Echidna Tracks: Issue 4Recreation and Leisure

Echidna Tracks: Issue 4: Recreation and Leisure (June 2019 - 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 4: Recreation and Leisure from June 2019 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), Simon Hanson (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 4: Recrea-tion and Leisure (June 2019 - 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.

Haiku Authors Lynette ArdenMeg ArnotLaurel AstleGavin AustinVirginia BirdNathalie BucklandRohan BuettelMartin ClarkJan DobbMarisa FazioGlenys FergusonLorin FordKatherine GallagherBeverley GeorgeLorraine HaigSimon HansonGail HennessyLouise HopewellSamantha Sirimanne HydeLeanne JaegerJudith E.P. JohnsonKeitha KeyesMyra KingCraig LincolnJohn LowPeter MacrowMargaret MahonyIrene McGuireMarietta McGregor

Mark MillerRon C. MossLeanne MumfordPaul MurrayJan NapierLiz NichollsMadhuri PillaiVanessa ProctorLyn ReevesCarol ReynoldsDuncan RichardsonJason RichardsonKent RobinsonMaureen SextonNathan SidneySheila SondikTom StaudtBarbara A. TaylorJahan TysonRose van SonJulia WakefieldNorma WattsQuendryth Young

7

summerkids under the sprinklerspitting grape pips

Jan Napier

stifling heatmy fingers reach outto the cool piano keys

Leanne Jaeger

one umbrellaon eighty mile beachshipwreck coast

Jan Napier

camping . . .only the river rushing

Carol Reynolds

8

first stars . . .breaking apartwarm damper

Leanne Mumford

summer picnicthe buzz of a beein the coke tin

Glenys Ferguson

picnic blanketcream cheese and poppy seedspeppered with ants

Maureen Sexton

last week of term the squawk of lorikeetsin beach banksias

Nathalie Buckland

9

rock concertflying foxessteal the show

Sheila Sondik

summer break . . .aroma of coconut cakein grandma’s home

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

camping holiday —learning to live togetherwhen the rain sets in

Keitha Keyes

ocean breezesalted chips and peanutsin the beer garden

Maureen Sexton

10

on the headlandwaiting with the surfersfor a wave

Laurel Astle

inside the barrelbreath held beforethe wave breaks

Gail Hennessy

racing divea wave breaks overthe ocean pool

Vanessa Proctor

sandcastle —an old man and a childdiscuss design

Nathalie Buckland

11

looking intoher beach buckether blue eyes

Simon Hanson

summer eveningtoddlers in sun hatsrake in the last rays

Julia Wakefield

beach fishersgrandsons shimmyfor pipi bait

Marietta McGregor

summer waninglove in the dunesthe last time

Meg Arnot

12

changing perspective joy flight

Glenys Ferguson

outdoor caféthree Santasmeet for coffee

Irene McGuire

creek walkan explosion of cricket cheerfrom the park oval

Madhuri Pillai

slow oversweet hay smellssurround the pitch

Marietta McGregor

13

barrackers roara Mexican waveof seagulls

Marietta McGregor

drinks —a willy willy skipsacross the pitch

Kent Robinson

a throbbing dinfrom the Members’ barfifth-day rain

Leanne Mumford

jazz festivalwine glasseskeep time

Irene McGuire

14

summer’s endempty beachours once more

Julia Wakefield

autumn afternoontart yet sweet the granny smithswe picked ourselves

Vanessa Proctor

window chairshe knits the dayinto a scarf

Judith E.P. Johnson

I knit a pouchfor an orphaned joey —Mother’s Day

Lorin Ford

15

with my grandsonI play pat-a-cake-pat-a-cakewith my mother’s hands

Mark Miller

lifting weightsfitness appsings whale music

Myra King

coastal retreata cruise liner anchorsoutside our window

Lyn Reeves

autumn lighttrickling through my fingersgolden sand

Leanne Jaeger

16

distant canoeists —hoofprints patternthe sandy beach

Nathalie Buckland

camera lensyachts on the baysailing on glass

Simon Hanson

adjusting the lensfrogs heardbut not seen

Rose van Son

Great Barrier Reefour old holiday slidesfading

