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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Australian Haiku Society 
Ingrid Reuper
28.6.2019
A quarter past six
his pocket watch stopped ticking
lasting memory
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living the moment
a pause in the sentence
of time
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hands
measure the moments –
today ticks by
Gavin Austin
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plonk
oh damnation
pocket watch in the basin
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old age…
not enough hours
in the day
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heirlooms
the time we meant
to make
Happy Solstice!
Debbie Strange
Canada
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sundial
barrier reefs
turn the clock hands
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last flowering
of the dandelion
time to go
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summer of rockets
a doomsday clock forgets
to change its stripes
Alan Summers
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high school reunion
the clock’s hands dictate
which stories to share
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