Category Archives: Paul Beech

Daily Haiku: June 2, 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

recovering now – a steaming mug of mum’s beef-tea by Paul Beech (Wales), Author Curlew Sunset, 2023

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Daily Haiku Special: May 10, 2023 – Book Announcement by Paul Beech

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

The following are sample poems from Curlew Sunset by Paul Beech of Wales. His new collection, just released, features a range of Japanese forms: haiku, senryu, tanka, and haibun. The book has 83 pages. The author’s work is often featured on … Continue reading →

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The Daily Double Haiku: Jan. 15, 2023

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

mountain mist my torch-lit dash to the post box by Paul Beech (Wales)  Blithe Spirit: Journal of the British Haiku Society, 32.1, February 2022    sunshine filling every room the cuckoo’s call by Clive Bennett (North Wales) Presence, Issue 68, November … Continue reading →

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Daily Double Haiku: Nov. 24, 2022

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

mulled wine   the family gathering   I’m excluded from    by Paul Beech (Wales)  Failed Haiku: A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 5, Issue 51, March 1, 2020     “Look, Santa’s on a reindeer”. . . he wakes … Continue reading →

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Tanka from Wales

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

tonight a full moon furiously beautiful over the estuary a past life by Maureen Weldon (Wales) Blithe Spirit,  Vol.  31,  No. 1, February 2021       shining deep in cyber space a haiku blog… I listen for waves between words by Paul Beech (Wales)  Temple, The … Continue reading →

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Daily Double Haiku: May 29, 2022

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

Grieg on low  I feel her smile  through my shirt    by Paul Beech (Wales) Failed Haiku, October 2017

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 23, 2021

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

last light the slipstream of swallows over my shoulder by Paul Beech (Wales) Blithe Spirit, Vol. 31, No. 2, May 2021

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The Clock by Paul Beech

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

THE CLOCK He’s here with me now, my kid bro from the south. A brilliant inventor, patents registered, top prizes won. Until stricken with early dementia.   We’re in North Wales, not far from the sea, at a Fabrics and … Continue reading →

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Daily Haiku: April 3, 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

senryu three thousand feet . . .now I bank the gliderand dive     by Paul Beech (Wales) brass bell: a haiku journal, April 2021  

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Tanka by Paul Beech

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Charlotte Digregorio

TANKA floral smock chalky she holds the new boy close wipes his terrified tears and lets him sit with the girls by Paul Beech (Wales) Poetry in the Plague Year, 2020

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