AHS sincerely apologises for the delay in posting this report.
The Paperbark Haiku Group’s Summer gathering for 2025 was held on the morning of Wednesday December 10th. Twelve haiku enthusiasts gathered at the Little Rokeby Café in Subiaco to experience the nearby memorial gardens, and to set down lines of haiku in response to the environs.
Continue reading “Paperbark Haiku Summer 2025 Ginko”Red Earth Ecology, based in the NSW Riverina, is offering a series of haiku-related workshops in early 2026. Full details are available on the Stay Cool website – read on for workshop dates and leader information.
Continue reading “‘Stay Cool’ Writing Workshops Opportunity”AHS sincerely apologises for the late posting of this report, which was provided prior to Christmas 2025.
Our final meeting for the year was held on Tuesday, 2nd December, at Carol Reynolds’s home in Bangor. As is often the case in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it is difficult to juggle the many and various events that arise. Ros Pitt, Margaret Mahony, Carol Reynolds and Alison Miller attended, but unfortunately Patricia Meredith, Kathleen Ann and Rita Potente were unable to join us.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group Summer Meeting 2025”On the last meeting for the year, the White Pebbles Haiku Group gathered as usual at the Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden on a vibrant summer morning. In its eighth year, Beverley George (founder and convener) was joined by all the group’s members: Colleen Keating, Gwen Bitti, Kent Robinson, Maire Glacken, Marilyn Humbert, Michael Thorley, Pip Griffin and Samantha Sirimanne Hyde.
Continue reading “White Pebbles Summer Meeting”The summer solstice – when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky creating the longest day and shortest night of the year – has been important to many cultures throughout human history. With the observance of seasons a significant aspect of haiku practice, the Australian Haiku Society chooses to mark the solstices and equinoxes each year. This year for the Southern hemisphere summer solstice we are sharing a few favourite poems submitted to Haiku Strings in previous summers. You can find PDF booklets of most of the Haiku Strings we have held to date on our Resources page .
Continue reading “Summer Solstice 2025 Selections”Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Ewan Rourke and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday, September 28, at 4 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne, Stella Damarjati and Radhika de Silva. The attendees brought some haiku for review, and Subha sent her haiku in spite of her absence.
Continue reading “Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday November 30, 2025”Catchment- Poetry of Place will remain open for contributions until 21st November, towards release of the journal’s 5th issue on 21st December 2025.
Continue reading “Catchment – Poetry of Place 5; submissions open until 21st November”
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