I shake the sand
out of my walking shoes –
early autumn rain
(Originally published in Hedgerow #144, Winter 2023)
Author: Maeve O'Sullivan
Maeve has been publishing poetry and haiku for twenty-five years. She has five collections with Alba Publishing: Initial Response (2011), Vocal Chords (2014), A Train Hurtles West (2015) , Elsewhere (2017) and Wasp on the Prayer Flag (2021). She is a founder member of Haiku Ireland and a member of the British Haiku Society. Maeve conducts haiku workshops with adults and children, and also works as a literary journalist.
she goes in for a fork
comes out with a plate —
newly diagnosed
(Originally published in Blithe Spirit 33.1, February 2023)
a pair of odd socks
folded into each other –
month of remembrance
across the strand
the college’s water tower
mushrooms out of mist
(Published in Frogpond, October 2021)
her bony back
against my palm —
Mother’s Day
(First published in evolution, the Red Moon anthology, 2010)