senryu – you don't think I'm gay? = je ne suis pas gai ?you don't think I'm gay? you must be a breeder and nuts to boot je ne suis pas gai ? tu es certes hétéro es-tu dingue ? Richard Vallance photo pubic domain
Tag: Canadian
spring haiku de printemps – fiddleheads = têtes de violon
spring haiku de printemps – fiddleheads = têtes de violon fiddleheads in the forested hills – andante breezetêtes de violon sur les collines forestières – brise andante Richard Vallance Fiddleheads are native to Canada. They taste like spinach. They thrive in the Gatineau Hills just outside Ottawa and the Outaouais. Les têtes de violon sont endémiques au Canada. Elles ont le goût des épinards. Elles prospèrent sur les collines de la région du Gatineau proches d’Ottawa et de l’Outaouais.
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autumn haiku d’automne – aureate sunset = coucher du soleil
autumn haiku d’automne – aureate sunset = coucher du soleil aureate sunset in the folds of clouds where geese drift bycoucher du soleil parmi les plis des nuages où les oies s’éloignent Richard Vallance painting, Round Lake, Mud Bay, fall 1915, by Tom Thomson (1877-1917) peinture, Round Lake, Mud Bay, automne 1915, par Tom Thomson ( 1877-1917 )
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Canadian Spirit Voices
Canadian Spirit VoicesOn Spirit Lake the voices flew across the coves where forests grew, tossing the fragrance of the sun over the pines where spirits run. Where spirits ran, they run today, ancestors' voices up the spruce, where paddlers camp but never stay where eagles eye the rummaging moose, where wolves and bears are born again only to see their spring cubs slain, where we encamped and they stormed in and killed the last of our last kin. Can you imagine what a surprise when they see clarity in our dark eyes? Richard Vallance
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summer haiku – shooting stars = des étoiles filantes
summer haiku – shooting stars = des étoiles filantes shooting stars streak over our campsite – fireflies our wee starsdes étoiles filantes survolent le site de camping – lucioles nos étoiles Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’été – striking Canoe Lake = sur le Lac Canoe
summer haiku d’été – striking Canoe Lake = sur le Lac Canoe striking Canoe Lake lightning springs to life from your oil palettesur le Lac Canoe quel coup d’éclair né de ta palette Richard Vallance
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spring haiku de printemps – ravens = corbeaux
spring haiku de printemps – ravens = corbeaux ravens in flight, ravens on totem poles, rainforest tricksterscorbeaux en vol et sur les mâts totémiques, filoux forestiers Richard Vallance In the Amerindian culture of the Pacific west coast Haida, tricksters are awfully naughty clowns essential to any contact with the sacred. Dans la culture amérindienne des Haidas du littoral pacifique, les filoux sont des clowns vilains essentiels dans toute communication avec le monde sacré.
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spring haiku de printemps – raven = corbeau
spring haiku de printemps – raven = corbeau her raven chicks huddled in her nest – mummy preens herselfses poussins qui partagent son nid – maman lisse ses plumes Richard Vallance
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Our PINTEREST board, Canadian haiku canadiens, now has 130 pins!
Our PINTEREST board, Canadian haiku canadiens, now has 130 pins! Click on the graphic for the board to go there, and join if you like.
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Why do I write so many haiku?
Why do I write so many haiku?To put it in the simplest terms I can, because I am so deeply inspired by the astounding beauty of our country, Canada. Being Canadian, I am naturally always moved by the vastness of the natural world in Canada. But that is not all. That is why the vast majority of my haiku are, in a word, uniquely Canadian. Of course, I also write haiku about other places in the world, as well as senryu. I am prolific in haiku, simply because I love them, no matter who writes them, so long as they are beautifully composed. I also published a quarterly haiku journal, Canadian Zen Haiku canadiens, ISSN 1705-4508, from 2004-2010.
As it so happens, I have been a natural-born poet most of my adult life. I used to write hundreds of sonnets, and I even published a multi-lingual international sonnet anthology, The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes, which features some 200 sonneteers and poets from around the world. So you see, poetry, and above all haiku, comes so naturally that it is second-nature to me.
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wildlife – summer haiku d’été – the living montage = le montage en vie
wildlife – summer haiku d’été - the living montage = le montage en vie our lasting wildlife passing through summer, this living montagela faune chez nous qui passe tout l’été, ce montage en vie Richard Vallance
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spring haiku de printemps – fiddleheads =têtes de violon
spring haiku de printemps – fiddleheads =têtes de violon fiddleheads in a rain shower – water musictêtes de violon dans la pluie légère – « water music » Richard Vallance - based on the Water Music suite by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). Fiddleheads blossom in late April and early May in Canada. - basé sur le « Water Music » par George Frederick Handel (1685-1759). Au Canada les têtes de violon fleurissent vers la fin d’avril et au début de mai.
