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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nurse’s watch
every second
counts
Quendryth Young
Posted by Lynette Arden for Quendryth Young
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in the same rhythm
with the beating of the heart
the clock tick
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memories
of my grandfather…
another time
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ICU
the length
of each minute
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Dangling from a chain
Marking our journey to the grave
“What’s the time Mister Wolf?”
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Were time to stop
would it matter to the butterfly
or the flea?
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my brother’s birthday
is it solstice yet
in the UK?
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