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Maeve O\u2019Sullivan is a Dublin-based member of Bodhicharya Ireland<\/a><\/span>. In Wasp on the Prayer Flag, <\/em>O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s fifth collection with Alba Publishing, the years 2018-2021 are chroniced in the forms of haiku and senryu<\/a> <\/span>verse.\u00a0 The three sections, Seasons, Sequences\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Senryu, <\/em>bring to the reader Maeve’s lucid observations of life in Ireland and abroad.\u00a0 This latest edition is both an insightful and a rich addition to her previous publicatons.<\/span><\/h3>\n

From the back page of <\/u>Wasp on the Prayer Flag<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maeve O\u2019Sullivan has an unerring gift for rendering momentary experience \u2013 outdoors among weather, flora and fauna, or just pottering at home \u2013 into memorable, often beautiful haiku or amusing senryu.<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMatthew Paul<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

These meditative haiku discover magnificence in the everyday. Alert to how birds, plants and insects revel in weather and the seasons, they connect our human world with the cosmos, and the natural world with the timeless.<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nCatherine Phil MacCarthy <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Wasp on the Prayer Flag\u00a0is an excellent poetic guidebook for Maeve O’Sullivan’s native Ireland and places beyond.<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nJulie Warther<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The final senryu <\/em>ends in a consummate and optimistic note.\u00a0 Here is Pandemic<\/em>, the last Senryu sequence in the book.\u00a0 Some of the senryu were previously published in Many Roads for Bodhicharya.<\/em><\/h3>\n

empty city street<\/span>
\nthey walk hand in gloved hand<\/span>
\ntwo young men<\/span><\/h2>\n

in separate trees<\/span>
\na pair of magpies<\/span>
\na pair of collared doves<\/span><\/h2>\n

bored with lockdown<\/span>
\nI wear sandals in which<\/span>
\nI travelled the world<\/span><\/h2>\n

a doubling of deaths\u00a0 \u00a0 the clematis buds fatter<\/span><\/h2>\n

my friend tells me more<\/span>
\nabout his cousin’s passing –<\/span>
\nwasp on the prayer flag<\/span><\/h2>\n

no human hugs<\/span>
\nfor seven weeks –<\/span>
\nthis silver birch will do<\/span><\/h2>\n

lifting of lockdown\u00a0 \u00a0 first glimpse of Dublin Bay<\/span><\/h2>\n

The easiest way for anyone to get a copy of the book is to visit O’Sullivan’s website<\/a><\/span>. 30% of all profits from sales go to charity partners Asral Mongolia<\/a><\/span>, an NGO whose aim is to eradicate poverty and to support children and their mothers in Mongolia. Since publication costs of Wasp have now been covered, that means that 30% of sales now go directly to the charity.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Their father died in a car accident. Their mother can\u2019t work because of her disability. Their ger (traditional Mongolian tent) is old, it leaks and in winter loses heat. Egshiglen and Enkhtur have to share their clothes and collect garbage to heat their home in sub-zero winter temperatures. They share one pair of winter shoes between them. You can help transform Egshiglen and Enkhtur\u2019s lives.<\/span> <\/strong>DONATE<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"\"<\/a>Maeve O’Sullivan\u2019s poetry and haikai have been widely published, anthologised, awarded and translated. She is the author of five collections from Alba Publishing<\/a><\/span>. Maeve is a founder member of the Hibernian Poetry Workshop, and a member of the Irish Writers\u2019 Centre and the British Haiku Society. She also leads workshops in haiku, and reviews for various journals. www.maeveosullivan.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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