Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Ewan Rourke and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday, September 28, at 4 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne, Stella Damarjati and Radhika de Silva. The attendees brought some haiku for review, and Subha sent her haiku in spite of her absence.
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Paperbark Group Spring/Kambarang Ginko report
Eight poets joined the spring ginko on 8th October 2025 in Kings Park, on a lovely sunny although chilly day. At the height of spring the park was laden with flowers. Armed with a description of the two indigenous spring seasons, and the relevance of the colour yellow, we learned we are experiencing the Noongar season of kambarang.
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Report by Ruari Jack Hughes
A very enthusiastic group of eleven met in the alfresco area of the Art Gallery of WA cafe on a cold Perth morning but fortunately there was little rain. The discussion was led by Rose van Son on Wednesday 20th August.
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Piccabeen Park, Bangalow, NSW
Cloudcatchers held the winter ginko at Piccabeen Park, at Bangalow, on the far north coast of NSW, on Thursday 14th August. The group has held many ginko here over the years, but this title for the park is new – now named for the palm species local to the area. One haiku reported an old rope dangling over the creek, waiting for another summer, another commented on all the toddlers taking over a heritage park.
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Proposal submissions welcomed by August 15th 2025
The Haiku Society of America is accepting proposals for the 2025 HSA Conference to be held November 21st to 23rd, 2025 on Zoom.
Theme: On the Edge
See full submission guidelines online at HSA.
Continue reading “On The Edge: Haiku Society of America virtual conference”WA Paperbark celebrates World Haiku Day 17th April 2025
Realising World Haiku Day was suddenly upon us, an event was organised to celebrate. A group of thirteen interested haiku writers gathered at the Maylands Library, Western Australia, and presented three of their favourite haiku and an explanation why the haiku were loved. Discussions followed.
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On a sunny Canberra autumn Thursday 13th March, a smaller group of haiku poets than usual met for lunch and discussions under the trees at The Oaks Brasserie, Yarralumla. Around the table were Hazel Hall, Kathy Kituai, Greg Piko and Marietta McGregor. Glenys Ferguson and Jan Dobb were unable to attend and their enthusiastic participation was missed this time. Talk at first turned to poetry in general, with reminiscences about first moments of reading work to an audience, sometimes many years ago in individuals’ writing lives, and the feelings engendered on those occasions.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks”Portarlington Haiku Society celebrates International Haiku Poetry Day
Members of the Portarlington Haiku Society celebrated International Haiku Poetry Day by hanging their ‘serviette haiku’ along a wire fence leading into town from the pier, capturing the attention of those arriving from Melbourne on the daily ferry. The group met at a local cafe for lunch before securing their prepared material serviettes with staples along the fence line.
The PHS continue to run their own monthly kukai, the results published in a regular newsletter, ‘Wingspan’.
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