The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the AHS Spring Equinox Haiku String 2019.
The String will remain open for contributions until Wednesday 25th September to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part.
rockpool
a small hand breaks
through the clouds
Vanessa Proctor
The haiku string has now closed. Please enjoy the contributions.
Haiku String – Instructions
AHS invites you to share with us your original haiku on the theme of Discovery. We invite you to explore a multiplicity of ideas in the String without using the word ‘discovery’.
The haiku will be linked by the subject Discovery. It is not necessary for each haiku to relate to the one before it.
- Please contribute up to three of your best haiku.
- Haiku should be posted in the comment box at the end of the post.
- Haiku posted must be original work by the poet making the post. Please include your name below each haiku as you wish it to appear.
Posting your work in the AHS Spring Equinox Haiku String 2019 assumes the following:
Copyright of each haiku remains with the author. We request nonexclusive permission to publish your work on AHS website and to republish it in any future online collections on the AHS website.

zephyr
kowhai turns the grass
into gold
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autumn photos –
how can be stiff
a smile
Margherita Petriccione
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how much levity
in the hands of my niece!
beginning of autumn
Margherita Petriccione
soft sweetness
of black chocolate …
autumn equinox
Margherita Petriccione
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mountain lake
I look for
Bob Ross’ signature
Edward Cody Huddleston
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new building –
no spring buds
on the trees
the ragged call
of white-faced herons
our dog dashes outside
we hold our breath
as he blows at the candle
first birthday
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an old yearbook
all those scribbled messages
bottles washed ashore
Bruce Jewett
twisted garden hose
hill of tinder grass— beautiful
the fading light
Bruce Jewett
beneath the ivy
on the old wooden fence
arrows and hearts
Bruce Jewett
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jumping spider
her whole world a hide
on our pot plant pedestal
Myra King
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