HAIKUsutradhar : 13th December 2024

A FRIDAY FEATURE

Host: Gauri Dixit

Prompter for December: Firdaus Parvez

OUR MISSION

1. To provide a new poetry workshop each Friday, along with a prompt.

2. To select haiku, senryu, and haiga each month for the journal, haikuKATHA. Each issue will select poems that were posted in this forum from the 1st to the 30/31 of the previous month.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Post a maximum of two verses per week, from Friday to Friday, numbered 1 & 2. Post only one haiku in a day, in 24 hours.

2. Only post unpublished verses --- nothing that has appeared in peer-reviewed or edited journals, anthologies, your webpage, social media, etc.

3. Only post original verses.

4. For each poem you post, comment on one other person’s poem.

5. Give feedback only to those poets who have requested it.

6. Do not post a variety of drafts, along with a request for readers to choose which they like most. Only one poem is to appear in each original post.

7. Post each revision, if you have any, above the original. The top version will be your submission to haikuKATHA. Do not delete the original post.

8. Do not submit found poetry or split sequences.

9. Do not post photos, except for haiga.

10. haikuKATHA will only consider haiga that showcase original artwork or photos. Post details re: the source of the visual image. If you team up with an artist or photographer, make sure that it’s their original work and that they are not restricted by other publications to share it. We won't be responsible for any copyright issues.

11. Put your name, followed by your country, below each poem, even after revisions.

Poems that do not follow the guidelines may be deleted.

Founder/Managing Editor of haikuKATHA Monthly Journal: Kala Ramesh

Associate Editors: Ashish Narain Firdaus Parvez Priti Aisola Sanjuktaa Asopa Shalini Pattabiraman Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Vandana Parashar Vidya Shankar

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PROMPT:

6th December

Firdaus Parvez

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Prompt two:

This week, let’s reflect on another lesser-known type of pollution that impacts us in ways we often overlook: light pollution. As our world becomes increasingly illuminated by artificial lights, what are we missing out on? How does this affect not just humans but other living beings as well? Brightly lit billboards, neon signs, vehicle headlights, excessive indoor lighting, and even our personal devices all contribute to this growing issue. Light pollution disrupts our natural rhythms, strains our eyes, affects mental well-being, and can lead to various health problems—not to mention the harm it causes to other living creatures and their habitats.

Here’s a YouTube video that sheds light on the topic (the focus might be on the United States but the impact is a global one). This week, write your poems with light in mind.

https://youtu.be/V_A78zDBwYE?si=lZMmrEtfc3Up9cQE

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Looking forward to reading your haiku.

Write on! Gauri