spider’s web anchored at five points the morning star
Mark Miller
Author: Simon Hanson
Bombora Gathering, July 2021
Our small Bombora group was very lucky to get together the last week in July, just beating another COVID lockdown by a few days.
Once again our venue was indoors; a meeting in the park had been suggested, but a spate of chilly Brisbane weather put paid to that idea – maybe in September. So Dawn, Yvonne, Melody, Suzie and Noela all met in Gayle’s lounge again, with Gayle’s husband Peter providing welcome coffees. Gayle has had us on our toes with some very different monthly challenges –
Members’ News, July 2021
Spring is coming, creeping through the twigs, silently seeping through the sap…
Ripples of Thought
Something different for your enjoyment— Ron C. Moss and Christopher Herold have collaborated in this YouTube production presenting haiku that they have each written in response to the other’s photographs accompanied by Cypress, music by Morpheus The result is something special.
Grab a cup of something you like and enjoy here
Thirty Issues of Eucalypt: a tanka journal
Did you know that Eucalypt: a tanka journal is celebrating 30 issues! You may enjoy this article published in Women’s Ink Magazine.
Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Despite blue sky and sunshine, the chill of Canberra’s winter meant another indoor gathering this month. Hot soup and fish & chips were orders of the day as five of us gathered by a heater in The Oaks marquee–Kathy Kituai, Hazel Hall, Marietta McGregor, Glenys Ferguson and Jan Dobb. We missed the cheerful company of Gregory Piko who is out of town just now.
Our greetings and life-sharing included thoughts of Sheila Sondik, our ‘ex officio’ member, who is enduring the horrendous heatwave in north-west US.
Members’ News, June 2021
window reflection
the oaks he planted
made of light
Photo and haiku by Simon Hanson
AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String
The AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String has proved to be another successful online event. Our Webmaster, Lynette Arden has noted that views and visitor numbers more than doubled during the Haiku String week accompanied by continued growth in international participation. Rob Scott, AHS President, was pleased to say that extending our international reach in this way is one of our goals and suggested that events like this and the John Bird Haiku Dreaming Award certainly provide impetus to this trend.
If you wish you can revisit this latest Haiku String on the theme of food & cooking here.
Australian Haiku Society 