Liam Carson
@liamcarson.bsky.social
Author of memoir Call Mother a Lonely Field. Haiku poet (first collection Belfast Twilight just published by Salmon Poetry). Director of IMRAM Féile Litríochta Gaeilge/Irish-language Literature Festival.
damp
deep in the very air
gulls cry
little beggar
a starling
with a broken wing
twilight
the laughter of lovers
a blackbird’s song
wee boy sleeps
in his father’s arms
a blackbird’s song
darting through
a breaking wave’s spray
a wagtail
boulders
thrown onto land
dark sea’s power
deep in the very air
gulls cry
little beggar
a starling
with a broken wing
twilight
the laughter of lovers
a blackbird’s song
wee boy sleeps
in his father’s arms
a blackbird’s song
darting through
a breaking wave’s spray
a wagtail
boulders
thrown onto land
dark sea’s power
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
damp
deep in the very air
gulls cry
little beggar
a starling
with a broken wing
twilight
the laughter of lovers
a blackbird’s song
wee boy sleeps
in his father’s arms
a blackbird’s song
darting through
a breaking wave’s spray
a wagtail
boulders
thrown onto land
dark sea’s power
deep in the very air
gulls cry
little beggar
a starling
with a broken wing
twilight
the laughter of lovers
a blackbird’s song
wee boy sleeps
in his father’s arms
a blackbird’s song
darting through
a breaking wave’s spray
a wagtail
boulders
thrown onto land
dark sea’s power
boys stare
into an old mine shaft
the pull of darkness
no lights on
a man and his daughter
cycle into darkness
man stops his car
in a mountain blizzard
snow swirls in darkness
into an old mine shaft
the pull of darkness
no lights on
a man and his daughter
cycle into darkness
man stops his car
in a mountain blizzard
snow swirls in darkness
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
boys stare
into an old mine shaft
the pull of darkness
no lights on
a man and his daughter
cycle into darkness
man stops his car
in a mountain blizzard
snow swirls in darkness
into an old mine shaft
the pull of darkness
no lights on
a man and his daughter
cycle into darkness
man stops his car
in a mountain blizzard
snow swirls in darkness
Tá Seán Mac Mathúna imithe ar shlí na fírinne. Fear uasal, greannmhear, diabhlaíocht ina chuid cainte agus ina chuid scéalta. Duine de na scríbhneoirí is fearr a bhí againn sa tír seo riamh. Cailliúint ollmhór. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
Grianghraf: Máire Uí Mhaicín.
Grianghraf: Máire Uí Mhaicín.
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tá Seán Mac Mathúna imithe ar shlí na fírinne. Fear uasal, greannmhear, diabhlaíocht ina chuid cainte agus ina chuid scéalta. Duine de na scríbhneoirí is fearr a bhí againn sa tír seo riamh. Cailliúint ollmhór. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
Grianghraf: Máire Uí Mhaicín.
Grianghraf: Máire Uí Mhaicín.
The prayers of all combined
Take down the flags of ownership
The walls are falling down
Take down the flags of ownership
The walls are falling down
John Cale Trio - Child's Christmas In Wales
YouTube video by secretTVarchive
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December 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The prayers of all combined
Take down the flags of ownership
The walls are falling down
Take down the flags of ownership
The walls are falling down
Christmas day present soundtrack from His Bobness.
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Christmas day present soundtrack from His Bobness.
Haiku by Chuck Brickley, from his magical collection downhill home.
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Haiku by Chuck Brickley, from his magical collection downhill home.
Haiku by Peggy Willis Lyles.
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Haiku by Peggy Willis Lyles.
Haiku by Peggy Willis Lyles.
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Haiku by Peggy Willis Lyles.
Tanka by Debbie Strange.
December 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tanka by Debbie Strange.
Current state of bedside books.
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Current state of bedside books.
One takeaway from the Epstein files photos. How bored and boring all of the rich and powerful look, how joyless their world looks. And I just imagine them all having the most hollow, tedious and sycophantic of conversations. Honestly, you'd have better crack down the local pub on a Saturday night.
