poetry by Gabriel Rosenstock
bilingual haiku written in Irish and English.
photography by David Ulrich
I. Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 1987
somewhere
in Hawaii
hope grows
áit éigin
in Haváí
dóchas ag fásII. Pahoehoe Lava, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI 1985
the shape of conflict
now and in times to come
lava
cruth coimhlinte
anois agus amach anseo
laibheIII. Great Gallery, Utah 1988
come visit us, they say,
we would really love
to know you
tar ar cuairt chugainn, ar siad,
ba bhreá linn aithne
a chur oraibhIV. Tulips, Cape Cod, 1981
nowhere else
except on Planet Earth
tulips
ní bhfaighfeá iad
lasmuigh den domhan seo
tiúilipíV. He‘e (Octopus), Kanaloa Shrine, Kaho‘olawe, HI 1994
with respect
with nothing else
this silent offering
le hómós
sin uile
an ofráil chiúin seoDAVID ULRICH is an active photographer and writer whose work has been published in numerous books and journals including Aperture, Parabola, MANOA, and Sierra Club publications. Ulrich’s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over seventy-five one-person and group exhibitions in museums, galleries, and universities. He has taught for Pacific New Media, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa and was a Professor and Chair of the Art Department at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. For fifteen years, he served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Photography Department of The Art Institute of Boston. His website is
https://creativeguide.com/
GABRIEL ROSENSTOCK is a poet, haikuist, tankaist, short story writer, children’s author, critic, translator and novelist. His literary medium of choice is Irish. Many of his haiku books for older children are freely available at https://freekidsbooks.org/.
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