On Wednesday 15th October, Carol Reynolds and Margaret Mahony from Illawong Haiku Group participated in a Meet and Greet event at the Clive James Library at Kogarah. The event was initiated by Vickey Foggin, Team Leader Library Programs at Georges River Council to highlight Rivers Writers, a liaison of writing groups operating within the Georges River region.
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Illawong Haiku Group Spring ginko
To meet outdoors or not to meet outdoors, that was the question on the morning of our Spring ginko. It was officially the first day of Spring, and after some early dark clouds it seems Nature decided perhaps it was time to make the switch after a cold and wet Winter.
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Eleven of us gathered on 3rd June at Hurstville Museum and Gallery to view ‘Focus: Australian Photographer’s Exhibition’; Alison Miller, Rita Potente, Kathleen Ann, Patricia Meredith, Margaret Mahony and six guests. Carol Reynolds and Ros Pitt were unable to attend.
After a welcome by Katrina, our library host, we enjoyed morning tea.
Illawong Haiku Group Autumn Meeting, 4 March 2025
Five poets gathered at Alison Miller’s home in Revesby. Present were Alison Miller, Rita Potente, Patricia Meredith, Kathleen Ann and Margaret Mahony. Carol Reynolds, Ros Pitt and a future new member Enza Russo were unable to attend.
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27 November 2024
Just a few days shy of our official Summer, Carol Reynolds, Ros Pitt, Alison Miller, Pat Meredith and Margaret Mahony met at Oatley RSL. We missed Rita Potente who was unavailable but welcomed new member Kathleen Ann.
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Tuesday 3rd September
The Illawong Haiku Group took advantage of an opportunity to experience something a little different for our Spring meeting. Hurstville Museum and Gallery (HM&G; part of Georges River Council) invited writing groups to use the current travelling exhibition 1 x 4 as inspiration. Museum space, writing supplies and morning tea were provided.
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Tuesday 3rd September at Hurstville Museum and Gallery, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Visitors welcome.
An initiative by Hurstville Museum and Gallery (part of Georges River Council) for August Writers Month has provided us with the opportunity to occupy part of the museum space to observe and be inspired by the current travelling exhibition 1 x 4 to write some haiku.
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Como Pleasure Grounds, Tuesday 3rd June 2024
Carol Reynolds, Ros Pitt, Alison Miller
And then the sun…
With one eye on the BOM site and a venue inspection conducted the day before to make sure it hadn’t turned into a lake, our decision to go ahead rested firmly in the hands of Mother Nature. Fortunately she decided in our favour.
Margaret Mahony, Ros Pitt, Alison Miller, Rita Potente, Carol Reynolds and visitor Kath Kuziak attended suitably attired for the weather. Unfortunately Patricia Meredith was unable to join us.
The colder weather was in our favour as the location is usually much busier. We quickly commandeered a table sheltered from the prevailing westerly wind by the natural landform located in the heart of the grounds and where some sun was peeping through the shade. As always we started out with a hot cuppa and to warm our spirits we read in turn the haiku voted most popular from The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue for May on the theme ‘yellow’.
Then it was down to business. After hearing about members recent achievements, Carol provided an update on the multitude of haiku happenings and opportunities currently available for submission. This included how to get further information on the Haiku Down Under 2024 virtual conference being held August 16-18, and encouraging registration which is free and available until 11th August. More information available here.
Our first exercise was hearing some of the recent haiku written by members and the inspiration and transition of their haiku. The second exercise was set to encourage members to open their eyes to the scale of participation in haiku throughout the world – to delve deeper into the many opportunities available on the internet to see, read and learn about haiku and the Japanese poetry genre in general.
One of these ways was to explore The Haiku Foundation’s HaikuLife Film Festival. The exercise was to make a list of five haiku that resonated. It was interesting to hear the variety of haiku choices and the responses to some of the vision.
It was a jam-packed meeting and we almost forgot to have our ginko walk. The sun had moved by then so we upped stakes and had a short walk to gather inspiration. We relocated to the sun-drenched benches on the water’s edge to enjoy our prepacked picnic lunches and discuss the findings from our walk. By then the winter chill was starting to seep into our bones so home fires beckoned.
It was agreed by all who attended that Como Pleasure Grounds is an ideal place offering a lot of inspiration for a ginko and we will come again.
Kath Tuziak, Rita Potente, Margaret Mahony
Carol Reynolds
Group Co-ordinator
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