winter haiku d’hiver – cub on the lookout = ourson aux aguets

winter haiku d’hiver – cub on the lookout = ourson aux aguets

cub on the lookout,
mummy polar bear
all washed out



ourson aux aguets,
maman ours polaire
trop épuisée

Richard Vallance

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Canadian Spirit Voices

Canadian Spirit Voices



On 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

tragic spring haiku de printemps – polar bear = ours polaire

tragic spring haiku de printemps – polar bear = ours polaire

polar bear
slipping off an ice floe ...
her cubs drowned



ours polaire
glissant d’une banquise ...
ses oursons noyés

Richard Vallance

 
tragic consequence of global warming =
conséquence tragique du réchauffement climatique

spring haiku = haikus du printemps – the polar bear = l’ours polaire

spring haiku = haiku du printemps – the polar bear = l’ours polaire

while giving birth
the starving polar bear
dies




en accouchant
l’ours polaire affamée
meurt

Richard Vallance