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The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Winter Solstice Haiku String.
We will be holding this Haiku String during the day of the Southern Hemisphere Winter Solstice, occurring in Australia this year on Monday, 21st June, 2021. The String will remain open for contributions until Monday 28th June to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part.
Haiku String – Instructions
The AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of Food or Cooking. We invite you to explore a multiplicity of ideas in the String without necessarily using the terms food or cooking, though you may if you wish.
The haiku will be linked by subject and theme, it is not necessary for each haiku to relate to the one before it.
1.Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu.
2.Haiku should be posted in the comment box at the end of the post.
3.Each poem posted must be original work by the poet making the post. Please include your name below as you wish it to appear.
Posting your work in the AHS Winter Solstice String 2021 assumes the following:
Copyright of each haiku remains with the author. We request nonexclusive permission to publish your work on the AHS website and to republish it online at any future time.
winter blast —
the clattering bedlam
of baking dishes
Rob Scott

winter darkness
the grape juice sugars
of sleeping pill
winter solstice
cards playing shrinks
our sleeplessness
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ice on the lake –
inside the house
pork crackles
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succumbing
to her entreating eyes…
another doggie biscuit
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frosty morning–
the crunch of my
ginger marmalade toast
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persimmon tree
over the fence
she shares her bounty
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wicked wings
lipstick reapplied
she dons her mask
cheap lamb shanks
from childhood
the chef’s specialty
garden breakfast
the kite skims overhead
death to the dove
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chanterelles
dirt makes a map
of my palm
Debbie Strange
Canada
Happy Solstice to all! Be well.
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Distant winters
orange peel
in the fireplace –
childhood fragrance
winter Sunday –
the genuine taste
of homemade pasta
winter village festival –
between dances and songs
the smell of sausage
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warm apple
with cloves
delicious pie
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