Ukrainian news
my dead father orders me
to pay attention
Myron Lysenko
once a hunter
my father rescues
drowning bees
Jahan Tyson
sitting on a bench
the silence
of passing time
Franҫoise Maurice
Zoom starts recording . . .
the presenter’s cat
presents
Michael J. Leach
lazy Sunday
Sasha on the sofa
grooms one paw
Lynette Arden
Continue readingCall for Submissions Echidna Tracks: Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025
Simon Hanson and Marilyn Humbert will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s Summer/Autumn time frame.
Please submit your haiku/senryu on the form available on the submissions page throughout September 2024. Submissions will only be received via the submissions form. Submissions have now closed for Echidna Tracks: Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025.
Echidna Tracks: Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025 will be published on 6 January 2025.
Anyone can submit work, but as this is a website for the collection of Australian haiku, the work we are looking for will come from an authentic experience of living in or visiting Australia. Unfortunately, we cannot consider your submission if we cannot verify an Australian connection. See About Echidna Tracks
Guidelines
Continue reading “Call for Submissions Echidna Tracks: Issue 14 Summer/Autumn 2025”
forest sanctuary a bellbird summons me to prayer
Jennifer Sutherland
her entrance fragrance of jasmine
Subhashini Jayatilake
flickering sunshine . . .
a sparrow glides through
the café’s door
Lynette Arden
spring morning
a fork-tailed swift
river dipping
Jo McInerney
bonsai house—
drawing the paperback
in thin strokes
Alison Rogers
Continue readingA reminder that Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 13: Open Theme close at the end of April
Submissions for Echidna Tracks Issue 13 close at the end of April 2024. We welcome your best haiku. Surprise us and delight us! Let us make this a brilliant Issue of Echidna Tracks!
The format of Echidna Tracks will change to a weekly post of a group of haiku instead of a daily post.
Simon Hanson and Gavin Austin will be the haiku editors for this issue. We invite your best and previously unpublished haiku/senryu on any topic that stirs your imagination. If you choose a seasonal reference, it should be compatible with the publication’s winter/spring time frame.
Please submit your haiku/senryu on the form available on the submissions page throughout April 2024. Submissions will only be received via the submissions form. Submissions have now closed for Echidna Tracks Issue 13.
Echidna Tracks Issue 13 will be published on 1 July.
Anyone can submit work relevant to Australia – but as this is a website for the collection of Australian haiku, the work we are looking for will come from an authentic experience of living in or visiting Australia. Unfortunately, we cannot consider your submission when we cannot verify an Australian connection. See About Echidna Tracks
Echidna Tracks 