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!
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fear
black smoke
blocks the sun
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bird hush
embers flying
tree to tree
Quendryth Young
(lodged by Lynette Arden for Quendryth
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giant moon –
smoke signals
withot address
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Suns silent song
Hungry flames dance
Weeping ashes rain
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summer settles
into mountain hammocks
solstice siesta
Lance Convey
(please disregard my first entry, thank you )
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the sun settles
into mountain hammocks
siesta
Lance Convey
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talking about
our future –
sunset
Pere Risteski
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