summer haiku d'été – an osprey soars = un balbuzardan osprey soars towards the rainy lake where the loons wail un balbuzard plane vers le lac pluvieux où les huards hurlent Richard Vallance photo public domain Utube video with the calls of loons = vidéo Utube qui démontre les voix des huards Voices: Common Loon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU
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summer haiku d’été – an osprey soars = un balbuzard
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summer haiku d’été – frog pond = mare aux grenouilles = stagno delle rane
summer haiku d'été – frog pond = mare aux grenouilles = stagno delle rane
frog pond
in Amazonia –
fried frog
mare aux grenouilles
en Amazonie –
grenouille frite
stagno delle rane
in Amazzione –
rana fritta
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’été – the spider = l’araignée = il ragno
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summer haiku d’été – let’s leave = que nous quittons = lasciamo
summer haiku d'été - let's leave = que nous quittons = lasciamo
let's leave behind
the sultry city –
wine by the lake
que nous quittons
la ville humide –
du vin au lac
lasciamo
la città umida –
vino al lago
Richard Vallance
painting, Pallanza, Lake Maggiore (1879) by Edward Lear, 1812-1888
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summer haiku d’ été – aureate sunset = coucher du soleil
summer haiku d' été – aureate sunset = coucher du soleil oh the sunset over this wilderness lake – hush listen hush
coucher du soleil
sur ce lac forestier –
entends le silence
Richard Vallance
photo © by Richard Vallance
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summer haiku – scared out of his wits = mort de peur
summer haiku – scared out of his wits = mort de peur
blanched with fear
a leopard bolts down a tree
and is fried by fire
mort de peur
un léopard descend l'arbre
et le feu le tue
terrorizzato
un leopardo fugge –
il fuoco lo frigge
© by/ par Richard Vallance
pubic domain photo of the Amazonian wildfire killing a leopard
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summer haiku – a monkey screams = un singe femelle hurle
summer haiku – a monkey screams = un singe femelle hurle
a monkey screams
in searing flames –
her infant stone dead!
un singe femelle hurle
dans les flammes brûlantes –
son enfant raide mort !
urla una scimmia
in fiamme ardenti-
la sua bambina morta
Richard Vallance
photo public domain
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summer haiku – the wild rose blossoms = l’églantine fleurit
summer haiku – the wild rose blossoms = l'églantine fleurit the wild rose blossoms in roseate radiance in her own time
l'églantine fleurit,
son éclat si rosâtre
à son rythme
Richard Vallance
photo © by/ par Ellie Brown, with our thanks, avec nos remerciements !
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summer haiku d’été – blue Maine Coon = Maine Coon bleu
summer haiku d'été – blue Maine Coon = Maine Coon bleu
blue Maine Coon
before the blue picket fence –
sea-green eyes
Maine Coon bleu
devant la palissade bleue –
yeux verts moirés
Richard Vallance
photo public domain
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summer haiku d’été – capsized sailboat = voilier chaviré
summer haiku d’été – capsized sailboat = voilier chaviré
capsized sailboat
phantom sails
crew revenants
voilier chaviré
fantômes de voiles
équipage perdu
vele fantasma,
barca a vela ribaltata
tutti sono persi
Richard Vallance
photo public domain
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summer haiku – a thunderstorm = un orage sauvage
summer haiku - a thunderstorm = un orage sauvage a thunderstorm barrels toward the lighthouse and shatters the lamp
un orage sauvage
se rue vers le phare
et brise la lampe
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku/haiga/shahai – ramshackle bench = banc délabré
summer haiku/haiga/shahai – ramshackle bench = banc délabré ramshackle bench, its seat flailed to dust – ghostly lovers
banc délabré,
le siège délabré –
amants fantômes
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku/haiga/shahai – the ocean breeze = le vent de la mer
summer haiku/haiga/shahai – the ocean breeze = le vent de la mer the ocean breeze sweeps over cliffs – poppies shiver
le vent de la mer
balaie les falaises –
les coquelicots tremblent
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku/haiga/shahai – mother goddess = déesse mère = dea madre
summer haiku/haiga/shahai – mother goddess = déesse mère = dea madre
mother goddess
of Mount Ida, harvest queen...
your sheer golden locks!
* the earliest name for Demeter
déesse mère
du mont Ida, reine des moissons ...
tes cheveux dorés !
dea madre
del Monte Ida alto ...
lucchetti dorati!
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’été – my sapling maple = mon jeune érable
summer haiku d’été – my sapling maple = mon jeune érable my sapling maple, if ever your leaves saw fireflies alight...
mon jeune érable,
si jamais tes feuilles
voyaient des lucooles ...
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku – the saffron goddess = la déesse du safran
summer haiku – the saffron goddess = la déesse du safran séa saraí sápa punikása adakísika * * The Linear A text of this haiku is absolutely beautiful! Read it for yourself. Just let the words flow off your tongue, with the stress on the syllables marked with an acute accent. The ancient Minoan language was spoken from around 1,700 – 1,500 BCE. My colleague, Alexandre Solcà and I are in the process of deciphering it. The script it is written in, which appears first in the haiku/haiga above, is called a syllabary, in which each “syllable” consists of a consonant + a vowel, as opposed to an alphabet, in which we find both single consonants and vowels. We believe it is proto-Greek, the immediate predecessor of ancient Greek.
the saffron goddess
her crimson dress
adorned with ivy
la déesse du safran
sa robe cramoisie embellie
de lierre
Richard Vallance
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summer haiku – roses straddle = les roses traversent
summer haiku – roses straddle = les roses traversent roses straddle the picket fence – oaken musk
les roses traversent
la palissade –
musc de chêne
Richard Vallance
© by Richard Vallance Janke 2019 (All Rights Reserved = Tous droits réservés)
photo © by Régis Auffray 2019
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summer haiku – the robin redbreast = le rouge-gorge
summer haiku – the robin redbreast = le rouge-gorge the robin redbreast tarries where she lists * on irised wings * wishes
le rouge-gorge
y reste volontiers,
ses ailes irisées
Richard Vallance
© by Richard Vallance Janke 2019 (All Rights Reserved = Tous droits réservés)
photography © by Ben Waddams
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summer haiku d’éte – Pays Basque
summer haiku d'éte – Pays Basque Pays Basque my silver sea you dawn on me!
Pays Basque
toi, mer d'argent
tu me réveilles !
Richard Vallance
photo by/ par Sév Ice
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summer haiku – the lioness grips = la lionne saisit
summer haiku – the lioness grips = la lionne saisit the lioness hauls her cub from killer mud– what infinite love!
la lionne saisit
son lionceau de la boue –
quel amour infini !
Richard Vallance
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