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
One takeaway from the Epstein files photos. How bored and boring all of the rich and powerful look, how joyless their world looks. And I just imagine them all having the most hollow, tedious and sycophantic of conversations. Honestly, you'd have better crack down the local pub on a Saturday night.
pier at night
in the darkness
the lapping of waves
grit in an oyster
a memory of mother
as a pearl
in a pearl
light flickers
memory of mother
pier at night
a black dog pulls a man
into darkness
stones
washed into land
the sea’s dark power
in the darkness
the lapping of waves
grit in an oyster
a memory of mother
as a pearl
in a pearl
light flickers
memory of mother
pier at night
a black dog pulls a man
into darkness
stones
washed into land
the sea’s dark power
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
pier at night
in the darkness
the lapping of waves
grit in an oyster
a memory of mother
as a pearl
in a pearl
light flickers
memory of mother
pier at night
a black dog pulls a man
into darkness
stones
washed into land
the sea’s dark power
in the darkness
the lapping of waves
grit in an oyster
a memory of mother
as a pearl
in a pearl
light flickers
memory of mother
pier at night
a black dog pulls a man
into darkness
stones
washed into land
the sea’s dark power
pier at night
in the darkness
a rat scuttles
pier at night
a madman muttering
in the darkness
pier at night
a woman’s shadow
stretches before her
from a harbour bar
the rattle of beer bottles
in the darkness
blood red neon
light pours on a church steeple
in the darkness
in the darkness
a rat scuttles
pier at night
a madman muttering
in the darkness
pier at night
a woman’s shadow
stretches before her
from a harbour bar
the rattle of beer bottles
in the darkness
blood red neon
light pours on a church steeple
in the darkness
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
pier at night
in the darkness
a rat scuttles
pier at night
a madman muttering
in the darkness
pier at night
a woman’s shadow
stretches before her
from a harbour bar
the rattle of beer bottles
in the darkness
blood red neon
light pours on a church steeple
in the darkness
in the darkness
a rat scuttles
pier at night
a madman muttering
in the darkness
pier at night
a woman’s shadow
stretches before her
from a harbour bar
the rattle of beer bottles
in the darkness
blood red neon
light pours on a church steeple
in the darkness
pier at night
teenage boys drink
in the darkness
pier at night
a man’s cigarette burns
in the darkness
pier at night
two lovers walk
into darkness
pier at night
salt smell of seaweed
in the darkness
pier at night
from the darkness
a church bell’s toll
teenage boys drink
in the darkness
pier at night
a man’s cigarette burns
in the darkness
pier at night
two lovers walk
into darkness
pier at night
salt smell of seaweed
in the darkness
pier at night
from the darkness
a church bell’s toll
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
pier at night
teenage boys drink
in the darkness
pier at night
a man’s cigarette burns
in the darkness
pier at night
two lovers walk
into darkness
pier at night
salt smell of seaweed
in the darkness
pier at night
from the darkness
a church bell’s toll
teenage boys drink
in the darkness
pier at night
a man’s cigarette burns
in the darkness
pier at night
two lovers walk
into darkness
pier at night
salt smell of seaweed
in the darkness
pier at night
from the darkness
a church bell’s toll
Latest haiku book booty.
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Latest haiku book booty.
Two great women met in Áras na Uachtaráin today. More power to them both.
December 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Two great women met in Áras na Uachtaráin today. More power to them both.
Latest poetry book booty.
December 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Latest poetry book booty.
Some haiku books.
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some haiku books.
Talking about haiku, poetry, Belfast, Dublin and literature in Irish.
The Attic Sessions #29, with Liam Carson
YouTube video by The Attic Sessions
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December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Talking about haiku, poetry, Belfast, Dublin and literature in Irish.
Our daughter Eithne's letter to Santa ten years ago. She included a Chinese heavenly money note for Santa to give her grandad in heaven.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Our daughter Eithne's letter to Santa ten years ago. She included a Chinese heavenly money note for Santa to give her grandad in heaven.
Very pleased to be in Double Horizon, a bilingual anthology of haiku in English and French. Here's my selection, as translated into French by editor Gilles Fabre.
December 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Very pleased to be in Double Horizon, a bilingual anthology of haiku in English and French. Here's my selection, as translated into French by editor Gilles Fabre.
Poem by Thomas A Clark.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Poem by Thomas A Clark.
Poem by Stewart Sanderson.
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Poem by Stewart Sanderson.
Just went to buy a haiku collection from a US publisher. Cost of book is $20. Postage is $35. That is insane. I didn't buy the book.
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just went to buy a haiku collection from a US publisher. Cost of book is $20. Postage is $35. That is insane. I didn't buy the book.