Clive Bennett
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Clive Bennett
@mindfulbirds.bsky.social
Sometime philosopher, thinker, dreamer, birdwatcher, poet, and occasional writer. Living and writing in beautiful North Wales.
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If you like #birds and #haiku (and other japanese short-form poetry), the latest revision (July 2025) of my interactive #ebook ‘always sparrows’ with embedded birdsongs, music and video is available for download (free) here …

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across the saltings …

blending with the day a grey heron

#haiku #mnoku #birds #heron #autumn
September 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
down by the river …

under the willow a splash of blue

#haiku #monoku #birds #kingfisher #trees #willow
August 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
where the river meets the sea …

slack tide the heron waits

#haiku #monoku #birds #heron #river
August 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
another heatwave …

summer season the same jokes every night

#haiku #senryu #monoku #bankholiday #comedyshow
August 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
a beautiful day for …

blackberry picking my puppy picks her own

#haiku #monoku #berries #blackberry #autumn #dogs
August 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
yesterdays news ...

tombstoning the laugh in a gull’s cry

#haiku #senryu #monoku
August 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
on the city bus snatches of birdsong

#haiku #monoku #birds #yellowhammer
August 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
a mashup of a tanka and a Gembun with music made by SUNO (AI) with the addition of a wrens song. Mixed and produced by me in MixPad …

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August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
wild camping …

park trail
a nuthatch whistles
our dogs

#haiku #birds #nuthatch #camping #NationalPark
August 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
with a nod to #Messiaen

waking up a kaleidoscope of birdsong

#haiku #monoku #synethesia #birdsong
August 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
(in)glorious 12th …

ahead of the guns wildfires

#haiku #senryu #monoku #grouse #habitat #moorlands #heather
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
today’s forecast …

sunshine and showers a scattering of daisies

#haiku #monoku #weather #flowers #daisy
August 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
first signs of #autumn

early berries
the mistle thrush
get first dibs

#haiku #birds #mistlethrush
July 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
an early #monoku updated …

fast food jackdaws scoff my breakfast croissant

#haiku #birds #jackdaw
July 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
an experimental minimal three word #senryu (#monoku) with punctuation …

the end: silence!
July 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here’s a piece of #tanka inspired music composed and arranged by @SunoMusic
July 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
evening chill
shooting the breeze
with my dog

#haiku #senryu #chill #dogs #summerevening
July 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
too hot by half so here’s a link to a mashup of two winter #haiku put to music composed and arranged by @SunoMusic …
July 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
monkey bars
the upside down calls
of a nuthatch

#haiku #birds #nuthatch
July 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
on a hot summers day …

grasshoppers my puppies jump

#haiku #monoku #summer #grasshopper #puppy #dogs
July 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
here’s the earlier ones which didn’t post for some reason …

two minimalist forms of #monoku

clouds drift now a dragon

roadkill magpies play at chicken

#haiku #birds #magpie #fantasty #childhood #pareidolia
July 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
last #monoku for today …

sea breeze gulls skim the windrows

#haiku #birds #gull #summer #haymaking
July 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you like #birds and #haiku (and other japanese short-form poetry), the latest revision (July 2025) of my interactive #ebook ‘always sparrows’ with embedded birdsongs, music and video is available for download (free) here …

sites.google.com/view/alwayss...
always sparrows - Download
Download Have I piqued your interest? Would you like to read some more ... then do download the ebook from Google Drive - It's FREE! Best read with an epub3 reader, for IOS such as Apple Books, or A...
sites.google.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
another wet and windy summers day …

between the gusts goldfinch song

#haiku #monoku #birds #goldfinch #summer
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
feeling nostalgic …

wishing we’d had more time dandelion clocks

#haiku #monoku #childhood #midsummer
June 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM