Report on the Bindii Meeting Saturday September 26, 2026

 Report on the Bindii Meeting Saturday September 26, 2026

Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden and Ewan Rourke met by Zoom on Saturday September 26 at 3pm Adelaide time. Apologies were received from Stella Damarjati, Maureen Sexton, Maeve Archibald, Nicholas O’Connor and Subha Goonaratne. We attempted a Renku from scratch, starting with a hokku supplied by Ewan. The process was taking some time, and Ewan wasn’t enjoying it, so Lyn and I decided to finish the renku by email. After the meeting, we discovered that Radhika had been trying to enter, but we didn’t realise she was at the door! Radhika has been helping Lynette and myself with completing the renku by email. It is much more challenging than even a rengay, so it may not suit all the group members.

The next meeting will be held on Sunday November 8, at 3pm Adelaide time. Please bring your haiku for critique. We may attempt a sequence if people would like to bring haiku for that purpose. We will also discuss the relative success of our attempted renku.

 

Julia Wakefield 

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