As soon as we met up for this meeting we knew it was going to be a very special one indeed. The sun was gently shining and all the diverse shades of green in the garden were sparkling. Soon we were off for our ginko and silent jotting. Smiles across the ponds and along the pathways.
Continue reading “White Pebbles Haiku Group Autumn Meeting Report”A beautiful day with a slight hint of autumn in the air. Just the day to greet poet friends for another gathering @ The Oaks. A chorus of currawongs was hailing our arrival—though perhaps with other things than poetry in mind! Five of us settled down to lunch beneath the trees—Kathy Kituai, Hazel Hall, Gregory Piko, Marietta McGregor and Jan Dobb. We missed Glenys Ferguson this time.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra”Organized by the Haiku Association “Three Rivers”, the Pumpkin Festival and the Tourist Board of the town of Ivanić-Grad, Croatia
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Continue reading “Croatian Haiku Contest Call”It wasn’t drought or flooding rain that prevented our planned ginko at Oatley Park today, just extreme heat, so we decided to meet in air conditioned comfort at my home.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group Autumn Meeting”Eucalypt: a tanka journal is open for submissions for issue 34.
Closing date: 31 March 2023.
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On Saturday 18th February six (and a bit) of us managed to get together for our summer ginko/picnic while our remaining members are away touring various parts of the world.
Continue reading “Portarlington Haiku Society”
Australian Haiku Society 