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 Bawbaw Arts Alliance, based in West Gippsland, Victoria.
Continue reading “News for Australian tanka poets”With half of our group holidaying up north to escape the Victorian winter, our gathering was rather small this time round. Four of us donned jackets and scarves and enjoyed a beach walk close to home before gathering around a table in a cafe for coffee, chat and later, lunch.
Continue reading “Portarlington Haiku Society Winter Gathering”The second Gadigal Ginko took place on a sunny and breezy autumn afternoon. Ten poets met at Barangaroo Reserve on Sydney harbour. Five had joined the first Gadigal Ginko and five were new participants.
Continue reading “Gadigal Ginko 20th May 2023”DATE: Tuesday 23 May 2023 (autumn)
PLACE: Pop Denison Park, Ballina NSW
It was a perfect autumn day for the Cloudcatchers’ sixty-ninth ginko. The venue was Pop Denison Park, recently revamped, at Shaw’s Bay, Ballina. The new amenities include numerous structures for kiddies’ exploration, and there were many little ones there, with their adults, enjoying the thrill of adventure, while their minders revelled in the warmth of autumn sun. Not a cloud in the sky, as we explored pathways through the littoral forest.
Continue reading “Cloudcatchers Ginko No. 69”We had a bit of a hiccough to start the autumn ginko at Elizabeth quay in the Boorloo (Perth CBD) on the banks of the Derbal Yirrigan (Swan River), as the café we intended to meet in was not open until 11.30am, but our meeting time was 10am. Fortunately, Barry Sanbrook had scouted around and found a second café. Our wonky start did not blight our meeting, as we had ten attendees, including two new members, who found their way to us after a workshop they had been intending to attend was cancelled. We had one of the best meetings in terms of attendance and are thrilled to welcome newcomers.
Continue reading “Autumn Ginko Paperbark (WA)”A monthly lunch @ The Oaks is one of those bright spots in our calendars. Once a month we bond in friendship and haiku, wondering where our agenda-less meeting might lead us. On Thursday, five of us greeted around the table—Kathy Kituai, Hazel Hall, Gregory Piko, Marietta McGregor, and Jan Dobb. We missed Glenys Ferguson, who is out of town.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks”The 2023 New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition is open for four categories:
• Open Adult (18+ years)
• Open Haiku (18+ years)
• Open Junior (17 years and younger)
• Haiku Junior (17 years and younger)
The competition closes on May 31st, 2023, at midnight New Zealand time.
Australian Haiku Society 