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Featured Haiku from Windfall 4 & 9
We continue our series from Windfall: Australian Haiku, an annual Australian print journal edited by Beverley George and published by Peter Macrow’s Blue Giraffe Press between 2013 and 2022 (ISSN 1839-5449). The pair of poems I have selected to showcase this time involve birds, smoke and wind.
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Members’ News October 2026
Welcome to the Australian Haiku Society Members’ News, October 2026. In this edition we have a round-up of recent AHS activities, a look at what craft aspects make contemporary haiku appealing, a preview of the John Bird Dreaming Award, and a reminder that Echidna Tracks is currently open for submissions for Issue 18.
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Featured Haiku from Windfall 4 & 9
We continue our series from Windfall: Australian Haiku, an annual Australian print journal edited by Beverley George and published by Peter Macrow’s Blue Giraffe Press…
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Members’ News October 2026
Welcome to the Australian Haiku Society Members’ News, October 2026. In this edition we have a round-up of recent AHS activities, a look at what…
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Report on the Bindii Meeting Saturday September 26, 2026
Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden and Ewan Rourke met by Zoom on Saturday, September 26 at 3 pm Adelaide time. Apologies were received from Stella Damarjati,…
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Remembering John Bird: the poet behind the Haiku Dreaming Award
With submissions to the John Bird Haiku Dreaming Award opening in the first week of November, it is a good moment to remember the poet…
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Closing Report Illawong Haiku Group
A final report by Carol Reynolds, Past Convenor. Before we are archived I thought it appropriate to submit this closing report as a reminder of…