all through the night

all through the night
the old bridge sings
sleet in the week

Paul Conneally
February 2016

What is Haiku?

'What is haiku?'

Paul Conneally talks in Loughborough with poets Debi Bender and Susumu Takiguchi,later editing out his own voice to better hear Debi and Susumu.

Hear the interview here: What Is Haiku? 

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/haikumania/conneallytakiguchibender.mp3

Three Break Ups

three break ups
another hot day
in the nail bar

Paul Conneally
Cannes 2015

Too Hot To Shop

too hot to shop
wasps drinking from
a town fountain

Paul Conneally
Mouans-Sartoux
August 2015

A Summer Dress

the market stalls pose
so many questions
a summer dress

Paul Conneally
Mouans-Sartoux
August 2015

Deep Shade

deep shade
a magpie calls out
to its dead mate

Paul Conneally
Mouans-Sartoux
July 2015

Across The Far Bank

this late spring evening
a streak of kingfisher blue
across the far bank

Paul Conneally
The Boathouse
Barrow-on-Soar
May 2015

Rising Excitement - King Power Stadium

rising excitement
the turnstile assistant
gives me a wink

Paul Conneally
King Power Stadium
Leicester May 2015

Roll-up

Roll-up - Paul Conneally, King Power Stadium, May 10 2015

Two young Leicester City football fans have a roll-up, a cigarette, before City's fixture against Southampton. The Foxes (Leicester City) came out 2 nil victors and a step nearer towards escaping relegation to the Championship from the Premier League.

when Saturday comes
a pint a pie
and a game of two halves

Paul Conneally
May 2015

May Day

May Day
a bag of French fries
and a Big Mac

Paul Conneally

Photo: Loughborough - Paul Conneally May 1 2015

Car Wash

her hand on his knee
huge brushes spin 
against the windscreen

Paul Conneally
April 22 2015

Photo: Car Wash Shelthorpe Loughborough UK

Parade of Life: Poems Inspired by Japanese Prints

Parade of Life: Poems Inspired by Japanese Prints, came out of my work as haiku poet in residence at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery in 2002.

The book publishes poems written by a wide range of participants alongside the Japanese woodblock prints that inspired them.

It was a joy to work with the museum staff and participants over my time with the exhibition and particularly with fellow poet Alan Summers who worked with me in the selection of the poems to be published from the hundreds that were written.

Paul Conneally
April 2014

Some Saint's Day

some saint’s day
the smell of bread from
a closed-up bakery

Paul Conneally

http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/some-saints-day/

Photograph: Paul Conneally – Fayence – France

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