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International Haiku Day Event —
Woodend, Victoria, Australia.

Chamber Poets #87
Saturday 15 April 1pm—4pm
Woodend RSL, 32 Anslow Street, Woodend, Victoria
Entry $10/$5
Featuring:
FRINGE MYRTLES HAIKU GROUP
BLACK FOREST SMOKE
OPEN SECTION

After the success of last month’s public celebration of International Women’s Day featuring the famous Castlemaine writer Cate Kennedy, the April Chamber Poets event will celebrate International Haiku Day by featuring the work of Melbourne haiku group Fringe Myrtles. Fringe Myrtles, formed in October 2019 consists of some of the best published haiku poets in Victoria and is led by the president of the Australian Haiku Society, Rob Scott.

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku @freehaiku #FringeMyrtles #RobScott #ChamberPoets #AustralianPoetry #Woodend

https://australianhaikusociety.org/2023/04/03/international-haiku-day-in-woodend/

A new post, and a new haiku, on my blog about new season #RoyalGala #Apples.

new season royal gala –
just for a moment 
 I’m young again

#FreeHaiku #AutumnHaiku #AustralianHaiku #Melbourne #Naarm @freehaiku

https://hookturn.blog/2023/04/02/new-season-royal-gala-apples/

A blog post and a haiku about going for a walk with our cavoodle Barney:

autumn walk, just
following our cavoodle
everywhere

https://hookturn.blog/2023/03/11/autumn-walk/

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku @freehaiku #Melbourne #Naarm #Cavoodle #DogHaiku #AutumnHaiku #AIArt #Craiyon

Note – original image replaced by a new picture.

lopped tree
first day of autumn
state of mind

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #MelbourneHaiku #Naarm #Melbourne #FreeHaiku #Autumn #SouthernHemisphere #AutumnHaiku #PlaneTree #LondonPlaneTree @freehaiku

https://hookturn.blog/2023/03/01/1st-day-of-autumn/

John Bird Dreaming Award
(Australian haiku award)

Reminder: submissions for the 2nd running of the John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku close on the 1st March 2023.

Shares / boots / retoots are appreciated to ensure maximum visibility to Australian poets and haiku writers.

For full details, including how to submit, refer to the original notification here: https://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/10/31/john-bird-dreaming-award-for-haiku-2022/

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #JohnBird #HaikuOz #DreamingAward @freehaiku

wrought-iron lace
on the terrace house row
- clouded moon

~ Leanne Mumford

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #LeanneMumford #WroughtIron #MoonHaiku #AIArt #Craiyon @freehaiku

dead thistles
the feel of a key
in a rusty lock
~ Ron Moss

Originally published in The Heron's Nest, XV.2 (06-13).

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #Thistle #HeronsNest #RonMoss #IWishIdWrittenThat #FavouriteHaiku #AIArt #Craiyon @freehaiku

inner city rain
the neon girl
still skipping
~ Jennifer Sutherland

This haiku may not mean much for people who haven’t lived in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia), but for those that have the neon Skipping Girl Vinegar advertising sign is a familiar sight and one of the iconic symbols of the city.

#Haiku #FreeHaiku #Naarm #AustralianHaiku #Melbourne #MelbourneHaiku #JenniferSutherland @freehaiku #SkippingGirl #AIArt #Craiyon

mountain ash forest
a wilting bunch of jonquils
tied to a road sign

~ Louise Hopewell

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #LouiseHopewell #MountainAsh #TreeHaiku #AIArt #Craiyon @freehaiku

fireworks
the shriek of lorikeets
taking flight

~ Karen Dooley

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #Fireworks #FireworksHaiku #Lorikeets #NewYearsEve #NewYearsDay #KarenDooley @freehaiku

I read @KarenWyld saying that there are unusually high number of dragonflies in South Australia and Victoria this summer

