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Preliminary Notice: AHS Spring Equinox Haiku String 2026

The Australian Haiku Society welcomes contributions from haiku poets worldwide to the Spring Equinox Haiku String.

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Edition 6 of Catchment – Poetry of Place is live online

Catchment 6 is now online. Work from over 80 contributors, including more than 40 poets who have had tanka selected, either as stand-alone pieces or as tanka strings. Also, a discussion of the work of Kala Ramesh.

Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday November 30, 2025

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.

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.

Paperbark Haiku Winter Ginko

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.

Cloudcatchers’ Winter Ginko No. 78

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.

On The Edge: Haiku Society of America virtual conference

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.

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.