Maeve O'Sullivan

The first #review of my new collection ‘Wishing Tree Note’, by the New Zealand #haiku poet and journalist Sandra Simpson, is up online and it’s a good one, thankfully! 🙏🏻 breathhaiku.wordpress.com/o

trying to find room on my busy walls for the ‘happiness’ scroll I’m delighted to have this #senryu (and a second one) published in the second issue of this lovely journal, Only Human. #senryusunday Www.onlyhumansenryu.com

This became a sort of anthem, post #9/11. My thooghts are with all of the many who were bereaved or injured on that tragic day in September 2001 ❤️ open.spotify.com/track/0eNteO...

Here’s a #senryu that I wrote in Summer 2025, which has found a good home in Summer 2026! 🏋️‍♂️ #senryusunday

Sad news! I met Frank on several occasions back in the 1980s, when I was spokesperson for Earthwatch (now Friends of rhe Earth Ireland), and a few times subsequently. An important and influential voice silenced www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2...

The wonderful #DollyParton singing the rock classic ‘Stairway to Heaven’, from her 2023 album ‘Rockstar’. There are other great collabs on there, inckusing ones with Elton John, Blondie, Paul McCartney, Pink and Sting! 🤩 open.spotify.com/track/4GSesD...

Lovely to read my ‘Memorial Gardens’ #haiku sequence (from my new collection ‘Wishing Tree Note’) in situ yesterday, at the annual Francis Ledwidge day, organised by Liam O’Meara & to hear other’s poems & songs. Here’s Ledwidge’s poem ‘August’, which the choir Anúna adapted musically in the 1990s.

On holidays with friends & family members abroad (and enjoying them very much so far)! 😎

Another beautiful bird haiku is up online at THF today. This one is by Meera Rehm. It’s my second time choosing it, as I had already selected it (anonymously) as a first prize-winner in the 2025 BHS Haiku Competition 🌟 thehaikufoundation.org @haikufound.bsky.social @britishhaiku.bsky.social

Pink Wizard of Oz dahlia, Halifax Public Garden, Nova Scotia, Canada #PinkMon #MacroMonday #LetItBloomJune #BloomScrolling

I had a lovely short break in South County #Tipperary this week, with my friend Eimear. One of the things we did was to check out a new sauna place in Cashel, with this view from the sauna hut! 😍They’re at www.rockviewsauna.ie, if you’re in the area and would like to pay a visit. Recommended!

Great news! ‘Dublin council to commission new monument honouring women of Ireland’s revolution’ – The Irish Times

If you missed my interview with Rachael Hegarty of ‘Poetry People’ on RTÉ Radio 1 last night, here’s the podcast link (I’m the first one up): dj.rte.ie/radio/radio1... If you like what you hear, you can order a copy of ‘Wishing Tree Note’ on www.maeveosullivan.com. 20% of sales go to Dublin Simon

Delighted to share that I’ll be a guest on tomorrow (Sun) evening’s Poetry People programme with @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social. It’s on @rteradio1.bsky.social at 7pm. Since it’s #midsummer & #fathersday, I’ll read some #haiku & #senryu on those themes from my brand new collection ‘Wishing Tree Note’

We had a great launch of ‘Wishing Tree Note’ last Thurs in #Dublin. Kim R. from Alba was there & @gagebybell.bsky.social gave a wonderful launch speech 🙏🏻 The book is available to order on my website, maeveosullivan.com. 20% of all sales now go to the Dublin Simon Community, a homeless charity.

One view of a postbox & PO in the town of Borris, and three of a postbox in the village of St. Mullins, both taken last weekend in the county of #Carlow (Ireland). #PostboxSaturday

Very much looking forward to launching this lovely collection 💖

My friend Maurice has an excellent poem in today’s @irishtimes.com 👌🏻

I’m delighted that my foxglove-themed ‘ku has been selected as ‘Haiku of the Month’ on The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press - The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook

I’m delighted that my foxglove-themed ‘ku has been selected as ‘Haiku of the Month’ on The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press - The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook

After two recent (and most enjoyable) double launches in #Dublin by west of Ireland publishers @doirepress.bsky.social and @salmonpoetry.bsky.social, my #poetry reading for the next while is sorted! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

After two recent (and most enjoyable) double launches in #Dublin by west of Ireland publishers @doirepress.bsky.social and @salmonpoetry.bsky.social, my #poetry reading for the next while is sorted! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

I enjoyed leading a sold-out #haiku #workshop this afternoon @ilfdublin.bsky.social. I had a lovely group and we were very lucky with the timing of our ginko (walk) around Merrion Square, i.e. in between showers!

