spring haiku – haiku de printemps – snow flakes flutter by = flocons de neiges

spring haiku - haiku de printemps – snow flakes flutter by = flocons de neiges

snow flakes flutter by -
infinite mandalas
simply melt away



flocons de neiges,
mandalas infinis
qui fondent enfin

Richard Vallance

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late winter haiku de la fin de l’hiver – late winter sun = soleil, fin d’hiver

late winter haiku de la fin de l’hiver – late winter sun = soleil, fin d’hiver

late winter sun
streaming through linen–
amber mandala



soleil, fin de l’hiver
illuminant le lin –
mandala ambrée

Richard Vallance 

Mandala and Mycenaean haiku: the sea, the circle of heaven, the sun

Mandala and Mycenaean haiku: the sea, the circle of heaven, the sun:

I found this astonishingly beautiful mandala on the Twitter account of my friend, Marie Marshall, who is an accomplished poet. I decided to write my own haiku in Mycenaean Greek, archaic Greek, English and French to complement it. For those of you who cannot read Greek, this is how the Greek sounds, thalassa/kuklos ouranoyo/heilios. Beautiful eh? I am sure Marie will love it! … and so will you! I Know I do.