I read an article in the press this week about the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the influence around the globe of their current ruling family, the Al Nahyans.

I originally wrote this text in French, and then translated it into English.

When death comes, it comes uninvited, and even if it comes with some warning through an illness, it will still catch you unaware.

If you are a lover of haiku poetry, you are certainly familiar with names like Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki, but have you ever heard of Chiyo-ni?

“Hate.

I am devastated by what has happened in Nepal.

I had the pleasure this week, through work and sheer coincidence, of meeting a poet.