Dear Members,
I am delighted to be able to announce the winners of the 2022 John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku. The response to the competition was fantastic once again, and I would like to extend a huge thanks to all poets for contributing their poems.
Continue reading “Results of the 2022 John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku”
1st Place
neap tide
the moon’s tug
on our blood
Marietta McGregor
There was an interesting mix of entries for the seasonal kukai. When reading through the poems, I’m always looking for those that resonate and have elements of shift and link, as well as those in which the two parts of the image and words merge into something stronger together. With Marietta’s haiku we are tantalised with a word that is not all that well known – neap tide – a period when moderate tides occur, usually seven days after a spring tide. The wonderful moon’s tug connects us with the universe and celestial bodies – the tug on our blood and the flow of tide all governed by the moon. Such a powerful poem resonates on many levels with the image and I’m thankful for the poet’s deep seeing.
Welcome, haiku poets worldwide to the Australian Haiku Society Summer Solstice Haiga Kukai. Entries close on midnight 30th of December AEST.
You are invited to write a haiku in response to the image by Ron C. Moss.
Enter no more than one haiku per image. Haiku entered should not have been published previously in print or online, including in discussion forums. If you enter more than one haiku per image, only your first haiku will be considered.
Your name should appear on your entry as you would like to see it on the website.
The winning haiku will be displayed on the AHS website.
Continue reading “AHS Summer Solstice Haiga Kukai 2022 Seasonal”
Welcome, haiku poets worldwide to the Australian Haiku Society Summer Solstice Haiga Kukai. Entries close on midnight 30th of December AEST.
You are invited to write a haiku in response to the image by Ron C. Moss.
Enter no more than one haiku per image. Haiku entered should not have been published previously in print or online, including in discussion forums. If you enter more than one haiku per image, only your first haiku will be considered.
Your name should appear on your entry as you would like to see it on the website.
The winning haiku will be displayed on the AHS website.
Continue reading “AHS Summer Solstice Haiga Kukai 2022 Non-Seasonal”
Cloud Hands – the latest collection of haiku, haiku sequences, haibun and ink paintings by Ron C. Moss will be launched on Friday 11th March at 5 pm at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts in Hobart. Bookings are required.
Further details on the flyer below.
Copies are now available directly from Ron who can be contacted via email here
Copies are now available directly from Ron who can be contacted via email here
A new film by Ron C. Moss has just been released on YouTube, Breathing With Clouds, featuring haiku and ink paintings set to music.
Australian Haiku Society 