The Haiku Ginko to celebrate autumn was held in Hyde Park, Perth on Wednesday 2nd April. It was a beautiful warm day with a cool breeze, perfect for the morning walk. Ten people attended the session led by Coral Carter and Rose van Son.
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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon: The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology
This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Stella Damarjati.
winter dusk
the passing shadow
of a solitary crow
the absence
of birdsong
forest walk
winter’s end
the radiant blossom
of the golden wattle
Fringe Myrtles bend the senses: Report on the Fringe Myrtles Meeting March, 2025
The first Fringe Myrtles meeting for 2025 was held on Sunday 16 March. Ten Myrtles braved the torrential rain (following a 33-degree day—classic Melbourne weather!) to gather at our haiku home, the beautiful Athenaeum Theatre Library.
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Cloudcatchers Spring Ginko No. 75
7 November 2024
Cloudcatchers’ Spring Ginko was held at Victoria Park, Dalwood NSW (near Alstonville). This was the group’s tenth visit to this magical location on the far north coast. It is a remnant of sub-tropical jungle, part of the Big Scrub, and once home of the Widjabul people of the Bundjalung nation. Here there is a vast array of forest flora and a great variety of insect and birdlife. Some of us did hear a distant thud-thud of a pademelon, but none were sighted. We viewed a giant scrub turkey nest extending over the boardwalk, and spied a yellow robin and its nest, believed to be an indicator of a healthy forest environment.
Continue reading “Cloudcatchers Spring Ginko No. 75”Report on the Fringe Myrtles Meeting October, 2024
The Fringe Myrtles met on Sunday 20th October at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library. In attendance were Rodney Williams, Robbie Coburn, Takanori Hayakawa, Louise Hopewell, Olivia Ark and Rob Scott.
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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon (Australian Haiku Anthology)
This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne poet, Jennifer Sutherland.
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Call for Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14
A reminder that submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025 will close at the end of September 2024.
The editors look forward to receiving your best haiku to include in the journal.
Simon Hanson and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer/Autumn time frame.
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The Australian Haiku Society is pleased to announce the launch of our AHS Facebook Page. This will supplement our website and the existing AHS Facebook Group, which is ably administered by Maureen Sexton and Wanda Amos. If you are a Facebook user, please follow our Facebook Page to stay up-to-date with announcements.
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