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
Omagh from above -
a butterfly in full bloom
spreading her wings
scars on the hillsides -
gorse no longer wave
careless youth
spiders' patterns
on conifers...
wearing a fine shawl
cracks in the pavement
ants pulling
a fly
© Aine MacAodha, 2007
A swarm of midges
affords the pool its weather –
swallows attackDown the spider’s thread
that ties my door,
a spark of shine
Writing messages –
willows dip fingers into
the languid liver
Dandelion suns
turned moons –
the wind halves and quarters them
Oak leaf
in a still puddle,
autumn’s first footprint
Cotoneaster
where an orchestra of bees
tunes up for summer
still lake
red deer
drinking sky
bandaged in ivy,
last winter's
broken tree
© Clare McDonnell, 2006
