When this bumblebee sounds as though her buzz has inhaled helium it’s because she’s using floral sonication to gather pollen-she increases her wingbeat frequency to ‘buzz’ the pollen from the poppy anthers on to her body.Listen out for this-many bee species use this brilliant way to gather pollen 💯:
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Haiku by Bashō, translated by Jane Reichhold.
Emma Mitchell
Liam Carson
Very much looking forward to launching this lovely collection 💖
A fabulous double launch, congratulations @doirepress.bsky.social and all involved 🎉
Very much looking forward to introducing this fantastic evening of music and poetry on 21 May as part of Harold's Cross Festival
www.mixcloud.com/DublinSouthF...
Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Congratulations to Gilles Fabre and Jean Antonini on this wonderful anthology of francophone and anglophone haiku. I was honoured to be on the editorial team, and delighted to have work included with so many fine haijin.
"Dodder Walk, 31 October", from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
Issue 7.2 of The Haibun Journal - the 14th volume, and the last. It's been a pleasure to work with Sean O'Connor, Kim Richardson, and Paul Bregazzi, and a privilege to publish so many fine haibun - 184 writers from 20 countries. Available to order from [email protected]
We at Doire Press invite you to the joint launch of paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal on October 16th!
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
On Rhyme & Reason, Helen Dwyer talks to Amanda Bell, an editor, indexer, poet & writer based in Dublin.
Amanda has published seven books, including poetry, haibun and haiku and creative non-fiction f...
There was some fine #poetry last night @The Teachers’ Club in #Dublin with a double launch @doirepress.bsky.social: Moyra Donaldson’s, launched by @maryodonnell.bsky.social & Nithy Kasa’s by Fiona Bolger, with fab covers @triona.bsky.social. Nice to see @eatthestorms.com @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social
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Only ten or so more sleeps till this baby will be launched in #Dublin. Back to the #haiku for this book. All are welcome to join us and wet the babby’s head / bígí linn 🎉
its reflection clear
in limpid lake water…
small yellow lily
