Author: Leanne Mumford

President, Australian Haiku Society

Urasenke Sydney Haiku Opportunity

Australian Haiku Poets are invited to send your poems to Lilly Sievers, who is putting together a new, regular column for the Urasenke Sydney quarterly magazine. The magazine, which has the aim of fostering cultural exchange with Japan, is distributed to members and friends of the Urasenke Sydney school of chado – the way of tea, and is also deposited in the National Library of Australia.

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Reminder for Australian tanka poets – Catchment submissions close 21 November

Catchment – Poetry of Place offers a new opportunity for poets resident in Australia, both in tanka and longer verse forms. Catchment is a literary journal within the website for the Baw Baw Arts Alliance, based in West Gippsland, Victoria.

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Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra

Thursday 12 October 2023

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.

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Gadigal Ginko 27th September 2023

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.

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White Pebbles Spring Meeting and Ginko 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.

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Illawong Haiku Group Spring Meeting 2023

Tuesday 5th September

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.

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Haiku Down Under calls for proposals for 2024 conference

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. 

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