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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Greetings followers and followees . . .! As of the current time this account is in hiatus. I'll be posting on my main account @weirdmelbs.bsky.social. Clem 🌵

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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

😮🫨😡 A scurrilous lie put about by antibayardists . . .! “Of noble bearing”, I could accept “Wholehearted, almost dementedly courageous, self-deprecating”, yes, yes and yes But . . . “supreme self-confidence of ignorance . . .!” How much did they pay you @susiedent.com?

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Last week’s featured poet on the #Australian #Haiku Society #HaikuOz was Margaret Conley: landscape by Fred Williams rearranged by mining (For non-Oz folks: Fred Williams was a very distinctive Australian painter) #AustralianHaiku australianhaikusociety.org/2025/03/03/f...

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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon: The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is New South Wales poet, Margaret Conley.

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I love it when I come across one of my favourites from the other place, here and active on #Bluesky It’s worth scroll down through Maxim Peter Griffin’s feed to appreciate the breadth of their vision ~

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

This week’s featured poet on the Australian Haiku Society’s website #HaikuOZ is Fiona H. Evans: desert rainstorm a flood of wildflowers #haiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuAustralia australianhaikusociety.org/2025/02/…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This week’s featured poet on the #HaikuOz website (from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth #Australian #Haiku Anthology) is Mark Miller, from #Shoalhaven NSW. Here is a “ #monoku “ by Mark: “inside the ocean the names of all the rivers” australianhaikusociety.org/2025/02/03/f...

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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon: The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Mark Miller, who resides in Shoalhaven, on the south coast of New South Wales.

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I’ve been enjoying the #EnCypted podcast by Jasper L’Strange (surely that can’t be his real name can it?) Mostly Mr L’Strange reads classic #ghost stories in his . . . strange . . . quavering voice But sometimes he reads his own stories ⬇️ which are excellent 💀 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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"Strange Bedfellows" by Jasper - EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast · 31/10/2023 · 1h 5m

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I wish I could say this was unbelievable But it’s all too believable

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Roger Patulny @rpatulny.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hi everyone. Authora Australis is calling for stories, poems and artworks. Submissions for Authora Issue 9 ‘Cracks’ are now open! Submissions close Feb 28, 2025. Link below, cheers: www.authora.net/submit

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I’m rereading #Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles #Maturin which I first read more than twenty years ago There is an (on purpose) misquote of Shakespeare: to “verify untrue things,” in the language of Dogsberry . . . The misquoting and the sentiment both seem appropriate these later times #Gothic

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Melbourne poet Robyn Cairns was featured on the Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz website earlier in January industrial skyline where the rain makes rust That feels like a very #Melbourne / #Naarm #haiku indeed australianhaikusociety.org/2025/01/13/f...

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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon: The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne poet, Robyn Cairns.

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I forward this article to my brother He said – “this article reads like Sebold” Not sure if Billy would be flattered, but it is high praise from my brother ~

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Folks – if you haven’t given Mr Jim Moon’s various podcasts a listen, do yourselves a favour . . . . . . a wonderful voice for reading weird tales Also another brilliant feature of the podcasts is the music (also provided by Jim under a pseudonym 😊)

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Each week the Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz features a poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology. This week it’s Gary Colombo de Piazzi: bead of sweat another drop of salt— outback lake #haiku #AustralianHaiku australianhaikusociety.org

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haikuoz - the enjoyment of haiku

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Question: The crushed leaves of what #Australian native, will turn water bright blue? (It can be used to make a test for different kinds of bacteria) For the answer, and a new #haiku, read on, gentle reader, read on . . . clembyard.com/2025/01/18/c...

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Christmas Comes Late (or Not at All)

Busaria & Crepe Myrtle It’s the second week of January and I’ve just got back from a week spent at a caravan park, in Porepunkah, in the Ovens Valley, three hours north of Naarm / Melbourne. Bu…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Ham is always cheap after Xmas . . . but free? Disclaimer – this ham is #FreeVerse, rather than #FreeRange PS. Check out Elese’s website – great photos of #Naarm / #Melbourne and elsewhere

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Let’s see . . . lilac strolling raindrop That’s the haiku

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Hi All 👋🏼 🌊 I’m back (after a nasty bout of COVID) I’ve written a new post about flowering gum trees & #haiku & the heavy rain we get here in #Naarm / #Melbourne at this time of year (a 1 minute read) no epiphany – just flowering gums  and radiata pine clembyard.com/2025/01/08/f...

