David Bingham (born December 13, 1946, Liverpool, U.K.), retired teacher/lecturer and haikai poet for more than 20 years. Editor of Blithe Spirit (2013–2014) and acting BHS president (2021–2022). Won the BHS Ken and Noragh Jones Haibun Award (2017). Edited Ripening Cherries (2019), an anthology of haiku, tanka, and haibun, as well as Stories under Every Rock (2020), an anthology of haibun. A leader of the Shropshire-based Green Wood Haiku group, he leads composition workshops and readings. Resides in Ironbridge, Shropshire, U.K.