Australian Haiku Society

Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra

Tuesday 13 October 2020

Lunch together under the trees on a beautiful spring day . . . how better to begin a haiku afternoon at The Oaks? Through the aromas of fish and chips, toasted Turkish rolls, tea and coffee, our conversation immediately sparked. As usual, the magpies and currawongs were not silent either!

This time we missed Greg Piko who is out of town, so we numbered five–Glenys Ferguson, Hazel Hall, Kathy Kituai, Marietta McGregor and Jan Dobb. Among several haiku topics that ebbed and flowed during the afternoon, two major ones came to the fore. Thank you to Hazel and Kathy…

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Paperbark Haiku Invite

Paperbark Haiku invites you to take part in our Spring Kambarang Ginko
We’re almost half way through Spring and into Kambarang (Noongar season), so the landscape is radiant with wildflowers and the days are slowly getting warmer. Time to celebrate and give birth to some new haiku. So join us on our ginko, or if you can’t do that, join us after for a Zoom meeting to share your new haiku from your personal ginko.

Wednesday 21^st October
10 am
Tomato Lake
Oats St, Kewdale
Perth WA

Zoom meeting will be held
Wednesday 21^st October
1 pm for 1 hour to share and discuss our haiku

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The 2020 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai

Calling haiku poets (and non-haiku poets) all over the world to participate in the 2020 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai.

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I put the night
to sleep
making the bed

Ruby Windsor

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Fringe Myrtles Haiku Meeting, October 2020

Still in lockdown under Stage 4 stay-at-home restrictions, the Fringe Myrtles had their 4th Zoom meeting of the year. Fourteen of us attended the meeting, including first-timer Andrew Korbel, and fifteen haiku were shared on the theme of ‘unity’.

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John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku

Entries for the John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku have now closed. The prize-winning haiku plus those awarded Honourable Mentions will be announced on the Australian Haiku Society website on 1^st May 2021.

Background: The Australian Haiku Society is excited to announce the inaugural John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku by holding an international haiku competition.

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Members’ News, September 2020

Spring Equinox Haiku String

Thank you to all those who contributed to the AHS Spring Equinox Haiku String and to those who may have just dropped by to enjoy the offerings. The entire String can be access here.

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Watersmeet Spring Ginko September 2020

We braved the inclement weather for our spring ginko to meet at the Hobart Royal Botanical Gardens.

Following 30 minutes of solitary walks, soaking up the gardens in all their spring glory and jotting down haiku or haiku ideas, we gathered in Succulent (the garden’s restaurant) for brunch.

It was a full house with Irene McGuire, Ross Coward, Ron Moss, Lyn Reeves, Leanne Jaeger, Lorraine Haig, Terry Whitebeach and Jane Williams. As this was the first time all eight members had managed to meet in quite a while, the atmosphere was buzzing joyfully.