Monthly Archives: April 2011

An Eye for Place – part one

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Haiku and photography have a lot in common. They each capture a particular place at a particular moment in time. The photographer uses a camera lens, the writer a pen, to record an image that has impressed them deeply. Ian … Continue reading →

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A Passion for Nature

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

A chance to read at Byron Bay Writers’ Festival! A new national poetry competition, co-sponsored by Byron Bay Writers’ Festival and Dangerously Poetic Press, has as its theme A Passion for Nature and Our Place in it. The prize of … Continue reading →

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Swimming the Sky

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Lyn Reeves
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Writing in the Wild

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

A nature writing retreat in the stunning environment of Denmark, WA is in the planning stages by the Greenskills Centre for Sustainable Living. It will take place from Friday to Sunday, Oct 14-16th and will include a talk and readings … Continue reading →

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Forests of the World

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

This year’s theme for the C.J.Dennis Literary Awards celebrates the International Year of Forests. As well as the open sections for poetry and short story, there are themed categories for entries about “Forests of the World.”  Some suggested topics are … Continue reading →

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Go to the pine

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

‘Above all, Haiku practises a fierce and tender attention to the natural world and the place of the human heart and mind within it. “If you would learn the pine, go to the pine,” Basho wrote somewhere’. – Mark Tredinnick

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Nature Writer

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Peter Grant, on his blog Nature Writer, describes himself as ‘a Tasmanian-based writer who loves learning and writing about the natural world, from the smallest bugs to the broadest landscapes.’ His blog entries are well-researched, articulate and poetic essays on … Continue reading →

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My Backyard

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

With the theme for the Watermark Literary Muster in mind I’d like to share a few poems from my own backyard. I’m fortunate to live on a largish block with a reserve next door and a beach on the other … Continue reading →

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Focused attention

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

While reading Sharon Dean’s article on haiku as nature writing, the following quote resonated with me … “the more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall … Continue reading →

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Haiku – the poetry of nature

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

At the 2009 Watermark Literary Muster in Kendall NSW, Sharon Dean shared her thoughts on Australian haiku as a form of nature writing. Her presentation was published in Island issue 120 and is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Sharon … Continue reading →

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