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