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Catchment – Poetry of Place 5; submissions open until 21st November
Catchment- Poetry of Place will remain open for contributions until 21st November, towards release of the journal’s 5th issue on 21st December 2025.
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Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday September 28, 2025
Julia Wakefield, Subha Goonaratne, Stella Damarjati, Maeve Archibald, Ewan Rourke and Lynette Arden met on Sunday September 28 at 4.30pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Maureen Sexton. The attendees all brought some haiku for review, some of which were on the theme of spring, as suggested previously.
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For our final meeting of the year, the Fringe Myrtles were treated to an illuminating presentation on tanka, the classical Japanese poetic form that has endured for over a millennium. Our presenter, Rodney Williams, is the contributing editor at Catchment – Poetry of Place, part of the Baw Baw Arts Alliance in Kurnai country, Gippsland, Victoria.
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Meet and Greet event in Kogarah
On Wednesday 15th October, Carol Reynolds and Margaret Mahony from Illawong Haiku Group participated in a Meet and Greet event at the Clive James Library at Kogarah. The event was initiated by Vickey Foggin, Team Leader Library Programs at Georges River Council to highlight Rivers Writers, a liaison of writing groups operating within the Georges River region.
Continue reading “Meet and Greet event in Kogarah”Cloudcatchers Spring Ginko No. 79
A rainforest Remnant, at Dalwood, in the hinterland of the far north coast
of New South Wales is one of the Cloudcatchers’ favourite venues. Six of us
gathered there on Thursday 9th October for our Spring experience, and once again walked the boardwalk through this untouched captured remnant of the past, where the Bunjalung people lived so long ago.
Reminder for Submissions to Echidna Tracks
Submissions close at the end of October for Echidna Tracks.
We invite your best previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. We hope to publish a vibrant collection of haiku and senryu.
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.
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