Author Archives: seaviewwarrenpoint

About seaviewwarrenpoint

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

The Label, the Map and the Jukebox

Posted on June 13, 2019

The Label I must admit, I’m a sucker for quirky ways of distributing poetry. There’s something very enjoyable about watching the reaction of the public when they have been unexpectedly exposed to a poem. Belfast-based, Fermanagh poet Maria McManus is … Continue reading →

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Latest haiga…

Posted on March 22, 2019

  I have added this haiku to my latest painting ‘Dreaming of Donegal’  … in memory of an old friend.    

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Three Drops from a Cauldron – Samhain Issue

Posted on October 29, 2018

Thanks to writer and editor Kate Garrett,  my poetry and artwork feature in this spooky issue of Three Drops from a Cauldron. It’s good to be in the company of such fine writers and artists at Halloween. Thanks also to editors Chase Gagnon and … Continue reading →

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Familiar face

Posted on July 31, 2018

Below is a haiga, in this case a combination of a senryu and photograph, in response to a writing prompt on Creative Writing Ink

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More than just music at the Fiddler’s Green festival

Posted on July 18, 2018

UPDATE!

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Daily Haiku: June 7, 2018

Posted on June 7, 2018

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:
on the mend . . . this long afternoon stitched by swallows by Marion Clarke  (Northern Ireland) tinywords, Issue 17.1, May 31, 2017 ?

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Published this week on the Africa Haiku Network …

Posted on June 4, 2018

 

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EarthRise Rolling

Posted on April 26, 2018

The Haiku Foundation’s EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration with the theme ‘Year of the Bird’  received a record 779 responses this year – that’s 779 breathtaking, poignant, humorous and beautiful haiku. I have a few in there. Once I started, it was … Continue reading →

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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 … 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 | 4 Comments