Category Archives: Wales

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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Daily Double Haiku: Jan. 25, 2023

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

icicles in the echo wolf moon by Maureen Weldon (Wales) sub-zero . . . snowball fight boys against girls by Jeffrey Walthall (USA)

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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

reading your work I slip  into your skin   by Maureen Weldon (Wales) Bloo Outlier Journal, 2020

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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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A Triolet by Paul Beech (Wales)

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

Box Brownie My old Box Brownie, parents young I clicked. Tenderly still, in black-and-white, they cling; Penmaenmawr sunsets for my album picked. My old Box Brownie, parents young I clicked, Barely out of short trousers, my quiff slicked. Viewfinder clear, … Continue reading →

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Poetry by Maureen Weldon

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

HE TELLS HER by Maureen Weldon   She lives her life in boxes, or signed on the bottom line.   The in-laws the rotten husband, and jam making.   And the child – that joy – the child.   Then … Continue reading →

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