& I was reminded of this brief post (2min read) that I wrote about dragonflies a year or so ago:

https://clembyard.com/2021/07/19/the-dragon-fly-blues/

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #Dragonfly #DragonflyHaiku #Haibun #AIArt #Craiyon @freehaiku

Christmas morning
the cricket ground is white –
kikuyu grass

#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku #Xmas #XmasHaiku #CricketHaiku #AIArt #Craiyon #Kikuyu #ClemByard @freehaiku

wildlife park
the echidna
paces its cage
~ Lyn Reeves

#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #LynReeves #AIArt #Craiyon #Echidna #EchidnaHaiku @freehaiku

rainbow black
Christmas beetles
missing this year
~ Jahan Tyson
#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #JahanTyson #XmasHaiku #ChristmasBeetle #AIArt #Craiyon @freehaiku

Picture shows a Christmas beetle in shades of grey as though painted with ink wash (the picture was created with Craiyon AI image generator).

early riser
magpie lark sings
double notes
~ Rose van Son
#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuOz #Poetry #AIArt #Craiyon #RoseVanSon #MagpieLark #MudLark #Peewit #Peewee @freehaiku

Slightly more solid
than the twilight, kangaroos
crossing the firebreak.
~ Andrew Lansdown

#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #Kangaroos

Here is a link to another #Haibun * I wrote
~
It is about a short bushwalk I took in an area of #GreyBox forest at a place call #Eynesbury, about an hour drive west of #Naarm (#Melbourne, Australia), back in August 2020
~
* A haibun could be thought of as a short personal essay that includes a #haiku
~
#AustralianHaiku #AustralianPoetry #TheBush #Snakes #BoxWood #Bushwalking
~
https://clembyard.com/2020/08/23/eynesbury-grey-box-forest/

I like to write “haibun”, a Japanese literary form that usually includes a haiku poem with a very short personal essay in prose.

If you’re interested to read an example here is one I wrote in October last year, about #TawnyFrogmouth:

https://clembyard.com/2021/10/08/frogmouth/

#Haiku #Haibun #AustralianHaiku #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #Birds #AustralianBirds #UrbanBirds #NotAnOwl #StrangeBirdsIndeed #HaikuOz

Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology – Call for Submissions

The Australian Haiku Society is excited to announce a call for submissions for the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology (4AHA) that will showcase the work of poets who are writing haiku in this country today.

Submissions are welcomed by poets who are Australian by nationality or who currently reside here. There are no constraints with respect to form or the inclusion of seasonal references; both haiku and senryu are welcomed and may be published or unpublished.

Submit up to five of your best haiku and/or senryu.

The deadline for submissions is 1st December 2022.

More info on how to submit here: https://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/09/21/fourth-australian-haiku-anthology-call-for-submissions/

(Please boost so writers of #AustralianHaiku will see and submit)

#AustralianPoetry #HaikuOz #Haiku #AusWrites

Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz announcement:

John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku 2022

(Please boost for maximum visibility to #haiku lovers!)

Deadline: 1st March 2023

Entry Fee: None

Prizes: The first three place getters will receive an original ink painting featuring their winning haiku by renowned Australian artist and poet, Ron C. Moss. The prize-winning haiku plus those awarded Honourable Mentions will be announced on the Australian Haiku Society website on 1st May 2023.

Submissions details here: https://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/10/31/john-bird-dreaming-award-for-haiku-2022/

Background: The award has special meaning this year in the wake of the sad passing of John Bird earlier this year. John was a highly respected haiku poet who instigated and developed the Australian Haiku Society, bringing together haiku poets from around the country with the mission to encourage and promote the enjoyment of haiku.

#AustralianHaiku #AustralianPoetry

Hi Mastodon,

I’m a #CancerNurse and I write #Haiku and #Haibun here in #Naarm (#Melbourne, #Australia).

I write a #blog about #AustralianHaiku at ClemByard.com and I’m the Assistant Secretary of #HaikuOz

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