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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE a haiku for peace by Claire Gaskin [Above] Photo of Claire Gaskin by Claire Gaskin, 2000. Claire Gaskin a haiku for peace The buddha his white head above the spring grass--rain pitted--moss bellied About the Poet Claire Gaskin Claire Gaskin was born in Australia in 1966. She now lives in country Victoria where she facilitates creative writing workshops and courses and runs public literary readings. She has been publishing her work in literary journals for eighteen years. Her chapbook A snail in the ear of the Buddha, was published by Soup Publications in 1998. She has two daughters, two dogs and two cats. She practises, studies and teachers yoga and hopes that something of a meditative quality comes through in her writing. She is interested in authenticity of image and passion in poetry.    [Above] Photo of Claire Gaskin by Claire Gaskin, 2000.