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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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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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“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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Let’s hope it’s a good one…

Posted on December 23, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

…despite everything. Best wishes for a happy, healthy and peaceful time over Christmas and the New Year.

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One day in 1983…

Posted on December 23, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

This haibun I wrote in recent months appeared in the November issue of the online journal ‘Failed Haiku’. I don’t often write about life during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, but this particular day came to mind when I was … Continue reading →

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Familiar face

Posted on July 31, 2018 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Below is a haiga, in this case a combination of a senryu and photograph, in response to a writing prompt on Creative Writing Ink

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A Virtual Interview with Jan Benson and Agnes Eva Savich

Posted on April 11, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Originally posted on Agnes Eva Savich's Blog:
Source: A Virtual Interview with Jan Benson and Agnes Eva Savich

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Hygge Feature #17 Coming in from the cold and dark

Posted on January 27, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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 by seaviewwarrenpoint

  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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