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        Barbara Strang

Barbara Strang was born in Invercargill, the eldest of a family of 10. She lives by the estuary in Christchurch. Her haiku have been published widely and placed in many competitions. They have appeared in most of the annual anthologies of the New Zealand Poetry Society. She has also been published twice in the annual Red Moon anthology (US). She has won the NZPS Haiku contest twice, and co-won the Kokako contest in 2004 and 2005.

She edited the NZPS anthologies of 2009 and 2010, and has judged the NZPS Junior Haiku Competition twice. She's a member of the Small White Teapot Haiku Group that organised Haiku Aotearoa, 2008. She holds an MA in Creative Writing (Victoria University). Her book of poetry Duck Weather was published 2006, and she's had a chapbook of haiku printed by Puriri Press, summer heat. Contact Barbara.

  
replying to his letter
the paper cold
against my hand

 
West Coast holiday
a ponga frond
unwinding

 
old pines
each one leans
apart

 
walking over pebbles
her pocket
grows heavy

 
Sunday morning
a dog sniffs the base
of the goal-post

 
on a diet
she devours
recipe books

 
green light -
a small spider darts
across the windscreen

  
piercing cold -
a kea calls
through the mist

 
children's voices
the ducks
swim closer

 
visiting my ex -
the dog licks
my face


Publication notes:

replying to his letter: Before the Sirocco (NZ Poetry Society anthology) 2008; Highly Commended, NZPS International Haiku Contest, 2008.

West Coast holiday: the infinity we swim in (NZPS anthology) 2007; HC in the 2007 contest.

old pines: learning a language (NZPS anthology) 2005; Second in the 2005 contest.

walking over pebbles: Kokako 7 (NZ), 2007.

Sunday morning: Haiku Dreaming (Australia). 

on a diet: KiwiHaiku, (NZPS newsletter), March 2007.

green light: Bravado 18 (NZ) 2010.

piercing cold: KiwiHaiku, July 2010.

children's voices: tiny gaps (NZPS anthology) 2006.

visiting my ex: something to expiate (NZPS anthology) 2003; First NZPS contest; edge of light (Red Moon Press anthology, US) 2003.

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