Challenges for May

We have two challenges for May:
weather
recycling

Both topics are broad ranging. Either a traditional haiku with a seasonal reference or a haiku without would be suitable.

You are welcome to post other Japanese genres also.

Bindii Reading at Stirling Library 12 May

Bindii Poetry group will be reading selections from Haiku Bindii and other work at Stirling Library at 3 pm on Saturday 12 May.

Tea and coffee will be available after the readings and Haiku Bindii will be available for purchase.

April Challenge

In Australia in April we are deepening into autumn. In Adelaide it is still warm weather. The quinces are ripening on the trees, the shops full of the harvest of summer fruits. Autumn foliage is beginning to appear on the exotic European trees we have planted along our streets. Shops are filling with warm clothes for winter. The car race and the Fringe and Adelaide Festivals have finished bringing to an end the rush of Mad March. The blocked traffic is now flowing freely once more, interstate and international visitors have flown away.

In Japan the cherry blossom season should have reached Kyoto.

Challenge: customs of autumn or flowers of spring. Senryu, haiku, tanka. Please use your imagination.

Challenge for March: Autumn

Please post any of your haiku, tanka, haibun set in autumn.

February 2 Challenge

There will only be two challenges for February. A multiple range of topics is given in this challenge.

home, origin, history, memories of past times, our lifestyle, our lives now, our lives in the future.

Work in any Japanese genre poetry is acceptable.

Challenge 1 for February 2012

'sport'
any Japanese genre poetry acceptable. Sports past, present and future, in Australia or abroad, at any season or without a season. Even a slang or metaphorical use is acceptable.
Have fun!

Haiku Bindii reviewed

A review of Haiku Bindii Vol 1 Journeys by Patricia Prime, editor of New Zealand appears on the web site of the Australian Haiku Society. The review quotes many examples from the journal.
http://www.haikuoz.org/2012/01/haiku_bindii_vol_1_journeys_re.html#more