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)

winter warmth
the glow of his dinosaur
night light
.
Kanonook Creek
a dreamer’s elbows
cushioned by moss
.
On the Beach
our childhood haunted
by mushroom clouds
.
– Lorin Ford, Melbourne, Australia
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my long shadow
yet the climbing tree
all out of birdsong
.
anniversary dinner
i tie together
dad’s shoelaces
.
elevator ride
a young soprano
hits a high note
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bright winter day
shepherd with her little ones
dreaming of clover
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planting a tree
will these strong roots reach
to China?
measure of a year
the long and the short of it
this child and I
red and yellow and green and blue
the pure joy
of new crayons
Peggy Bilbro
Alabama, USA
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long nights
dancing of fire-fairies
in the hearth
cracking of ice
as the geese land
mid-winter
red mittens
pulling ice
from the pond
Maureen Sudlow
New Zealand
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Sharyn Jones Australia
a dusty track
this broken branch
becomes my horse
rainbow paper
tiny hands
move the colours
among the stars
one special light
was once my pup
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the breeze blows
against my face,
lingers
windmills waving –
midges gather in
the evening
sunflowers in Charente
face the sun –
their call
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