Katherine Gallagher’s haiku
cherry blossoms –
the clip clop of horses
distant now
was a Sakura winner in the recent Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival.
www.vancouvercherryblossomfestival.com
Category: Members’ News
Beverley Interviewed on ABC 7ZR
Beverley George, President of Haiku Oz, was interviewed statewide on ABC Hobart 7ZR by Siobhan Maiden on February 13 2009 about the bushfire haiku on our web-site and invited to read several out, as well as discuss haiku more generally.
a wattle seedpod – review
Lorin Ford’s haiku collection, a wattle seedpod, has been warmly reviewed by Matthew Paul in Presence #37 [UK] . The review quotes eight of Ford’s haiku, carefully selected to showcase the range of her work. Mention is also made of the ‘beautiful artwork’ by Ron Moss.
The Irish Haiku Society Haiku Competition 2008 Results
The Irish Haiku Society is proud to announce the results of the first ever IHS International Haiku Competition. 177 haiku by poets from twelve countries (Ireland, UK, Northern Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Romania and Serbia) were submitted to this year’s competition. Half of the submitted poems were from the island of Ireland. This year’s competition was adjudicated by Anthony Anatoly Kudryavitsky, and it was judged blindly. It had been previously announced that an entrant may win more than one prize, which, actually, happened. The following is the list of prize-winning and highly commended haiku.
1st Prize
John Barlow (UK) receives the first prize of Euro 150 for the following haiku:
mountain stillness
an empty chrysalis
fills with sunlight
2nd Prize
The 2nd Prize of Euro 50 also goes to John Barlow (UK) for the following haiku:
summer morning
every other post
has its crow
3rd Prize
Ernest J Berry (New Zealand) receives the third prize of Euro 30 for the following haiku:
early frost
the fragrance of pine
on fire
Continue reading “The Irish Haiku Society Haiku Competition 2008 Results”
Ron Moss – Member’s News
Ron Moss has recently had a haibun published in frogpond. Please check out the link below to read his poem.
RESULTS OF THE 5th INTERNATIONAL KLOSTAR IVANIC CONTEST FOR HAIKU IN ENGLISH
This year, our International haiku contest in English received 306 haiku written by 97 authors from 25 countries: Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Macedonia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobaggo, and The United States of America. Members of the jury were prof. Ruzica Mokos and prof. Vida Pust Skrgulja.
1st Prize
solemn quietness
in a full moon’s night –
ticking of a clock
Ivan Ivkovic, Veliko Laole, Serbia
2nd Prize
bouncing merrily
in the playground –
hailstones
Robert Naczas, Poland
3rd Prize
waterfall –
all I want is
to pass water
Ernest J. Berry, Pincton, New Zealand
Continue reading “RESULTS OF THE 5th INTERNATIONAL KLOSTAR IVANIC CONTEST FOR HAIKU IN ENGLISH”
New Haibun by Beverley George on Haibun Today
Haibun Today edited New haibun by Beverley George on Haibun Todayby Jeffrey Woodward has a new haibun by Beverley George ‘Sticky Fingers ‘ on its blog spot. To view the poem visit: http://haibuntoday.blogspot.com/2008/09/beverley-george-sticky-fingers.html
Beverley’s previous haibun ‘Roadsidia ‘published on September 6 is also available from this web-site.
Haibun by Beverley George featured on Haibun Today
Roadsidia a new haibun by Beverley George is currently featured on Haibun Today. To read the poem visit the site at:http://haibuntoday.blogspot.com:80/2008/09/beverley-george-roadsidia.html
Australian Haiku Society 