summer haiku d’été – the thunderstorm = l’orage d’été = Der Gewittersturm

summer haiku d'été – the thunderstorm = l'orage d'été = Der Gewittersturm





English

the thunderstorm
the rose on her grave
her grandson weeps

français

l'orage d'été
la rose sur sa tombe
son petit-fils pleure

Portuguese

a tempestade
a rosa em seu túmulo
seu neto chora

German

Der Gewittersturm
die Rose auf ihrem Grab
ihr Enkel weint

Richard Vallance

© by/ par Richard Vallance 2020

photo public domain/ domaine public Pixabay

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senryu – my grandson grieves = mon petit-fils pleure

senryu – my grandson grieves = mon petit-fils pleure





my poor grandson grieves
for my wife and myself 
shut-ins too alone

mon petit-fils pleure
pour ma femme et moi-même
grabataires tout seuls

Richard Vallance

© by/ par Richard Vallance
photo of the young British actor, Tommy Knight/ photo du jeune comédien anglais, Tommy Knight

on the dreadful impact of the coronavirus/ à cause de l'impact sévère du coronavirus 

autumn haiku – if you are in tears = si tu es en larmes

autumn haiku – if you are in tears = si tu es en larmes





for Barbara Harris and the whole Harris family. Barbara
passed away November 6 2019. Judy Harris, Barbara's
daughter-in-law, is my first cousin. 

if you are in tears
tears are roses in the rain
weeping dew

Richard Vallance

pour Barbara Harris et toute la famille Harris. Barabara est
décédée le 6 novembre 2019Harris, la belle-fille de Barbara,
est ma cousine germaine

si tu es en larmes
tes larmes les roses dans la pluie
versent la rosée

Richard Vallance

photo public domain

winter haiku d’hiver – a tiny foal = un petit poulin

winter haiku d’hiver – a tiny foal =  un petit poulin

a tiny foal 
frozen in mud for eons  –
we weep for him



un petit poulin
gelé si longtemps dans la boue –
l’on pleure pour lui

Richard Vallance

I Argentée

I Argentée

I Argentée have lived a hardy life:
a Maine Coon mix, I’ve forded babbling rills,
the freest spirit, who’s never suffered strife!
Why, I have scaled formidable forest hills,
where I’ve run into coons and surly bears
who’ve never phased me in the very least;
I’ve roamed the fields and sounded foxes’ lairs,
so why be so surprised when I am deceased.
Because I pride the space I always crave,
although I was on leash, the leash was loose,
to leave me running free, for being brave,
since as you know I’ve always been so spruce!
For all the bugs I’ve chased and mice I’ve caught
I bid you, fairest friends, to mourn me not.

Richard Vallance

March 29 2019

in memoriam, fairest Argentée, libre esprit (free spirit)
April 15 2003 – March 14 2019

autumn haiku d’automne – in this clammy mist = dans la brume moite

autumn haiku d’automne – in this clammy mist = dans la brume moite

in this clammy mist
the haunted lighthouse–
the foghorn mourns



dans cette brume moite
le phare est hanté –
la corne de brume pleure

Richard Vallance

winter haiku – a bum = un clochard

winter haiku – a bum =  un clochard

crows croaking,
a bum dies in the snow –
no one mourns him



des corbeaux croassent,
un clochard meurt dans la neige –
personne en deuil

Richard Vallance

Attack on Mosque, Quebec City an act of vile, barbaric & senseless violence!

Attack on Mosque, Quebec City an act of vile, barbaric & senseless violence!

At least 6 people were killed, 5 critically injured and 3 more injured in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers, police said. Gunmen fired on about 50 people inside the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on Sunday at 8 p.m. local time (01:00 GMT).











“Six people are confirmed dead - they range in age from 35 to about 70”, Quebec provincial police spokeswoman Christine Coulombe told reporters, adding that eight people were wounded and 39 were unharmed. Police said two suspects had been arrested, but gave no details about them or what prompted the attack. The mosque's president, Mohamed Yangui,was not inside the mosque at the time of the shooting. He received frantic calls from worshippers.
He said, “Why is this happening here? This is barbaric.”

Comment by Richard Vallance Janke:

As a Canadian in a peace-loving and highly tolerant country such as Canada (quite unlike the United States with its xenophobic president, Donald Trump, at whose doorstep we can lay part of the blame!), I am utterly horrified and shocked at the act of vile, barbaric, senseless, violent murderous attack on a Muslim mosque in Quebec City, around 8:00 p.m., Sunday, January 29, 2017. Words cannot describe my horror or that of almost all 36 million Canadians at this savage act of terror! I urge and implore all who visit Minoan Linear A, Linear B, Knossos & Mycenae to tag this post with LIKE and to reblog it, as well as to retweet it on your twitter accounts! I dissolved in tears this morning when I woke up to hear of this vile act of terrorism. Here are two photos from the night of the attack:

In Memoriam Aeternam Corporal Nathan Cirillo, shot to death 9:52 a.m., Oct. 22 2014 (in Linear B, ancient Greek, Latin, French & English)

In Memoriam Aeternam Corporal Nathan Cirillo, shot to death 9:52 a.m., Oct. 22 2014 (in Linear B, ancient Greek, Latin, French & English): Click to ENLARGE:


Yesterday, at 9:52 a.m. a crazed madman stylizing himself as a “jihadist”, a despicable word if ever there was, fired two rounds from a high powered rifle into the back of Corporal Nathan Cirillo, who was standing guard at the National War Memorial in our lovely city, Ottawa, the Capital of Canada. The killer then drove in a stolen car straight over to the House of Commons, rushed through the front doors of Parliament, and fired at least 30 shots in the main corridor leading to the Library of Parliament, before being shot to death by the Sargent at Arms, Kevin Vickers. Fortunately, the Members of Parliament were all in caucus at that time. Had the shooter arrived only an hour later, when the corridors were full of M.P.s and other people, the death toll would have been horrendous, in this, the first terrorist attack ever directly on the seat of government in any nation.

The shock waves that ran through Canada and all around the world were instantaneous and horrifying. As a devout Canadian, I was so stunned, and then enraged yesterday that even today I cannot get over this brutal act of violence. Shame on radical Muslims, shame on Daesh! You are the very antithesis of civilized people; you are barbaric monsters. We will never forget what you have done to our peaceful nation, and you shall never live this down, so help us God.

Please note that I tweeted this eulogy to all of the TV networks above.

Richard