Author: Leanne Mumford

Leanne Mumford is an Australian writer and photographer. A keen traveller, Leanne’s haiku often reveal a strong sense of place. Since 2012 her haiku, plus haiga and haibun, have appeared in various Australian and international journals and anthologies. Her haiku ‘wind song’ won a Touchstone Award for Individual Poems 2019. Leanne is a founding member of the online Inkstone Poetry Forum. In 2022 she joined the Australian Haiku Society’s Executive Committee. Leanne is a co-founder of the Haiku Down Under conference, first held in October 2022, with the second to be take place in August 2024.

end of a long drive
the cool of the sea
around my ankles

rugged hillside
the shape of the sapling
still in the tree

traffic hum
honey bees nesting
in an old pine