Author: Simon Hanson

Ginko Invitation

Whether new to haiku or experienced you are invited to a Ginko with Lysenko # 34.

Sunday 11th March, 2pm – 5pm, Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens

Meet at the Terrace Tearooms, near Ornamental Lake. If you’re already a haiku writer, join us for some inspiration, sharing and discussion. If you’d like to try haiku but don’t know where to start, this cross-cultural event is free and beginners are welcome. Poets Myron Lysenko and Takanori Hayakawa will lead you through some tips on writing haiku, explaining both the Japanese tradition and the way haiku works in English.  This event is a follow-up to last year’s Japanese Australian Poetry Festival.

Enquiries: Myron Lysenko 0475 062 067

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Ginko 2017

 

Members’ News, February 2018

Another summer is slipping away and autumn lies before us, and for our friends north of the equator their winter turns toward spring. This is a simplification though as many people around the world (including here in Australia) name and allocate seasons very differently – and so our understanding of kigo deepens.

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Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra

Tuesday 27 February 2018

The shade had a feel of autumn about it as we gathered round our table under the oaks. Recent rain had refreshed the earth and air after a spell of summer heat. A perfect afternoon to sip coffee and talk haiku – along with a magpie in full voice!

There were five of us this time – Gregory Piko, Kathy Kituai, Glenys Ferguson, Marietta McGregor and Jan Dobb. We missed the good company of Hazel Hall.

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Mari Warabiny Haiku Group

Join with the Mari Warabiny Haiku Group on their first Ginko (Haiku Walk) for 2018.

Saturday 10th March at 10 am.

We will gather at First Edition Café in the State Library of WA in the Perth Cultural Centre at 10 am for coffee and to discuss haiku for a short time.

We will then go on our separate walks to observe and take notes of our surroundings, using all our senses.

At 11.30 we will gather again at First Edition Café for a bit to eat, drink and to share our observations, any haiku we may have already written while on the walk, and to write haiku together.

IMPORTANT: Please RSVP to mariwarabinyhaikugroup@yahoo.com.au by Wednesday 7th March so we can let First Edition Café know how many will be attending. They are generously holding a table and chairs for us on one end of the café for the first and second sittings.

Maureen Sexton