March 2016

Horse chestnuts ahead of the posse, the first to unfold…

In sheltered suntraps.
Chestnut buds softly explode
in green umbrellas.

(25/03/16)

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Faoi dheireadh, tá bláthanna ag teacht i láthair, bheul ceann amháin, pé scéál é…

Nead choille amháin.                            [Wood anemone.]
Réalta aonair sa chontráth.                 [A lone star in the gloaming.]
Bailíonn brobh beart.                           [Every little counts.]

(18/03/16)

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Perfectly calm today….

An inhalation.
Then, soft snore of wave on shore.
The sea is breathing.

(11/03/16)

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Isteach mar uan – ó, fan…an rud céanna arís…

Márta faoi dheireadh!                                       [March at last!]
An geimhreadh sin taobh thiar duit               [That winter behind you]
‘s dóchas romhat.                                               [and hope ahead.]

(04/03/16)