In 2022, Liquid Amber Press conducted a poetry competition which asked entrants to respond to a number of prompts relating to the theme of ‘encounter’. The long-listed poems were subsequently published in Poetry of Encounter: The Liquid Amber Prize Anthology, edited by Anne M. Carson and Rose Lucas. First Prize was awarded to Reneé Pettitt-Shipp… Read More Liquid Amber Poetry Prize 2022
WA Poets Inc publishes the quarterly online poetry journal, Creatrix. WA Poets is the peak body for the development of poets and poetry in Western Australia. Each issue features haiku and longer forms of poetry, with haiku and poetry prize winners selected from the four issues published over the calendar year. In 2022, the Creatrix… Read More Creatrix Haiku Prize: 2022
The long-running writing group, Yass Valley Writers, recently released a fifth collection of their work. Voices from the Valley: An Anthology of Stories and Verse (Volume V) was edited by Jane Baker, with cover illustration by Katherine Cameron. Based in the town of Yass, New South Wales, the group provides a welcoming and friendly forum… Read More Yass Valley Writers’ Anthology: Volume V
The Haiku Foundation (THF) was first conceived in 2004 by American poet and publisher, Jim Kacian. The Foundation’s web presence was established in 2008 and has been a valuable resource for the sharing and discussion of haiku ever since. You can access THF here. THF’s goals are to archive English-language haiku, expand possibilities for future… Read More THF Volunteer Anthology 2022
Haiku are marvellous little poems. Originating in Japan, and now enjoyed around the world, haiku provide moments of insight that surprise and delight. People often ask how they can learn to write haiku. How they can grasp the principles that have underpinned the development of haiku in Japan for hundreds of years. Fortunately, there are… Read More How To Write Haiku
The poetry editor for The Canberra Times, PS Cottier, kindly selected a poem of mine to appear in the newspaper on 13 August 2022. My poem was inspired by an American schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor who, on her 63rd birthday (24 October 1901), became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls… Read More Annie Edson Taylor
Haiku Down Under 2022 is a three-day Zoom conference being organised to connect poets from Australia, New Zealand and beyond. The event will run from Friday 7 October to Sunday 9 October 2022. The Haiku Down Under website can be found here. The site provides details of the conference programme and background information about the… Read More Coming Soon: Haiku Down Under 2022
In 2017, Indian poet, musician and educator, Kala Ramesh, released a book of haiku and haibun titled beyond the horizon beyond. The book was published by Vishwakarma Publications and is available from Amazon and other online sellers. beyond the horizon beyond is a substantial collection comprising 125 pages of haiku followed by almost 50 pages… Read More Kala Ramesh: beyond the horizon beyond
Gregory Piko 