autumn haiku d’automne – the Celtic cross = la croix celtique

autumn haiku d’automne – the Celtic cross = la croix celtique

the Celtic cross
on the Irish coastline
worn out by the sea

celtic-cross 620

la croix celtique
au littoral irlandais
usée par la mer

Richard Vallance

the Celtic cross on the Irish coastline worn out by the sea la croix celtique au littoral irlandais usée par la mer Richard Vallance

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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