summer haiku d’été – the unruffled swan = le cygne serein


summer haiku d'été – the unruffled swan = le cygne serein





Zen

the unruffled swan
paddles around the lake – 
we're all google-eyed 

le cygne serein
nage sereinement sur le lac – 
nous niaiseux

Richard Vallance

photo © by Richard Broadbent

from Heinrich Heine 

"The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood."
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