This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is New South Wales poet, Quendryth Young.
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Eucalypt: a tanka journal August eNews is now online, announcing the Distinctive Scribble Award winners from issue 36 and featuring the Endings and Beginnings tanka by contributing poets. Read August eNews here.
The submission window for issue 37 is from 1st to 30th September 2024.
Julie Thorndyke, Editor.
August 2024
Again, we gathered around an inside table @ The Oaks, the breeze still too chilly for lunch outside. Perhaps we may celebrate spring next month with a session beneath the leafy trees? Glenys Ferguson, Gregory Piko, Marietta McGregor and Jan Dobb exchanged warm greetings. This time, we missed the company of Hazel Hall and Kathy Kituai.
Continue reading “Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is New South Wales poet, Catherine Smith.
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It was a stunning winter’s day for the Paperbark Winter Ginko, held in the little township of Guildford Western Australia, just a half hour drive from the city. Guildford is one of Perth’s oldest towns, layered with history, antique shops, and little cafes. A record group of 13 haiku enthusiasts met at one of these cafes in James Street. We sat outside discussing haiku and enjoying winter sun.
Continue reading “Paperbark Haiku Winter Ginko”This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is New South Wales poet, Robyn Braithwaite.
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Registrations for Haiku Down Under are free and close on August 11.
The Haiku Down Under weekend, taking place online via Zoom from Friday to Sunday, August 16-18, will provide a unique occasion to explore haiku and related forms in depth, and to connect with fellow haiku poets in Australia, New Zealand and beyond.
A small group gathered in historic Camperdown Cemetery in Newtown, Sydney, on Saturday 13th July: Jane Gibian, Vanessa Proctor, Carol Reynolds, Susan Grant, Zina Ioannou and Leanne Mumford. Surrounded by Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, its tall trees and remnant native grass help make the cemetery a welcome place for quiet recreation in the inner city.
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Australian Haiku Society 