Interview with Maureen Sexton
Haiku on Friday recently conducted an interview with Maureen Sexton.
Category: WA
August 26, 2009
Haiku Workshops in Perth
Workshop: Haiku Day with Graham Nunn (QLD) & Maureen Sexton (WA)
Venue: Great Southern Room, State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth.
Part one of this workshop will run from 10am – 12pm and address the following topics:
– a brief history of haiku
– defining haiku
– are the syllables important?
– haiku purpose
– fragment and phrase theory
– wabi and sabi
– techniques for writing haiku
– techniques for revising your work
Part II, will run from 1 pm to 3 pm and include a ginko and a look at publishing haiku in Australia and beyond.
March 09, 2009 Announcement from WA Poets Inc
Creatrix Poetry Journal now has a haiku section and is online.
The founding members are: Maureen Sexton, John Bird and Nicholas Barwell. The editor for the haiku section is Maureen Sexton.
Continue reading “March 09, 2009 Announcement from WA Poets Inc”
September 16, 2008
WA Workshop
On Monday 1st September 2008, during National Poetry Week 2008, I was fortunate to attend a Haiku Workshop organised by the City of Perth Library, and held in the Library in Hay Street, Perth.
The workshop was skilfully presented by Maureen Sexton. Maureen is the WA Regional Representative for HaikuOz, the Secretary of WA Poets Inc, and has been published both in Australia and abroad.
The 2 hour workshop was one of several events organised by the City of Perth Library. The other events included a Haiku Competition, a Haiku Display and two Poetry Sessions with local poets. The winners of the Haiku Competition were announced the morning of the workshop.
We enjoyed an interesting and informative introduction to Haiku. We listened with enthusiasm as we learnt about its history and pioneers.
July 08, 2008
More news from W.A.
Perth haiku poet Maureen Sexton, has had nine haiku published on the Swan River Trust’s new River Guardians website. The River Guardian website relates to the Swan and Canning Rivers, which flow through the suburbs of Perth.
July 02, 2008
Haiku News from Western Australia
News from Western Australia
sent by the Australian Haiku Society Regional Representative Maureen Sexton
Perth haiku poet Nicholas Barwell, has had nine haiku published on the Swan River Trust’s new River Guardians website. The River Guardian website relates to the Swan and Canning Rivers, which flow through the suburbs of Perth.
Congratulations Nicholas!
July 06, 2007
Regional Representative for WA appointed
The Australian Haiku Society [HaikuOz] is delighted to announce the appointment of Maureen Sexton as Regional Representative for Western Australia.
For two consecutive years Maureen worked with the City of Perth Library to produce a haiku ‘wall’ event. In recent times her own haiku have been published in The Heron’s Nest, Famous Reporter, Stylus Poetry Journal and FreeXpression.
Beverley George
President
on behalf of the committee
August 13, 2006
Haiku Competition and Haiku Wall Review 2005-06
Maureen Sexton, Chairperson 2006 WA Spring Poetry Festival, Co-Chairperson WA Poets Inc sent HaikuOz the following report
Haiku Competition and Haiku Wall Review 2005-2006
City of Perth Library conducted a Haiku poetry competition which generated interest from around the state with entries ranging from Tom Price to Margaret River. Enquiries were received from people not normally involved with the Library. The amount of interest created by the Spring Poetry Festival organizers was impressive.