summer haiku d’été – lil’ hooded crow = corbeau à capuche

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summer haiku d’été – lil’ hooded crow = corbeau à capuche 

lil’ hooded crow
perched on his twig –  
cute as a button



corbeau à capuche
perché sur sa ramille –
qu’il est mignon !

Richard Vallance

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funny spring haiku de printemps rigolo ! – Argentée, Maine Coon

Argentée, Maine Coon,
who’s out on a limb? ... pas moi!  
I can change its gears



Argentée, Maine Coon,
sur une branche? ... pas moi !
je change de vitesse
Richard Vallance

My Maine Coon’s name is Argentée, which means “Silvery” in English. I took this photo in April 2004, when she was just 2 years old.

Ma Maine Coon s’appelle Argentée. J’ai pris cette photo en avril 2004, quand elle avait seulement deux ans.

winter haiku d’hiver – an eagle perched = un aigle perché

winter haiku d’hiver – an eagle perched = un aigle perché

an eagle perched
on a leafless bough
musing on the cold



un aigle perché
sur une branche effeuillée
qui rêve du froid

Richard Vallance

spring haiku de printemps – spring rain peeper = la rainette crucifère

spring haiku de printemps – spring rain peeper = la rainette crucifère

peeping through rain
the spring rain peeper
out on a limb



dans la pluie
la rainette crucifère
figée sur une branche

Richard Vallance

winter haiku d’hiver – great horned owl = grand duc d’Amérique

winter haiku d’hiver – great horned owl = grand duc d'Amérique 

great horned owl
eyes on the snow,
out on a limb *

* pun



grand duc d'Amérique 
scrutant la neige,
royauté d’hiver 

Richard Vallance

The texts of the English and French haikus are entirely different, because it is impossible to render the pun “out on a limb” in French. Les textes des haikus en anglais et en français ne correspondent pas du tout, car il est impossible de traduire l'expression “out on a limb” en français. 

Linear A haiku: a fawn living in the fields

Linear A haiku: a fawn living in the fields

This haiku is entirely in Mycenaean-derived New Minoan (NM1), except for the word kasaru, which is Old Minoan, and apparently means “surviving (drought), at least from context on the tablet on which it appears (Haghia Triada HT 10). I have transcribed it into ancient Greek so that it fits with the rest of the haiku.