While the rain is keeping our gardens and surrounding countryside lovely and green, it is playing havoc with our intentions to meet outdoors for our seasonal face to face catch-up. The Portarlington Golf Club became our venue, and just as well. It poured.
Continue reading “Portarlington September Meeting”Author: Leanne Mumford
President, Australian Haiku Society
White Pebbles Spring Ginko
Saturday 10 September 2022
White Pebbles spring meeting was once again held at the Edogawa Commemorative Japanese Gardens and Regional Gallery, West Gosford. Present were Beverley George (convenor), Marilyn Humbert, Kent Robinson, Michael Thorley, Colleen Keating, Verna Rieschild and Gwen Bitti. First order of business, a casual catch-up over a hot beverage.
Continue reading “White Pebbles Spring Ginko”Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra
Wednesday 14 September 2022
The birds, the blossoms and new spring sunshine—the perfect backdrop as we came together for Haiku @ The Oaks. It was a mini-meeting this time, as three of us found themselves unable to attend. We missed Hazel Hall, Marietta McGregor and Kathy Kituai. With them much in mind, the remaining three—Glenys Ferguson, Gregory Piko and Jan Dobb—enjoyed a relaxed exchange of things haiku and literary.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra”Cloudcatchers Ginko # 66 (Winter)
Alstonville NSW, Thursday 25 August 2022
Once again health problems of some of our older poets limited travelling further afield, and once again the Cloudcatcher winter ginko for 2022 was held at the Alstonville home of Quendryth Young. There were five poets in attendance, with three others joining us in virtual participation from their own homes.
Continue reading “Cloudcatchers Ginko # 66 (Winter)”Entries open for the UHTS 2022 Samurai Haibun Contest
During September you are invited to submit your haibun to The United Haiku and Tanka Society (UHTS) 2022 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 2022 only.
Continue reading “Entries open for the UHTS 2022 Samurai Haibun Contest”Australian selections for THF ‘Haiku of the Day’ during September
The Illawong Haiku Group has the pleasure of hosting ‘Haiku of the Day’ at The Haiku Foundation each day during September. We invite all our fellow Australian haiku writers to visit The Haiku Foundation website on the first day of September to read our chosen theme and the first of 30 haiku we have selected by writers from Australia and other countries. We hope you enjoy them.
Continue reading “Australian selections for THF ‘Haiku of the Day’ during September“Registrations now open for Haiku Down Under 2022
Haiku Down Under 2022 will be held via Zoom over the weekend of October 7-9. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect with fellow haiku poets from Australia, New Zealand and further afield. Registrations are now open. Visit the Haiku Down Under webpages for details of the programme and presenters.
Eucalypt: a tanka journal – eNews August 2022
The August 2022 Eucalypt: a tanka journal e-Newsletter is now online, announcing the Distinctive Scribble Awards for issue 32. Please click on the link to open the PDF file.
Submission window for issue 33: 1st to 30th September 2022.
Warm wishes,
Julie Thorndyke
Editor, Eucalypt : a tanka journal
editor.eucalypt@gmail.com
Australian Haiku Society 