Echidna Tracks Issue 3: Insects, Animals,

Birds and Fish

Echidna Tracks: Issue 3: Insects, Animals, Birds and Fish (June - September 2019)

These poems were all based on experiences of life in Australia, and were originally published, one a day, on Echidna Tracks Australian Haiku website: https://echidnatracks.com as Echidna Tracks: Issue 3: Insects, Animals, Birds and Fish from June to September 2019. The full edition including imagery may be found on the Echidna Tracks website.

Editorial: Lyn Reeves, Simon Hanson, Lynette ArdenCover Art: Lynette Arden (front), Belinda Broughton (back)Book and website design: Lynette ArdenEchidna Tracks Australian Haiku website: https://echidnatracks.com

Copyright All written and graphic work appearing in Echidna Tracks: Issue 3: Insects, Animals, Birds and Fish (June - September 2019) is protected under Copyright Laws and may not be reproduced, reprinted or re-transmitted or altered in any form without express written consent from the authors.

Wanda Amos Maeve ArchibaldLynette ArdenMeg ArnotLaurel AstleGavin AustinJeanie AxtonBelinda BroughtonNathalie BucklandIsabel CavesLance ConveyHelen DavisonJan DobbMarisa FazioGlenys FergusonLorin FordJenny FraserBeverley GeorgeLorraine HaigHazel HallSimon HansonCarole HarrisonJohn HawkheadLouise HopewellMarilyn HumbertSamantha Sirimanne HydeLeanne JaegerJudith E.P. JohnsonLiana JoyColleen KeatingDavid J KellyKeitha Keyes

Myra KingEarl LivingsMarietta McGregorIrene McGuirePeter MacrowMargaret MahonyMark MillerRon MossLeanne MumfordLidia MyburghJan NapierGiddy Nielsen-SweepGregory PikoMadhuri PillaiVanessa ProctorLyn ReevesDuncan RichardsonKent RobinsonCynthia RoweMaureen SextonSheila SondikAndre SurridgeBarbara TateJahan TysonRose van SonLinda VismanJulia WakefieldMira WalkerRoger WatsonJane WilliamsBeatrice YellQuendryth Young

Haiku Authors

6

black swanthe morning sunrocking in its wake

Simon Hanson

silver plated —a wood duck plumps rings over water

Mira Walker

a leaf bendswith the weight of a skink morning light

Leanne Mumford

lunchtime at the pondducks step across the backsof surfacing koi

Maureen Sexton

7

great white egret on one legthe water quivers

Myra King

among the reedsa cane toad roils the water summer rain...

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

lake’s edge —in the ripples heron on alert

Beatrice Yell

across the great lake the call of a little grebe

Andre Surridge

8

listen:the curlew farewells the autumn storm

Wanda Amos

evening sunskimming the pooldragonfly shadows

Jan Napier

a pelicanpreening twilight —lake moon

Carole Harrison

chevron of geese the sunsetgilds spread wings

Gavin Austin

9

clear spring nightthe rakali wallows in stars

Hazel Hall

coastal journey tracked on my iPhone whale migration

Colleen Keating

beach café footpatha Great Dane and a Corgishare the water bowl

Beverley George

dog park sunlit - every body off leash

Jane Williams

10

the clouds parta flock of shadowsskims over my feet

Julia Wakefield

my pet stick insect disappears in the swoopof a magpie

Keitha Keyes

lace goannainvisible againstgrey eucalyptus bark

Linda Visman

forest campsite —tripping over snout pokesdug by bandicoots Maureen Sexton

Snout pokes are the conical holes dug by bandicoots in their search for food.

