Category: Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group

Bindii Ginko 4 August 2012

For our August meeting, Bindii members attended a ginko at the Art Gallery. Some sought inspiration at a special exhibition, while others wandered through the art works, and into the sights and sounds of North Terrace.
This was followed by afternoon tea at the Museum Cafe next door, where we shared our discoveries and musings. Although not all had poetry to share, it was agreed that a ginko provides a focal point for the creative process. As a result, I’m sure many poems have since been written.

Lee Bentley

Haiku Bindii Vol 1 Journeys

Haiku Bindii Vol 1, Journeys – How to purchase

The Adelaide based, Bindii poetry group has released its first publication.

The volume is a 60 page saddle-stitched book with colour cover and black and white illustrations. It contains haiku, senryu, haiga, haibun, haiku sequences, tanka, tanka sequences, tanka prose by members of the group. Please see Patricia Prime’s review on www.haikuoz.org for samples of the work included.

The book is for sale in Australia for $8 for one copy (posted) and $13 for two copies (posted). Payment can be made by cheque or direct debit.

Please direct enquiries, including overseas postage rates, to Treasurer Alexander Ryan: alexask@bigpond.com

Review of Haiku Bindii Journeys by Patricia Prime

Haiku Bindii, Journal of the Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group, Vol. 1, Journeys. Convenor: Lynette Arden (2011) 60 pp. ISSN 1839-4337.

Reviewed by Patricia Prime.

In this collection, the first published by the Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group, is gathered the work of twenty Australian poets. The categories included are haiku, tanka, haiku and tanka sequences, Renku, haibun, tanka prose and haiga. The book is a beautifully produced collection, lavishly illustrated by haiga, photos and black and white drawings. Here, I’ve discovered familiar names, and new favourites among the poets represented.

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Bindii 4 February 2012

Venue: Box Factory, 59 Regent St South, Adelaide

Time: 10.30 am to 1 pm.
Present: Lyn Arden, Belinda Broughton, Jill Gower, Maeve Archibald, Margaret Rawlinson, Lee Bentley, Margaret Fensom.
Apologies: Alex Ask, Marilyn Linn, Julia Wakefield, Judith Ahmed, Dawn Colsey.

Haiku Bindii Vol. 1 Journeys 2011 100 extra copies have been printed and are available for sale.

Beverley George has sent postcards for members who met her in Adelaide.

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Bindii 5 November 2011

Lyn Arden conducted a workshop on haiku/senryu. The workshop touched on the origins of senryu, varying definitions of senryu, opinions about what might be called haiku or senryu, a look at examples of 19th and 20th century Japanese senryu and examples of senryu written in English by various authors. Members of the group then shared and workshopped some of their senryu.

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