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Flowering Gums, Epiphany & Summer Rain

no epiphany –just flowering gums and radiata pine I saw the first flowering gum trees coming into bloom two days before Christmas, so I guess you could consider flowering gums one of the kinds of C…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A few days ago Dick Whyte @dailyhaikai.bsky.social challenged us to add a “cap” to a #haiku by #Issa that he had translated. So now I’ve written a haiku in response & illustrated it with a sketch. already fallen from the branches – two other moons clembyard.com/2024/12/16/m...

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Many Moons

This week Dick Whyte, who posts as Daily Haikai on Bluesky (@dailyhaikai.bsky.social), posted his translation of a haiku by Issa: this morning hanging in the pines, third moon Dick went on to say: …

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Hi Everyone, Dick Whyte and his @dailyhaikai.bsky.social account is now added to the haiku starter pack He’s posting some great stuff so give him a follow if you haven’t already c.

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

our shadows falling across the ancient midden— Murramarang This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian #Haiku Anthology, is Leanne Mumford. #HaikuOz australianhaikusociety.org/2024/12/…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

It isn’t spring any more but the evenings here in South-Eastern Australia have been lovely ~

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

this morning hanging in the pines, third moon in the grass two other moons

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

my follower following 138,000 accounts – how does he live? #haiku #senryū #ApologiesToBasho

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Most people when they think about the Australian bush are going to picture scraggly gum trees But have a look at this fantastic photo, taken at Warburton, not far from #Melbourne / #Naarm

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Does anyone else here ❤️ the traditional Yorkshire folk song “On Ilkla Mooar Baht 'at”❓ NOTE: check further down the thread for a psychedelic version by . . . Bill Oddie . . .❗️

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Each week the Australian Haiku Society’s website features a poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology. This week the featured poet is Olivia Ark: only the sun on my shoulders travelling light #haiku #AustraliaHaiku #HaikuOz australianhaikusociety.org/2024/12/02/f...

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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon (Australian Haiku Anthology)

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Melbourne-based artist, Olivia Ark. Olivia was also responsible for the illustratio…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

So interesting to read about how other writers came to haiku, and their reflections on the form ~ Check out this interview with @songsofkat.bsky.social ⬇️

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Rob Scott @haikubob.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

midnight swim – she lowers herself into stars frogpond xxv:2, 2002

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It’s hard to do a #villanelle without making it sound too-clever-by half, but I really like this work-in-progress by @etherealcolburn.bsky.social . . . . . . and it touches a heart-string for those of us with kids of a certain age . . .

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

i’ll just wait here until the rain stops – lemon-scented gum Is there anything worse than a poet who explains their own poems, or an artist who explains their own art? Maybe not, but it can be hard to avoid when it comes to #haiku. Further discussion ⬇️ clembyard.com/2024/11/28/l...

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Lemon-Scented Gum

Is there anything worse than a poet who explains their own poems, or an artist who explains their own art . . .? Maybe not, but it can be hard to avoid when it comes to haiku. Haiku are almost alwa…

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Daily Haikai & Haiku @dailyhaikai.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Brilliant 🖤 I got one but not the other . . . low cloud . . . the mountain cleared of pine #haiku

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hi Everyone – The editor of The Bamboo Hut and Take 5ive has joined Bluesky I’ve added them to the haiku starter pack – give them a follow c.

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Another poem that I’ve come across while browsing Bluesky that I really like: Men at Forty by #DonaldJustice Can confirm . . .

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

sphagnum bog the sound of it in its own tongue – Nathan Sidney Each week the website of Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz features poet who’s included in the 4th Australian Haiku Anthology – this week it’s Nathan Sydney Follow the link for more: australianhaikusociety.org/2024/11/25/f... This

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Featured Haiku – Under the Same Moon (Australian Haiku Anthology)

This week’s featured poet from ‘Under the Same Moon’, the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology, is Nathan Sidney. planting moonthe mountain’s own namesfor its flowers swelling insi…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

More my grandma than my mum, but this #haiku by PetRock stirred a memory for me . . . m.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1k...

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1935 Al Bowlly & Ray Noble’s Orch. - Blue Moon

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I really like this poem on depression by @wanderstruck.blog 💔

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A post on my site about whether we should use the word #senryu, or whether maybe, in the English language #haiku community, the word “haiku” is enough. Feel free to weigh in and contradict me if you have strong feelings on the topic. clembyard.com/2024/11/23/h...

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Haiku or Senryu?

On Bluesky and Instagram I have accounts called “Weird Melbs” where I collate strange things I find for sale on Facebook Marketplace: @weirdmelbs.bsky.social and @weirdmelbs. A couple of days ago I…

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Clem Byard @clembyard.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I love haiku that read almost like a riddle, like the this one posted by Daily Haikai ⬇️ Daily Haikai is a new account – give them a follow. . .!

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