Welcome, haiku poets worldwide to the Australian Haiku Society Summer Solstice Kukai. Entries close on the day of the Solstice, Sunday 22nd December.
Entries have now closed.
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!
Australian Haiku Society 
pyrocene
the first immortal
already born
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firestorm –
pale sun sinks
into ashes
Susan Grant
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mountain blaze
the sky above the fire
on fire too
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bushfire dawn
every valley
shrouded
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bushfires…
the suns face veiled
for earths loss
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bushfire inferno
a minute’s silence
our grieving nation
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the sun farewells
the dying trees—
melancholy
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blazing sun
the many shades
of anger
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