Welcome, haiku poets worldwide to the Australian Haiku Society Winter Solstice Kukai. Entries close on Saturday 29th June.
Write a haiku in response to the image.
Enter no more than one haiku per image. Haiku entered should not have been published previously in print or online, including in discussion forums. If you enter more than one haiku per image, only your first haiku will be considered.
Your name should appear on your entry as you would like to see it on the website.
The winning haiku will be displayed on the AHS website.
By entering the competition, entrants agree to make their haiku available for use on the AHS website, although copyright will remain with the author.
No correspondence will be entered into regarding winning entries.
To enter, post your haiku in the comment box. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the comment box.
If you make a mistake in your haiku, please post it again, including a note to disregard your first entry.
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Good luck!
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cold evening
darkness smells of
mulled wine
hot chocolate –
without shoes out in the cold
a snowman
Maria Teresa Sisti
Italy
winter solstice
another time
fixing the watch
endless night –
a blind date
with my shadow
Maria Teresa Sisti
Italy
the pale face
of a waning moon
stroke unit
Lucy Whitehead
midwinter
keeping the distance
away from her
Agus Maulana Sunjaya
(Tangerang – Indonesia)
grandpa’s heirloom—
all the bedtime stories
he never told me
Winter Solstice- haiku
grandma knitting
warm clothing-
snowman melts on
grandfather’s stopwatch—
remembering that picnic
Corine Timmer
(Netherlands/Portugal)
winter solstice-
the deaf snowman
unbuttoned to climate change