Maeve O'Sullivan
@maevedos.bsky.social
Dublin-based poet, educator and mentor who also likes to sing & travel. My sixth collection of poetry is ‘Where All Ladders Start’ (Alba Publishing, Nov 2024). Haiku nerd / ninja. Website URL (incl. current book info & sales): www.maeveosullivan.com
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Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
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Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
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Only Human is a new journal of English-language senryu that explores what it means to be human.
Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.
Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.
January 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Only Human is a new journal of English-language senryu that explores what it means to be human.
Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.
Submissions open February 1, and our inaugural issue will be released in April. In the meantime, visit our website to check out our guidelines and meet the editors at www.onlyhumansenryu.com.
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Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
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I have a book being published shortly. It can be pre-ordered here
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Róisín Ní Neachtain - I, bird | Broken Sleep Books
Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. Structured in poetic prose and verse, the collection moves between ...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I have a book being published shortly. It can be pre-ordered here
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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Happy New Year to all my old and new friends on BlueSky 🥳
December 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy New Year to all my old and new friends on BlueSky 🥳
Happy New Year to all my old and new friends on BlueSky 🥳
December 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy New Year to all my old and new friends on BlueSky 🥳
First visit to Loch Lomond today, hopefully not my last! 🏴
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
First visit to Loch Lomond today, hopefully not my last! 🏴
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At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in one place – Ursula K. Le Guin on our resistance to change and how to live fully, H.G. Wells on when friends become lovers, and how to bioluminesce: mailchi.mp/themarginali...
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in one place – Ursula K. Le Guin on our resistance to change and how to live fully, H.G. Wells on when friends become lovers, and how to bioluminesce: mailchi.mp/themarginali...
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On these in-between days I’m ‘growing down’, sinking into the present moment and savouring small delights | Nadine Levy
On these in-between days I’m ‘growing down’, sinking into the present moment and savouring small delights | Nadine Levy
My centre of gravity has shifted. The holidays are no longer something to construct but something to receive
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December 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On these in-between days I’m ‘growing down’, sinking into the present moment and savouring small delights | Nadine Levy
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Man Lost In Netherworld Between Christmas & New Year's Which Knows No Time Or Date https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2023/12/28/man-lost-in-netherworld-between-christmas-new-years-which-knows-no-time-or-date/
Man Lost In Netherworld Between Christmas & New Year’s Which Knows No Time Or Date
HAVING FALLEN through the floor of his sitting room which is littered in empty Roses wrappers, discarded cans and plates that once housed leftover turkey sandwiches, local man Trevor Larkin has been plunged into an …
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December 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Man Lost In Netherworld Between Christmas & New Year's Which Knows No Time Or Date https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2023/12/28/man-lost-in-netherworld-between-christmas-new-years-which-knows-no-time-or-date/
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For all Michael Hartnett fans - some Christmas reading all together in the one place. Click in and out as you wish ….
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The Hartnett Files
I have been posting essays and commentary here over the years on the life and poetry of Michael Hartnett. The nature of my blog is a bit disjointed and doesn’t have a ready index, so I have…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For all Michael Hartnett fans - some Christmas reading all together in the one place. Click in and out as you wish ….
vinhanley.com/2023/11/03/t...
vinhanley.com/2023/11/03/t...
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December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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A number of bookings have been made for this workshop but there are still some places available…
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A number of bookings have been made for this workshop but there are still some places available…
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Maeve's workshops are great.
Treat yourself. It's Christmas!
Treat yourself. It's Christmas!
A number of bookings have been made for this workshop but there are still some places available…
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Maeve's workshops are great.
Treat yourself. It's Christmas!
Treat yourself. It's Christmas!
A number of bookings have been made for this workshop but there are still some places available…
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A number of bookings have been made for this workshop but there are still some places available…
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Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
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Maeve is a master of the art - sounds like a lovely way to spend some dark evenings after Christmas!
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Maeve is a master of the art - sounds like a lovely way to spend some dark evenings after Christmas!
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Learn short form poetry with the excellent Maeve or gift a course to a friend!
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Learn short form poetry with the excellent Maeve or gift a course to a friend!
@paulduane.bsky.social Thanks for the RT and Merry Christmas 🎄
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@paulduane.bsky.social Thanks for the RT and Merry Christmas 🎄
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
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One of two of my ‘ku which appear in the current issue of Femku (online #haikai journal) has been nominated by them for a 2025 Touchstone Award (for a Single Poem) - yay! It’s this one:
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
One of two of my ‘ku which appear in the current issue of Femku (online #haikai journal) has been nominated by them for a 2025 Touchstone Award (for a Single Poem) - yay! It’s this one:
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
One of two of my ‘ku which appear in the current issue of Femku (online #haikai journal) has been nominated by them for a 2025 Touchstone Award (for a Single Poem) - yay! It’s this one:
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
One of two of my ‘ku which appear in the current issue of Femku (online #haikai journal) has been nominated by them for a 2025 Touchstone Award (for a Single Poem) - yay! It’s this one:
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
southbound bus…
a woman talks about Jesus
on the upper deck
#senryusunday
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I’m delighted that this short #haibun (prose & #haiku form) of mine, ‘Transformation’, inspired by a special memory of my late sister Jean, appears in the brand new issue of CHO. contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-con...
Maeve O'Sullivan: Transformation - contemporary haibun online
Maeve O’Sullivan Transformation Our big sister Jean always has a project on the go. This summer she is presiding over the dining-room, converted into an arts and crafts studio. She’s running workshops...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’m delighted that this short #haibun (prose & #haiku form) of mine, ‘Transformation’, inspired by a special memory of my late sister Jean, appears in the brand new issue of CHO. contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-con...
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A beautiful poem (and such a great detail about @maevedos.bsky.social's father). Kudos to all.
This sonnet of mine, inspired by #Dublin’s Poolbeg chimneys, was recently published in the Stony Thursday Book, publ. by the Limerick Arts Office. My poet-friend Maurice Devitt shared it on his FB page & a gent called CP Ravikumar decided to illustrate it, with the help of AI. I love the result ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A beautiful poem (and such a great detail about @maevedos.bsky.social's father). Kudos to all.