Established in 2006
About us
The Irish Haiku Society is a not-for-profit organisation promoting the writing and appreciation of haiku in Ireland. It organises readings, ginko, workshops and other haiku-related events.
The Irish Haiku Society, founded in
September 2006, is an association of haiku poets. The Irish Haiku Society organises
haiku meetings, readings, book-launches, workshops, ginko and other
haiku-related events. The Board of the Irish Haiku Society
deals with queries relating to these activities, irishhaikusociety at gmail dot com Latest
Updates The results of the Irish
Haiku Society Haiku Competition 2012 have been announced! (see the Competition page)
Membership Membership
of the Irish Haiku Society is free of charge and can be in one of three
categories: Guest, Ordinary and Honorary.
Constitution of the Irish Haiku Society is
available here (PDF format):
and can be contacted at
"Bamboo Dreams", an Anthology of Haiku Poetry from Ireland edited by Anatoly Kudryavitsky and featuring 77 Irish haijin, is available to order via the Doghouse Books website.
Added haiku by Jim Burke, Marie Coveney, Joe Healey, Kara Craig, Beth McFarland, Tom Moloney, Conor O'Neill, Akagi Kobayashi, Diarmuid Fitzgerald, Marion Clarke, Helen Simcox
Haiku Directory updated
Guest
membership and publication of work on the society’s website, as well as
in other publications, are available for everyone, following
application and approval by the Board.
The
Board offers Ordinary membership to guest members based or born on the
island of Ireland.
Honorary
membership is offered to poets of the Board’s choosing.
Applications
for membership of the Irish Haiku Society should be submitted to the
Board of the Irish Haiku Society at
irishhaikusociety[at]gmail.com
Please
note that Guest membership of the Irish Haiku Society is open to
everybody with an interest in haiku and related forms, and should not
therefore be interpreted as being any kind of professional
qualification.
Membership
of the Irish Haiku Society does not constitute a recommendation.
Members
of the Irish Haiku Society are welcome to popularise haiku and discuss
any haiku-related matters in public.
Mailing List
Any person who wishes to be on the Irish Haiku Society’s mailing list, should write to
The Board of the Society
The Board shall manage,
superintend and direct the affairs of the Society, execute and enforce
observance of the Rules of the Society, make representations and
negotiate with any person or bodies or any authority on behalf of the
members, have the power to decide all questions where the rules are not
specific.
Current
members of the Board are:
Anthony (Anatoly)
Kudryavitsky, Chairman Martin Vaughan,
Honorary Secretary Aisling White, Honorary
Treasurer Sharon Burrell, Events
Organiser
Haiku
News
IHS Newsletter has
been discontinued. For information on haiku competitions and other
haiku news see our Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57641046020&ref=mf
Previous Issues of IHS Newsletter (PDF format)
September to November 2009
http://irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS News September to November 2009.pdf
June to August 2009
http://irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS
News June to August 2009.pdf
December 2008 to
February 2009
http://irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS News December 2008 to February 2009.pdf
September-November 2008
http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS News September-November 2008.pdf
June-August
2008
http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS News June-August 2008.pdf
March-May 2008
http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS News March-May 2008.pdf
http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS News 9-2007.pdf
September-November 2007
http://www.irishhaiku.webs.com/IHS
News 8-2007.pdf
June-August 2007
Shamrock Haiku
Journal of the Irish Haiku Society edited by Anthony
(Anatoly) Kudryavitsky Enter the Shamrock site here: http://www.shamrockhaiku.webs.com
