by Dymphna Lonergan
Ag tiomáint abhaile
Scamaill ag neadú
taobh thiar den chnoc samhraidh seo
mar sléibhte sneachta.
Driving home
Clouds that are nestling
behind this summery hill
like snow-topped mountains.
An Satharn
Maidin, sé a chlog
teas na gréine cheana féin.
Nuachtáin le léamh
Saturday
Morning, six o’clock
The sun’s heat already here.
Papers to read.
Nollaig Astrálach
Crainn Jacaranda,
buamaí gorma áille.
Pléascann an gol orm.
Australian Christmas
Jacaranda trees,
lovely explosions of blue.
I burst into tears.
Dymphna is a member of the Tinteán collective and an Irish language teacher in Adelaide and writes Irish language short stories. These are her first experiments with Haiku.
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