Australian poet Marietta McGregor has been chosen as the haiku poet for daily haiku presented in February 2017 by the Mann Library.
Enjoy some of Marietta’s work each day of February by going to the link. After the month has passed, the work will still be available in the archive of the postings.
Read about the project here
Please join us to celebrate the publication
of Ron’s Fire and Rescue Poetry Collection Bushfire Moon
To be launched by Lyn Reeves
at Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
Ground Floor 91 Murray Street, Hobart Tasmania 7000
on Friday 24 March at 5 pm.
RSVP to Ron Moss: ronmoss8@gmail.com
Further details of launch here: book-launch-flyer-small
Further details of the book here: bushfire-moon-flyer-small
Brimbank Park, Keilor Park DrIive, Keilor East .
Saturday 4th February, noon until 4pm
Meet just before midday at the Leaping Lizard Cafe, Brimbank Park.
Myron will have a handout sheet with the haiku techniques we will focus on during the day.
Suitable for beginners as well as experienced haiku poets.
Bring a picnic lunch.
Cost: $30 full/ $20 concession.
Please contact Myron if you are interested in this event:
myronpoet@hotmail.com
28 January 2017 Haiku Workshop by Julia Wakefield
The workshop, held at the Box Factory Community Centre in Adelaide, from 1 – 3 pm, was attended by ten people, of whom eight had not attended a Bindii workshop previously.
Julia started off by discussing what made a good haiku and distributed examples and some guidelines for attendees to read. There was some discussion about the examples and what each haiku meant to the various participants.
Julia then moved to a brief overview of the guidelines for writing haiku. There was some discussion as to what certain guidelines meant, for example the 5/7/5 rule, which has been discarded outside Japan, and the options for writing in three lines or other variants. The various formats were examined to see if a haiku written in one style, such as one line, would be just as effective if transferred to three lines. The use of the phrase/fragment composition technique was discussed in some detail, with examples. Continue reading “Haiku Workshop by Julia Wakefield”
Julia Wakefield Houghton is running an open workshop at the Box Factory in Adelaide, where you can learn the basics of writing haiku, or refine your skills. Bookings are required, as numbers are restricted. There is a small payment and afternoon tea will be provided. Full details in the PDF file
julia-wakefield-workshop Continue reading “Haiku Workshop for Beginners: 28 January 2017”
Entries for this event are now closed, but please read the 90 haiku contributions on the pages below.
This is a ‘haiku string’. Please write your haiku in response to the featured poem, or any poem posted in the comment box. Participation by poets around the world is welcomed.
You may enter as many times as you like.
Haiku posted must be original work by the poster.
Please include your name as you wish it to appear, as author of each of the haiku you post.
FEATURED POEM
the year’s last poem
our childhood front door
wide open
Vanessa Proctor Continue reading “Summer Solstice Haiku String, 21 December 2016”
2016 was the fourth year of the Langhorne Creek Young People’s Writers’ Competition, in which young writers of prose and poetry competed to win individual prizes, as well as books for their school. Last year Lynette Arden and Lee Bentley developed a haiku guide for the teachers, which was well received and used again this year. Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group sponsored prizes for haiku, across the year groups of Grades 2-3; 4-5; 6-7; and 8-10. In 2016 a special commendation was also issued by judge Lee Bentley for the most outstanding haiku overall. Continue reading “Langhorne Creek Young People’s Writers’ Competition”
The Australian Haiku Society will be holding its first Haiku String during the day of the Summer Solstice, 21st December.
We invite haiku poets around the world to respond to the featured poem or any poem posted in the comment box.
You may enter as many times as you like.
Haiku posted must be original work by the poster.
Please include your name as you wish it to appear, as author of each of the haiku you post.
Australian Haiku Society 