Because it’s St. Patrick’s Day (week)….some excerpts from my last trip home.
Conversation (hibernoku)
a low Dublin sky
a sentence hangs suspended
cut off in its prime
interrupt or die.
‘Hibernia’ is the classical Latin name for Ireland. A hibernoku is a haiku (seventeen syllables, 5-7-5) with an additional 5 or 7 syllable line, because for the Irish, seventeen syllables is a cruel limitation. The poem must contain an Irish reference and must allude to the weather in some way. In most parts of Ireland, ‘hibernoku’ is pronounced ‘hi-bern-o-koo’, except in West Cork where it is pronounced ‘hiber-nok-oo’.
Photo: Statue of the eternally quotable Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square, Dublin.
Weather
an easterly wind
clouds move in convoy ‘cross the blue dome of the sky.
Photo: A sunny mid September day in Sandy Cove, Dublin.
Family (haiku)
yep, had a few drinks
with my brother, my sisters
sibling ribaldry.
Photo: View looking south along the coast, from Vico Road. Dalkey, Co. Dublin. Bono owns a house nearby ……where all the streets have names….I checked.
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Love it!
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Thanks VJ!
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Welcome JIM.
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Oh, you really made me laugh at your closing remarks!😆 Enjoyed the verses and photos, too.
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Thanks Eilene
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Great photos and witty words, Jim. Checking street names is as good an excuse as any to meander. I’m thinking of doing a bit of it myself as Sydney locks itself down, and I can hear your cheap fridge humming.
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Thanks Steve, be safe out there…JIM
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I like your explanation to the extended haiku: “because for the Irish, seventeen syllables is a cruel limitation”
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I love the last one!
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I enjoyed this out. Wish I can go out and escape for a bit.
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