Swirls of waterForever etched in stoneIn the dark deep River finding waysThrough undergroundAncient caverns A timeless worldSlowed down drops downOn shortlived heads Breathing ocean airAeons later in mountainsSteps hearts echo © #AndreaCConnolly5.7.2022 9th anniversaryMarble Arch Cave
Winter River … More Winter River
The toneIn your voiceIngrained sacredHeld by river waterMotions of convergenceMeeting moments Precious gingko treeYour two-fold leavesFan tie my infant heart © #AndreaCConnolly10.10.2021 #poetry
{“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
(Watercolour brushed on paper after a prolonged hiatus, to be continued, by Andrea Connolly) Something emerges An anchor An icon An origin Spread your mantle wide A shield for us provide Safe shelter To brave the storms © #AndreaCConnolly 22. April 2020
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)
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
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