Irish Haiku Society

blue petunias

faces turned

toward the moon

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


© Carol Hannon, 2007

hold on, little ant!

a nettle leaf

breezes out to sea

 
 

© Peter Kay, 2007

parched fields

a purple peak stabbing

the clouded sky






plummeting in a spiral flap

of flightless wings,

new-born chicks

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

© Susan Kelly, 2008

calm evening

the voices of

birches and aspens

burning sunshine –

splashes of orange lichen

on the dam

frosty evening –

inside the church, stillness

and melting wax

floating moon...

but the stars have no home

in the water

(First published: World Haiku Review, Vol. 6, Issue 3, May 2008)

the doors creak softly:

sleepwalking in my house,

moonlight

 
(First published: The SHOp, 2005)

 

 

 

summer night –

blossoming in the pond,

water-lilies and stars

 
(a Highly Commended haiku at the Samhain International Haiku Competition, 2005

First published: "Morning at Mount Ring" by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Doghouse Books, 2007)

 

 

 

leaflet about

behaviour on the streets –

the wind feels it all over

 
(First published: Presence, 2005)

 

 

autumn wind…

I yearn for the place

from where it blows

 

after Minamoto Masakane (1079 – 1143)

 

(First published: Presence, 2006)

 

 

 

an aspen

outside the Deutsche Bank

counting its leaves

 

 

 

exploring a length of breath autumn wind

 

 

 

bamboo stems –

their memories

of the sun

 
(three haiku first published in Roadrunner, February 2007)

 

 

 

river mist

barges transport coal

in both directions

 

 

autumn dusk

a cat rubs its shadow

against fishermen's legs

 

 

no mushrooms today –

bringing home in my bucket

rainwater and stars

 

 

sunset in the park –

a man playing giant chess

against his shadow

 

 

icy beach

a child treads upon

broken bits of seashells

 

(five haiku first published in Haiku Scotland No 12, February 2007)

 

 

 

between snowfalls:

the moon through

cherry blossom petals

 

(Honourable Mention haiku at Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2007

First published: "Morning at Mount Ring" by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Doghouse Books, 2007)

 

 

 

a Bertie Ahern poster

in the waves

sinking... not sinking...

 

(the last piece also available on the Ginko page)

 

 

© Anatoly Kudryavitsky, 2005, 2006, 2007

Haiku collection "Morning at Mount Ring" by Anatoly Kudryavitsky

published by and available to order via Doghouse Books

http://www.doghousebooks.ie

or e-mail doghouse312[at]eircom[dot]net

Personal haiku page: http://uk.geocities.com/akudryavitsky/haiku.htm

 

Late August stillness

long I gaze at the pear tree

one hand on the gate

 

(first prize at the Modern Haiku competition)

 

© Jessie Lendennie, 2007

Main Street

the bright water dances

in a wheelbarrow

concrete hardened

with the print of a cat

who prowled here once, like me

(both haiku first published in Shamrock No 4, December 2007)

© Sean Lysaght, 2007