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Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shinbazu Pond –<\/span>
\neven these withered lotuses<\/span>
\ncan lift my heart<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

heated toilet seat –<\/span>
\nmemories of growing up<\/span>
\nin a large family<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

deep-fried pork:<\/span>
\nI await instructions<\/span>
\non how to eat it<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

we look through the dark<\/span>
\nto the place where Mount Fuji<\/span>
\nis supposed to be<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

arrival in Kyoto…<\/span>
\nI buy flowers for myself<\/span>
\nflowers for the Buddha<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the clunk of wooden sandals<\/span>
\non stone paving –<\/span>
\nMount Otowa<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

thatched with water reeds<\/span>
\ntopped with acer leaves –<\/span>
\nBasho-an\u00a0<\/em>the poet’s hut<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

further uphill<\/span>
\nautumn birdsong leads the way –<\/span>
\nBuson’s grave<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

wandering poet’s well\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0its stone collar lotus<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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dusk over the city\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0two small girls in flowery\u00a0kimono<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Japan\u00a0<\/em>has been extracted from Maeve O’Sullivan’s latest publication <\/span>Elsewhere<\/span>
\n<\/em>available from\u00a0Alba Publishing<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n
Dubliner Mave O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s poetry and haiku have been widely published, anthologised and translated.<\/span><\/h6>\n
Her four collections are\u00a0Elsewhere\u00a0<\/em>(2017);\u00a0Initial Response, An A-Z of haiku moments (2011);<\/em>\u00a0Vocal Chords (2014);<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Double Rainbow<\/em>\u00a0(2005)\u00a0all available at\u00a0Alba Publishing<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n
Maeve is a winner of the Listowel Writers\u2019 Week poetry competition for a single poem, and conducts haiku workshops with adults and children.<\/span><\/h6>\n
A lecturer in Media Studies, she lives in Dublin<\/span><\/h6>\n
Maeve\u2019s new collection of poetry,\u00a0Elsewhere<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/a>is available from\u00a0Alba Publishing<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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