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Aine MacAodha, Co. Tyrone

a headgehog
looking my way
lost in grief




out of nowhere
a bee
hungry for summer


(first published in the World Haiku Review, Vol. 6, Issue 3, May 2008)






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, 2008

James McAuley, Co. Dublin

A swarm of midges

affords the pool its weather –

swallows attack

© James McAuley, 2007

Siobhán McCooey, Dublin

Small birds

singing late at night –

city lights

© Siobhán Mc Cooey, 2007

Clare McDonnell, Co. Donegal

Down 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

Paul McGranaghan, Co. Derry

two herons hunting

in shallow water at dusk

one strikes, one ripples

frosted hills blazing

with brilliant winter light

I can hardly look

budding on the tips

of leafless branches,

raindrops full of light

Regina McQuillan, Dublin

yew trees –

rain falling

slowly, surely


© Regina McQuillan, 2008