Welcome to The Australian Haiku Society Haiku String for the day of the Southern Hemisphere Winter Solstice
We will keep the String open for contributions for three days to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part.
We welcome contributions from haiku poets worldwide.
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The haiku in this String will be tied together by the subject: ‘seeing the world with a child’s eyes’. There is no need for each haiku to relate to the previous haiku in the String, although we allow for response haiku for two levels below each haiku in the top-level posts in the String.
Please contribute up to three of your best haiku.
Haiku should be posted in the comment box at the end of this post
Haiku posted must be original work by the poet making the post. Please include your name below each haiku as you wish it to appear.
We invite you to include the place of residence below the author’s name.
In the spirit of creativity we encourage poets to submit new work.
Posting your work in the AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String 2018 assumes the following:
Copyright of each haiku remains with the author. We request nonexclusive permission to publish your work on AHS website and to republish it in any future online collections on the AHS website
道あるに 雪の中行く 童かな
michi aruni/ yuki no naka yuku/ warabe kana
there’s the road
yet the child walks
in the snow
Kijo Murakami (1865 – 1938)
(Translation Vanessa Proctor)

thinking…
pecans pelter the roof
of the dunny
chilly day
finding warmth deep
in a pile of leaves
topmost branch –
a jumble of thongs
on the ground
Quendryth Young
Alstonville NSW Australia
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low tide
our bucket full
of treasures
convalescence
old things seem
a new discovery
Marina Bellini – Italy
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recreation
in the schoolyard
long shadows
——————
red kway
a bicycle ride
before dark
——————
the low sun –
for his teddy bear
a little light
——————
Angiola Inglese
Italia
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Custard apple tree
growing taller, strong and true
best hiding place ever
Making daisy chains
place them gently in your hair
floral crown for you
Butterfly flutter
dance with us in the garden
on shimmering wings
by Stephanie Boase
Brisbane, Australia
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unable to resist
the magic of the puddle
draws her near
Craig Australia
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children voices . . .
the snapdragons
speak
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
USA
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Japanese characters
the child
equally baffled
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