Haiku Bindii

Five of us met at the State Library for a two-hour discussion and critique session. Members present were Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Maeve Archibald. We had a apologies from Dawn Colsey, Marilyn Linn, Margaret Fensom, Jill Gower and Athena Zaknic.   We had two new potential members, Steve Wigg and Stella Damarjati.   Steve drew our attention to the work of Richard Gilbert, who wrote ‘The Disjunctive Dragonfly’ http://research.gendaihaiku.com/dragonfly/DisjunctiveDragonfly.htm  and the poetry of Eve Luckring http://www.eveluckring.com/publications2015.html   The theme was senryu, and attendees were asked to bring a definition of the senryu as well as a few examples.   We began by introducing ourselves and then went on to discuss the senryu definitions. Julia circulated a definition derived from the Akita International HST network

Owing to low numbers of attendance at regular meetings, we are consulting with members for a new way forward. The group will no longer be meeting at The Box Factory.

Four members of Bindii (Julia Wakefield, Lynette Arden, Dawn Colsey and Athena Zaknic) met at the Box Factory in Regent St Adelaide at 12.30 pm to share, write and discuss haiku.  Apologies were received from Maeve Archibald, Sara Sims, Margaret Fensom and Michelle Slattery. Julia Wakefield had selected haiku from two anthologies and asked members to select their favourites. Members spoke about haiku they particularly liked. Lynette Arden also spoke about several published haiku she had selected, which she thought demonstrated depth and resonance. Following this, members wrote haiku stimulated by the topic ‘sitting’, using as stimulation verses from a rengay Julia had chosen. These haiku were shared on the whiteboard. Owing to the small attendance at regular meetings, some changes are being contemplated. Julia Wakefield will seek members’ ideas so we can decide what format the group wishes to follow in the future, about places, dates and times of meetings. T...

The June meeting of Bindii Japanese Poetry Genres Group will be held at the Box Factory from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm on Saturday 1 June, 2019. Julia Wakefield will follow up to her haiku workshop in April by providing some material for members to work on at the meeting. Please bring your haiku to workshop, share and discuss. We hope to have a stimulating and productive workshop. There is a $2 charge for attending Bindii meetings at the Box Factory. Please bring the correct change.

  Nine people attended the haiku workshop on 6 April in The Box Factory, Adelaide. The workshop commenced at 12.30. To begin, Julia asked participants to select a card with a visual stimulus for writing a haiku. We were expected to work on composing a haiku through the afternoon for presentation at the end of the workshop. Julia distributed a handout outlining the basic principles of haiku with traditional rules and technical requirements, followed by many haiku examples, both traditional and modern. Julia started by telling us why she writes haiku and still finds it an exciting challenge, then spoke about the guidelines for haiku writing. Participants each found a haiku from the worksheets to comment on and share with the group, then performed various exercises, such as completing the last line of a haiku when the first two were given and rearranging the structure of a given haiku example into one, two or three lines. There was much discussion about the merit...

Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group Presents An introduction to Haiku haiku what are they why we write them Saturday 6 April, from 12.30 – 2.30 pm Box Factory  59 Regent St Adelaide. Cost: $8 The haiku is an ancient Japanese poetry form, but it is as relevant today as it has always been. Western poets have adopted and adapted the form to suit contemporary tastes, and the fact that the form continues to evolve in Japan is, paradoxically, entirely in keeping with tradition.  Bindii member Julia Wakefield will give a brief introduction to the combined complexity and simplicity of the haiku form. After a short break, there will be a series of group exercises that focus on composing haiku.  Refreshments provided. To book, contact Julia at Julia.wakefield@gmail.com or call 0433975590

Our first meeting for 2019 had two attendees Lynette Arden and Maeve Archibald The activity chosen by Lynette proved very successful in stimulating ideas for writing haiku. We took it in turn to choose a haiku at random from the book haiku mind by Patricia Donegan. Each haiku was written up on the board and we discussed it. We read the commentary on the poem from the book and considered what it was that we got from the poem. We then used the haiku as a spur for our own writing, taking whatever it had evoked as our guide. This varied between themes, styles, subject matter, and or emotional impact. We discussed and commentated on each other’s work.  Each of us were able to produce 2-3 haiku poems that we found quite satisfying. The chief value in this exercise was the variety of different haiku gave a variety of stimuli perhaps providing a new field from which we could each draw. Maeve Archibald