Author Archives: seaviewwarrenpoint

About seaviewwarrenpoint

I am a writer, poetry facilitator and artist from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. My blog is https://seaviewwarrenpoint.wordpress.com/ Twitter @MarionSClarke

Charmed

Posted on September 12, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Rachel Sutcliffe, formerly of Harrowgate, North Yorkshire, was a talented haiku poet who is much missed in the international haiku community. For almost a decade, she and I workshopped our creative fiction and poetry on several online forums and since … Continue reading →

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Jabberwocky, swans and chocolate eggs …

Posted on May 8, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

My thanks to Gordon Hewitt of Community Arts Partnership, Belfast, for sharing this interview in which he asks about my writing journey and, in particular, short form poetry. Check out the other features in this month’s issue… https://www.capartscentre.com/monthly/

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“Desk-ku” and the 10th Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo Haiku Contest

Posted on March 21, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

almost noon . . . we ask the rickshaw manto wait for the drums This photograph taken by Kit Nagamura is of rickshaws parked at the Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama. It was one of several used to inspire haiku writers … Continue reading →

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A brand new year…

Posted on January 1, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Woke up to find my sister Edel had posted this photograph on our family WhatsApp group to welcome the New Year. She had captured the first sunrise from the shore of Carlingford Lough, in our hometown of Warrenpoint. Living round … Continue reading →

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Let’s hope it’s a good one…

Posted on December 23, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

…despite everything. Best wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful time over Christmas and the New Year.

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One day in 1983…

Posted on December 23, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

This haibun I wrote in recent months appeared in the November issue of the online journal ‘Failed Haiku’. I don’t often write about life during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, but this particular day came to mind when I was … Continue reading →

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Haiku translated into Chinese

Posted on August 31, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

UPDATE: Chen-ou Liu has also published my poem ‘sliver of moon‘ in One Man’s Maple Moon. This one is inspired by the local church in my hometown, Warrenpoint, and is a haiku that morphed into a tanka. 🙂 A big … Continue reading →

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Published on English-speaking Union of Japan haiku programme

Posted on July 27, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Thanks to my online friend Marta Majorka Chociłowska for alerting me of the publication of this poem in the August list along with our mutual haiku friend, Marina Bellinin! 🙂 I thought I would try adding the haiku to one … Continue reading →

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A haiku of hope

Posted on June 15, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

I have just received this certificate from the Indian Kukai organisers featuring my haiku that was placed fourth in their 32nd kukai  (a peer-judged, poetry competition) The theme was hope, which we could all be doing with at the minute. … Continue reading →

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A video ku from the Mournes

Posted on May 18, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

The last time I was out for a drive with my family before lockdown was on Mothers Day, March 22nd. My husband drove my daughter and me from Warrenpoint through the village of Rostrevor and when he took this road … Continue reading →

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