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. Newly revamped website (incl. book info & sales): www.maeveosullivan.com
I was there yesterday evening too, it was great! I feel sorry for the organisers today, with the foul weather in Dublin #orangewarning
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I was there yesterday evening too, it was great! I feel sorry for the organisers today, with the foul weather in Dublin #orangewarning
October 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#Dublin City welcoming NFL players and supporters this weekend. We’ve been playing gaelic football matches in the US since 1886 so I guess it’s our turn to host now.
September 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#Dublin City welcoming NFL players and supporters this weekend. We’ve been playing gaelic football matches in the US since 1886 so I guess it’s our turn to host now.
Here’s my offering for this week’s #senryusunday, in two languages! I wrote it around a year ago. A contrast to tonight’s lunar eclipse! 🌒
September 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here’s my offering for this week’s #senryusunday, in two languages! I wrote it around a year ago. A contrast to tonight’s lunar eclipse! 🌒
Here’s a wee poem I wrote two years ago this month, in the marvellous Majestic Café in the beautiful city of Porto in Northern Portugal. ☕️ 🍰 #senryusunday
August 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Here’s a wee poem I wrote two years ago this month, in the marvellous Majestic Café in the beautiful city of Porto in Northern Portugal. ☕️ 🍰 #senryusunday
Fantastic gig by the legendary Mick Hanly in Small Changes in #Inchicore last night. My friend Ursula and I got to chat to him afterwards, and reminisce about gigs of his that we’d attended in the 1990s in #Dublin City. He’s still in top form! 👌🏻
August 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fantastic gig by the legendary Mick Hanly in Small Changes in #Inchicore last night. My friend Ursula and I got to chat to him afterwards, and reminisce about gigs of his that we’d attended in the 1990s in #Dublin City. He’s still in top form! 👌🏻
This time last year, I had a writing residency in a cottage at Cill Rialaig near beautiful Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh peninsula in South County Kerry - winners of today’s All-Ireland football final 🥳 Anyway, this was one of the poems I wrote there. #SenryuSunday
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This time last year, I had a writing residency in a cottage at Cill Rialaig near beautiful Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh peninsula in South County Kerry - winners of today’s All-Ireland football final 🥳 Anyway, this was one of the poems I wrote there. #SenryuSunday
Here’s a #haiku that I wrote this time last year, in beautiful South Kerry, on a writing retreat. And it’s fifty (50!) years this summer since I learnt how to play guitar - lessons from my big sister when I was very young! #senryusunday
July 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Here’s a #haiku that I wrote this time last year, in beautiful South Kerry, on a writing retreat. And it’s fifty (50!) years this summer since I learnt how to play guitar - lessons from my big sister when I was very young! #senryusunday
The 1,300 year-old Gallarus Oratory, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, this afternoon.
June 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The 1,300 year-old Gallarus Oratory, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, this afternoon.
Here’s a #haiga which combines a (popular) human-interest #haiku (senryu) of mine from the 1990s with a photo that I took of #Sandycove ten years ago, while waiting for some fish and chips. #SenryuSunday
June 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Here’s a #haiga which combines a (popular) human-interest #haiku (senryu) of mine from the 1990s with a photo that I took of #Sandycove ten years ago, while waiting for some fish and chips. #SenryuSunday
First ice-cream of the summer. But that’s not my house, I just like Allium flowers’
June 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
First ice-cream of the summer. But that’s not my house, I just like Allium flowers’
A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com
My interview with Together FM is being broadcast this Saturday 14/6 at 11am. Tune in: www.togetherfm.com 📻
June 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My interview with Together FM is being broadcast this Saturday 14/6 at 11am. Tune in: www.togetherfm.com 📻
Day out in #Powerscourt House & Gardens (County #Wicklow) yesterday. I hadn’t been there for 20-30 years, and had forgotten how lovely it was.
May 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Day out in #Powerscourt House & Gardens (County #Wicklow) yesterday. I hadn’t been there for 20-30 years, and had forgotten how lovely it was.
I wrote this a year ago, and am about to embark on another year of gowning duties, tomorrow night in the Round Room of the Mansion House in #Dublin (where our Lord Mayor lives). #senryusunday
May 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I wrote this a year ago, and am about to embark on another year of gowning duties, tomorrow night in the Round Room of the Mansion House in #Dublin (where our Lord Mayor lives). #senryusunday
I’m tired so re-sharing my X post about this evening’s #poetry event @ildf.bsky.social on here! Well done all! 💪🏻 @leeannequinn.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I’m tired so re-sharing my X post about this evening’s #poetry event @ildf.bsky.social on here! Well done all! 💪🏻 @leeannequinn.bsky.social
Snap, I saw these on my canal walk today
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Snap, I saw these on my canal walk today
Lovely afternoon for a stroll by the Grand Canal in #Dublin The yellow flag irises are in bloom, as you can see, earlier than usual. That’s probably due to the unusually long spell of sunny weather that we’ve been enjoying here on this (often) rain-soaked island. 😎
May 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Lovely afternoon for a stroll by the Grand Canal in #Dublin The yellow flag irises are in bloom, as you can see, earlier than usual. That’s probably due to the unusually long spell of sunny weather that we’ve been enjoying here on this (often) rain-soaked island. 😎
I’m so fortunate that my local park is the WW Memorial Gardens in #Dublin (designed by Edwin Lutyens). They’re beautiful at this time of year, with clematis & wisteria in bloom, and the roses starting to emerge ❤️ ⬆️
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’m so fortunate that my local park is the WW Memorial Gardens in #Dublin (designed by Edwin Lutyens). They’re beautiful at this time of year, with clematis & wisteria in bloom, and the roses starting to emerge ❤️ ⬆️
I wrote this ‘ku around two years ago, on a small island off the Scottish coast, but it was also partly inspired by memory, since my Mum has been several years dead. Strictly speaking, it’s a hybrid haiku / senryu. I hope you like it. #senryusunday
April 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I wrote this ‘ku around two years ago, on a small island off the Scottish coast, but it was also partly inspired by memory, since my Mum has been several years dead. Strictly speaking, it’s a hybrid haiku / senryu. I hope you like it. #senryusunday
Here’s a #haiga with a #monoku for #InternationalHaikuDay. It was inspired in County Galway (Connemara) a few years ago and I’m back in the same spot, with the same friends, today 😎
April 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here’s a #haiga with a #monoku for #InternationalHaikuDay. It was inspired in County Galway (Connemara) a few years ago and I’m back in the same spot, with the same friends, today 😎
Here’s a #senryu that I wrote this time last year. My friend’s Afghan tenant is still in situ, and has settled in well to his new life in Dublin, Ireland. #senryusunday
April 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Here’s a #senryu that I wrote this time last year. My friend’s Afghan tenant is still in situ, and has settled in well to his new life in Dublin, Ireland. #senryusunday
We enjoyed the workshop in haiku & mindfulness that we had on Saturday in gorgeous Glendalough. I had a lovely group, who engaged with the materials enthusiastically and wrote some fine haiku. And the rain held off, as you can see…
March 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We enjoyed the workshop in haiku & mindfulness that we had on Saturday in gorgeous Glendalough. I had a lovely group, who engaged with the materials enthusiastically and wrote some fine haiku. And the rain held off, as you can see…