a headgehoglooking my waylost in griefout of nowherea beehungry 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
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
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