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I lived in SE QLD for 4 years.  If i still lived there my haiku would be full of fruit bats, fig trees, possums, mango trees, ibis and chinese elms.

I like the haiku you linked to. I drafted a haiku the other day that also includes a tawny frogmouth.  I thought the species was obscure enough to not be referenced in another haiku! My poem is quite different though and i'm still not sure if i can develop it into what i want from it.

Anyway .... i'm very happy to have discovered haiku and appreciate this forum and the web pages created by those who are more developed poets.

Quote from: AlanSummers on October 28, 2020, 06:07:14 PM
Hi Paul,

Found it and clicked like!

Ah Canberra, I knew a girl who had worked there...

re sentimentality just as in everything else is a balance, a just enough measure, I guess.

"haiku is like a photograph written down, so haiku produced from reminiscing is a type of "back dated literary photograph" (for want of a better term), and lets me recapture moments of my life that I can enjoy for many years to come in haiku form."

I like haiku that go beyond the photograph and reach around the sides and rear of that image it's front facing.  ;)


"My favourite time of day is pre-dawn."

I used to do horse agistment in Queensland, so up at 4am, feed the horses at 430am and then cycle the back roads in farm country, or go straight to the billabong, part of a 2000 acre landcare project!

So yes, whether outside Harrisville QLD, or Churchill, Ipswich QLD I've done both early and late walks. This late walk across the golf course at Churchill brought this: https://area17.blogspot.com/2010/08/anatomy-of-haiku.html


It'll be interesting to read more Canberra haiku!

warm regards,
Alan

Quote from: AlanSummers on October 27, 2020, 03:03:03 AM
Thank you!

I didn't see a name, and wonder if you have any published haiku to show us? I thought kayaking had stopped now, whether due to a seasonal aspect or covid restrictions? But what an incredible activity to observe things we might not normally witness tramping through the woodland!

"reminiscing about past experiences"
Yes, a potent reservoir of potential haiku!


"A rêverie observation."
"rêverie observation" is a new aspect of Slip-Realism but one where versions of memory from our earlier life or lives are captured.
rêverie observation©Alan Summers 2018-2020
https://area17.blogspot.com/2018/01/slip-realism-haiku-about-lives-and.html

I think more and more people who can move, or future generations, will consider finding homes nearer to nature, and less densely populated areas.

warm regards,
Alan

Quote from: Bluemountain on October 25, 2020, 07:53:00 PM
Hello,

If I feel stuck and unable to write I generally do a combination of things as one method on its own doesn't seem to work.

A productive haiku day for me involves getting outdoors for a walk or kayak, reading haiku and reminiscing about past experiences (not necessarily in that order). Reminiscing in particular has helped this year because the virus has limited opportunities to travel and socialise.

Alan

I'm very new to the world of haiku and have only had two haiku published.  I do, however, have haiku appearing in three upcoming publications (Frog Pond, Akitsu Quarterly and Windfall: Australian Haiku) so hopefully I'll have more to share in the future.

One of my published haiku was the product of reminiscing:

old wedding ring

bottom drawer

behind the socks

(Echidna Tracks: Issue 5)

I do wonder how much sentimentality has the potential to influence haiku produced as a result of reminiscing and if this can enhance or detract from the end product. To me, sometimes haiku is like a photograph written down, so haiku produced from reminiscing is a type of "back dated literary photograph" (for want of a better term), and lets me recapture moments of my life that I can enjoy for many years to come in haiku form.

I kayak in Canberra, Australia all year round.  I've even been out in sub zero temperatures pre-dawn to observe the sunrise from the centre of the lake.  Now that the weather is getting warmer the fish and birds are more active and I'm hoping to meet a platypus or two while out on a weekend during daylight hours.

My favourite time of day is pre-dawn.  Many amazing things occur along nature trails in the darkness an hour before the sun comes up.  I'd suggest if someone is in a writing slump, that they go for a walk during a time of day they are unfamiliar with. I understand that is easier said than done in some parts of the world and appreciate that I am very fortunate to live somewhere safe with easy access to the natural world.


Paul

Hello,

If I feel stuck and unable to write I generally do a combination of things as one method on its own doesn't seem to work.

A productive haiku day for me involves getting outdoors for a walk or kayak, reading haiku and reminiscing about past experiences (not necessarily in that order). Reminiscing in particular has helped this year because the virus has limited opportunities to travel and socialise.