summer haiku d’été – antiquarian magpie = la pie avec ses trésors 

with her bric-à-brac,
antiquarian magpie –
what a hoot!

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avec son bric-à-brac,
la pie avec ses trésors –
c’est rigolo !

Richard Vallance

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  1. ritaroberts Avatar

    Reblogged this on Ritaroberts's Blog.

    1. vallance22 Avatar

      Thanks Rita!

  2. ritaroberts Avatar

    And they love shiny things. This bird is in her/his oil tot.

    1. vallance22 Avatar

      Yes, they sure do! And ravens and crows are EXTREMELY brilliant! Apart from humans, they are one or two of the only creatures who know how to use tools!

Sappho, spelled (in the dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos, Greece — died c. 570 BCE). A lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.

Her language contains elements from Aeolic vernacular and poetic tradition, with traces of epic vocabulary familiar to readers of Homer. She has the ability to judge critically her own ecstasies and grief, and her emotions lose nothing of their force by being recollected in tranquillity.

Marble statue of Sappho on side profile.

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