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The Fourth Haiku Pacific Rim Conference
Haiku Competition
Haiku Wall
Haiku Workshop
Published Haiku:
black cockatoos -
the distant rumble
of Harleys
Published: Heron's Nest June 2007;
Haiku Dreaming Australia June 2007
school tuck-shop –
the drone of bees
by the bubblers
Published: Haiku Dreaming Australia 2007
passing traffic –
the flicker of bees
among grevillea
Published: FreeXpreSsion April 2007her graduation –
the strelitzia
stands tall
Published: Stylus Poetry Journal 2007;
FreeXpreSsion November 2007
winter morning -
flame trees
line the street
Published: Famous Reporter June 2007outback sunset—
embers glowing
under the billy
Published: Stylus Poetry Journal 2007neighbourhood watch –
jacarandas
dot the suburb
Published: FreeXpreSsion October 2007midday –
a jet’s contrail
splits the sky
Published: FreeXpreSsion May 2007rejection letter –
the willy-wagtail
flicks its tail
Published: Famous Reporter June 2007spring –
a roll of toilet paper
and a pup
Published: Stylus Poetry Journal 2007another fall –
the dog licks
her face
Published: Stylus Poetry Journal 2007school report–
the dog nestles
in my lap
Published: Paper Wasp Autumn 2007garage sale –
a Rolls Royce
with a roof rack
Published: Stylus Poetry Journal 2007willy-willy –
a boy speeds past
on a bike
Published: FreeXpreSsion October 2007school tuck-shop -
dragonflies hover
by the pond
Published: FreeXpreSsion May 2007
My personal guidelines for writing Haiku at this moment in time
1. Show Don’t Tell - Let the reader delve into the poem and think.
2. Be concise - Use as little words as possible, but don’t over edit. Find the balance. Brevity.
3. Be objective - Don’t make personal comments about the subject, no politicizing or judgements. Subdue the poet.
4. Relate to season words - Use season words according to my intended readership, i.e. traditional Kigo words versus Australian season words.
5. Be in the moment - Write from an experience or a memory where I was totally present in that moment – wherever possible. Immediacy.
6. Follow natural syntax - Use the natural flow of speech and no ‘clever’ language, ie common language.
7. Relate to the senses - Again being in the moment.
8. Write first for myself and second for the intended audience.
9. Little punctuation - Use dashes to mark the kireji, only if I feel it is necessary. Be careful not to use it for publications that don’t use it.
10. Concrete imagery - Use concrete imagery. No abstractions.
11. Use either juxtaposition or single image haiku.
12. Try to get that aha! moment where the reader ‘gets it’.
A brief explanation of how I write haiku:
I usually write haiku in three lines, although traditionally Japanese haiku were often written in a single line, and modern haiku writers often write haiku in one, two or three lines.
Traditionally in Japan, haiku were written in seventeen on or onji. The word on in Japanese means sound, and onji means sound symbol. Because of the difference in languages, the use of seventeen syllables in English forms a longer haiku than it would in Japanese language. To try to approximate Japanese language more closely, I choose to write English haiku in approximately twelve syllables, or as few syllables as possible.
Haiku in Japan usually contains a season word or words and a kigo is used to decide which words relate to which seasons. However, in Australia, because our seasons are different, I don’t usually use a kigo and try instead to use Australian season references, depending on who my intended audience is. See Australian Haiku Dreaming - http://users.mullum.com.au/jbird/dreaming/ozku.html for more on Australian season references.
Haiku usually has a distinct grammatical break, or kireji. Sometimes I use a dash to highlight the kireji, again depending on my intended audience. It also depends on whether I am writing a single image haiku or a haiku using juxtaposition.
Senryu is similar, except it emphasizes humor and human foibles instead of seasons, and may not use kigo or kireji.
Maureen has had haiku published in –
Famous Reporter # 35, June 2007
The Heron’s Nest (USA), June 2007
Paper Wasp, Autumn 2007
FreeXpreSsion, April 2007 Volume XIV Issue No 4, May 2007 Volume XIV Issue No 5, June 2008 Volume XV Issue No 6
Stylus Poetry Journal, April 2007, July 2007
Haiku on Fridays April, May, June, July 2008
Poetic Asides/Writers' Digest 2008
The Fourth Haiku Pacific Rim Conference
WIND OVER WATER
unabara wo wataru kaze
If you have ever wished to visit Australia , why not plan your trip around the fourth Haiku Pacific Rim Conference 22-25 September 2009. We feel sure Australians will enjoy their time on the Central Coast , too.
Stay in waterfront accomodation in a peaceful location a little over an hour's drive north of the busy Sydney CBD, where you can write haiku in the company of pelicans.
Events include a ginko and public reading at Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden and Regional Gallery, a presentation of papers by leading international exponents of haiku writing and a guided introduction to Australia 's snakes, spiders, koalas, kangaroos and dingos and crocodiles at the Wildlife Reptile Park at Gosford. http://www.reptilepark.com.au/ This should inspire some interesting haiku before we move on to Pearl Beach for lunch and a chance to again read your work.
We hope that amongst our honoured guests, and speakers, the founders of the 1st HPR, Kanda Sosuke and Jerry Ball, will be able to attend. It was Jerry Ball who suggested, in Matsuyama , that the 4th Haiku Pacific Rim conference be held in Australia .
I am delighted to announce that the convenor of the 2nd HPR in Ogaki , Japan , Yoshimura Ikuyo, has agreed to attend as has Noma Minako, convenor of the 3rd HPR in Matsuyama , Japan . This is very exciting news indeed.
More good news soon about our prestigious and informative speakers.
A web-page is in progress but for further information right now, and a chance to secure your place, please email beverleygeorge@idx.com.au with 4th HPR enquiry and your surname in the subject line. A more detailed interim document is immediately available by email.
Beverley George
Convenor
4th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference , Australia
President
The Australian Haiku Society (HaikuOz)
www.haikuoz.org
