Natalie Arkins, Co. Clare
frosty tips of grass
crows' tails
lifted to the sky
(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)
© Natalie Arkins, 2009
Tony Bailie, Co. Down
rain on the window
an unfurling snail plucked
from its thrush-cracked shell(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)
© Tony Bailie, 2009
Sharon Burrell, Co. Dublin
chilly morning –
geese in formation
over the Dart line
evening thunderstorm
housemartins nesting
in our balcony
depth of winter –
a train’s headlights glowing
in the half-light
(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 6, 2008)
fiery fuchsia nestles
in hedgerows
warm rain –
lily pads surrendering
to watery graves
a canopy of
gnarled wisteria –
grey refracted light
heatwave –
two lighthouses exchange
hazy flashes
(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 7, 2008)
seaside park
cherry blossom petals
billow along the path
acacia leaves
the golden touch
of evening light
deserted harbour
gulls tussle for crabs
at low tide
scent of jasmine
a bullfrog croaks
the advent of the night
(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)
© Sharon Burrell, 2009, 2009
John Oliver Byrne, Co. Wicklow
blackthorn tree –
down the old bog road,
old man with walking stick
walking westward
down the road
my shadow leading
(More of the author's haiku will be published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 17, 2011)
© John Oliver Byrne, 2011
Andrew Caldicott, Wexford
eyeing the moon
from the pipal tree,
a magpie
empty gin bottle
reflecting the flight
of geese
(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)
© Andrew Caldicott, 2009
Patrick Chapman, Dublin
Debutante flowers,
red and white skirts hitched up,
waiting for a bee
Turbains d’Aladdin
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 Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)
© Patrick Chapman, 2006, 2007
Marion Clarke, Co. Down
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 Haiku Journal No 18, 2011)
© Marion Clarke, 2011
Bridie Conway, Co. Louth
September sunwarming the garden –bees hum
First published in The Quilt, an anthology of writing in Louth
© Bridie Conway, 2007
Sean Costigan, b. Co. KIldare
beads of hail
peppering bonnets
gather round
(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 10, 2009)
© Sean Costigan, 2009
Kara Craig, Dublin
snow-capped mountain
in all its splendour –
hillwalker stumbles
wind picks up –
pink petals
under the wipers
birch’s waxy buds –
a magpie collects
a dried twig
© Kara Craig, 2012
Jerm Curtin, b. Co. Cork
snow flickering
through darkness...
a holy candle
(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 11, 2009)
© Jerm Curtin, 2009