AHS Autumn Equinox Haiku String 2023

The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Autumn Equinox Haiku String 2023.

We will be holding this Haiku String during the day of the Southern Hemisphere Autumn Equinox, which occurs in Australia this year on Tuesday, 21st March 2023. The String will remain open for contributions until Thursday, 30th March 2023, to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part.

The string has now closed. Thanks to all the poets who generously contributed their work to this event.

Please enjoy the haiku!

Haiku String – Instructions

The AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of Change of season.  We invite you to explore a multiplicity of ideas in the String. 

Theme: Change of season

end of summer
thistledown caught
in a spider’s web

Jill Cartwright

The AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu. 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 Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu.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 Autumn Equinox String 2023 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.

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80 thoughts on “AHS Autumn Equinox Haiku String 2023”

  1. in hot sun and cool
    elegant, the tall slender bodies
    balancing gourds

    a spring trip
    to America to visit a special friend
    squirrels on the grass

    piled high.
    at the gate Halloween Pumpkins
    and an honesty box.

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    1. Hi Giddy, I especially get the last two and the memory of visiting my sister in Seattle during Halloween.

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  2. a gust of dry wind
    on an autumn evening …
    this sudden tears

    autumn dusk
    the boat takes the shape
    of a black swan

    new moon . . .
    drunk since evening
    stars and I

    Milan Rajkumar
    Imphal, India

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  3. chill wind
    a single camellia blooms
    beside the pool

    birds squabble—
    a shower of tiny fruit
    from the old fig

    sun shower
    a yellow leaf
    alights on my page

    Nathalie Buckland

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    1. Kelvin waves,
      Madden-Julian oscillation
      Seas at equator

      Clouds once again – now
      Steady rain, cool breeze through trees
      Don’t need ceiling fan

      Humid afternoon
      Schools circle near the surface
      Follow slow currents

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  5. COVD test
    for fifteen minutes
    Ravel’s Bolero

    Mother’s Day
    she wants one rose
    next to Dad’s urn

    new coolness
    a spider’s web
    catches the wind

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    1. What’s said can crush me
      My faith a fake protection
      From malicious words

      Your scornful reproach
      No longer to scar my soul
      Dishonours you thus

      A lemon to crush
      Then add that gin to savour
      Cheers to all my dears

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  8. dawn twilight—
    my dreams still scented
    with sakura
    —–
    summer end
    the sun’s warmth
    curled in bush clovers
    —–
    autumn wind
    i get carried off
    bit by bit
    —–
    Subir Ningthouja,
    Imphal, India

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