There was much chuckling, guffawing and general merriment at the first Fringe Myrtles meeting for 2024. The meeting was held on Sunday 17 March at our new home, the beautiful Atheneum Library, Melbourne’s only membership library, which celebrates its 185th birthday this year.
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Fringe Myrtles – International Haiku Day in Woodend
The Fringe Myrtles haiku group were delighted to be invited to feature at the Chamber Poets spoken word event in Woodend on Saturday April 15th. Seven members of the group attended, and three absent members had some of their haiku read out for them.
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International Haiku Day in Woodend
Chamber Poets #87
Saturday 15 April 1pm—4pm
Woodend RSL, 32 Anslow Street, Woodend, Victoria
Entry $10/$5
Featuring:
FRINGE MYRTLES HAIKU GROUP
BLACK FOREST SMOKE
OPEN SECTION
Fringe Myrtles Meeting, March 2023
The latest Fringe Myrtles meeting was held at Alice Wanderer’s wonderfully cosy bayside apartment on the outskirts of Melbourne. Alice prepared a lovely lunch which made the day a special social occasion for the group, as well as another opportunity to talk about haiku.
Fringe Myrtles Haiku Meeting, October 2022
With some fortunate timing given the disastrously wet weather surrounding us, the Fringe Myrtles managed to meet on a cloudy but bright Saturday noon at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. The venue has always been a favourite for the group and was suggested on this occasion (with some added excitement) by Marisa Fazio, as, according to experts, this was the time of year when our namesake, ‘the common fringe myrtle’ (Calytrix tetragona), was supposed to be blooming in the gardens. Our mission was set.
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Fringe Myrtles Haiku Meeting, March 2022
The Fringe Myrtles met on a glorious, sunny afternoon at the historic Fitzroy Gardens in the centre of Melbourne for a picnic and ginko. It was the first time we had been able to meet face-to-face in over 9 months. A pregnant pause, you might say.
Fringe Myrtles Haiku Meeting, October 2021
The Fringe Myrtles met yet again on Zoom on a day in which Melbourne was announced the most locked-down city in the world. The only person happy about this was Michael Dylan Welch, who is still able to join our meetings from his home in Washington.
Joining Michael for our latest meeting were Janet Howie, Liv Saint-James, Alice Wanderer, Marisa Fazio, Madhuri Pillai, Louise Hopewell, Rob Scott and Jayashree Maniyil. Jen Sutherland, who sent apologies for Covid-related matters, sent congratulations to both Madhuri and Liv for their haiku that appeared in the most recent issue of Presence, which were shared with the group.
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Fringe Myrtles Haiku Meeting, July 2021
After a brief frolic in the sun, the Fringe Myrtles were back in lockdown courtesy of the wildfire Delta variant that is spreading like….well, wildfire.
In attendance, we had Janet Howie, Robyn Cairns, Liv Saint-James, Louise Hopewell, Marisa Fazio, Rob Scott, Madhuri Pillai, Jennifer Sutherland and Michael Dylan Welch, who squeezed us into his busy schedule from Seattle.
Australian Haiku Society 