Irish Haiku Society

Andrew Michael O'Brien, Co. Mayo


named after

an Egyptian pharaoh,

this playful cat



(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 6, 2008)





chilly morning –

a scarecrow leaning

towards the greenhouse




hyacinth

in the regal flowerbed

taking a nap



(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 7, 2008)


 
© Andrew Michael O'Brien, 2008


Terry O'Connor, b. Co. Offaly

 

cherry blossoms -

one more go

on the old swing


(1st Prize in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival International Haiku Competition 2009, Canada)



granddad's garden

still

the rosebush blossoms



midnight stroll

a gust of leaves

throws shadows


(first published in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 7, 2008)




yellow petals

the butterfly

disappears



© Terry O'Connor, 2007

 

Hugh O'Donnell, Dublin


New Year's Day

sunlight and honey

in a jar





her hands

working with flour

the cloudless sky


(First published in Shamrock Haiku Journal no 7, 2008)




August evening

sun spread thinly

in the fields




September starlight

the fruit almost

within reach




early morning chill

autumn

on tip toe




October deli

tossed leaf salad,

no dressing




crawling in traffic...

the road

my father loved to walk



© Hugh O'Donnell, 2007, 2008




Mary O'Donnell, Co. Kildare


in a fountain

downhill to the Casino,

playful ducks


(first published in Shamrock No 4, December 2007)



© Mary O'Donnell, 2007


Siofra O'Donovan, Co. Wicklow

 

Picking blackberries

I catch the pale sun

in my silver bowl

 

(A prize-winning haiku at the Samhain International Haiku Competition 2005)

 

 

 

Geese flying south –

over the mountain creek

moon in a blue sky

 

 

 

In the temple hall,

monks’ footsteps:

all I hear

 

 

 

A young monk cycles

to philosophy class

his robes catch in the spoke

 

 

 

An oak leans over

the river passing –

an acorn drops, unheard

 

 

 

Moon in the sky

over the thick forest

cry of a pipal bird

 

© Siofra O'Donovan, 2005, 2006

 

Nessa O'Mahony, Dublin


a man reading the sign

he has seen every day

for a lifetime

 
© Nessa O'Mahony, 2007
 

Kate O’Shea, Dublin

 

low summer sky –

in the gooseberry bush

cats' eyes

 

 

 

candles fade –

beyond the window

flowers and people

 

 

 

Easter parade –

friend from the Ukraine

wears a black beret

 

 

 

the cleaning woman

pours tea down a drain –

going back to work

 

 

 

white-headed crow,

hearing you for the first time –

birds unconcerned

 

© Kate O’Shea, 2006, 2007

 

Catherine O'Sullivan, Co. Kildare


A haiku by Catherine O'Sullivan has been accepted for publication in Shamrock Haiku Journal No 11, and will appear here after this issue is published, i.e. in early September 2009.

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