frosty tips of grass
crows' tails
lifted to the sky
(First published in Shamrock No 10, 2009)
© Natalie Arkins, 2009
rain on the window
an unfurling snail plucked
from its thrush-cracked shell(First published in Shamrock No 10, 2009)
© Tony Bailie, 2009
the midnight path
sparkles with frost
fox crossing
(First published in Shamrock No 30, 2015)
© Amanda Bell, 2015
blackthorn tree
down the old bog road,
old man with walking stick
walking westward
down the road
my shadow leading
© John Oliver Byrne, 2011
eyeing the moon
from the pipal tree,
a magpie
empty gin bottle
reflecting the flight
of geese
(First published in Shamrock No 10, 2009)
© Andrew Caldicott, 2009
Debutante flowers,
red and white skirts hitched up,
waiting for a bee
Turbains dAladdin
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 No 10, 2009)
© Patrick Chapman, 2006, 2007
mid-morning shadow
last dewdrop
rolls off leaf
midge haze
a dragonfly skip jives
with its reflection
low tide at noon
in the dry rock pool
a limpet ticks
beach reading
tiny rainbows dance
on her eyelashes
(First published in Shamrock No 18, 2011)
© Marion Clarke, 2011
September sun
warming the garden
bees hum
First published in The Quilt, an anthology of writing in Louth
© Bridie Conway, 2007
beads of hail
peppering bonnets
gather round
crows on a bare branch
ink-laden
brushstrokes
First published in Shamrock No 23, 2012
© Marie Coveney, 2012
rushes rise in clumps
from swampy ground
a swarm of flies
clematis climbs over
the ancient wall
a tower of pink petals
fronds lay over
tanned railway sleeper
gardener waters weeds
balmy late-evening
restless child
holds a white bear
snow-capped mountain
in all its splendour
hillwalker stumbles
wind picks up
pink petals
under the wipers
birchs waxy buds
a magpie collects
a dried twig
© Kara Craig, 2012
snow flickering
through darkness...
a holy candle
autumn day
the toaster humming
to nothing
honeycomb
honey and darkness stored
for the long winter
(both haiku first published in Shamrock No 16, 2010)
© Noel Duffy, 2010