A poem by AHS member Lyn Reeves has been selected as a haiku of merit in the Shintai section of the June 2016 edition of World Haiku Review (magazine of World Haiku Club):
lowering sun—
in its glow
a lacework of leaves
- Lyn Reeves
Month: July 2016
Robyn Cairns – An Afternoon of Poetry
Melbourne-based haiku poet Robyn Cairns will be holding a launch of her new chapbook In Transit at the Dancing Dog Café (42A Albert Street, Footscray – phone: 03 – 9689 2566), between 2.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. on Sunday, 17 July. All are welcome. Please RSVP to Robyn at rbcairns@gmail.com ASAP.
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Submissions open for Windfall #5
An anthology of haiku by Australian haiku poets, Windfall is edited by Beverley George and published annually by Peter Macrow’s Blue Giraffe Press. The annual submission window is July only. Please send up to six haiku, on themes relevant to Australia, to beverleygeorge@idx.com.au. Please also include a statement to the effect that your haiku are original, unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.
Submission Guidelines here
Rodney Williams – Commended in Croatia
An entry by Australian haiku poet Rodney Williams has been Commended in the 2015 Little Haiku Contest, as judged by Jim Kacian for the Three Rivers Haiku Association in Croatia. Continue reading “Rodney Williams – Commended in Croatia”
Australians on Asahi Haikuist Network
As noted by its editor David McMurray, “Celebratory haiku from Australia made front page news in the Asahi newspaper on July 1.”
Haiku by Barbara Taylor and Marietta McGregor can be accessed through this link:
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201607010005.html
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Ron C. Moss – joint winner of HSA Renku Award 2016
Working in collaboration with Ferris Gilli, Australian haiku poet Ron C. Moss has come first in the HSA Bernard Lionel Einbond Memorial Renku Awards Collection for 2016.
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