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A
Year On The Weir - Haiku Poetry
I
Autumn
Noises
of traffic flowing
west
along the road
east
on the river
* * *
Low
tide
fishermen
wading
sunset
on the lines
* * *
Preening
himself
on
the full moon tide –
a
mallard
* * *
Waning
moon
reflected
in the river -
such
a cold night!
* * *
Floating
past
one
green leaf, one brown
twigs,
spittle
* * *
Autumn
leaves flying
golden
in the light
alighting
on the river
* * *
September
night
I
shake out the damp sheet
a
lone swan drifting
II Winter
Ducks,
geese, swans on the river
inside,
he watches
wildlife
on TV
* * *
Winter
fog
over
the river
moving
with it
* * *
Waxing
moon
Ringed
with fog
too
cold to stay outside
* * *
Full
moon’s reflection
dispersed
in the flow
-
stillness
* * *
Waning
moon
in
the south-east sky
who
moved you from the west?
III Spring
Sunny
spring morning
perched
on a river log -
two
cormorants
* * *
Wind
blowing upstream
sharing
good news
-
high tide
* * *
Fish
surfacing here and there
the
ripples increase -
it’s
starting to rain
* * *
Through
the raindrops
through
the rainbow
-
the opposite bank
* * *
Rain
on the river
two
pairs of passing geese
his
voice
IV Summer
A
shoal of mullet
disperses,
splashing
as
I turn the deck light on
* * *
Swallows
glancing
the river’s surface
-
midsummer
* * *
The
sun’s eclipse
reflected,
ripples
a
lone duckling swims
* * *
Torrential
downpour
startling
me and the ducks
-
a slow thunderclap
* * *
Rain
easing into drizzle
two
duck hens
move
slowly by the island.
* * *
Summer
hailstorm
on
the window-ledge
an
earwig escapes
* * *
Half-way
up the stairs
the
full moon, perfectly framed
in
the square window.
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Biography
Maeve
O'Sullivan is a poet and journalist from Dublin. Her work
has been published in previous issues of Electric Acorn as
well as several editions of Haiku Spirit, The Stinging Fly,
InCognito and Women's Work. She was the winner of the 1999
Listowel Writers' Week prize in poetry. She edits a regular
literary events column, Literary Liver, in the Dublin
Event Guide.
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