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Haiku for 2025 [ No.44. Wisdom]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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Seven screenless days!

My ignorance was pure bliss.

Can owls be happy?

 

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

DĂ© Sathairn, an ceathrĂș lĂĄ dĂ©ag de mhĂ­ na Samhna,

dhĂĄ mhĂ­le agus cĂșig is fiche.

(Saturday 22nd November 2025)

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Saturday 22nd November 2025 10:16 am

haiku   happiness   ignorance   owls   wisdom

Haiku for 2025 [No. 39. Better than Monday’s]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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ONE HOUR FORTY-FIVE,

MONDAY; ONE FORTY, WEDNESDAY,

EARLY SPRING-SMALL STEPS!

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

DĂ© CĂ©adaoin, an deichiĂș lĂĄ de mhĂ­ MheĂĄn FĂłmhair,

dhĂĄ mhĂ­le agus cĂșig is fiche (Wednesday 10th September 2025)

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Wednesday 10th September 2025 2:13 pm

HAIKU   HEALTH   SPRING   WALKING

Haiku for 2025 [No. 38. Why I Don’t Like Mondays]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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Day of lunacy,

Over and over again.

New leaf, anyone?

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

DĂ© Luain, an t-ochtĂș lĂĄ de mhĂ­ MheĂĄn FĂłmhair,

dhĂĄ mhĂ­le agus cĂșig is fiche (8th September 2025)

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Monday 8th September 2025 8:48 am

Haiku   insanity   lunacy   Monday

Haiku for 2025 [No. 37. DĂ© CĂ©adaoin]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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Tå sé Dé Céadaoin,

That’s “Fasting Day” in BhĂ©arla.

Birds eat well this month!

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh, 

DĂ© CĂ©adoin, an trĂ­Ăș lĂĄ de mhĂ­ MheĂĄn FĂłmhair,

dhĂĄ mhĂ­le agus cĂșig is fiche (3rd September 2025)

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Wednesday 3rd September 2025 12:28 pm

BhĂ©arla   birds   DĂ© CĂ©adaoin   English   Fasting Day   Haiku   Irish

Haiku for 2025 [No. 35. Early Birds]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

MELLOW FRUITFULNESS

BUT ONLY FOR SOME OF US.

THE BIRDS GOT THERE FIRST!

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

DĂ© hAoine, an naoĂș lĂĄ is fiche de mhĂ­ LĂșnasa,

dhĂĄ mhĂ­le agus cĂșig is fiche (27th August 2025)

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Friday 29th August 2025 10:55 am

Autumn   birds   fruitfulness   haiku

Haiku for 2025 [No. 33. In Concert]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

A FAST-MOVING BAND

OF HEAVY RAIN’S NOW PLAYING

THE RAINDROP PRELUDE

Le Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

DĂ© CĂ©adoin, an seachtĂș lĂĄ is fiche de mhĂ­ LĂșnasa,

dhĂĄ mhĂ­le agus cĂșig is fiche (27th August 2025)

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Wednesday 27th August 2025 11:25 am

Haiku   music   raindrops

Haiku for 2025 [No. 30. Cheoil is RĂ©abhlĂłidach]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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Maidin mhaith! cĂ©ad mile fĂĄilte. Seo mo dhĂĄn: Haiku i stĂ­l cheoil is “rĂ©abhlĂłidach”.

Good morning! a hundred thousand welcomes. Here is my poem: a musical and “revolutionary” Haiku. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A RED LINE’S BEEN CROSSED

 

REVOLUTION’S WHAT WE NEED

  

ROOT AND BRANCH CLEAROUT

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh,

DĂ© Domnhnaigh, an deichiĂș lĂĄ de mhĂ­ L...

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Sunday 10th August 2025 1:48 pm

branches   haiku   red line   revolution   roots

Haiku for 2025 [No. 27. Christians Awake!]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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NOW THEY’LL GIVE A DAMN,

THEY’VE COME FOR THE CHRISTIANS.

WINTRY DISCONTENT!

DĂ© MĂĄirt, an dara lĂĄ is fiche de mhĂ­ IĂșil, 2025.

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Tuesday 22nd July 2025 9:21 pm

christians   discontent   haiku

Haiku: Pond Life

by Rob J Mann

Haiku: Pond Life

 

Satisfying plop

Frog received by an old friend

Harmony restored

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Tuesday 20th May 2025 8:43 pm

575   haiku

Haiku for 2025 [No.10]

by Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

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Auschwitz, now Gaza.

Broken hearts cannot weep, so

rain feeds our snowdrops.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh, 27th March 2025

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Thursday 27th March 2025 7:49 am

Auschwitz   Gaza   haiku   rain   snowdrops

Fail Better

by Tony Earnshaw

‘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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Friday 14th March 2025 10:12 am

beckett   benefitsoffailure   haibun   haiku

Before the Fall

by Yanma Hidayah

Image Source: Pinterest/@HeatherChilton

 

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

 

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Friday 10th January 2025 9:05 am

growing old   haiku   life   Nature   philosophy   relationships

The Heir of Wounds

by Yanma Hidayah

Image Source: pinterest/@RafaelGarcia

 

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

 

 

 

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Wednesday 8th January 2025 4:11 pm

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