Australian Haiku Society

Report on the Bindii Meeting, June 1 2025

Julia Wakefield, Subha Goonaratne, Radhika DeSilva, and Lynette Arden met on Sunday, June 1, at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. Apologies were received from Maeve Archibald, Ewan Rourke, Udara Thambapanni, Stella Damarjati and Maureen Sexton, who sent us some haiku to use in the session. The rest of us had all brought some haiku on the two themes of technology and birds, as arranged at the previous meeting.

Report on the Bindii Meeting April 26 2025

Julia Wakefield, Maeve Archibald, Subha Goonaratne, and Lynette Arden met on Saturday April 26 at 3pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Ewan Rourke, Stella Damarjati and Maureen Watson.

Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon: The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Gregory Piko.

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Report on the Fringe Myrtles Meeting May, 2025

For our most recent meeting, the group held a ginko in the beautiful Treasury Gardens on the fringe of the Melbourne CBD. In attendance were Myron Lysenko, Rodney Williams, Louise Hopewell, Anna Fern, Maurice McNamara, Grant Caldwell, Tom Landgraf and Rob Scott. We also had virtual participation by Diana Cousens and Marisa Fazio.

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WA Paperbark celebrates World Haiku Day 17th April 2025

Realising World Haiku Day was suddenly upon us, an event was organised to celebrate. A group of thirteen interested haiku writers gathered at the Maylands Library, Western Australia, and presented three of their favourite haiku and an explanation why the haiku were loved. Discussions followed.

Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon: The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Kent Robinson.

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Members’ News – May 2025

President’s Message

Learning of the passing of a fellow haiku poet always brings sadness, but often there are also happy memories of favourite poems they’ve penned, encouragement they’ve offered or their generous service to the haiku community. So it is for many who knew Cynthia Rowe, as attested by the recently posted tributes.

Vale Cynthia Rowe

Not having any personal connection with Cynthia Rowe, I’m very grateful to Vanessa Proctor, Cynthia’s successor as AHS President in 2016, for providing the following tribute to her.

The comments section at the foot of this page will remain open until 20th May for you to add your personal reflections and tributes to an influential Australian haiku poet who shared her passion for haiku with so many around the world.
Leanne Mumford