For our final meeting of the year, the Fringe Myrtles were treated to an illuminating presentation on tanka, the classical Japanese poetic form that has endured for over a millennium. Our presenter, Rodney Williams, is the contributing editor at Catchment – Poetry of Place, part of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance in Kurnai country, Gippsland, Victoria.
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Welcome to the annual celebration of Australian footy and haiku!
Calling haiku poets from all over the planet to participate in the Annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai for 2025. Over the past decade this has become a much-loved event – the one day of the year when haiku poets (expert and novice), footy fans and misanthropes turn their Zen or otherwise addled minds to producing a live haiku call of the AFL Grand Final. Sounds bonkers, doesn’t it? Come along and find out!
This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Tasmanian poet, Lorraine Haig.
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This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne poet, Marisa Fazio.
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This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Tasmanian poet, Leanne Jaeger
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This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Sydney poet, Tom Staudt.
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This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Tasmanian poet, Simon Hanson.
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This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne-based poet, Madhuri Pillai .
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Australian Haiku Society 