Author Archives: seaviewwarrenpoint

About seaviewwarrenpoint

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

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 →

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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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Tanka, ekphrastic poetry and chalk pastels contribute to Seamus Heaney Award for Achievement

Posted on March 29, 2017

I was so proud of Class 9 Donard, Abbey Grammar School, Newry when they were recently presented with the Seamus Heaney Award for Achievement 2017 for their poetry. The work resulted from a series of workshops delivered through Community Arts Partnership … Continue reading →

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‘Clock watching’ – interpreting photo haiku

Posted on March 1, 2017

The dandelion seed head, or ‘clock flower’ in the photo below inspired the accompanying  haiku. I combined the image and words in Photoshop and submitted it to the photo haiku competition organised each month by Japanese TV NHK World’s HAIKU MASTERS. Episode … Continue reading →

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Matrix NI’s ‘sci-ku’ challenge

Posted on February 26, 2017

For the last couple of weeks I have been researching science topics and counting on my fingers for a science haiku competition. The brief for this event the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel, Matrix, was to Tweet science-inspired haiku in three lines … Continue reading →

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Of ‘hyggekrog’ dreams…

Posted on February 3, 2017

Angela Topping’s highly enjoyable hygge series focusses on the many aspects of this Danish word that loosely describes how simple pleasures in life can make us feel good. The writer explained in one post that the associated noun hyggekrog defines a place that embodies cosiness. She said it … Continue reading →

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Hygge Feature #17 Coming in from the cold and dark

Posted on January 27, 2017

Originally posted on Angela Topping:
Being outdoors in the cold and coming home makes hygge more intense. A bowl of soup, a warm fire and the tingle of warmth returning to frozen hands and feet – it’s almost worth going…

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First publication of the year on tinywords

Posted on January 3, 2017

  This is a monostich (one line haiku) that is very close to my heart. It refers to my youngest sister Niamh’s two-year battle with cancer, which she lost in September. Even though it is just seven words long, the … Continue reading →

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