summer haiku d’été - the osprey glides = le balbuzard plane the osprey glides over the lake on still wings - wind whistling in wavesle balbuzard plane, les ailes immobiles - le vent sur les vagues Richard Vallance
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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 d’été – the spirits of two loons = les esprits de deux huards the spirits of two loons hover over the lake where they’ve diedles esprits de deux huards planent sur le lac où ils sont morts Richard Vallance Loons always mate for life. So if two loons die, this almost surely means they were mates. Les huards sont partenaires toute la vie. Donc, si deux huards sont morts, cela veut dire presque certainement qu’ils étaient partenaires.
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summer haiku d’hiver – in the thunderstorm = orage de tonnerre in the thunderstorm gusts whip up the lake – loons echo through rainorage de tonnerre, les rafales fouettent le lac – échos des huards Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’hiver – on a stifling night – la nuit trop chaude on a stifling night wolves howl at the moon echoing loonsla nuit trop chaude, les loups hurlent à la lune, échos des huards Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’été – full moon on the lake = pleine lune sur le lac full moon on the lake where loons have flown by – shimmering ghostspleine lune sur le lac, les huards disparus – fantômes miroités Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’été – flirting with stars = sous les étoiles flirting with stars our sparkling camp fire mirrored in the lakesous les étoiles notre feu de camp brillant un reflet dans le lac Richard Vallance
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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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summer haiku d’été faraway dancers in the moonlight stars in the lakedanseuses lointaines au clair de lune étoiles dans le lac Richard Vallance
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spring haiku de printemps = white wolf - un loup blanc a white wolf on a rock in quiet water in his own eyessur un rocher dans l’eau tranquille un loup blanc dans ses propres yeux Richard Vallance
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summer haiku d’été – gray crane = grue grise gray crane skimming the lake – wild rice moongrue grise s’approchant du lac – lune du riz sauvage Richard Vallance In the month of September, the Indigenous North American Anishinaabe Peoples (also known as Ojibwe) begin the rice harvest. During each of the thirty days of Manoominike-Giizis (”Wild Rice Moon”) harvesters head out in canoes to harvest wild rice from the smooth surface of lakes with names like Blackbird, Big, Pigeon and, naturally, Rice Lake.
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winter haiku d’hiverwatery sun on the icy lake... whispering spruce soleil moiré sur le lac gêlé ... soupirs des sapins Richard Vallance
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The pristine beauty of Canada. Lac Philippe. Only 40 km. outside Ottawa, the Capital City:
The most beautiful and one of the most peaceful countries on Earth. The entire country looks like this! Impressive eh!