11

warm morning chirps from all overthe paperbark

Lorraine Haig

eye contactthe magpie and Iconnect

Quendryth Young

creek’s green algae a water-strider suckson a fly

Mark Miller

letting the weight go . . .laughing kookaburra

Jenny Fraser

12

hawk on a fencelandscape freezes in its stare

Julia Wakefield

the stop signof a shingleback outback road

Marietta McGregor

at the edge of the latest freeway two rock wallabies

Hazel Hall

ants scurryacross the lateritethe numbat’s tongue

Liana Joy

13

billabong the whirligig-beetle whirling to frog-song

Cynthia Rowe

dingo songthe loneliness of a desert night

Louise Hopewell

for three nightsthe one cicada’s shrill —waning moon

Lorin Ford

dawn growing rosy pink breasts of galahs

Marisa Fazio

14

long paddock kangaroos and cattlegrazing side by side

Marilyn Humbert

dry creek bedat the narrow footbridgemidge clouds

Beverley George

dream imagesdissolve in sunlightghost shrimp

Sheila Sondik

dragonflya summer dream takes wing

Maeve Archibald

15

still creek-watera dragonfly stipples the surface with eggs

Mark Miller

Murray River —fresh water shrimp jump in the moon’s reflection

Marilyn Humbert

cod fingerlings swirl in the backwash paddle steamer

Kent Robinson

primal urgea dingo pup learns the night chant

Barbara Tate

16

edge of winter . . .learning to speakcurrawong

Carole Harrison

witching hourfruit bats bickerin the fig tree

Vanessa Proctor

casting spells in the darkness the blue light of glowworms Simon Hanson

Bruny Island shackthe white wallaby shapes our ghost stories

Jane Williams

17

nightfallthe crash landing of a shearwater

Glenys Ferguson

little penguin . . . the gift in a glance

Jenny Fraser

winter blue —the quiet bayerupts with dolphins

Lyn Reeves

holiday cottagea red-bellied black coiledin the strawberry patch

Vanessa Proctor

18

the roller blindrevealingthe red back

Roger Watson

three barksthe kelpie findsa snake

Andre Surridge

reservoir track —the Copperhead’s right of way

Jane Williams

jacaranda shadea young magpie finds its voice

Leanne Mumford

19

a twitchof the cat’s whiskersgrey fantail

Gregory Piko

rustic home . . .in the bush timber roofa family of possums

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

morning’s routinesharing the showerwith a daddy-long-legs

Irene McGuire

lifteda spider limp from water stamps its feet

Mira Walker

20

lit from belowsnails on glass rippling

Duncan Richardson

village parktrying not to enjoythe rabbit

Quendryth Young

Sunday cricketat the edge of the oval wagtails field

Madhuri Pillai

graveyard tourbull ants jump usfrom the dust

Lynette Arden

21

cemetery divisionsunheededby yellow robins

Laurel Astle

Italianate gardensan ibis probes intothe geometrics

Lynette Arden

a millipede twists four dimensions

Greg Piko

steamy nighta spider springsfrom my bath towel

Cynthia Rowe

22

slow eveningthe bar door cat-flap lets in the scent of rain

Peter Macrow

cold windmy cat twitchesher battle-scarred ear

Leanne Jaeger

Moomba wattlebird before the RAAF stunt flight. . . after it

Lorin Ford

her perfect manin the back of a utetwo dogs barking

Gregory Piko

23

dust motesa roustie flings the last fleece onto the sorting table

Vanessa Proctor

shifting camp fruit bats glidingfrom tree to tree

Maureen Sexton

crowded port oysters clusterbelow the jetty

Lorraine Haig

her new home a flock of bower birdsobscures the lawn

Nathalie Buckland

24

mosquitoeson the flywire doortwilight stars

Jan Napier

bird boxa brush-tailed possum behind the nose

Jan Dobb

two ruby eyesen cabochon . . . possum trap

Cynthia Rowe

traffic jam —three emus dancingup the dirt road

Earl Livings

25

granite outcropthe brumby stallion tests the breeze

Gavin Austin

last cicada’s cryscent of orangewhere the old orchard stood

Meg Arnot

pink twilighta waddle of wood duckson the roadway

Ron C. Moss

Rubik’s cube getting my head around wombat poop

David J Kelly

26

if birdsgrew on treesnesting frogmouth

Sheila Sondik

duck divefooled once againby the platypus

David J Kelly

blue flashacross the tannin river kingfisher

Judith E.P. Johnson

mist on the rivera favoured haunt of water dragons

David J Kelly

27

clear river . . .a school of breamshadows the shallows

Lyn Reeves

the ashes scattered –a shoal of fingerlings flees from my shadow

Lorin Ford

smoke on the wind the koala joeyclings tighter

Gavin Austin

alighting at the roadside verge firehawk

David J Kelly

28

escaping burnt ground fireman and koalashare water

Colleen Keating

full moon risingwallabies box-it-outon the hilltop

Ron C. Moss

snow flurriesa boobook owl lit by the moon

Ron C. Moss

brumbies have gonefrom the snow-covered hill — the snow

Peter Macrow

29

rainbow black Christmas beetlesmissing this year

Jahan Tyson

ants now crawlingon the cicada I righted heat shimmer

Leanne Mumford

mirror seaa giant trevally circles the bouncing bait

Jeanie Axton

Ballina beachdolphins surfinside the flags

Irene McGuire

30

samphire grasses wren’s songwrapped inside

Rose van Son

No Dogs on Beachfrom the back of a trucka bitzer barks at seagulls

Peter Macrow

a swan glidesover the mudflat day moon

Louise Hopewell

Moreton Island a pelican wades through the sunset

Isabel Caves

31

heaving oceana humpbackrolls south

Glenys Ferguson

on a lighted sea a Barramundi follows the moon

Giddy Nielsen-Sweep

the sun took youturtle hatchling before the sea

Lidia Myburgh

upside down diving the reef a plastic bagged turtle

Lance Convey

32

jellyfish tidea line of bluebottlesrims the shore

Lorraine Haig

two beach stone-curlews keeping stillnesswith me

Irene McGuire

on ancient rocksseagulls and their shadowslow tide

Margaret Mahony

early risermagpie lark singsdouble notes

Rose van Son

Belinda Broughton

34

morning dew on the cane toad’s back pustules of light

John Hawkhead

honeyeaters chatterthe rainforest walkdotted with Latin

Helen Davison

cold on my palmgreen frog’slittle hands

Judith E.P. Johnson

all the bluesof a bowerbird’s dance floor high spring sky

Marietta McGregor

Belinda Broughton

Belinda Broughton

https://echidnatracks.com