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Natalie Arkins, Co. Clare

frosty tips of grass

crows' tails

lifted to the sky

(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)

Tony Bailie, Co. Down

rain on the window

an unfurling snail plucked

from its thrush-cracked shell

(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)

Sharon Burrell, Co. Dublin

chilly morning –

geese in formation

over the Dart line

evening thunderstorm

housemartins nesting

in our balcony

depth of winter –

a train’s headlights glowing

in the half-light

(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 6, 2008)

September sunset –

fiery fuchsia nestles

in hedgerows

warm rain –

lily pads surrendering

to watery graves

a canopy of

gnarled wisteria –

grey refracted light

heatwave –

two lighthouses exchange

hazy flashes

(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 7, 2008)

seaside park

cherry blossom petals

billow along the path

acacia leaves

the golden touch

of evening light

deserted harbour

gulls tussle for crabs

at low tide

scent of jasmine

a bullfrog croaks

the advent of the night

(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)

© Sharon Burrell, 2009, 2009

Andrew Caldicott, Wexford

eyeing the moon

from the pipal tree,

a magpie

empty gin bottle

reflecting the flight

of geese

(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)

© Andrew Caldicott, 2009

Patrick Chapman, Dublin

Debutante flowers,

red and white skirts hitched up,

waiting for a bee

Turbains d’Aladdin

promise treasure when you rub –

all that you can eat

Summer flowers die –

distilled into a droplet,

aphrodisiac

Raindrop on a wing –

a plant, denied full measure,

blossoms anyway

(First published: The Select Six website, 2007)

cherry blossom fire

kissing the garden

to sleep

(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)

Bridie Conway, Co. Louth

September sun

warming the garden –

bees hum





First published in The Quilt, an anthology of writing in Louth




© Bridie Conway, 2007

Sean Costigan, b. Co. KIldare

beads of hail

peppering bonnets

gather round

Louise Couper, Co. Westmeath

dead hen in the yard –

hawthorn berries

glow red

Sean Donegan, Galway

sinking in the bog,

the roof of a rusting car...

fragile fontanelle

(first published in Time Haiku, London, Autumn 2001)

children's playground

with its solitary swing

measuring time

(first published in Time Haiku, London, Summer 2001)