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Haiku for 2025 [ No.43. Samhain]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yuletide’s come early,

 

Some bright spark’s messed with the clocks,

 

Nine embers glowing.

 

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Dé hAoine, an ceathrú lá déag de mhí na Samhna,

dhá mhíle agus cúig is fiche.

(Friday 14th November 2025)

 

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Haiku for 2025 [No 42. Haiku as Gaeilge]

The syllable count should be 5 / 7 / 5…… I think it’s ok.

The Irish word for November is Samhain, which changes its form below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dóchas ní Fuath!

Tá scamaill dhubha sa spéir

tús mhí na Samhna.

Rough translation:

Hope not Hate!

There are dark clouds in the sky

the start of November (Samhain)

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

Dé Domhnaigh, an dar...

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an spéirDóchas ní Fuath!Hope not HateNovemberSamhainscamaillthe sky

A Ghastly Evening

All the ghosts have gone to bed,

We say goodbye to our honored dead,

To the horizon they are lead,

As we contemplate what they said.

 

The veil was deftly traveled,

Guided by voices, acting like scaffold,

Loved ones called to be dazzeled,

As the world of the living becomes unraveled.

 

Not just love ones cross that veil,

Evil comes without fail,

Sprinitng across...

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