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
Matt Hetherington’s latest book, Kaleidoscopes, was published by Recent Work Press in 2020. Matt was in Canberra last December to read from the book at Smith’s Alternative. Matt’s poems rarely sit still for very long. The images come thick and fast, constantly changing colour and morphing into new shapes. Perhaps these two lines from Loose… Read More Matt Hetherington: Kaleidoscopes
Award-winning Australian author, Cynthia Rowe, has written a review of my latest book, breaking my journey. The review was published a few weeks ago on the website of the Australian Haiku Society. Cynthia’s literary CV includes poetry, short stories and several novels. You can find details of Cynthia’s books and awards on her personal website.… Read More Cynthia Rowe Reviews breaking my journey
The results of the Irish Haiku Society’s 2020 international haiku competition are available here. First Prize was awarded to Canberra poet, Marietta McGregor, for her timeless nature poem: bracket fungusa fallen beech softensinto its future Marietta says the poem is the result of a visit to the Border Ranges National Park in New South Wales,… Read More 2020 Irish Haiku Competition
The New Zealand Poetry Society’s most recent poetry anthology was released in December 2020. Titled Haumi ē! Hui ē! Tāiki ē! Stay Well Here, and edited by Raewyn Alexander, the anthology contains poems from the 2020 New Zealand International Poetry Competition. The Open section of the competition attracted 727 entries and was judged by Johanna… Read More New Zealand Poetry Competition: 2020
