Haiku @ The Oaks, Canberra

Tuesday 12 April 2022

Due to one thing and another, only three of us found ourselves @ The Oaks this time—Marietta McGregor, Glenys Ferguson, and Jan Dobb. Our thoughts were with our missing three—Hazel Hall, Kathy Kituai, and Greg Piko—as we settled around a small table beneath the autumn trees.

Marietta produced some copies of the attractive American haiku journal Akitsu Quarterly, till now unknown to Glenys and Jan. A browse through these soon led on to conversation with Marietta about her task as guest editor of THF ‘Haiku Dialogue’, and she was keen to express to us the stimulation of reading all the submissions and the satisfaction of readers’ feedback. An exacting and constant project that Marietta excels at.

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Echidna Tracks Issue 9 Submission Reminder

Issue 9 of Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku: will focus on the theme of Journeys. These may relate to journeys near and far, within and without. They might pertain to geographical travels, trips abroad, down memory lane or into interesting reaches of mind and imagination. They might be shared or personal, brief or lifelong. Share the sights, sounds and scents… stir our thoughts and feelings, take us somewhere intriguing— move us, because the journey has been, or is, a moving one for you…

The submission period for Issue 9 will be open throughout April 2022. Please carefully read the guidelines on the Submissions page and submit your haiku via the Submissions Form.

Previous issues can be accessed through the Echidna Tracks website.

The HSA Nicholas Virgilio Memorial Award

The HSA Nicholas Virgilio
Memorial Award
DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 3rd (US date)

Teachers, parents, young poets: You still have time to enter the 33nd Annual Nicholas Virgilio Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12.

Deadline: In hand online by April 3, 2022. 

Eligibility: Any student in grades 7 through 12 enrolled in school as of September 2021 may enter. 

Regulations: Submit up to three haiku/senryu per student. 

For full details: check the HSA website:

Chuck Brickley
2nd Vice President
Haiku Society of America

www.chuckbrickley.com

from the open doorway – Book Launch

You’re invited!

To my book launch! Haiku and stories and beautiful images…

from the open doorway

Where: Adachi Park in the Japanese Pavilion there, just past the children’s playground, Great Eastern Highway, Belmont (closest corner Abernathy Road) Perth, Western Australia

When: March 30, 2022. 2 pm

Would love to see you there!

Best, Rose

“Rose takes perception and memory, mind and heart to capture a particular moment…” Coral Carter

White Pebbles, Autumn 2022

March 2022

Despite rain making driving difficult for the majority of members who travel long distances, seven of us and a welcome return visitor met up to greet each other cheerfully at Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Gardens and Regional Gallery on March 19th. How good it was to be together in person.  Present were Marilyn Humbert, Samantha Hyde, Gwen Bitti, Gail Hennessy, Maire Glacken, Colleen Keating and Beverley George, and guest Michael Thorley. Unfortunately Kent Robinson was unable to join us this time and we very much look forward to seeing him in June.

It was an individual choice whether to ginko in the garden or the gallery and before too long we had clustered at the round table in our quiet meeting room. And here we are.

left to right: Michael, Beverley, Colleen, Marilyn, Samantha, Gwen, Gail, Maire

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