In late 2017, the Canberra-based Haiku @ The Oaks writing group was discussing various ways to present haiku in a live situation. Inspired by the ideas from this meeting, I applied a variation of these thoughts to writing a haiku style poem – a form I now like to call the haiku shuffle. Back in 2017,… Read More The Haiku Shuffle
For twenty years, Red Moon Press in the USA has been presenting its New Resonance series of books which introduces emerging haiku writers from around the world. Published every two years, each issue of A New Resonance showcases the work of around 17 writers who are still relatively new haiku voices. With the 10th New Resonance… Read More echoes 2: A New Resonance Reunion
The next Brush With Poetry open mic afternoon will take place at the Black Swan wine bar and gallery in Binalong, New South Wales on Sunday, 27 May 2018. The event is free, though donations are appreciated. Please arrive at 1:30pm for a 2:00pm start. Wine, coffee and cake will be available and, for those… Read More Brush With Poetry: 27 May 2018
Dr Santosh Kumar has edited a new collection titled Haiku: A Concise Anthology (Cyberwit.net, Allahabad, India). The anthology presents five haiku by each of 40 poets from more than 20 countries, including countries not often represented in English-language collections. For example, you will find haiku from Estonia, Cameroon, Israel, Brazil, Nepal, Vietnam and Montenegro. … Read More Out of India, Out of the Ordinary
The first Brush With Poetry for 2018 will be on Sunday 25 March. Always exciting, always different. Brush With Poetry offers an afternoon of open mic entertainment in the relaxed surrounds of Yvette Gilroy’s Black Swan Gallery and Café. You can find the Black Swan in Stephen Street, Binalong, New South Wales. The afternoon is sure… Read More Brush With Poetry 2018
Coolabah is the electronic journal of the Centre for Australian and Transnational Studies at the University of Barcelona. The journal aims to be an international forum for research in Australian studies and to be totally interdisciplinary in its content. The most recent issue, The Coolabah Short Poem Issue (No 23, 2018), is edited by Australian… Read More Small Australian Poems, in Barcelona
Simon Hanson from the Australian Haiku Society asked if I would like to write the back story to one of my haiku. I was happy to oblige and the AHS recently included the result in one of their postings. I have reproduced my haiku story here . . . In late 2016 I visited the… Read More The Story of a Haiku
Each year the Central Coast Poets of New South Wales (Australia) conduct the Henry Kendall Poetry Award. Kendall (1839-1882) was a nineteenth century Australian author and bush poet who had a difficult personal life but whose books of poetry achieved considerable acclaim. Kendall’s poems invariably described Australian settings and situations. Here is an extract from… Read More Henry Kendall Poetry Award
