summer haiga d’été – in southern France = dans le midi

summer haiga d’été – in southern France = dans le midi

swirling heat 
in southern France –
so sumac thrives




la chaleur accablante 
dans le midi –
le sumac partout

Richard Vallance

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summer haiku d’été – year of the sow = l’année de la truie

summer haiku d’été – year of the sow = l’année de la truie

year of the sow
who’s gone into heat 
sniffing out truffles



l’année de la truie,
elle en chaleur
à flairer les truffes

Richard Vallance

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.