Tag Archives: haiku

11th Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo Haiku Contest

Posted on March 24, 2022 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Combining words and images to produce haiga and shahai (photo haiku) has grown to become one of my favourite creative activities. I’m a fan of short form poetry and enjoy taking photographs of the local landscape, so it’s an interesting … Continue reading →

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The streets of Washington DC blooming with haiku

Posted on March 16, 2022 by seaviewwarrenpoint

I’ve been entering the Golden Haiku poetry contest since it began in 2014, as I love community projects that put poetry on the street. This one brings a host of haiku to downtown DC, where a selection of entries from … Continue reading →

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On a roll

Posted on October 28, 2021 by seaviewwarrenpoint

This started off as a one-item blog post but over the last few hours it has snowballed—apologies, that’s not very seasonable! 🎃 Haiku Dialogue, a weekly feature on The Haiku Foundation, is a great source of inspiration for haiku, and … Continue reading →

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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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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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“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 video ku from the Mournes

Posted on May 18, 2020 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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 →

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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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‘Garden Party’ on Haiku Masters

Posted on August 25, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

  Feedback on a shahai or photo haiku is always appreciated, particularly when a reader has interpreted a particular combination of words and images in a different way to that which inspired it. Often this happens when someone with a … Continue reading →

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‘Clock watching’ – interpreting photo haiku

Posted on March 1, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

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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