autumn haiku d’automne – our souls incensed = nos âmes furieuses

autumn haiku d'automne – our souls incensed = nos âmes furieuses

November 11 Remembrance Day = le 11 novembre le  jour de 'Armistice





our souls incensed
we're up in arms... again!
the dove in flames

nos âmes furieuses
nous nous massacrons ... encore !
la colombe en flammes

Richard Vallance

photo public domain

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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