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 ignore your first entry.
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Good luck!
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hot summer night
I wish the stars
were snow flakes
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the deaf snowman
unbuttoned to climate change
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glint of a telescopic lense.
Old whalers’ port!
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A H S Winter Solstice 2019 Haiga Kukai: Seasonal
A million snowflakes
this smiling snowman
soon a puddle
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first light chinks
peaking nose tucked up
snowbound day
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smiling children
build a smiling snowman…
shortest day
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hatted for the snow
the three of us throw ourselves
into connection
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