This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Wanda Amos.
nan’s shawl
the scent of lavender
and cigarettes
Gemini moon
her mood changing
with the tide
oh how the dreams
clashed with reality
…year book
– Wanda Amos
Grand Final day—
the clear blue sky
is part of the scent
Welcome to the annual celebration of Australian footy and haiku!
Calling all haiku poets from every nook and cranny on the planet to participate in the Annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai for 2024. This has become a much loved event, now running for over a decade! The one day of the year when haiku poets, expert and novice, footy fan or critic, turn their Zen minds to the rip-roaring, white-knuckle ride of a footy match to produce a live haiku call of the AFL Grand Final.
The next Gadigal Ginko in Sydney will take place on Monday 21st October, from 10am, in the Royal Botanic Garden. Contemporary haiku poets of all levels of experience are invited to join the gathering. To register and receive details of the exact meeting point, please visit the Gadigal Ginko web page.
Leanne Mumford
Convenor, Gadigal Ginko
This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Western Australian poet, Rose van Son.
stringing tomatoes –
midsummer’s fruit
hangs on to midwinter
magnolia blooms …
three generations of
a family tree
writer’s retreat
clock chimes
each quarter hour
wild fennel
mother’s olive jar
overflows
– Rose van Son
Welcome, haiku poets worldwide, to the Australian Haiku Society Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024: Seasonal. The competition starts today, 22 September, in Australia. It will be open for eight days, including today, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.
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Welcome, haiku poets worldwide, to the Australian Haiku Society Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024 Non-Seasonal. The competition starts today, 22 September, in Australia. It will be open for eight days, including today, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.
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The Illawong Haiku Group took advantage of an opportunity to experience something a little different for our Spring meeting. Hurstville Museum and Gallery (HM&G; part of Georges River Council) invited writing groups to use the current travelling exhibition 1 x 4 as inspiration. Museum space, writing supplies and morning tea were provided.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group – Spring meeting”Submissions welcome – open 21st September to 21st November, 2024.
Thanks to all AHS members who have offered contributions to the first two issues of Catchment – Poetry of Place: such interest and support is greatly appreciated!
Australian poets are again encouraged to submit work which explores a sense of location, either in tanka or in longer Western forms, or both.
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Australian Haiku Society 