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(Written by Maeve O’Sullivan on the month long\u00a0retreat with Donal Creedon and Ringu Tulku Rinpoche at the Bodhicharya Retreat Centre, January 2017)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

waxing wolf moon lighting the road to our retreat\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

less cloudy today first sight of Kanchenjunga\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

thunderclap!<\/span><\/h3>\n

the new prayer flags<\/span><\/h3>\n

get their first blessing\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

walking meditation…<\/span><\/h3>\n

the cream-coloured butterfly<\/span><\/h3>\n

circles me twice<\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

sitting practice –<\/span><\/h3>\n

a gust of wind sets<\/span><\/h3>\n

the yellow curtains dancing\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

mini prayer flags…<\/span><\/h3>\n

white stitching camouflaged\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

by the syllable ‘ma’<\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

lunchtime salad:<\/span><\/h3>\n

the spring onion turns out to be<\/span><\/h3>\n

a hot green chilli!<\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

more complaints\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

about the honey…<\/span><\/h3>\n

still the level goes down\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

steep ascent to the gate –\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

the only sounds the wind<\/span><\/h3>\n

and my beating heart<\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

afternoon tea break…<\/span><\/h3>\n

strains of Bollywood music<\/span><\/h3>\n

floating uphill<\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

sweeping steps –<\/span><\/h3>\n

her camera catches me<\/span><\/h3>\n

in a shaft of sunlight\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

***<\/span><\/h3>\n

early morning song<\/span><\/h3>\n

of a Himalayan bird:<\/span><\/h3>\n

‘I’m over here. Here!’<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\n

Dubliner Maeve O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s work has been widely published and anthologised for twenty years. Her collections \u00a0poetry (Vocal Chords<\/a>, 2014), are from Alba Publishing. www.twitter.com\/maeveos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"haiku\"<\/p>\n

Maeve O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s new collection of haiku poetry, A Train Hurtles West,<\/em> is available from the publisher, Alba Publishing (<\/strong>info@albapublishing.com<\/strong><\/a>). 30% of profits go to Ringu Tulku Rinpoche\u2019s charity Rigul Trust (<\/strong>www.rigultrust.org<\/strong><\/a>). You can find Maeve on Twitter (@maeveos). Her blog post Why Haiku?<\/em> is available here: bogmanscannon<\/a>
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