dancing with one’s muse! Lovely haibun!
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Thank you, Carol, I love slow dancing too 😉
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You’re welcome!
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this speaks to all of us who are night people
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“smiles”
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From one night owl to another….enjoyed your haibun !
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🙂
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Fits my way of life very much, I work mostly evenings and the nights … yes I am a night-guy
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Makes sense too…evenings and nights is when people need the most comfort.
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