Stuck In The Gap

stuck in the gap
between my front teeth
summer's end

Little Onion
September 2017

Little Onion is haiku poet, artist and cultural forager Paul Conneally
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Got That Bingo Feeling - Loughborough 2016

'Got That Bingo Feeling'

Do you know it? That 'bingo' feeling? When things suddenly come together, make sense? A realisation?

Feels good. A rush of serotonin. Moving on with new confidence.

Sometimes you have to work hard within that sense of 'this is never going to happen' or 'I just don't get this' until BINGO! Things fall into place and it's on to the next challenge with new enthusiasm.

Nothing comes easy but welcome the toil, invite in chance, ride the bad times and savour those bingo moments.

Paul Conneally
Loughborough
June 2016

Onshore Sleet

Photo: Pie and Peas Stall - Great Yarmouth - Paul Conneally 2016

After walking for six or seven miles I find myself in Great Yarmouth's marketplace. I gravitate to a small stall manned by a smiling face. It's a pie and peas stall. Small meat pies and hot mushy peas are all that's on sale. Traditional food. I order a bowl of mushy peas,spoon some mint sauce in from the dish on the counter and tuck in. They are the best mushy peas I've ever tasted, just what I needed and I tell the stall holder so. He's pleased, tells me that his grandad opened the stall in 1946, his dad took over from him and now he's taken over from his dad. He's proud of his pies, his peas and the history of the stall and he should be.

onshore sleet
a homeless young man
stamping his feet

Little Onion
Great Yarmouth Market
February 2016

Melting Ice

melting ice
a single seagull
over the helter-skelter

Little Onion

Photo: The Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth - Paul Conneally 2016

a spring death

a spring death
voices rise and fall
with the breeze

Little Onion
Great Yarmouth
February 2016

Paul Conneally

all through the night

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

Paul Conneally
February 2016

Looking For Something

looking for something
in the bottom of a cup
the low autumn sun

Paul Conneally
Leicester 2015

Star of Bethlehem

after the news
of their daughter's death
Star of Bethlehem

Paul Conneally

from The Bach Flower Remedies - 38 Haiku by Paul Conneally with plant images taken with permission from the Healing Herbs Pocket Prescriber, free with any purchase from Healing Herbs.

Two Moons

two moons
somewhere between ports
she tells him it's over

Paul Conneally
Calais 2015

Short Shadows

a granita before
the afternoon shift
short shadows

Paul Conneally
Cannes 2015

Headache

headache
the scent of something
on the sea breeze

Paul Conneally
Cannes 2015

The Ice-cream Seller

the ice-cream seller
points out the way to me
with an ice-cream

Paul Conneally

Cicadas and Ringtones

piercing stones
all along the promenade
cicadas and ringtones

Paul Conneally
Cannes 2015

Paul Conneally