Australian poet, Jane Baker, has released a collection of poems which depict the everyday joys and struggles of men, women and children from around the world. Her book is titled, ‘People’. Jane is widely travelled, having been to a host of countries including Israel, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, India and China. She draws on these experiences… Read More Jane Baker: People
Dick Pettit, from Denmark, contacted me last year asking whether I would like to collaborate with him in writing a haiku shuffle. We subsequently wrote a poem titled Harbour Beacon which was published earlier this year in the New Zealand journal, Kokako, #34. As you can see in my previous posts about the haiku shuffle… Read More Harbour Beacon
Each year, the Polish Haiku Association conducts an international haiku competition. The 10th Polish International Haiku Competition was conducted in 2020 and attracted entries from 52 countries. You can read the awarded poems and see the judge’s comments here. I was fortunate to have the following haiku selected as one of the 10 Commended entries:… Read More Haiku in Poland
South African photographer, Roddy Fox, has been combining his stunning images with haiku published in The Mamba Journal. The combination of artwork with a haiku poem is known as haiga. Traditionally, the art would have comprised a brush painting, though, in modern times the poem might be combined with a photograph or even a video.… Read More Roddy Fox: African Haiga
Echidna Tracks is an independent online collection of Australian haiku. The editors publish two issues per year with each issue addressing a nominated theme. Echidna Tracks welcomes haiku on aspects of Australian landscape, flora and fauna while acknowledging our diversity of lifestyles, values, character, customs, cultures and historical experience. Anyone can submit to Echidna Tracks,… Read More Echidna Tracks: Issue 6 – Shelter
The Poetic City Festival ran through March and April 2021 at a multitude of venues in and around Canberra. Together with a band of willing helpers, local poet Jacqui Malins put together an extensive program of poetry readings, workshops, installations and other events. The Festival opened on 15 March with the launch of Issue 8… Read More Poetic City 2021: Canberra
I’ve been out and about showcasing my new book of haiku, breaking my journey. In February, I read at the Manning Clark House Poetry Book Fair while, in March, I read at the Brush With Poetry afternoon in Binalong, New South Wales. Both were very enjoyable events. The Poetry Book Fair was held at Smith’s… Read More breaking my journey: out and about
Mark Miller, who lives on the south coast of New South Wales, has produced three previous volumes of poetry. His new collection, Light and Counterlight, is published by Ginninderra Press. Over the past ten years, Mark’s short-form poems have won awards and appeared widely in journals and anthologies. Light and Counterlight, which features a watercolour… Read More Mark Miller: Light and Counterlight
