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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Welcome to the Australian Haiku Society 2025 Autumn Equinox Kukai. This is a new participation-based event open to haiku poets. It will open on the Autumn Equinox, 20th March 2025, and results will be announced to coincide with International Haiku Poetry Day on 17th April 2025. The window for entries has now closed. Thanks to all participants. Check below for what happens next!
Continue reading “AHS 2025 Autumn Equinox Kukai”Submissions welcome for Catchment 4.
Thanks to all AHS members who have offered contributions to the first three issues of Catchment – Poetry of Place.
The next submission period will span between 21 st March and 21st May 2025, with the fourth edition due to go live online on 21st June, via the Baw Baw Arts Alliance website
Continue reading “Catchment – Poetry of Place : fourth edition”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is New South Wales poet, Laurel Astle.
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Five poets gathered at Alison Miller’s home in Revesby. Present were Alison Miller, Rita Potente, Patricia Meredith, Kathleen Ann and Margaret Mahony. Carol Reynolds, Ros Pitt and a future new member Enza Russo were unable to attend.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group Autumn Meeting, 4 March 2025”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Victorian poet, Carl Walsh.
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Summer, February
Cloudcatchers Ginko No. 76 was held in Pop Denison Park, Ballina and as a Virtual Ginko. Norma Watts and Laurel Astle were at the park, while Angela Smith, Vivien Royston, Quendryth Young, and Robyn Braithwaite participated virtually.
Continue reading “Cloudcatchers GINKO No. 76”On Wednesday, 19 February, eight poetically minded people met at the WA Museum, Boola Bardip, in Perth. Sitting between the original heritage building and the new glass addition of the museum, we enjoyed a morning of haiku.
Led by Coral Carter and Rose van Son, we began by considering the idea of the ‘pause’ as a moment to stop and observe and then make that observation concrete in words. It was a beautiful, not too hot, morning and after a bit of discussion and some readings, we separately went in search of haiku.
The eight were Rose van Son, Coral Carter, Pat Johnson, Rita Tognini, Madeleine Tingey, Neil Pattinson, Ruari Jack Hughes, and Gary De Piazzi.
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