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haiku d’été − Canadian spirit voices = voix des esprits canadiens
haiku d’été − Canadian spirit voices = voix des esprits canadiens listening for Canadian spirit voices − loons in flightà l’écoute des voix des esprits canadiens − huards en vol Richard Vallance
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Canadian winter haiku de l’hiver canadien – the reflection = le reflet
Canadian winter haiku de l’hiver canadien - the reflection = le reflet the reflection in the icicle arrow - wendigole reflet dans la flèche du glaçon - wendigo Richard Vallance
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new PINTEREST group, Canadian haikus canadiens
new PINTEREST group, Canadian haikus canadienswhere you will find absolutely all of the haiku I have written right up to date. So if you are a member of PINTEREST, I sincerely hope you will follow this wonderful group, in which all of the haiku are posted by season, spring, summer, autumn and winter. To date (December 3 2018), there are 44 haiku here. I shall add each and every haiku I compose to the group. Thanks! Richard
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In Memoriam Joe Ruggier, Canadian poet and poetry publisher
In Memoriam Joe Ruggier, Canadian poet and poetry publisher: It is with the greatest regret that we announce the passing of Joe Ruggier on July 8 2018, Canadian poet and poetry publisher, based out of Richmond, B.C.To put my professional relationship with Joe Ruggier into proper context, it is needful for me to clarify that before I started specializing in Mycenaean Linear B linguistics in 2013, subsequent to my unforgettable trip to Greece and Knossos, Crete, in May 2012, I was a poet over decades, and colleague of Joe Ruggier. Two of Joe Ruggier’s scores and scores of highly memorable sonnets, so many of which he dedicated to his belovèd daughter, Sarah, “Stellar Moonrise” (pg. 51), based on John Keat’s stunning masterpiece,“Bright Star” (pg. 51), both here:
and “love-sonnet, where shall a body run?” (pg. 94)
were published in international, multilingual sonnet anthology, The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes = Le Phénix renaissant de ces cendres (251 pp.), published in 2013 by Richard Vallance Janke, Editor-in- Chief, which you can download here
NOTE that the print font size online is very small, but if you download the book, the font increases to normal 10 point size. In addition to publishing his own poetry and that of hundreds of other well-known and upcoming international poets in his prestigious annual journal, The Eclectic Muse:
Joe Ruggier has himself been widely published in several prominent international poetry e-zines and journals, including Poetry Life and Times:
The Deronda Review:
among many many others. Joe Ruggier has for decades run his own publishing house, Mbooks of BC (Multicultural Books of British Columbia):
which has published a highly impressive roster of no fewer than 32 poetry books over the years. Here is an excerpt of a number of these books:
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Canada, one of the most amazing and most peaceful countries in the world!
Canada, one of the most amazing and most peaceful countries in the world!
Of all the countries in the world, Canada surely ranks as one of the most beautiful. Canada is the second largest country in the world, covering 4,000 kilometres coast to coast, or 10 % of the circumference of the earth. Our population is a mere 36,000,000, making us one of the least populated countries in the world. China is fourth, with 2 billion inhabitants! But what really makes us stand out is our rank among the top most peaceful countries in the world! We rank 7th. or 8th. all the time, twice even coming in ahead of Switzerland! See the figures below:
First set:
Second set:
Notice that on the last chart in the second set, Canada ranks eighth and the United States 114! This is because guns are an absolute, hotly contested and irrevocable right in the USA, this situation running counter to all the basic principles of democracy, and accounting for their crime and murder rates, which is 10 times per capita greater than Canada’s, where acquiring guns is merely a privilege, as in most democratic nations, not a right by law.
God has surely blessed a very few nations on earth, and we are among the select few.
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scenes from Ottawa, Ontario, the capital Canada, one of the most beautiful cities and countries in the world!
scenes from Ottawa, Ontario, the capital Canada, one of the most beautiful cities and countries in the world! Our population is 1,000,000, making us the fifth largest city in Canada. Many people compare Ottawa to Geneva.
The first photo is a general view of Ottawa:
The next two photos are of the Parliament Buildings:
The next two photos are of the stunning Rideau Canal in summer:
The last photo is of the green belt and Dow’s Lake:
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Our site moderator, Richard Vallance Janke, April 30 2017
Unkind: in commemoration of the savage attack on a Muslim mosque in Quebec City, Sunday, January 29, 2017
Unkind in commemoration of the savage attack on a Muslim mosque in Quebec City, Sunday, January 29, 20173 So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day, and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” Luke 17: 3-4 Is humankind so kind or so unkind we have embraced and have abandoned love we’ harmonized ... or despotize to blind ourselves to pitying the mourning dove? — or mob ourselves with xenophobic crime? — and chase our dreams but chase them all away? — We pillorize our neighbours half the time, while terrorizing those for whom we pray. Come on! What, come again? Can you explain why our religion has to reign supreme, while theirs and yours must suffer mindless pain to kill our worlds that no one can redeem. Excuse me, God... Hey, do You give a damn as we expose our souls to another scam? Richard Vallance, January 30, 2017
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