Australian haiku poets to enjoy special successes during the month of Janaury, 2017, included: Quendryth Young, for winning a second prize in the annual Kusamakura Haiku Competition in Japan; and Ron C. Moss, for having a haiku-inscribed stone unveiled on the Katikati Haiku Pathway in New Zealand.
Full results for the Kusamakura Haiku Competition can be accessed through this link:
http://kusamakura-haiku.jp/backnumber/2016/english_e.html
Details about the new addition to New Zealand’s Haiku Pathway can be viewed here:
https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/new-haiku-pathway-poem-part-2/
Quendryth’s prize-winning entry from the Kasumakura Haiku Competition reads as follows:
all eyes
wide open
aquarium
The 45th poem to be featured in the pathway at Katikati in New Zealand, Ron’s haiku reads:
outdoor concert
the toddler asleep
kicking stars
Congratulations to both Quendryth Young and Ron C. Moss for each having their work in haiku recognised in these ways during the month of January.
Rodney Williams
Secretary
Australian Haiku Society
Australian Haiku Society 