Welcome to our November Members’ News
We have news of groups and gatherings, publications, readings and the AHS Summer Solstice Haiku String.
Name change
Western Australia’s Mari Warabiny Haiku Group have changed their name to Paperbark Haiku Group.
“The linking of ‘paper’ and ‘bark’ is a connection to nature, and its fragility juxtaposes well with the longevity of the written word. Or as Tash Adams said “paper bark … for me has a 2nd meaning, like a barking piece of paper… or something on the paper that speaks” The peeling away of the bark can be likened to the peeling away of the layers of meaning within haiku.”
https://australianhaikusociety.org/2018/11/18/name-change-for-mari-warabiny/#more-11429
Groups and Gatherings
Haiku @ The Oaks
https://australianhaikusociety.org/2018/11/04/haiku-the-oaks-canberra-10/#more-11418
Paperbark Haiku
https://australianhaikusociety.org/2018/11/18/paperbark-haiku-ginko/#more-11432
Watersmeet Haiku Group
https://australianhaikusociety.org/2018/12/04/watersmeet-spring-ginko-2
Bowerbird Tanka
https://australianhaikusociety.org/2018/11/23/19th-bowerbird-tanka-workshop-at-arboretum/#more-11440
Publications
Creatrix 43 Haiku is online:
https://wapoets.com/creatrix-2/2018-2/creatix-43-haiku
Echidna Tracks 2: Landscapes began publishing haiku on the 1st December
The Haiku Foundation is seeking nominations for haiku and senryu for its Touchstone Awards as well as nominations of books for its Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards. Submissions close on the 31st December.
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/touchstone-poem-awards
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2018/09/16/nominate-a-book-for-a-2018-touchstone-award
Readings
Vanessa Proctor was a featured poet at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra on 26th November and was lucky enough to meet many of the capital’s haiku and tanka poets at the venue. As well as reading her haiku, she read tanka and free verse.
The Summer Solstice Haiku String
The AHS Summer Solstice Haiku String on the subject of ‘change’ will take place on Saturday 22nd December. We’re looking forward to reading your work. We’ll keep you posted!
Members’ News collated by Vanessa Proctor
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