Heron haiku
July 9, 2020
{“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)
Tag: Travel
Marsh marigold and water horsetail
June 15, 2020
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
Japanese poetry at night
April 21, 2020
(reading Japanese waka poems) A fledgling hops from leaf to leaf soaks night dew My hair like Emperor Tenji I dream of mount Fuji A flurry of cherry blossoms blossom in me (One Hundred poets, One Poem Each/ Hyakunin Isshu) © #AndreaCConnolly 19./20. April 2020
Origin
March 7, 2020
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 shell
February 23, 2020
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
JANUS HEAD of 31. January 2020
January 31, 2020
Minds myriad Perceptions convictions Grown A fleece to shear or wear Colours ingrained or adopted Brain waves enfold, connect Modelled to What’s right or Blindsided Sneak the ground Seek the skies Choice Myriad horizons Frontiers in heads The path is ours to take © #AndreaCConnolly 31st January 2020 By© #AndreaCConnolly 31st January 2020
Cold Light of Winter
January 21, 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, Co. Clare
December 28, 2019
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
Doe Castle
December 4, 2019
Sheephaven Bay (Doe Castle) Coastal delight Views from high Wide rolling waves On seeagreen pristine The tide At the fortified castle Keep on water’s edge Out where the sand Appears bright Mysteries of centuries gone Delight of winter’s day Tales in twilight Short daylight Lost light in rays Bleeding out the … More Doe Castle
Sentinels
November 2, 2019
Sentinels 17.10.2019 The entrance clear Where you come from Winter Solstice orients Life-size blue-grey slabs An open circle sun drawn A micro lake inmidst A step stone lies Touched by mirrored recumbent carved rock An earthen vessel once Was proof of a youth’s Resting place Two ocean eyes watch So wide we have … More Sentinels
Captain´s Log 