Dark sacred night Disperse dispelOstensible eclipseStar streamClear light from withinGlow in deep mid-winter Bells resoundFrom infant’s miracleMemory unveilsVoices sound throughTime’s voiceless hue Sky lanternOnly in darknesswe see the lightOf a star born childO dark sacred night © #AndreaCConnollyChristmas poem 2021
{“Lightning flash Flying toward the darkness Night-heron’s voice” Matsuo Basho/ 969} Thunder arrow Propelled from darkness Blue heron’s beak © #AndreaCConnolly 9.7.2020 (Reading Basho day and night)
Corpus Christi 2020 (At St Kilian’s birthplace, Mullagh, Co. Cavan; after lockdown and freedom of movement within the own county) Marsh marigold Float their rounded tableaus Dragonfly pads Water horsetail plant Lime trees with elephant trunks Yellow flag iris Hawthorn square Slope down to Holy well By the German oak (St … More Marsh marigold and water horsetail
When I fold (For my chosen Truelove) When I fold myself Into you Time stands still Folds back on itself Enfolds us This is our only present Dreaming from the past Illuminated greening Eye-blinks of love Limitless, neverending © #AndreaCConnolly 28.3.2020 (First day of lockdown)
She dreams She dreams of skies Speckled with cumulus Cushiony clouds To dapple her unseen self Cocooned in petals Chartreuse clinging To each other She dreams of the warm Spectrum of rainbows Weaves in and out Of wakefulness Awaits the scented day © #AndreaCConnolly 22.3.2020
Cream mint Curled crest of seafoam Sanded ☘ shamrock © #AndreaCConnolly 17.3.2020 #StPatricksDay2020 #haiku #botaiku #mpy #photography by #AndreaCConnolly
Origin Rudder northwest Release the kraken Brave gale forces Starboard rune On nocturnal canvas Explorer’s lure Rune and rudder Inked in seedling heart River to the sea © #AndreaCConnolly 27.2.2020 #haiku #botaiku #mpy
Scallop shells Forevermore I shall Seek you out My palms your mimicry Filled, to be Giving, to receive Air space hold all My heart beating In rays of salted hope Timelapsed Horizons Shall be my shell © #AndreaCConnolly 6.2.2020
Hoarfrost coat Greens in chalk strokes Fragile magic Gentle branches Wings of my icicle lungs I breathe in Crushed clear Plummage in dove grey Tangerine sunset © #AndreaCConnolly 20.1.2020 (Three haiku)
Burren Laying bare Treasure troves Of fragrant wild Flowers asleep In winter seeds Pine branches coned Scent in tea pots The heart of the Burren Very much alive In underground karst Waiting For vernal awakening 28.12.2019 © #AndreaCConnolly
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