Haiku Bindii

Eight Bindii members met at the Box Factory for our last meeting for 2014. Members shared haiku, haibun and tanka on a seasonal theme, which they had brought. Some were by favourite writers and some had been composed by members. Members also presented work for general feedback. There was general discussion of our plans for the group in 2015. Meetings will continue to be held at the Box Factory on the first Saturday of every second month, except in April, where the second Saturday has been booked because of Easter. 2015 Meeting dates: February 7, April 11, June 6, August 1, October 3, December 5. 2015 Meeting times: The meeting time will change to 12:00 – 14:00. This will suit some members better and we can bring lunch at this time. Some members may wish to continue at a café after the official meeting has ended. NEW TREASURER: Money held by the group is being transferred to Lee Bentley from Alex Ask, as Lee will now be acting as our Treasurer instead of Alex. Many ...

Seven Bindii members met at the Box Factory for a tanka workshop. Lynette Arden led a discussion on how to write a good tanka. Members read out tanka they liked and some background material was handed out to members and discussed. This was followed by general workshopping of members’ tanka. Meetings in 2015 will be booked every second month, as the present arrangement seems to be attracting sufficient members to make it worthwhile. Meetings will be held on the first Saturday in the months of February, (April we will need to try to book the second Saturday, as the first Saturday is Easter), June, August, October and December. The meeting time will change to 12:00 – 14:00. This will suit some members better and we can bring lunch at this time. Some members may wish to continue at a café after the official meeting has ended. Meeting types and topics have not been finalized for 2015. Any suggestions will be welcome and considered. The next meeting will be our final one for...

This will be a meeting focused on tanka. Please bring your own tanka, tanka you admire, your thoughts on what makes a good tanka and ideas from other sources. We will discuss what makes a tanka work and how to compose a successful tanka. There will also be an opportunity to workshop haiku and other Japanese genre poetry later in the meeting.

Workshop on Janice Bostok and her contemporaries: Lynette Arden handed out information on the life of Janice Bostok, including comments about Janice’s impact on haiku poetry in Australia and USA. Examples of work from Janice Bostok, Cor van den Heuvel, William J Higginson, Michael McClintock and Marlene Mountain were also distributed and read out by group members. Some of Janice’s work was also discussed and that of some of her contemporaries in USA. Marlene Mountain had commented on her Facebook page about the impact Janice Bostok had on American haiku poets of the time, when Janice first travelled to USA in 1978. Janice Bostok’s book Amongst the Graffiti  and Marlene Mountain’s book The Old Tin Roof are now available for download as PDF files at the following website:  http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/ Other material about her life and work can be found at the following link: http://ahundredgourds.com/ahg11/bostok.html GENERAL WORKSHOP: workshop...

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The meeting will be held in the Box Factory on Saturday 2 August 1 pm - 3 pm. Lyn Arden will discuss haiku poet Janice Bostok (1942 - 2011), who was the pioneer of haiku in Australia,. A copy of Janice's collected works Amongst the Graffiti  can be viewed at the Haiku Foundation Digital Library. There is a link to the Foundation in our links list. This will be followed by workshop of members' work and other activities.

The Bindii Group met at the Box Factory: 59 Regent St South, Adelaide for our June meeting. Karin Anderson presented a very well researched workshop on senryu, haiku and also touched on kyoka. Kyoka stands in the same relation to tanka as senryu to haiku.  We looked at examples of the forms and definitions and tried to work out which example fitted into which category, not always an easy task. This was followed by general workshop of members’ work. Our next meeting If any poet writing in, or wishing to learn Japanese genre poetry, would like to join or visit our group, please contact by email. contact Bindii Japanese Genres Poetry Group Saturday 2 August 1-3 pm Lyn Arden will discuss Australian poet Janice Bostok (1942-2011), who was the pioneer of haiku in Australia. We will also look at some of her international contemporaries. (half hour)