Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday April 12, 2026

 Report on the Bindii Meeting Sunday, April 12, 2026

Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden and Maeve Archibald met on Sunday, April 12, at 3 pm, using Zoom. Apologies were received from Stella Damarjati, Radhika de Silva, Maureen Sexton, Subha Goonaratne and Ewan Rourke. The attendees brought some haiku for review, and Radhika and Ewan both sent haiku in spite of their absence.

Lynette explained that Echidna Tracks has gone international. We were all encouraged to contribute to the April callout.

We discussed ways to increase our group membership, and Maeve and Julia proposed running some workshops at Friendly Street and other venues to attract new members. Maeve will talk to Nigel about the possibilities.

We agreed to send Radhika and Ewan our separate thoughts on their haiku.

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, June 25, at 7pm Adelaide time. We are trying a weekday evening to see if that suits more people. We might attempt a rengay if people would like to bring haiku for that purpose, but no theme has been suggested yet.

 

Julia Wakefield 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

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.
Read more

August Challenge

Any Japanese poetry genre: haiku, senryu, tanka etc. 1. I nspiration through nature, looking forward to spring, and witnessing the early signs of spring 2. Sport (plenty of inspiration with the Olympic games on at the moment)
Read more

July Challenge

As I post there have been no entries for the June Challenge. This is a sad state of affairs. Maybe it has been too cold and wet for haiku and tanka poets to get about, use their hearts and intellect. As I look out the window the weather seems in a state of uncertainty, waiting for something to occur: rain, wind, sun? Tanka challenge: change, uncertainty, the unexplicable. Interpret as widely as you wish. Haiku Challenge: warmth. Again interpret as widely as you wish. Seasonal or non seasonal are acceptable.
Read more