New Zealand based journal Kōkako recently released issue 44, which is packed with over a hundred pages of haiku, haiga, haibun, tanka and tanka prose from New Zealand, Australia and beyond. I am pleased to have had two haiku and two haibun published in Kōkako # 44. The two photos below relate to my haibun.
After an interruption of several months, the next Gadigal Ginko will take place on Wednesday 18th March 2026 from 10am at Barangaroo. To join other Sydney haiku poets in exploring this foreshore area while composing poems, please register via the form on the Gadigal Ginko page. There you’ll find an outline of what’s involved in the ginko, as well as links to reports of previous ginko.
To join other Sydney poets for a ginko in Pyrmont from 1.30pm on Tuesday 19th August, please register via the form on the Gadigal Ginko page. There you’ll also find details of what’s involved in the ginko, as well as links to reports of previous ginko.
tea all the time it takes: a haiku anthology edited by Denise Fontaine-Pincince is now available for purchase.
Two of my haiku have recently appeared in the latest issue of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8.2.
To join other Sydney poets for a ginko at Sydney Park from 10am on Saturday 31st May, please register via the form on the Gadigal Ginko page. There you’ll also find details of what’s involved in the ginko, as well as links to reports of previous ginko.
So far this year six new haiku and a haibun of mine have appeared in Modern Haiku 56.1, Kokako 42, Echidna Tracks 14 and Espacio Luna Alfanje: Haikus Internacionales. Espacio Luna Alfanje is a multi-lingual publication, and the April 2025 issue includes a Spanish translation of my haiku.
Seashores 14 will be out soon, as well as a haiku anthology about tea edited by Denise Fontaine-Pincince.
The anthology celebrating Haiku Down Under 2024 came out towards the end of last year. Carole Harrison and Sue Courtney did a wonderful job as editors of A Sensory Journey: Haiku Down Under Anthology 2024. I was pleased to have two poems included, as well as some introductory remarks.
To join other Sydney poets for a ginko at Wareamah / Cockatoo Island from ~9.30am on Wednesday 26 February, please register via the form on the Gadigal Ginko page, where you’ll find details of what’s involved in the ginko. There are also links to reports of previous ginko.
Recently five new haiku of mine have appeared in Echidna Tracks 13, Modern Haiku 55.3, Frogpond 47.3 and Autumn Moon 8.1.
L E Mumford 