If you’d like to join the Zoom reading by Western Australian haiku poets on Friday evening 14th August, you’ll need to register to receive the Zoom link. See the earlier post for more information, including a link to the registration form. Registrations close at 12pm AEST on Thursday 13th August.
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WA Poets Haiku Reading Event, 14th August
The Australian Haiku Society is pleased to announce the second haiku reading event for the year, this time featuring poets from Western Australia. The reading will take place on Friday 14th August from 5pm WA time, which equates to 7pm in the Eastern states and 6.30pm Central Australian time. This will be an online event over Zoom.
The programme will include a brief presentation from AHS, the planned readings by multiple WA poets and an ‘open mic’ session. The event is free and open to all interested poets to attend. Please register by 12pm AEST on 13th August to receive the Zoom link, which we will send out a few days before the event. Link for the Registration form.
Queensland Poets Haiku Reading Event, 22nd April
Join us on Wednesday 22nd April from 7.30pm AEST for a Zoom reading by three experienced haiku poets from Queensland – Duncan Richardson, Jeffrey Harpeng and Vuong Pham. The programme will include a brief presentation from AHS, the planned readings and an ‘open mic’ session. The event is free and open to all interested poets to attend. Please register by 9am AEST on 22nd April to receive the Zoom link. Link for the Registration form.
There is still space in the programme for additional poets. If you are a Queensland haiku poet who would like to read your work at this event, please get in touch right away via the Contact Secretary Form.
Autumn Equinox 2026 Selections
The autumn equinox – when day and night are of equal length – has been an important marker of seasonal change throughout human cultures. With the observance of seasons a significant aspect of haiku practice, the Australian Haiku Society chooses to mark the solstices and equinoxes each year. This Southern hemisphere autumn, as leaves of exotic trees begin to change colour and many of our native plants come into flower, we invite you to enjoy a selection of favourite poems submitted to Haiku Strings in previous autumns. You can find PDF booklets of all the Haiku Strings we have held to date on our Resources page .
footy siren
picking the last
ripe tomato
Louise Hopewell, 2023
morning moonset
the black swan’s bill
blood red
Cathryn Daley, 2023
disagreement
morning walk together
alone
Carol Reynolds, 2020
dancing breeze
a hoop pine seed
glides in to land
Quendryth Young, 2023
outdoor café
more dogs in trendy coats
than people
Kathryn Woolfe, 2019
park bench
a two o’clock shadow
holds my hand
Barbara Tate, 2019
Opera House
an autumn breeze
fills the sails
Gavin Austin, 2019
flooded street
a man rescues
a teddybear
Kathleen Earsman, 2019
fire glow
the baby’s breath
on my cheek
Margaret Mahony, 2021
schoolchildren’s protest
their hearts displayed
on recycled cardboard
Marietta McGregor, 2019
chilly breeze
a spider’s thread shifts
the moonlight
Lyn Arden, 2023
rain clouds
blackening the sky
Carnaby’s cockatoos
Maureen Sexton, 2023
last song . . .
the busker turns
to his dog
Madhuri Pillai, 2020
slow steps
a curving path
walking to her grave
Maurice Neville, 2021
dogs long gone—
all their feeding bowls
overflow with rain
Ron C. Moss, 2020
Summer Solstice 2025 Selections
The summer solstice – when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky creating the longest day and shortest night of the year – has been important to many cultures throughout human history. With the observance of seasons a significant aspect of haiku practice, the Australian Haiku Society chooses to mark the solstices and equinoxes each year. This year for the Southern hemisphere summer solstice we are sharing a few favourite poems submitted to Haiku Strings in previous summers. You can find PDF booklets of most of the Haiku Strings we have held to date on our Resources page .
Continue reading “Summer Solstice 2025 Selections”The 2025 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai
Welcome to the annual celebration of Australian footy and haiku!
Calling haiku poets from all over the planet to participate in the Annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai for 2025. Over the past decade this has become a much-loved event – the one day of the year when haiku poets (expert and novice), footy fans and misanthropes turn their Zen or otherwise addled minds to producing a live haiku call of the AFL Grand Final. Sounds bonkers, doesn’t it? Come along and find out!
Woodend Haiku Festival – April 2025
International Haiku Day is celebrated worldwide on April 17 each year. Local poet, Myron Lysenko, Victoria’s Regional Representative for the Australian Haiku Society, has organised haiku activities in Woodend throughout April, including a haiku contest, haiku readings, haiku workshops, pop-up haiku poets, and a haiku picnic. Lysenko is the convenor of the monthly spoken word event Chamber Poets, and is an avid promoter, practitioner and teacher of haiku.
Continue reading “Woodend Haiku Festival – April 2025”The 2024 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai
Grand Final day—
the clear blue sky
is part of the scent
Welcome to the annual celebration of Australian footy and haiku!
Calling all haiku poets from every nook and cranny on the planet to participate in the Annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai for 2024. This has become a much loved event, now running for over a decade! The one day of the year when haiku poets, expert and novice, footy fan or critic, turn their Zen minds to the rip-roaring, white-knuckle ride of a footy match to produce a live haiku call of the AFL Grand Final.