forest wind
across the track
shadows rumba
Marilyn Humbert
hanging low
among the fruit
boab moon
Maurice Nevile
seniors’ night
the last cicada
clears his throat
Desi Cochrane
red centre
all the colours
of Namatjira
Jennifer Sutherland
Haiku North America Conference – San Francisco – 2025
We thought news of the Haiku North America Conference for 2025 would be of interest to our subscribers and our poets. Editor Jennifer Sutherland has recently returned from the 2025 conference and has sent us this report to include. Thank you, Jennifer Sutherland, for the report, and Michael Dylan Welch and Jennifer Sutherland for the photos.
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song of faith
the lean of a headstone
towards the sun
Jennifer Sutherland
goldrush town . . .
her finger runs down the list
of unmarked graves
Sandra Simpson
empty church
the organist plays
jazz blues
Catherine Smith
Sunday walk
through the pine wood
a carpeted church
Ewan Rourke
bareback . . .
the high country passes
at a slow c a n t e r
Lorin Ford
thundercloud
the black mare’s forelegs
strike the sky
Jennifer Sutherland
brumbies
earmarked for culling
sniff the wind
Keitha Keyes
white brushstrokes
on spring sky
mares’ tails in full gallop
Pip Griffin
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