I’m a day late for #PostboxSaturday. This one is from the seaside town of Bray, Co Wicklow, now disused, by the looks of things. 😢

I’m a day late for #PostboxSaturday. This one is from the seaside town of Bray, Co Wicklow, now disused, by the looks of things. 😢

So I wrote a #haiku on Sunday, submitted it (and one other) to the Autumn Moon journal on Monday and got an acceptance for it today. Not a bad turnaround! I won’t share it here, but it’s about these Douglas irises, which are abundant in my (balcony) garden at the moment

So I wrote a #haiku on Sunday, submitted it (and one other) to the Autumn Moon journal on Monday and got an acceptance for it today. Not a bad turnaround! I won’t share it here, but it’s about these Douglas irises, which are abundant in my (balcony) garden at the moment

We have recently catalogued two notable rare books by #BrendanBehan. 📚 The first is a limited, signed edition of The Hostage (New York: Grove Press, 1958). The second is a proof copy, printed on proofing paper, of Borstal Boy (London: Hutchinson, 1958).

Happy #PostboxSaturday from the northside of inner city #Dublin, where this one has got a new lick of paint. The location is North Great George’s Street, and you can see the distinctive and well-preserved Georgian buildings with their fan windows.

There was some fine #poetry last night @The Teachers’ Club in #Dublin with a double launch @doirepress.bsky.social: Moyra Donaldson’s, launched by @maryodonnell.bsky.social & Nithy Kasa’s by Fiona Bolger, with fab covers @triona.bsky.social. Nice to see @eatthestorms.com @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social

There was some fine #poetry last night @The Teachers’ Club in #Dublin with a double launch @doirepress.bsky.social: Moyra Donaldson’s, launched by @maryodonnell.bsky.social & Nithy Kasa’s by Fiona Bolger, with fab covers @triona.bsky.social. Nice to see @eatthestorms.com @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social

Happy #postboxsaturday. Wearing its ‘Afro’ of ivy.

Here’s a lovely old (and now sadly defunct) postbox, which is situated in the limestone wall of a 170-year-old primary school in my neighbourhood in #Dublin. Did you know that all of the postboxes in Ireland are original UK ones, with their red colour covered over with green paint? #PostboxSaturday

Learn to haiku this summer. Take a walk with Maeve in May.

@martinadalton.bsky.social Thanks for the RT & congrats on your forthcoming collection! 🥳

For writers wanting to explore scríbhneoireacht i nGaeilge, Ola Majekodunmi is here with her beginner's guide! ☘️ Reserve your space here: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/a-be...

There's a gorgeous (& free) #exhibition of felted artworks by members of Feltmakers Ireland, currently on view at the Phoenix Park Visitors’ Centre in #Dublin. The title / theme is ‘Water and Flow’. Well worth a visit. Link to the online catalogue on their site: feltmakersireland.com/feltmakers-i...

@ireneaddie.bsky.social Hi Amy. I see you’ve got a haiku by GR on your page here. Are you aware of the fact that he died on Monday? His funeral took place today in Dublin. RIP.

Just a bit of notice that I’ll be leading a beginners’ in-person #workshop in #haiku #poetry as part of this year’s Intl Litfest in #Dublin, @ilfdublin.bsky.social. It takes place on Sun 17/5 at 3pm and will include a ginko / walk around Merrion Square. (Cost €18/16). ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

Gabriel Rosenstock imithe ar shlí na fírinne. Laoch ar lár. Croíbhriste. My dear friend and wonderful poet Gabriel Rosenstock has left us. He was one of a kind.

Spotted in #Wexford during the week, with a strange vandalism pattern! #PostboxSaturday

I’m pleased to report that copies of my latest collection, ‘Where All Ladders Start’ (2024, Alba Publ.), are now available in Red Books in #Wexford, thanks to Wally & Nuala. While there, I also got to see the Billy Roche play ‘Of Mornington’ at the Wexford Arts Centre (love the new-ish extension) 😊

I’m pleased to report that copies of my latest collection, ‘Where All Ladders Start’ (2024, Alba Publ.), are now available in Red Books in #Wexford, thanks to Wally & Nuala. While there, I also got to see the Billy Roche play ‘Of Mornington’ at the Wexford Arts Centre (love the new-ish extension) 😊

It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece