Episodes

  • Under the Eaves

    Under the Eaves
    Sep 4 2022
    Some more of my childhood memories recounted as gembun. ‘up in the attic’ was first published in the Wales Haiku Journal Autumn 2021 The recording of House Sparrow, by Dominique Guillerme is used here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. This and many more can be found at - Xeno-Canto a website dedicated to sharing bird sounds from all over the world.
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    3 mins
  • Skipping Stones

    Skipping Stones
    Aug 12 2022
    Some of my childhood memories recounted as Gembun. ‘wagtails skitter’ was first published in the Wales Haiku Journal Autumn 2021. The recording of a Whitethroat by Michael John O Mahony is used here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/576026.
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    3 mins
  • Some old favourites...

    Some old favourites...
    Aug 5 2022
    Some more of my bird-related haiku. ‘lights flicker’ was first published in hedgerow #133 and ‘blue moon’ in the summer edition (2022) of the Wales Haiku Journal. The recording of a Skylark by Cureau Hervé is used here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/729685.
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    3 mins
  • In darkening skies

    In darkening skies
    Jul 25 2022
    Some more of my haiku in the form of Gembun. A Gembun, created by ai li in 1997, is made up of either a one-word first link or anything up to one sentence, to be capped by a haiku of up to four lines. The Gembun has to include an element of suggestion in either the opening sentence, the haiku or both. The cover art is of a painting by Deb Anderson - a 12"x12" oil on board painting of the Night Sky and the Seven Sisters.
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    3 mins
  • reading the leaves ...

    reading the leaves ...
    Jul 19 2022
    Some more of my haiku in the form of Gembun. A Gembun, created by ai li in 1997, is made up of either a one-word first link or anything up to one sentence, to be capped by a haiku of up to four lines. The Gembun has to include an element of suggestion in either the opening sentence, the haiku or both.
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    3 mins
  • down cobbled streets

    down cobbled streets
    Jul 8 2022

    Some of my haiku about birds … ’coot skitter’ was first published in the Wales Haiku Journal (Summer 2020), and ‘daytime moon’ published just this year in the inaugural edition (April 2022) of Scarlet Dragonfly. While ‘swift scream’ first appeared in my eChapbook ‘Feathered Skies’ (2020) and later also featured on Charlotte Digregorio’s Daily Blog (2022).
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    3 mins
  • Longest Day

    Longest Day
    Jun 30 2022
    Another of my haiku inspired by the prose of Richard Jefferies. The recording of a Yellowhammer by Jarek Matusiak is used here under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. This and many more can be found at - Xeno-Canto a website dedicated to sharing bird sounds from all over the world.
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    3 mins
  • Once Upon A Time

    Once Upon A Time
    Jun 22 2022
    Some more of my haiku in the form of Gembun. A Gembun, created by ai li in 1997, is made up of either a one-word first link or anything up to one sentence, to be capped by a haiku of up to four lines. The Gembun has to include an element of suggestion in either the opening sentence, the haiku or both.
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    3 mins