Month: April 2021

Echidna Tracks Submission Reminder

A reminder that Echidna Tracks will be accepting submissions for Issue 7 on the theme of Light & Colour throughout the month of April. The editors for this issue invite your previously unpublished haiku and senryu on that theme. Please read the guidelines carefully.

Submissions may be made via the Submissions form throughout April 2021.

We look forward to your offerings, thank you.

Lynette Arden
Simon Hanson
Gavin Austin

Young Echidna: photo by Simon Hanson

Paperbark Haiku Autumn Zoom Meeting

Djeran noongar season
Friday 30th April, 1 pm
(Australian Western Standard Time for Perth, Western Australia)

Please have some haiku to share during the meeting and be prepared to key the haiku into the comments box when requested, so everyone can see as well hear the haiku. They can be haiku you wrote at our Ginko at Adachi Park, or haiku you wrote on your own ginko, in your own time, preferably between 24th and 30th April.

Please either private message Maureen Sexton on Facebook/Messenger or email for the link to the zoom meeting.

Thank you

Maureen Sexton

Paperbark Haiku Autumn Ginko

Wednesday 28 April 2021
10 am to 12 noon (approx)
Adachi Park
132 Great Eastern Highway, Ascot
Western Australia

Currently it’s Djeran Season in Noongar seasons. Djeran is a season of adulthood. April-May. Ant season

We will meet next to the car park. Please bring with you a notebook and pen, some water and something to eat and drink if you wish. It may be a good idea to have a folding chair with you, in case the picnic tables and chairs are taken. We will have a short meeting, then head off on our ginko (haiku walk) before we meet up again to share our haiku and observations.

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Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra

Tuesday 13 April 2021

The autumn sun held a hint of chill as we gathered for our monthly chinwag at The Oaks. Around us the seasonal colours were gently on the change. We were all present this time: Kathy Kituai, Glenys Ferguson, Hazel Hall, Gregory Piko, Marietta McGregor and Jan Dobb. Also present was visitor Sue, a house guest of Jan, who was curious to experience some close-up haiku.

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