Category Archives: haiku

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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Haiku translated into Chinese

Posted on August 31, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

UPDATE: Chen-ou Liu has also published my poem ‘sliver of moon‘ in One Man’s Maple Moon. This one is inspired by the local church in my hometown, Warrenpoint, and is a haiku that morphed into a tanka. 🙂 A big … 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 ChociÅ‚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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A haiku of hope

Posted on June 15, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

I have just received this certificate from the Indian Kukai organisers featuring my haiku that was placed fourth in their 32nd kukai  (a peer-judged, poetry competition) The theme was hope, which we could all be doing with at the minute. … Continue reading →

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Strange days…

Posted on April 21, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint
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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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Haiku featured on ‘Harusame’ today

Posted on February 22, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Originally posted on Harusame:
you said we’d all the time in the world… dandelion seedheads Comment: as the author states in her note, in Northern Ireland they usually refer to dandelion seedheads ‘as dandelion clocks’; during her childhood, in fact,…

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The Label, the Map and the Jukebox

Posted on June 13, 2019 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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 by seaviewwarrenpoint

  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 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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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