Author Archives: seaviewwarrenpoint

About seaviewwarrenpoint

I am a writer and artist from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.

When wildflowers aren’t wildflowers …

Posted on April 19, 2018

Well done to Paul T. Corrigan, whose poem I selected as winner of Rattle Poetry “Artist’s Choice Award” in their recent Ekphrastic Challenge. A detail from a cottage scene in the Mourne Mountains here in Northern Ireland was the visual … Continue reading →

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Greetings from the east coast! A couple of haiga from these parts…

Posted on March 2, 2018

For those unfamiliar with this term, a haiga is a combination of short form poetry such as haiku or tanka and artwork. Welcome to those of you who are visiting this blog via Rattle Poetry. I look forward to reading your … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, artwork and poetry, haiga, haiku, Narrow Water Keep, Oil Painting, Original Irish Art, Warrenpoint | 3 Comments

Of giants and dwarves…

Posted on November 7, 2017

UPDATE! My haibun, ‘Finding Narnia’ inspired by this grove of twelve redwoods in Kilbroney Forest Park, Rostrevor, is featured in the January edition of Contemporary Haibun Online. Original Post… HAIKU MASTERS in Kyoto Broadcast live on NHK World, Japan, December … Continue reading →

Posted in haiga, haiku, Haiku Masters, Ireland, Mountains of Mourne, photo haiku, Photos, Places, Rostrevor | Tagged | 10 Comments

Scryptic Magazine – a trip to the dark side

Posted on November 1, 2017

Why not take a look at the deliciously dark material that is Scryptic Magazine… Much obliged to editors Chase Gagnon and Lori A Minor for selecting my haibun as runner up in the journal’s inaugural Halloween competition. I had been researching … Continue reading →

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Strange goings-on in the stationery cupboard

Posted on October 26, 2017

Back in 2014, an on-going poetry competition started up in the Financial Times called ‘Workplace Haiku.’ Despite it’s name, this column which ran for 18 months mainly featured senryu – haiku’s more humorous cousin – which I assume was because … Continue reading →

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‘Garden Party’ on Haiku Masters

Posted on August 25, 2017

  Feedback on a shahai or photo haiku is always appreciated, particularly when a reader has interpreted a particular combination of words and images in a different way to that which inspired it. Often this happens when someone with a … Continue reading →

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Charmed by the sister cities of Porto and Lisbon

Posted on August 1, 2017

I have just returned from a fifteen-day trip to the Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto. If you haven’t already been, it’s useful to know that you can be at the heart of each in around three hours from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lisbon, Pics, Places, Porto, Portugal, travel | 4 Comments

Daily Haiku: April 12, 2017

Posted on April 12, 2017

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:
first thaw our spades remove                                                    …

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A Virtual Interview with Jan Benson and Agnes Eva Savich

Posted on April 11, 2017

Originally posted on Agnes Eva Savich's Blog:
Source: A Virtual Interview with Jan Benson and Agnes Eva Savich

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Photo haiku goes global

Posted on March 29, 2017

Last year, poets from 96 countries and territories submitted 5,303 photo haiku to the NHK World TV web-based programme Haiku Masters. The photo haiku is a relatively new form of visual literature. Each month the Haiku Masters production team calls for entries from around the … Continue reading →

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