Robyn Sykes and myself will MC another Brush With Poetry in Binalong, New South Wales, on Sunday 26 May 2019. The venue will be the Café on Queen at 15 Queen Street. Coffee, cake and light lunches will be available and you are welcome to bring your own drinks such as wine or beer. Please… Read More Brush With Poetry: 26 May 2019
There was a great crowd along at Smith’s Alternative on Monday night, 29 April 2019, to hear poetry presented live. Canberra poet Martin Dolan was MC for the night as he introduced the open mic poets, followed by Tricia Dearborn from Sydney and myself, who each gave a 20 minute reading of our poetry. The… Read More Tricia Dearborn: Autobiochemistry
Sydney poet, Tricia Dearborn, and myself will be reading at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra on Monday, 29 April 2019. Smith’s is a great venue for poetry and the event gets underway around 7pm. Tricia will be launching her third full-length collection of poetry, Autobiochemistry, published by University of Western Australia Publishing. The book will be… Read More Tricia Dearborn and Gregory Piko to read at Smith’s Alternative
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following material contains the name of a person who has died. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (1971-2017) was a highly acclaimed Aboriginal singer/songwriter. He was blind since birth. Gurrumul Yunupingu’s songs, usually sung in the Yolŋu languages of his land, have a calming, contemplative quality that is… Read More Aboriginal Culture in Haiku
The Brush With Poetry is back again for 2019. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of open mic poetry in the picturesque village of Binalong, New South Wales. The date is Sunday 31 March 2019 and the venue is the Café On Queen at 15 Queen St, Binalong. Please arrive at 1:30pm for a 2:00pm start. Brush… Read More Brush With Poetry: 31 March 2019
Recent posts on this site have referenced haiku from Africa, Chinese translations of English-language haiku and poems from the Irish Haiku Society competition. This time the Aussies take a turn. Windfall is an annual haiku publication that portrays the landscapes and life of Australia. It is the premier publication for haiku about Australia, by Australians.… Read More Windfall Issue #7: Australian Haiku
Each year the Irish Haiku Society conducts an international haiku competition. The 2018 competition was judged by Anatoly Kudryavitsky and the results were announced in December. Anatoly is Chairman of the Irish Haiku Society and editor of the Shamrock Haiku Journal. For the 2018 competition, over 300 haiku were submitted by poets from 14 countries.… Read More 2018 Irish Haiku Competition
Poet and essayist, Chen-ou Liu, runs a bilingual English-Chinese haiku and tanka blog titled NeverEnding Story. You can find his blog here. Born in Taiwan, Chen-ou migrated to Canada and now lives in Toronto. Hence, his interest in translating English-language haiku and tanka into Chinese and sharing them via his blog. Chen-ou certainly keeps his… Read More NeverEnding Story: bilingual English-Chinese Haiku
Gregory Piko 