Existence smile of my desire peeping into existence – winter ice melting #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter

new year’s ice sets in freezing days grow ever long a daffodil thrusts

audioboom.com/posts/882929... #Audio365 11/365 #JanPodPoMo

Sharp and Wild When you move forward, into discomfort, into an uncertain future, into the danger of new learning, you are condemning yourself to change.

open.spotify.com/episode/5mQm... I’m listening to Simon’s root canal & the bad luck he had on 7th January 2025 & 2026. #audio365

A supermarket that sells tasteless blueberries has failed the acid test. #Epigram #Fruit

Blueberries from Chile are tasteless #breakfast #fruit

audioboom.com/posts/882634... The Irish tea ceremony isn’t the same as the Japanese tea ceremony. #Audio365 6/365. #JanPodPoMo

blackout in Berlin left to their own devices anarchist power. #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

heron feathers stand icy current rushes past words poised on paper #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter

audioboom.com/posts/882551... January 2nd begins at snail’s pace #audio365

The #JanPodPoMo2026 has begun - has been floated on high seas. Must find its own depth - or is born to sink. @sm2n @topgold.ie @raygarraud.run @barbarakb.bsky.social @diva007.bsky.social @tomhickey.bsky.social @rogeroverall.bsky.social @moiraob.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/882528...

First audiobook in ages “10 Types Of Human” - a good long listen #DecPodPoMo audioboom.com/posts/882488...

audioboom.com/posts/882450... It’s not easy to love linoleum- when a dog walks on it before you’ve made the tea #DecPodPoMo

It’s great to hear that Tim & Bernie are going to meet in a fancy hotel. Wouldn’t it be fabulous to if their conversation was recorded & shared.

open.spotify.com/episode/35dR... I’d love to hear what our hero (@sm2n) has learned from the experience of recording two versions of the song. #DecPodPoMo

open.spotify.com/episode/5VNA... What to do when your cooker gives up the ghost - listen to @Sm2N #DecPodPoMo

On the morning of 27th December, we had run out of supplies. There was nothing to do except go to the supermarket. #DecPodPoMo Episode 25 audioboom.com/posts/882396...

Too many books in a bookshop in Limerick #DecPodPoMo EPISODE 22/31 audioboom.com/posts/882317...

LONG NIGHT long night of winter a dung beetle burrows deep the crooked earth smiles #long_night #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

Thank goodness yesterday was not so bad that I can’t talk about it #DecPodPoMo Episode 19/31 audioboom.com/posts/882144...

Epigrams are for life “An undistracted mind requires a polyester free wardrobe”

Hare balsam firs weighed low a snowshoe hare eating twigs downwind, a red fox #Hare #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

POLITICS “Politics is the art of getting elected and re-elected”

@malachyclerkin.bsky.social Thank you for today’s piece in the SportsWeekend of The Irish Times. You’ve given me a “sad,grim” experience - and a grand smile at the same reading

SNOWDROP snowdrops peeping through the power of a bare oak a bed of snowflakes —————— #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

Has your DENTIST been busy in your mouth? Storm Bram came to Ireland audioboom.com/posts/881814... #DecPodPoMo Episode 13/31

FRAGRANCE sipping the nectar fragrance of painted lady — a crab spider strikes #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

Painkillers are essential - i’m listening to @Sm2n ‘s account of pulling the wool over Toastmaster’s eyes open.spotify.com/episode/2q90...

open.spotify.com/episode/2q90.... I listened to @Sm2Tn Simon - and felt cross on his behalf #decpodPomo

AVIVA CAR INSURANCE shocked me #DecPodPoMo Episode 10/31 audioboom.com/posts/881711...

I crashed #DecPodPoMo audioboom.com/posts/881556...

36 hours after the drama of Thursday - I almost wish I turned on my voice record pro app. But first, I need a cup of tea. #DecPodPoMo audioboom.com/posts/881553...

Dog Trouble - my dog has started barking all day - what should I do to stop this? #DecPodPoMo Episode 2/31 audioboom.com/posts/881416...

Thank you for #NaPodPoMo Episode 30 - a new poem by Paul O’Mahony “Thanks to Sean” audioboom.com/posts/881293...

“The Hollow Men” is a brutal poem. Such a powerful expression of emotions after war. TS Eliot 98 lines. Eliot reads his poem, followed by Paul O’Mahony ‘s reading #NaPodPoMo 29/30 audioboom.com/posts/881290...

He was born in Belfast. He wrote this “PRAYER BEFORE BIRTH”. He was Louis McNiece. Here is his voice - his reading - followed by Paul O’Mahony’s READING POETRY for #NaPodPoMo

‘HARLEM’ (1951) - do you know of Langston Hughes, the composer of this short potent powerful poetry ? Here you can hear Langston read his work. READING POETRY 26/30 #NaPodPoMo (plus my reading X 2) audioboom.com/posts/881245...

Jackie Kay’s poem “Darling” - read by Jackie & also read by me - my Episode 24 of 30 for #NaPodPoMo audioboom.com/posts/881209...

saltwater croc waits a bird picking its teeth clean - associate love #associate #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

This coach will go around Ireland - from Oct 5th - 11th Publicising, bringing awareness of Toastmasters to people who've never heard of it. Events in Dublin, Belfast, Derry, Enniskillen, Castlebar, Galway, Tullamore, Clonmel, Limerick Tralee, Cork, Waterford mastodon.social/@omaniblog/1...

Music genres - the favourite one - ever since 1975. Especially for the festival of #octaver25 audioboom.com/posts/878682...

The first music I fell in love with. 1961/2 the big hit - “stranger on the shore”. First UK single to reach No 1 in USA. #octaver25 audioboom.com/posts/878615...

Isn’t this a smashing list of suggestions for #octaver25. @sm2n.bsky.social

a wild mountain cat stares famished predators scatter — escutcheon, proud kin #escutcheon #haiku #haikupoem #575poem #haikupoetry #poetry #poem #haikufeels #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #dailyhaikuprompt #vss365 #vssdaily #senryu #haikuwriter #exercise

What’s the first music you can remember hearing? #octaver25 audioboom.com/posts/878522...