Maeve O’Sullivan has published her poems and haiku widely, and is a former poetry winner at Listowel Writer’s Week. Maeve’s first collection of haiku poetry, Initial Response, was launched in 2011 by Alba Publishing (UK). She is a member of Haiku Ireland, the Poetry Divas and the Hibernian Poetry Workshop.
Two poems and one haiku
Blind Faith
(After Gendun Chopel)
You believe me, though I give you no reason,
You condemn me when I strive for persuasion.
Are these the traits of an ignorant mind
which searches outside of logical lines?
* * *
Soup Season
A time for chopping,
boiling, blending, salting
into nourishment.
Curry is not to everyone’s taste
but he uses it well.
Better to keep her guessing,
always, the recipe itself
won’t reveal all his secrets.
He feeds her, ladle by ladle
until she is hooked.
Spring arrives, it’s time
to wean her off this tureen,
time to think about
turning to salad
days with another.
* * *
Madrid Haiku
tortoises huddled
on the indoor island:
Atocha Station
* * *
this small stone sculpture
of entwined lovers –
she passes it quickly
* * *
Rastro Market:
making chords with his left hand
he plucks with his hook
* * *
bullfighting on TV –
we drink cans of beer
spear some chorizo
* * *
lost
in the military museum…
a soldier at each turn
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