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Members’ News – May 2025
- President’s Message
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President’s Message
Learning of the passing of a fellow haiku poet always brings sadness, but often there are also happy memories of favourite poems they’ve penned, encouragement they’ve offered or their generous service to the haiku community. So it is for many who knew Cynthia Rowe, as attested by the recently posted tributes.
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From the President…
Welcome to our first news for 2025.
Have you entered the third John Bird Dreaming Award yet?
The executive committee met on 10th February. We reviewed activities over the last months of 2024 and discussed some initiatives for this year.
Anti Haiku Competition hosted by DucK&dASh p0etry, WA
Recently DucK&dASh p0etry announced the results of their first Anti Haiku Competition, open to residents of Western Australia. The competition, which closed on 5th January 2025, received 76 entries from 19 poets. In keeping with the competition title, submissions that experimented beyond traditional or contemporary haiku form were encouraged. The competition was aimed at lovers of haiku who would embrace the challenge, as well as poets who had never written anything haiku before.
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President’s Message
Since the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1873, the New year is counted as a brief season on its own In Japanese Saijiki. The New Year period in Japan is a time for family gatherings with festive meals over several days. There are many traditions and observances that appear as kigo, including decorations, cards, gifts, games and special food, as well as numerous kigo with the first of something, such as first sunrise. While we may not follow kigo in our Australian haiku, we do write poems that reflect the festive season of family and social gatherings, celebratory meals and other traditions, as well as marking new beginnings and reflecting on the past year.
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President’s Message
Haiku as a practice thrives on solitude. Time alone – going on a ginkō or doing a mundane task such as peeling vegetables, washing dishes or pulling weeds – allows us to pay attention to bodily sensations and our mind’s wanderings. Such solitary experiences often provide substance for our poems.
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