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Also available as an ePub book. Please DM or email me at birdsinhaiku@gmail.com for a copy …

Awww Louise that’s so lovely – thank you 🙏❤️ It was quite a challenge to come up with 30 tanka. I’ve made them available as an ebook now too (another free download)

Thanks Luci, birdsongs are a bit like haiku in that they’re of and in the moment. There’s so much more to hear if you can grab yourself some time to listen!

up in the attic
crawling through
my childhood

Sometimes they seem to sing for the pure joy of it! Birdsong is a bit like looking at the stars – the more we listen the more conscious, aware and alive we become to the almost infinite number of birdsongs. A great reason for just stopping for a moment to listen.

Hi Donna, that’s great I’ll email you with my personal email address or you can mail me on birdsinhaiku@gmail.com. Either way once we have established communications I can send you a copy of my ebook for download. Best Wishes. Clive

Best wishes,
Donna Fleischer

Thanks Ashley. This was the introductory draft for my book. I think the next post may give you a clue to the title. The book itself is illustrated with more pics (of sparrows) by Koson to continue the thread. I hope to update (soon) this post and the others so it reads the same as the book. But in essence it reads much the same.

Now published and available as a free download for the iPad/iPhone (on request).

Thanks for your comment. For some reason it was marked as spam! The ultimate goal of this project will be to publish as an Apple book (if that will allow the transfer of the birdsong and music elements). Otherwise Richard has kindly said it has a home here. Where after that I’m not sure. There is scope for a book I think in the ‘haiku of Richard Jefferies’ – but that’s a labour of love!

Hi Lesley how lovely of you to comment. Yes the skylark a favourite songster though I haven’t heard one in years.

I believe you can subscribe to my blog here via email which means you should receive notifications of new posts. But there is no ‘Follow’ button as such. I hope this works for you.

marion

Wow what a lovely comment. Thanks Steve.

Best wishes

Thanks Viv 🙏. I’m working on part 3 now which has a lot more haiku, some narrated. I’m quietly excited by it all 😊

I really like this approach to your life story. The flowing desciptive narrative punctuated by the brief but encompassing hiku works so well. I am sure many will be touched by these words

Thank you for the lovely comment Cynthia 🙏💕. This first part – really more of an introduction is sort of how I got into writing haiku. The next piece is about my early childhood seen through haiku.

Thanks Steve some really inspiring music here. A great response to my haiku by such talented musicians

Thanks Ashley one of my few attempts at a Tanka (of sorts). Happy days ☀️

Thanks for your kind and heartfelt words Steve. After almost a lifetime I feel I have finally found my happy place. Still it would have been lovely to have been a little bit famous just for a while!

The book by the way was ‘The Fourth Key’ the last of the Michael and Mary stories by Malcolm Saville.

What a talent! I enjoyed every moment of Keith’s interview. The imagery in his work is stunning and the work itself exquisite-creative, insightful and even a bit mystical. I will definitely be buying his books.

I also enjoyed Sangita’s skillfull and gently probing questions that exposed the man and his work with grace and light.

Ha ha 🤣. I see I’ve made a similar reply to a comment you made on another post Steve. Well it’s true – thank you 😊

Thanks Steve that means a lot 😊