In 2023, the first anthology of Australian haiku in over a decade was released. It was the largest collection of haiku by Australian poets ever assembled, containing over 160 poems by 104 poets. The Australian Haiku society is proud to showcase this anthology over the coming months as part of its featured haiku collection.
We start this special edition of featured haiku with one of the poets to whom the anthology was dedicated, Beverley George.
drought —
the dusty eyelashes
of a cow
echoes of childhood . . .
reassuring tram tracks run
city to Glenelg
from a lifted oar
a shimmer connects the sky
and sunlit river
magpie warble —
the stream bubbles
between stones
misty night
the creak of a hawser
at the pontoon
Australian Haiku Society 