'Late Harvest' | haiku and senryu | ISBN 978 1 923813 014 | 98 pgs | June 2026 | $20 (within Australia)
Mark Miller’s haiku have been published online and in journals and anthologies worldwide. They have been featured on buses and trains, on the walls of a public swimming pool, and on art installations in parks and malls. His first book of haiku, Light and Counterlight, was published in 2020. Mark lives on the south coast of New South Wales.
As a long-time admirer of Miller’s poetry, I’m delighted to add another volume of his work to my collection. In language that is plain and
straightforward – the very qualities that give the poems such power – deep feelings of awe and reverence for the natural world are compressed
into a sense of being there, finely attuned to the moment and all it contains. Like the best photographers, Miller captures a fleeting moment
with precision and a resonance that goes beyond the image. Eschewing sentimentality, the haiku evoke empathy, celebration and compassion,
gifting the reader with everyday encounters to be savoured and reflected on. With its poetry of witness to simple joys and hard truths, Late Harvest
is a wonderful contribution to Australian haiku literature.
Lyn Reeves, former Vice President
of the Australian Haiku Society