winter haiku d’hiver – the icy moon = la lune glacée

winter haiku d'hiver – the icy moon = la lune glacée




the icy moon
haunted castle hallways...
frosty ghosts

la lune glacée
couloirs hantés du château ... 
fantômes glacials

la luna fredda
castello infestato
dai fantasmi

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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