Haiku Down Under 2022 

2022 Archive

Haiku Down Under 2022, poetry from the edge, held via Zoom from October 7-9, 2022, was a new initiative to connect writers from New Zealand, Australia and beyond.  Organised by Leanne Mumford and Carole Harrison from Australia, and Sandra Simpson, Sherry Grant and Sue Courtney from New Zealand, it was a wonderful mix of workshops, prompted writing sessions and presentations to celebrate our seasons, people, landscapes and seascapes, vernacular language, and flora and fauna. 

Commencing with a workshop aimed at beginners, delving into distinctly New Zealand and Australian haiku across the weekend, and exercising writing muscles with workshops that explored topics as diverse as horror, rule-breaking and rengay, the programme had something to offer haiku writers of all levels.

An anthology of haiku and senyru, poetry from the edge – Haiku Down Under Anthology 2022, was produced after the event and is available for purchase – click here.  

Below is a summary of the progamme, or you can view the entire 2022 programme archive here.

Friday October 7, 2022

Haiku Targets

with Michael Dylan Welch

Official Opening

with The Haiku Down Under team

Writing Aussie and Kiwi!

with Alan Summers

My Haiga Journey

with Ron C. Moss

Saturday October 8, 2022

Befriending The “I Don’t Know” Moment

with Isabella Mori

A showcase of haiku from Aotearoa New Zealand in English and Te Reo Māori

with Sue Courtney and Vaughan Rapatahana

Saijiki Australis — Towards an Australian Haiku Almanac

with Clem Byard

Realism Is Dead — and Always Was

with Jim Kacian

I've Got a Story For You: Narrative Hybridity in English-Language Haibun

with Jennifer Hambrick

Creating a concertina haiku photo book for the Seasons

with Josephine LoRe

Spreading the Word

with Carole Harrison

Joy in the Ordinary

with Marietta McGregor

Rengay Riot

with Michael Dylan Welch and Sherry Grant

Informal Socialising

with everyone

Sunday October 9. 2022

Writing Prompts

with Carole Harrison

Horror in Nature

with Yvette Nicole Kolodji

Beyond Flora and Fauna: Australian 'Keywords' in Current Haiku Practice

with Leanne Mumford

Haiku on Steroids

with Michael Dylan Welch

Haiku Tomorrow, a Youth Haiku Workshop

with Sherry and Zoe Grant

Synaesthesia and haiku

with Owen Bullock

Round Table on Opportunities for Regional Haiku Voices

with Professor David McMurray (Japan), Lyn Reeves (Aus), Sandra Simpson (NZ) and Rose van Son (Aus)

Close and Informal Socialising

with everyone