12 September, 2024
Warm greetings once again as four of us met up, settled in and ordered lunch—Kathy Kituai, Hazel Hall, Glenys Ferguson and Jan Dobb. We thought of our other two haiku buddies who are away on travels—Greg Piko and Marietta McGregor.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra”The Australian Haiku Society will hold a Haiga Kukai on 22nd September to mark the Spring Equinox, which occurs this year in Australia. Poets from Australia and internationally are invited to participate.
Melbourne artist, Olivia Ark, has generously provided two images (Seasonal and Non-seasonal), which will be displayed on the AHS website starting on 22nd September. The competition will be open for eight days, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.
Please enter your haiku well before the opportunity finishes to avoid missing out.
For each competition, poets will be invited to submit one previously unpublished haiku inspired by the image. Someone will then select the winning haiku, which will be displayed on the AHS website.
Continue reading “Prior Announcement: AHS Spring Haiga Kukai 2024”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne-based poet, Earl Livings.
Continue reading “Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon (Australian Haiku Anthology)”
A reminder that submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025 will close at the end of September 2024.
The editors look forward to receiving your best haiku to include in the journal.
Simon Hanson and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer/Autumn time frame.
Continue reading “Call for Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14”Julia Wakefield, Maeve Archibald, Steve Wigg, Stella Damarjati, Kirsten Johnston, and Lynette Arden met on Saturday, July 27, at 3pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Ewan Rourke and Subha Goonaratne. Maureen and Ewan sent their haiku for critique, but we sent them individual feedback afterwards.
Continue reading “Report on the Bindii Meeting August 31 2024”The Australian Haiku Society is pleased to announce the launch of our AHS Facebook Page. This will supplement our website and the existing AHS Facebook Group, which is ably administered by Maureen Sexton and Wanda Amos. If you are a Facebook user, please follow our Facebook Page to stay up-to-date with announcements.
On Wednesday 21st August, a beautifully warm and sunny day, seven haiku poets, friends and family members, met at the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival in Auburn to take part in a reading and ginko led by Vanessa Proctor. The theme of the day was spontaneity as our expected location was not available. With some quick thinking, we found a bench and some chairs beside the billabong in the shade of a fig tree.
Continue reading “Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Event 2024”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Sabrina Blom.
Continue reading “Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon (Australian Haiku Anthology)”
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