Myron lysenko biography

  • Myron Lysenko was born of Ukrainian parents who arrived at Bonegilla from near Lvov after World War II. He completed his education at St Paul's Primary.
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  • Myron Orest Lysenko (Ukrainian: Мирон Орест Лисенко, born 15 December 1952) is an Australian poet of Ukrainian parentage.

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    Kevin Smith’s ‘NIGHT HERON UNDER A CRESCENT MOON’

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    Japanese wood-block print, Ohara Koson, 1877-1945

    One could easily miss it. A small
    gallery on a back street of this sprawling

    city barely declares itself.
    Inside, the lights dull to a fog

    of yellow, the prints set back behind
    plate glass, framed by dark timber.

    A woman comes from another room,
    draws my attention to a sign that tells

    what I must pay in yen and takes
    my money. When I turn she’s gone:

    silence had erased her. And no one else
    is here. My eyes adjust to the low

    light and I realise now the lack
    of noise, how cushioned the air behind

    two sets of doors I’d passed through. Suddenly
    I’m all there is of me. Drawn into

    these prints, and out of my time, there’s only
    birds now. A heron among the reeds

    stands on one leg, her head settled
    on a plump breast as if she feigned

    sleep. She’s deep inside a world
    that could not be without her. A shallow

    stream pools around her, a crescent

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    Shots from the Chamber: An anthology of poems bygd the Chamber Poets

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    This anthology is a choir of voices straight from the warm and friendly poetry and music afternoons at Chamber Poets in Woodend, Central Victoria. Over fifty poets, many well-known, some emerging, sing of home life, family memories, literary interests and historic moments. A generous menu serves up comedy and tragedy up in many poetic forms. Poets include Kevin Brophy, john Bryson, Gayelene Carbis, Jennifer Compton, Joe Dolce, Ross Donlon, Anna Fern, John Flaus, Claire Gaskin, Andy Jackson, Klare Lanson, TT. O., Judith Rodrigues, Alice Savona

    192 pages, Paperback

    Published July 1, 2016

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    President: Leanne Mumford

    Leanne Mumford is an Australian writer and photographer who enjoys practising her crafts wherever she goes. A keen traveller, Leanne’s haiku often reveal a strong sense of place. Since 2012 more than 200 of 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 co-founder of the Haiku Down Under conference, first held in October 2022 and currently being organised for August 2024. She convenes the Gadigal Ginko casual events in Sydney. Her personal website is lemumford.id.au

    Vice-President: Rob Scott

    Rob Scott began his haiku journey while living in Tokyo in the mid-90s where he became a member of the MIFA haiku circle. After writing haiku for almost 20 years, he released his first two collections, Out of Nowhere and Down to the Wire, both published by Red Moon Press (2016). In 2014, Rob com

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