Jan Dobb

17

shadowed rainforest —a survey marker between the trunks

Norma Watts

humming an old tunedown this track— wind in the she-oaks

Duncan Richardson

with every stepthe tinkling of bellbirdsin dead canopies

Barbara A. Taylor

retirement —running out of timeto do nothing

Keitha Keyes

18

shaded tablethe company ofcamellias

Craig Lincoln

windless sunny dayI recover the lost artof doing nothing

Beverley George

reading indoorson a wintry afternoonsun on my socks

Rohan Buettel

salt airflotsam flows outwith the tide

Quendryth Young

19

on another rocka heronits back to the wind

Peter Macrow

sculpture gardenthe venerable formof an old fig

Quendryth Young

dad’s shedcurled shavingsunderfoot

Glenys Ferguson

casino lightsthe surging tideglows golden

Nathan Sidney

20

Top End revisitbeneath the new glitzremnants of old charm

Madhuri Pillai

a hundred milesof dusty corrugateSaturday rugby

Kent Robinson

high countrya row of utesoutside the pub

Louise Hopewell

bush bandthe old kelpiewakes for the encore

Elizabeth Nicholls

21

our hangoutthe skateboard park —apartments now

Jahan Tyson

queen takes bishopthe sound of church bellsin a city park

Ron C. Moss

open-air chesswith fries a seagull makes its move

Tom Staudt

bay sunsetI take my seatamong orange seagulls

Lorin Ford

22

tennis finalunder lights— the full moon

Irene McGuire

hushed stadiumall that has gone beforehangs in the air

Martin Clark

bitter chill . . .cocooned in a quiltwith a good book

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

the corpse poserestoresmy equilibrium

Leanne Jaeger

23

bushland walk —once more at homeamong the wattle

Katherine Gallagher

eucalypt trailthe creak of leatherwith my mare’s stride

Gavin Austin

spring coloursof grass and skyboy on a swing

Peter Macrow

soccer fieldmy grandson’sorange boots

Margaret Mahony

24

his blue puddle bootskicking at the suna cloud of sparrows

John Low

schoolyard marblesmy taw lostin paspalum

Lynette Arden

three ibis lift offmy neighbour’s kidsscrolling screens

Jan Napier

river gorgewe pretend we’re notanywhere

Nathan Sidney

25

stonesskimmingripples from each touch

Rohan Buettel

pastel skydoodling on a sketch padby the river

Lorraine Haig

through binocularsa white-cheeked honeyeaterthe details

Laurel Astle

Chased another cathunting birds in my backyardthink I might have barked

Jason Richardson

26

limp footy scarfthe long train ride home

Louise Hopewell

crossword on the trainthe silent stranger next to mechecking my answers

Beverley George

crossworda spill of coffeethree down

Gavin Austin

the rod tipbendsrelaxes

Paul Murray

27

quiet inletshe casts her lineinto clouds

Lorraine Haig

by the weir and the wildflowersmemories of childhood

Margaret Mahony

the family pianomoves to a young homeblossoms in bud

Jan Dobb

dollhouse —behind each windowa perfect world

Lyn Reeves

28

love fifteenthe net quiverswith passing shots

Virginia Bird

double rainbowa skateboarder flipsa dragon

Ron C. Moss

by the poola little girl asks meif I’m an adult

Barbara A. Taylor

a gallery patronpauses by the window. . . sunlight on wattle

Jan Dobb

29

I jab millefioriinto molten glassspring garden

Lynette Arden

lazy Sundaythe busy melodiesin a magpie’s song

Marisa Fazio

wheelchair spokes glitterin bright sunshinespring bushwalk

Elizabeth Nicholls

idly watchingbees in a banksia . . .lunch break

Leanne Mumford

30

ag showin the beer tent no one talksabout the drought

Mark Miller

tidal mudflats —the river fillsmy footprints

Norma Watts

another year beginsthe revolutionsin a swimmer’s arms

Marisa Fazio

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camping . . .only the river rushing

Carol Reynolds