The Australian Haiku Society would like to congratulate all the winners and thank everyone who participated in the 2024 Spring Solstice Haiku Kukai. This year’s judge, Olivia Ark, who was also responsible for creating the stunning images for the kukai, was impressed with the quality of the entries, which came in from all parts of the globe.
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The Australian Haiku Society would like to congratulate all the winners and thank everyone who participated in the 2024 Spring Solstice Haiku Kukai. This year’s judge, Olivia Ark, who was also responsible for creating the stunning images for the kukai, was impressed with the quality of the entries, which came in from all parts of the globe.
Continue reading “Results of the AHS 2024 Spring Solstice Haiga Kukai: Seasonal”
This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne poet, Jennifer Sutherland.
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The Australian Haiku Society is proud to announce the 3rd running of the John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku. This award is a biannual international haiku competition open to poets from all over the world.
Continue reading “3rd John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Marietta McGregor.
three tiny bones
in my inner ear
meadow lark
time flows
around a heron
frost-tipped reeds
coastal cottage
the pale-blue feel
of aired sheets
unwilling to lose
the last of day
a lily’s light
– Marietta McGregor
Thursday, 10th October 2024
Many voices mingled beneath the trees on a sunny spring day, those of the numerous currawongs and magpies claiming dominance over those of human diners. Four of us met over lunch: Kathy Kituai, Marietta McGregor, Glenys Ferguson and Jan Dobb. Our thoughts were with missing friends, Hazel Hall and Greg Piko.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Western Australian poet, Maureen Sexton.
skinny dipping
in the outback river
paperbark trees
fly fishing
the sudden flick of
a frog’s tongue
my mother asks
if I am her sister . . .
entry to the maze
my daughter’s grave …
shadows of flowers dance
by my side
domestic fight
a young child hiding
in the fairy garden
– Maureen Sexton
This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne-based poet, Myron Lysenko.
the missile
lands in an armchair
russian invasion
visiting Ukraine
by day and night…
online news
Harvesters
in the war-torn wheat field
grains of truth
a flag flutters
in the sowed field
late spring snow
– Myron Lysenko
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