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Category Archives: short form poetry
Results of the San Francisco International Haiku Competition
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
Jabberwocky, swans and chocolate eggs …
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/
Posted in FourXFour, haiku, photo haiku, Shahai, short form poetry, The Haiku Foundation, Writing
Tagged Community Arts Partnership, haiku, haiku poetry, poetry forms
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Haiku translated into Chinese
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
Published on English-speaking Union of Japan haiku programme
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
A haiku of hope
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
Posted in haiku, haiku, Kukai, short form poetry
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A video ku from the Mournes
The last time I was out for a drive with my family before lockdown was on Mothers Day, March 22nd. My husband drove my daughter and me from Warrenpoint through the village of Rostrevor and when he took this road … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, Ireland, mourne mountains, photo haiku, Places, Rostrevor, short form poetry, Video Ku, Warrenpoint
Tagged childhood landscapes, haiku, Mountains of Mourne, mournes, Northern Ireland, Video Ku
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The Label, the Map and the Jukebox
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
Posted in Donegal, Ireland, haibun, haiku, haiku, short form poetry, Warrenpoint, Writing Events
Tagged Arts Council NI, haiku, LabelLit, Poetry Ireland, Poetry Jukebox, Poetry NI, PoetryDayIRL, Warrenpoint
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Three Drops from a Cauldron – Samhain Issue
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
Scryptic Magazine – a trip to the dark side
Why not take a look at the deliciously dark material that is Scryptic Magazine… Much obliged to editors Chase Gagnon and Lori A Minor for selecting my haibun as runner up in the journal’s inaugural Halloween competition. I had been researching … Continue reading
Strange goings-on in the stationery cupboard
Back in 2014, an on-going poetry competition started up in the Financial Times called ‘Workplace Haiku.’ Despite it’s name, this column which ran for 18 months mainly featured senryu – haiku’s more humorous cousin – which I assume was because … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, Haiku at Work, senryu, senryu;, short form poetry, writing competitions
Tagged The Haiku Foundation
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