Lynette Arden

AHS Summer Solstice Haiku String 2024

This String has now closed. Please enjoy the haiku posted in the comments. Thanks to all the poets worldwide who have contributed to this event. The event lasted eight days, from 12.30 am ACDT on 21 December 2024. The String closed at 12.30 am ACDT on 29 December 2024.

The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Summer Solstice Haiku String.

We will be holding the Haiku String on the day of the Southern Hemisphere Summer Solstice, which occurs in Australia this year on Saturday, December ^21st. To accommodate international poets who may wish to participate, the String will remain open for contributions until Sunday, December ^29th, 2024. Contributions may be made on the website during these dates only (not before).

Haiku String – Instructions (please read all the instructions including formatting).

For many Australians summer means a relationship with water or the lack of it. Visits to the seaside or river to relax, swim or surf, precious dam storage, irrigation of crops, fighting bushfires, dealing with floods, and the many other aspects of water are a part of summer.

Report on the Bindii Meeting November 17 2024

Julia Wakefield, Maeve Archibald, Subha Goonaratne, Ewan Rourke and Lynette Arden met on Saturday November 17 at 3pm, using Zoom.

Preliminary Notice: AHS Summer Solstice Haiku String 2024

The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Summer Solstice Haiku String.

We will hold the Haiku String on Saturday, December 21st, the day the Southern Hemisphere Summer Solstice occurs in Australia this year. The String will remain open for contributions until Sunday, December 29th, 2024, to accommodate international poets who may wish to participate. Contributions may be made on the website during these dates only (not before).

Report on the Bindii Meeting September 29 2024

Julia Wakefield, Maeve Archibald, Steve Wigg, Subha Goonaratne, Ewan Rourke and Lynette Arden met on Saturday September 27 at 3pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton and Kirsten Johnson.

We workshopped our haiku and a few tanka. We also discussed the Kyoka poetry form.

AHS Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024: Seasonal

Welcome, haiku poets worldwide, to the Australian Haiku Society Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024: Seasonal. The competition starts today, 22 September, in Australia. It will be open for eight days, including today, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.

AHS Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024: Non-Seasonal

Welcome, haiku poets worldwide, to the Australian Haiku Society Spring Equinox Haiga Kukai 2024 Non-Seasonal. The competition starts today, 22 September, in Australia. It will be open for eight days, including today, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.

Prior Announcement: AHS Spring Haiga Kukai 2024

The Australian Haiku Society will hold a Haiga Kukai on 22nd September to mark the Spring Equinox, which occurs this year in Australia. Poets from Australia and internationally are invited to participate.

Melbourne artist, Olivia Ark, has generously provided two images (Seasonal and Non-seasonal), which will be displayed on the AHS website starting on 22nd September. The competition will be open for eight days, to allow haiku poets in Australia and abroad to contribute their haiku.

Please enter your haiku well before the opportunity finishes to avoid missing out.

For each competition, poets will be invited to submit one previously unpublished haiku inspired by the image. Someone will then select the winning haiku, which will be displayed on the AHS website.

Call for Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14

A reminder that submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025 will close at the end of September 2024.

The editors look forward to receiving your best haiku to include in the journal.

Simon Hanson and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer/Autumn time frame.