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The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Spring Equinox Haiku String.
We are holding the Haiku String from the day of the Southern Hemisphere Spring Equinox, which occurs in Australia this year on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. The String will remain open for contributions until Wednesday, September 30, 2026 to accommodate international poets who may wish to take part. Contributions may be made on the website during these dates only.
Haiku String – Instructions
The AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of ‘sport’.
The haiku will be linked by theme and subject, and it is not necessary for each haiku to relate to the one before it.
Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu. Poems should be posted in the comment box at the end of the post.
Each poem posted must be an original work by the poet making the post. Please include your name as you wish it to appear.
Formatting request. Because AHS aims to produce some e-books using a selection of haiku from these events, please enter your name below each haiku you post. This helps immensely when we compile the haiku for presentation in a book.
Posting your work in the AHS Spring Equinox Haiku String 2026 assumes the following:
Copyright of each haiku remains with the author. We request nonexclusive permission to publish your work on the AHS website and to republish it online at any future time.
The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Spring Equinox Haiku String.
Looking forward to your contributions.
– Rob Scott
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shuttlecock falls—
an old parent
his or mine?
Swasti Devarshi, India
school shoes
skipping over
monsoon puddles
Swasti Devarshi, India
kabaddi—
a voiceless boy
whistling the chant
Swasti Devarshi, India
cricket match
she holds his hand
for the first time
— Soumya Mukherjee
tennis on TV
my dog
disillusioned
— Soumya Mukherjee
watching cricket
in the same position
every time
— Soumya Mukherjee
waning wind . . .
breathless in burkinis
year’s first sun
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
India and United States of America
cinnamon steeps . . .
far from the freeways
skiing in spring
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
India and United States of America
balmy breeze . . .
brimming the greens
clack of cricket balls
Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)
India and United States of America
water falls below
whispers in the trees above
the garden speaks
once bare
branches now bursting
beauty returns
a lone swimmer
crosses the tidal baths
spring afternoon
– Leanne Mumford, Sydney, Australia
early beers
in the Members’ Bar
rainy day three
– Leanne Mumford, Sydney, Australia
an exodus
at stumps at the SCG
— bat heading west
– Leanne Mumford, Sydney, Australia
a new season
holds so many hopes
smell of cut turf
Nick O’Connor
morning light
a rower’s wake
wrinkles the sky
Nick O’Connor
last kick,
game in the balance ….
the crowd’s roar
Nick O’Connor
he lifts his shirt
the colour behind team colours
he points
Penny Szentkuti
the stretch and thwack
of her powerful serves
outside court
Penny Szentkuti
noisy miners squawk
lorikeets dangle beneath flowers
turf wars
Penny Szentkuti
2)
finish line
a dragonfly lands
on the timing clock
3)
backyard cricket
dad’s end of the pitch
overgrown
Jacek Margolak, Poland
cricket pitch
a magpie hops across
the boundary line
Jacek Margolak, Poland
grand final—
I walk round the city’s lake
alone
—Michael Leach