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Haiku: Pond Life

Haiku: Pond Life

 

Satisfying plop

Frog received by an old friend

Harmony restored

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Haiku for 2025 [No.10]

Auschwitz, now Gaza.

Broken hearts cannot weep, so

rain feeds our snowdrops.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh, 27th March 2025

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Fail Better

‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ Wise words from Samuel Beckett, a hero of mine who also wrote ‘All poetry is prayer’ – a thought I have taken to heart, and a subject for another time.

 

We love in a culture which sets great store by success and yet the greatest learning comes from mistakes, from failure, even from pain. We can then improve, do better...

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Before the Fall

Image Source: Pinterest/@HeatherChilton

 

Green leaves gently sway,
before senescence sets in,
ask them how they feel.

 

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The Heir of Wounds

Image Source: pinterest/@RafaelGarcia

 

A mother feels all,
Shielding hearts from pain’s shadow,
No wounds passed along.

 

 

 

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