Category Archives: artwork and poetry

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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Published on English-speaking Union of Japan haiku programme

Posted on July 27, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Thanks to my online friend Marta Majorka ChociĹ‚owska 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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Inspired by Japanese prints

Posted on March 31, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

In autumn 2019, poets from around the world responded to a call for haiku based on Japanese prints in the collection at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Over 800 submissions were received from poets in thirty countries. You can view … Continue reading →

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Latest haiga…

Posted on March 22, 2019 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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

Posted in Art, artwork and poetry, Donegal, Ireland, haiga, haiku, Ireland, Oil Painting, Original Irish Art, photo haiku, Places | 6 Comments

More than just music at the Fiddler’s Green festival

Posted on July 18, 2018 by seaviewwarrenpoint

UPDATE!

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When wildflowers aren’t wildflowers …

Posted on April 19, 2018 by seaviewwarrenpoint

, 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 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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 →

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

Posted on March 29, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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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Of ‘hyggekrog’ dreams…

Posted on February 3, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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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The role of ‘fusoku-furi’ in the art of photo haiku

Posted on October 28, 2016 by seaviewwarrenpoint

I learned over the Christmas holidays, 2016 that the photo haiku (shahai) below would be featured on Japan’s NHK World’s award-winning programme Haiku Masters. Haiku master and judge Michio Nakahara said, “The three line haiku does not mention the bee or … Continue reading →

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