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On hiatus ~

😮🫨😡 A scurrilous lie put about by antibayardists . . .! “Of noble bearing”, I could accept “Wholehearted, almost dementedly courageous, self-deprecating”, yes, yes and yes But . . . “supreme self-confidence of ignorance . . .!” How much did they pay you @susiedent.com?

Last week’s featured poet on the #Australian #Haiku Society #HaikuOz was Margaret Conley: landscape by Fred Williams rearranged by mining (For non-Oz folks: Fred Williams was a very distinctive Australian painter) #AustralianHaiku australianhaikusociety.org/2025/03/03/f...

This week’s featured poet on the Australian Haiku Society’s #HaikuOz webpage is Robbie Coburn: again answering the telephone to silence summer rain #AustralianHaiku #haiku australianhaikusociety.org/2025/02/24/f...

A reminder for those interested in Australian Haiku that entries for the John Bird dreaming award close on 1st March. #haiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuOz #JohnBird #JohnBirdDreamingAward australianhaikusociety.org/2024/10/25/j...

This week Julia Wakefield is the poet featured on the Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz website: a cloudless day gulls stitch the cliff edge to the ocean #AustralianHaiku #haiku australianhaikusociety.org/2025/02/17/f...

I love it when I come across one of my favourites from the other place, here and active on #Bluesky It’s worth scroll down through Maxim Peter Griffin’s feed to appreciate the breadth of their vision ~

This week’s featured poet on the Australian Haiku Society’s website #HaikuOZ is Fiona H. Evans: desert rainstorm a flood of wildflowers #haiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuAustralia https://australianhaikusociety.org/2025/02/10/featured-haiku-under-the-same-moon-the-fourth-australian-haiku-anthology-4/

This week’s featured poet on the #HaikuOz website (from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth #Australian #Haiku Anthology) is Mark Miller, from #Shoalhaven NSW. Here is a “ #monoku “ by Mark: “inside the ocean the names of all the rivers” australianhaikusociety.org/2025/02/03/f...

I’ve been enjoying the #EnCypted podcast by Jasper L’Strange (surely that can’t be his real name can it?) Mostly Mr L’Strange reads classic #ghost stories in his . . . strange . . . quavering voice But sometimes he reads his own stories ⬇️ which are excellent 💀 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

I wish I could say this was unbelievable But it’s all too believable

Hi everyone. Authora Australis is calling for stories, poems and artworks. Submissions for Authora Issue 9 ‘Cracks’ are now open! Submissions close Feb 28, 2025. Link below, cheers: www.authora.net/submit

Dull Pink *Rumbles* A post about summer in South Eastern #Australia . . . . . . and, of course, #haiku . . . clembyard.com/2025/01/27/d...

I’m rereading #Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles #Maturin which I first read more than twenty years ago There is an (on purpose) misquote of Shakespeare: to “verify untrue things,” in the language of Dogsberry . . . The misquoting and the sentiment both seem appropriate these later times #Gothic

Melbourne poet Robyn Cairns was featured on the Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz website earlier in January industrial skyline where the rain makes rust That feels like a very #Melbourne / #Naarm #haiku indeed australianhaikusociety.org/2025/01/13/f...

I forward this article to my brother He said – “this article reads like Sebold” Not sure if Billy would be flattered, but it is high praise from my brother ~

Folks – if you haven’t given Mr Jim Moon’s various podcasts a listen, do yourselves a favour . . . . . . a wonderful voice for reading weird tales Also another brilliant feature of the podcasts is the music (also provided by Jim under a pseudonym 😊)

Each week the Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz features a poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology. This week it’s Gary Colombo de Piazzi: bead of sweat another drop of salt— outback lake #haiku #AustralianHaiku https://australianhaikusociety.org/

Question: The crushed leaves of what #Australian native, will turn water bright blue? (It can be used to make a test for different kinds of bacteria) For the answer, and a new #haiku, read on, gentle reader, read on . . . clembyard.com/2025/01/18/c...

Ham is always cheap after Xmas . . . but free? Disclaimer – this ham is #FreeVerse, rather than #FreeRange PS. Check out Elese’s website – great photos of #Naarm / #Melbourne and elsewhere

Let’s see . . . lilac strolling raindrop That’s the haiku

Hi All 👋🏼 🌊 I’m back (after a nasty bout of COVID) I’ve written a new post about flowering gum trees & #haiku & the heavy rain we get here in #Naarm / #Melbourne at this time of year (a 1 minute read) no epiphany –
just flowering gums
 and radiata pine clembyard.com/2025/01/08/f...

