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

Results of the San Francisco International Haiku Competition

Posted on January 27, 2023 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Last autumn, I received an email from J Hahn Doleman of the Haiku Poets of Northern California. Jeff is the Contest Coordinator of the San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and Haibun, sponsored by the HPNC. In his … Continue reading →

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11th Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo Haiku Contest

Posted on March 24, 2022 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Combining words and images to produce haiga and shahai (photo haiku) has grown to become one of my favourite creative activities. I’m a fan of short form poetry and enjoy taking photographs of the local landscape, so it’s an interesting … Continue reading →

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The streets of Washington DC blooming with haiku

Posted on March 16, 2022 by seaviewwarrenpoint

I’ve been entering the Golden Haiku poetry contest since it began in 2014, as I love community projects that put poetry on the street. This one brings a host of haiku to downtown DC, where a selection of entries from … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: Jan. 11, 2022

Posted on January 11, 2022 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:
senryu confirmation masscarved on the front pewJC was here by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Mann Library’s Daily Haiku, Dec. 24, 2021

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The Fly

Posted on November 5, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

This haiga, a form that combines art with haiku or senryu, is featured on the cover of the latest issue of the journal Prune Juice. Founded by Alexis Rotella in 2009, Prune Juice Journal is the longest-running international literary journal dedicated solely to English … Continue reading →

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On a roll

Posted on October 28, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

This started off as a one-item blog post but over the last few hours it has snowballed—apologies, that’s not very seasonable! 🎃 Haiku Dialogue, a weekly feature on The Haiku Foundation, is a great source of inspiration for haiku, and … Continue reading →

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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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