A final report by Carol Reynolds, Past Convenor.
Before we are archived I thought it appropriate to submit this closing report as a reminder of our ‘past presence’.Â
On June 11, 2026, I advised that the Illawong Haiku Group had disbanded after 9 years. It was a brief notice and since then I have had time to revisit the records and reflect on the activities of our group over those 9 years.
Continue reading “Closing Report Illawong Haiku Group”On behalf of the Australian Haiku Society, I would like to thank you for your entries from Australia and other countries.
The image was originally processed to show a dark mood, and many dug deep and certainly captured this theme in their haiku. However, I was impressed by those who expressed a lighter mood.
Haiga: the image should support the haiku without the words being a direct description:
Words like silhouettes, shadows, darkness in colour/light, or mood are also on theme with the winter solstice, as are coolness and ice.
Thank you to all contributors.
Wanda Amos
Continue reading “Results of the AHS 2026 Winter Solstice Haiga Competition”
‘Haiku xpressions’, under the past editorship of Cynthia Rowe and interim editorship of Anne Curran, will become ‘Haiku Horizons’, beginning with the August 2026 edition of FreeXpreSions Magazine.
Continue reading “Introducing Haiku Horizons”The Illawong Haiku Group began as an aspiration 9 years ago to establish a haiku group in the southern area of Sydney. I have been Group Convenor since the beginning until now. We had an open door policy and some people came and went while others stayed. I am grateful to those who stayed. Since our last meeting I expressed my wish to relinquish my position due to changing circumstances. Following further consultation with members it was decided to disband and continue to enjoy our mutual love of haiku in a different way.Â
Continue reading “Conclusion of Illawong Haiku Group”Carol Reynolds, Margaret Mahony, Alison Miller and Ros Pitt, together with our welcome guest, Nicholas O’Connor, gathered on Tuesday 24th March at Hurstville Museum & Gallery to use the current exhibition to encourage ideas for our writing.
‘Snakes and Mirrors’ by Petrina Hicks is a collection of large-scale photographs inspired by the use of mythology, fables and art history. The experience certainly opened up plenty of discussion, the results of which will no doubt appear on a website or in a publication somewhere in the future.
I highly recommend other groups use such community facilities, which not only provide public awareness of haiku poetry but are useful as alternatives to outdoor ginko when the weather is not always kind.
Carol Reynolds
Illawong Haiku Group would like to extend an invitation to other haiku writers located in Sydney to join them at Hurstville Museum and Gallery on Tuesday, 24th March from 10.30 am to 12.00 midday.
Continue reading “ILLAWONG HAIKU GROUP INVITATION”AHS sincerely apologises for the late posting of this report, which was provided prior to Christmas 2025.
Our final meeting for the year was held on Tuesday, 2nd December, at Carol Reynolds’s home in Bangor. As is often the case in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it is difficult to juggle the many and various events that arise. Ros Pitt, Margaret Mahony, Carol Reynolds and Alison Miller attended, but unfortunately Patricia Meredith, Kathleen Ann and Rita Potente were unable to join us.
Continue reading “Illawong Haiku Group Summer Meeting 2025”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”
