On the last meeting for the year, the White Pebbles Haiku Group gathered as usual at the Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden on a vibrant summer morning. In its eighth year, Beverley George (founder and convener) was joined by all the group’s members: Colleen Keating, Gwen Bitti, Kent Robinson, Maire Glacken, Marilyn Humbert, Michael Thorley, Pip Griffin and Samantha Sirimanne Hyde.
Continue reading “White Pebbles Summer Meeting”The summer solstice – when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky creating the longest day and shortest night of the year – has been important to many cultures throughout human history. With the observance of seasons a significant aspect of haiku practice, the Australian Haiku Society chooses to mark the solstices and equinoxes each year. This year for the Southern hemisphere summer solstice we are sharing a few favourite poems submitted to Haiku Strings in previous summers. You can find PDF booklets of most of the Haiku Strings we have held to date on our Resources page .
Continue reading “Summer Solstice 2025 Selections”Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Ewan Rourke and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday, September 28, at 4 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne, Stella Damarjati and Radhika de Silva. The attendees brought some haiku for review, and Subha sent her haiku in spite of her absence.
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