Tag Archives: Contemporary Australian Haiku

New poem & quote from R.H. Blyth on haiku

rusty hook an ibis fishes the shallows ***** And I just couldn’t resist posting this quote by R.H. Blyth. You can read the full essay over at Issa’s Untidy Hut. Bashō made haiku literature, and yet something beyond and above … Continue reading

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autumn chill out of breath watching the jogger

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for Jules & T.H.E.

Happy Mother’s Day, gulls at low tide the wet scribble of mother and son

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red leaves mother hands me her will ***** And for all you haiku heads, here’s the details of a new haiku competition in memory of the great Janice Bostok: Janice M Bostok Haiku Prize: Australia’s greatest haiku poet, the late … Continue reading

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frost on the apples the look in her eye sweetens

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autumn dawn red to the edge of her lips

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for the fallen city square a poppy forgotten in the grass

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hooked through the lip a herringbone sky

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the pier in a cloud of flies rotting fish heads

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for t.h.e

his red lips lift at the corners autumn wind

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