Category Archives: Marion Clarke

Daily Double Haiku: Jan. 22, 2023

first pond freeze a water beetle pushes against the ice by Harvey Jenkins (Canada) Honorable Mention Betty Drevniok Contest, 2014 first thaw our spades remove the end of winter by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Frogpond, Summer 2014

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Daily Haiku: Sept, 21, 2022

cold light another empty bottle promise by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) tinywords, 17.2, 2017

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3 Tanka: June 15, 2022

sudden chill a dragonfly skip jives with its reflection . . . when did you stop finding us amazing by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Honorable Mention, Sanford Goldstein Competition 2019 Tanka Society of America     family photo: my father’s … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Jan. 11, 2022

senryu confirmation masscarved on the front pewJC was here by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Mann Library’s Daily Haiku, Dec. 24, 2021

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Daily Haiku: Dec. 27, 2021

grandma’s kitchen . . .a star-covered teacupfor the gypsy lady by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland)Frogpond, Autumn 2012

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Free Verse by Marion Clarke

Imprints     I am about to rearrange the cushions, but notice they are as you left them, one on top of the other, nest-like, footstool pad indented, as if your feet still rest there.     I know that … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Jan. 28, 2020

riptide unable to help myself . . . by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) tinywords, 13:1, March 2013

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 31, 2019

early dusk . . . my children’s footsteps fill the stillness by Marion Clarke  (Northern Ireland) A Hundred Gourds, 1:2, March 2012

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Daily Haiku: June 7, 2018

on the mend . . . this long afternoon stitched by swallows by Marion Clarke  (Northern Ireland) tinywords, Issue 17.1, May 31, 2017  

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Daily Haiku: July 5, 2017

familiar tune my children’s voices above the mountain stream     by Marion Clarke (Ireland) tinywords, 14.1, May 13, 2014    

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