Hello, thanks for dropping by. I’m Clive by the way, sometime philosopher, thinker, dreamer, birdwatcher, poet, and occasional writer. Living and writing in beautiful North Wales.
still waters a frog jumps ... into my reflection
I’ve been watching birds for as long as I can remember but only started writing haiku about birds a few years ago – drawing inspiration direct from nature and my memories, but also from paintings of birds, and their songs, and from the writings and essays of some of our greatest English Nature Writers and Poets, notably Richard Jefferies and W H Hudson.
Here’s one of my first and favourite haiku …
swift scream
down cobbled streets
bikers follow
My haiku have been published in the Wales Haiku Journal, Presence, Hedgerow, Blo͞o Outlier Journal, ‘Failed Haiku’, tsuri-dōrō journal, and most recently in the Scarlet Dragonfly Journal. Here’s a few …
up in the attic
crawling through
my childhood
Wales Haiku Journal Summer 2021
sunshine filling every room the cuckoo’s call
Presence Issue 68
primroses in the hedgerow bank a robin’s nest
Hedgerow #134 Spring 2021
waking up
... next to you
waking up
flower moon
her scent of jasmine
in every room
‘Failed Haiku’ - A Journal of English Senryu Volume 6, Issue 67
daytime moon
the ebb and flow
of sanderlings
The Inaugural edition of Scarlet Dragonfly Journal (April 2022)
I’m indebted to some exceptional haijin who have knowingly or unknowingly helped me along the way – Paul Chambers, Founding Editor of the Wales Haiku Journal, Colin Blundell, Former President of the British Haiku Society and fellow enthusiast of Richard Jefferies, and Alan Summers, President of United Haiku and Tanka Society. Not forgetting Joe Woodhouse the current editor of the Wales Haiku Journal and Caroline Skanne Founding Editor of Hedgerow – a Journal of Small Poems. And of course to every poet who has ever published and shared their work
My occasional thoughts, poems and other scribblings can be found in my Blog here: Blog Posts. Or you can catch up with me on Twitter. If you’re into Podcasts then you can listen to me reading some of my poems by following the link My Podcasts . And please don’t be shy on leaving a comment – I’d love to hear from you …
Tremendous talent Clive, Well Done Sir!
Thanks Steve that means a lot 😊
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 😊
So good to see this page and enjoy the haiku 🌹
Thanks Lesley 🙏😊. Still working out exactly want I want to post here but I’m sure it will be something to do with haiku and birds …
Thanks Deborah lovely to see you. In the early stages of working out what I want to do here. But I’m excited at the prospect.
This is a very happy discovery!