On Sunday 19th February seventeen eager participants flocked to the central coast haven of Pearl Beach for the 8th Bowerbird Tanka Workshop. Beverley George, convenor of the group, graciously opened her bower to us all once more as a relaxing and inspiring venue for the day.
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Shaw’s Bay, Ballina, NSW
Thursday 9 February 2012
Never be afraid of a wet ginko. When poets gather to experience together the nuances of their environment, images are heightened by the extremes that the elements may present. The Cloudcatchers held their summer ginko at Shaw’s Bay, and at the Skate Park, Ballina, on Thursday 9 February. It rained all day.
Some walked along the beach, wet and laughing; some had umbrellas blow inside out; some had problems with ink on wet paper as they took notes. Some hunkered down in the shelter shed which they shared from time to time with a variety of silent disheveled birds, and small black ants also on a quest for a dry spot.
This is the summer weather of where we live, and we were in it. The smell of the rain, the sound of the rain, the way it joined the puddles, the wide open bay receiving it all. Images were captured in words, and woven into haiku around a large table at the Shaw’s Bay Hotel, where we stayed on for lunch together.
Any poet wishing to join our autumn ginko is welcome to contact Quendryth Young, at: quendrythyoung@bigpond.com
Quendryth Young
Cloudcatchers Coordinator
Sandra Simpson has published her first collection of haiku. Details are at the following web site:
http://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/
The first peer review of Breath is also available. If you’d like to read it, please go here:
Venue: Box Factory, 59 Regent St South, Adelaide
Time: 10.30 am to 1 pm.
Present: Lyn Arden, Belinda Broughton, Jill Gower, Maeve Archibald, Margaret Rawlinson, Lee Bentley, Margaret Fensom.
Apologies: Alex Ask, Marilyn Linn, Julia Wakefield, Judith Ahmed, Dawn Colsey.
Haiku Bindii Vol. 1 Journeys 2011 100 extra copies have been printed and are available for sale.
Beverley George has sent postcards for members who met her in Adelaide.
Australian Haiku Society 