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I would like to send a message of support to all our members in Queensland and northern NSW in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie and in this time of extreme flooding.  We sincerely hope that you and your families remain safe and well.

In happier news, March has been an exciting month for haiku in Australia.  The month began with Roberta Beary’s visit to Sydney, then Melbourne, meeting haiku poets in both cities.  Roberta is the Roving Ambassador for the Haiku Foundation this year.  Penny Harter, another distinguished American haiku poet, met poets in Melbourne. Continue reading “A Message from the President”

Competition Successes

A number of Australian poets were recognised in various competitions during this last month including Cynthia Rowe and Madhuri Pillai who were Runners Up in the Golden Haiku Contest with:

sugar high
the undulating flight
of a honeyeater

………. Cynthia Rowe

spring bloom
the heady breath
of new jonquils

………. Madhuri Pillai

first daffodil
a song under
my breath…

………. Madhuri Pillai

Continue reading “Members’ News March 2017”

Australian poets to enjoy haiku-based successes across the month of February include Earl Livings, Marietta McGregor and Simon Hanson.

Earl Livings has had one of his poems voted as being among the top three haiku published in Ireland’s Shamrock Haiku Journal during 2016.

Marietta McGregor’s work in haiku has been recognised within a Mann Library feature.

Marietta also gained an Honourable Mention in the Iris Little Haiku Contest conducted by the Three Rivers Haiku Association in Croatia, as did Simon Hanson.

Newly appointed as the Secretary for the Australian Haiku Society, Simon has likewise recently had a photo haiku selected for the NHK Haiku Masters series, where it has been incorporated into a TV / Internet broadcast program.
Continue reading “Members’ News – February, 2017”

 

Australian haiku poets to enjoy special successes during the month of Janaury, 2017, included: Quendryth Young, for winning a second prize in the annual Kusamakura Haiku Competition in Japan; and Ron C. Moss, for having a haiku-inscribed stone unveiled on the Katikati Haiku Pathway in New Zealand.

Full results for the Kusamakura Haiku Competition can be accessed through this link:

http://kusamakura-haiku.jp/backnumber/2016/english_e.html 

Details about the new addition to New Zealand’s Haiku Pathway can be viewed here:

https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/new-haiku-pathway-poem-part-2/
Continue reading “Successes in January”