Spring sunshine, carolling currawongs and a table for six beneath shady trees. A full house @ The Oaks this month—Kathy Kituai, Hazel Hall, Marietta McGregor, Glenys Ferguson, Gregory Piko and Jan Dobb—all of us ready for this month’s spell of lunch, chat and friendship. With haiku well in the mix, of course.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra”The third Gadigal Ginko took place on an overcast, humid Wednesday morning. Eight poets gathered outside the Chau Chak Wing Museum on the Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney. For some it was a return to familiar territory. Others were visiting for the first time. We dispersed in various directions to explore inside the museum, adjacent Victoria Park, and the University’s buildings and gardens. By the time we reconvened to share some draft poems the sun was shining.
Continue reading “Gadigal Ginko 27th September 2023”White Pebbles haiku poets gathered at the Edogawa Gardens at the Gosford Regional Gallery and Arts Centre on Saturday morning, 16th September, 2023. Present were Maire Glacken, Marilyn Humbert, Gwen Bitti, Colleen Keating, Beverley George and Kent Robinson, with apologies received from Samantha Sirimanne Hyde and Michael Thorley.
Continue reading “White Pebbles Spring Meeting and Ginko 2023”First there was the ‘good’ news that the weather was favourable for our planned ginko walk at a local park – the first since December last year. Then there was the ‘bad’ news that two of our members, Ros Pitt and Patricia Meredith would be unable to attend. They are both dealing with health issues at present so we wish them well and hope they will be able to join us again soon. Rita was obligated to stay close to home, so invited us to relocate and have a ginko in her garden. Naturally her invitation was accepted, which allowed the rest of us to meet – Margaret Mahony, Rita Potente, Alison Miller and Carol Reynolds.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group Spring Meeting 2023”It’s time to start thinking about what you can contribute to Haiku Down Under 2024. The organising team is seeking proposals for online workshops, presentations and other activities aligned to our theme of A Sensory Journey. We encourage new and experienced presenters to submit proposals that will offer something fresh and vibrant to the trans-Tasman haiku community. Although we expect to have audience members from around the world, we want to offer new and established haiku writers in Australia and New Zealand a programme that focuses on their experiences, environments, languages and cultures.
Continue reading “Haiku Down Under calls for proposals for 2024 conference”It was a perfect day for a winter ginko in Boorloo Perth: sunny and cloudless, a balmy 24 degrees. How lucky we are to have such glorious winter days! Some of us gathered at the ferry terminal on Elizabeth Quay at ten o’clock to catch the ferry across the Derbal Yirrigan Swan River to South Perth, where others were waiting. We totalled seven, which made us very pleased, as we have been promoting ginko. Our usual event advertising via Facebook has now been augmented with an email list for those who don’t use this social media platform.
Continue reading “Paperbark Winter Ginko, Boorloo Perth”The deadline for entries in the international haiku contest being held to celebrate the Centenary of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is midnight of 15 September 2023, NZ time. The contest is divided into two sections, one for adults aged 21 years and over, and the other for junior poets aged 20 years and younger. There is no submission fee. Prize winners will be invited to read their haiku at the International Katherine Mansfield 100 Festival, to be held online 17-19 November 2023. The judges are Alan Peat (UK) for Adult Division and Zoe Grant (NZ) for Junior Division. For detailed submission guidelines, please visit the contest webpage.
During September you are invited to submit your haibun to The United Haiku and Tanka Society (UHTS) 2023 Samurai Haibun Contest. This is a yearly contest celebrating the Autumn Festival traditional procession of Samurai at the Nikko Toshogu shrine every 17th October. Deadline: submissions open from 1 September to 30 September 2023 only.
Continue reading “Entries open for the UHTS 2023 Samurai Haibun Contest”
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