On Wednesday 21st August, a beautifully warm and sunny day, seven haiku poets, friends and family members, met at the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival in Auburn to take part in a reading and ginko led by Vanessa Proctor. The theme of the day was spontaneity as our expected location was not available. With some quick thinking, we found a bench and some chairs beside the billabong in the shade of a fig tree.
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President, Australian Haiku Society
September 2024 News
President’s Message
Spring has arrived in Sydney, with cherry blossoms on full display last month at Auburn Botanical Gardens, where a small group of poets from all over the city gathered to read beside a shady billabong.
Ginko Haiku Walk – Sydney Royal Botanic Garden, 31st August
Red Room Poetry, in partnership with Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden, is offering a Ginko Walk opportunity next Saturday 31st August 2024 as part of ‘Poetry Month’. There is a cost of $50. The Ginko Walk will be lead by award-winning poets Eileen Chong and Lulu Houdini. Further details and booking at Red Room Poetry.
Registrations Closing Soon for Haiku Down Under 2024
Registrations for Haiku Down Under are free and close on August 11.
The Haiku Down Under weekend, taking place online via Zoom from Friday to Sunday, August 16-18, will provide a unique occasion to explore haiku and related forms in depth, and to connect with fellow haiku poets in Australia, New Zealand and beyond.
Report on 6th Gadigal Ginko – Winter 2024
A small group gathered in historic Camperdown Cemetery in Newtown, Sydney, on Saturday 13th July: Jane Gibian, Vanessa Proctor, Carol Reynolds, Susan Grant, Zina Ioannou and Leanne Mumford. Surrounded by Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, its tall trees and remnant native grass help make the cemetery a welcome place for quiet recreation in the inner city.
Continue reading “Report on 6th Gadigal Ginko – Winter 2024”Register now for Haiku Down Under 2024
It’s now only two months until Haiku Down Under 2024, which will take place online via Zoom from Friday to Sunday, August 16-18, 2024. Register for free for Haiku Down Under 2024 via the form on the website’s Register page. You will receive an initial confirmation email. Zoom links will be sent in August. Registrations will close on August 11. A haiku contest to be run in conjunction with HDU 2024 will only be open to registered participants.
Visit the Programme page for current information on the mix of presentations, interactive workshops and other activities planned for the weekend. Visit the Presenters page for details of our exciting line-up of poet presenters.
For any queries or messages for the Haiku Down Under team, please use the link on the Contact Us page.
Next Gadigal Ginko in Sydney: 10am, 13th July, 2024
The next Gadigal Ginko in Sydney – number 6 – will take place on Saturday 13th July, from 10am, in Camperdown. Contemporary haiku poets of all levels of experience are invited to join the gathering. To register and receive details of the exact meeting point, please visit the Gadigal Ginko web page.
Leanne Mumford
Convenor, Gadigal Ginko
May 2024 News
President’s greeting
It was great to see so many opportunities for poets to connect with each other and the wider community in the last month as International Haiku Poetry Day was marked in various ways around 17th April. In the Haiku Groups’ Zoom meeting hosted by AHS, thirty poems were read, one each composed by poets from five groups based in different parts of the country: Fringe Myrtles (Melbourne), Paperbark Haiku (Perth), Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group (Adelaide & online), Cloudcatchers (NSW North Coast) and Illawong Haiku Group (Sydney). Thanks to all the poets who contributed to the success of the gathering.
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