Australian poet Marietta McGregor has been chosen as the haiku poet for daily haiku presented in February 2017 by the Mann Library.
Enjoy some of Marietta’s work each day of February by going to the link. After the month has passed, the work will still be available in the archive of the postings.
Read about the project here
Australian haiku poets to enjoy special successes during the month of Janaury, 2017, included: Quendryth Young, for winning a second prize in the annual Kusamakura Haiku Competition in Japan; and Ron C. Moss, for having a haiku-inscribed stone unveiled on the Katikati Haiku Pathway in New Zealand.
Full results for the Kusamakura Haiku Competition can be accessed through this link:
http://kusamakura-haiku.jp/backnumber/2016/english_e.html
Details about the new addition to New Zealand’s Haiku Pathway can be viewed here:
https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/new-haiku-pathway-poem-part-2/
Continue reading “Successes in January”
Please join us to celebrate the publication
of Ron’s Fire and Rescue Poetry Collection Bushfire Moon
To be launched by Lyn Reeves
at Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts
Ground Floor 91 Murray Street, Hobart Tasmania 7000
on Friday 24 March at 5 pm.
RSVP to Ron Moss: ronmoss8@gmail.com
Further details of launch here: book-launch-flyer-small
Further details of the book here: bushfire-moon-flyer-small
Brimbank Park, Keilor Park DrIive, Keilor East .
Saturday 4th February, noon until 4pm
Meet just before midday at the Leaping Lizard Cafe, Brimbank Park.
Myron will have a handout sheet with the haiku techniques we will focus on during the day.
Suitable for beginners as well as experienced haiku poets.
Bring a picnic lunch.
Cost: $30 full/ $20 concession.
Please contact Myron if you are interested in this event:
myronpoet@hotmail.com
28 January 2017 Haiku Workshop by Julia Wakefield
The workshop, held at the Box Factory Community Centre in Adelaide, from 1 – 3 pm, was attended by ten people, of whom eight had not attended a Bindii workshop previously.
Julia started off by discussing what made a good haiku and distributed examples and some guidelines for attendees to read. There was some discussion about the examples and what each haiku meant to the various participants.
Julia then moved to a brief overview of the guidelines for writing haiku. There was some discussion as to what certain guidelines meant, for example the 5/7/5 rule, which has been discarded outside Japan, and the options for writing in three lines or other variants. The various formats were examined to see if a haiku written in one style, such as one line, would be just as effective if transferred to three lines. The use of the phrase/fragment composition technique was discussed in some detail, with examples. Continue reading “Haiku Workshop by Julia Wakefield”
Australian Haiku Society 