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 Tuesday, 21st June, 2022. The String will remain open for contributions until Tuesday 28th June to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part.
The string has now closed. Thanks to all the poets who shared their haiku. We are pleased to have contributions from many countries. While comments on haiku are welcomed while the string is open, comments that are not haiku have now been removed to make it easier for readers.
Haiku String – Instructions
The AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of Climate Change. We invite you to explore a multiplicity of ideas in the String without necessarily using the term climate change, 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1.Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu.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 2022 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.
earth warming —
a faded rainbow lines
the ocean floor
Rob Scott

we climb to where
the rainbow started –
cold sweat
restless
restless winter –
herons in the sky
red sky
in the evening –
fire-engine red
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glaciers melt
not human hearts…
climate change
Neena Singh
India
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on a sodden oval
ibises stand at ease
Antarctic winds
gutters full of yellow leaves
winter is too soon
Penny Szentkuti
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As the ocean warms
Polar ice caps are melting
Water levels rise
Humidity grows
Creating extreme weather
Much more frequently
What will be the cost?
More than insurance rising
Increased loss of life
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great tides
waxing and waning
of your love
winter chill
the gnomon
covered in snow
hourglass —
I hold onto the day
this winter solstice
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high tide once again
water enters through raised door
of abandoned hut
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smaller cars
slowing up the warming
of our greenhouse
Chen Xiaoou (China)
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