A few days ago Dick Whyte @dailyhaikai.bsky.social challenged us to add a “cap” to a #haiku by #Issa that he had translated. So now I’ve written a haiku in response & illustrated it with a sketch. already fallen from the branches – two other moons clembyard.com/2024/12/16/m...

Hi Everyone, Dick Whyte and his @dailyhaikai.bsky.social account is now added to the haiku starter pack He’s posting some great stuff so give him a follow if you haven’t already c.

our shadows falling across the ancient midden— Murramarang This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian #Haiku Anthology, is Leanne Mumford. #HaikuOz https://australianhaikusociety.org/2024/12/09/featured-haiku-under-the-same-moon-australian-haiku-anthology-30/

It isn’t spring any more but the evenings here in South-Eastern Australia have been lovely ~

this morning hanging in the pines, third moon in the grass two other moons

eureka . . .! a moment of clarity – just silent stars A post about the “Haiku Moment” & the 170 year anniversary of the Eureka Stockade #Haiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuOz #HaikuMoment #Eureka #EurekaStockade #Australia #AustralianFlag #SouthernCross clembyard.com/2024/12/08/e...

my follower following 138,000 accounts – how does he live? #haiku #senryū #ApologiesToBasho

Most people when they think about the Australian bush are going to picture scraggly gum trees But have a look at this fantastic photo, taken at Warburton, not far from #Melbourne / #Naarm

Does anyone else here ❤️ the traditional Yorkshire folk song “On Ilkla Mooar Baht 'at”❓ NOTE: check further down the thread for a psychedelic version by . . . Bill Oddie . . .❗️

Each week the Australian Haiku Society’s website features a poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology. This week the featured poet is Olivia Ark: only the sun on my shoulders travelling light #haiku #AustraliaHaiku #HaikuOz australianhaikusociety.org/2024/12/02/f...

Qute ~

So interesting to read about how other writers came to haiku, and their reflections on the form ~ Check out this interview with @songsofkat.bsky.social ⬇️

midnight swim – she lowers herself into stars frogpond xxv:2, 2002

flame trees and an empty church – silent bells A post about #FlameTrees & the start of #summer in South Eastern #Australia (& the liturgical season of #Advent) #haiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuOz #kigo #AustralianKigo #SummerHaiku #Melbourne #Naarm clembyard.com/2024/12/02/f...

It’s hard to do a #villanelle without making it sound too-clever-by half, but I really like this work-in-progress by @etherealcolburn.bsky.social . . . . . . and it touches a heart-string for those of us with kids of a certain age . . .

Dyirrigaŋ

i’ll just wait here until the rain stops – lemon-scented gum Is there anything worse than a poet who explains their own poems, or an artist who explains their own art? Maybe not, but it can be hard to avoid when it comes to #haiku. Further discussion ⬇️ clembyard.com/2024/11/28/l...

Brilliant 🖤 I got one but not the other . . . low cloud . . . the mountain cleared of pine #haiku

Hi Everyone – The editor of The Bamboo Hut and Take 5ive has joined Bluesky I’ve added them to the haiku starter pack – give them a follow c.

Another poem that I’ve come across while browsing Bluesky that I really like: Men at Forty by #DonaldJustice Can confirm . . .

sphagnum bog the sound of it in its own tongue – Nathan Sidney Each week the website of Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz features poet who’s included in the 4th Australian Haiku Anthology – this week it’s Nathan Sydney Follow the link for more: australianhaikusociety.org/2024/11/25/f... This

More my grandma than my mum, but this #haiku by PetRock stirred a memory for me . . . m.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1k...

I really like this poem on depression by @wanderstruck.blog 💔

A post on my site about whether we should use the word #senryu, or whether maybe, in the English language #haiku community, the word “haiku” is enough. Feel free to weigh in and contradict me if you have strong feelings on the topic. clembyard.com/2024/11/23/h...

I love haiku that read almost like a riddle, like the this one posted by Daily Haikai ⬇️ Daily Haikai is a new account – give them a follow. . .!

Note about linked #haiku on my website: clembyard.com/2024/11/22/l...