laughALONG! 20 February

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, Lakshmi Iyer

guest editor: an'ya

Please note: 

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's monthly journal -- haikuKATHA, each month.

Poets are requested to post poems (haiku/senryu) that adhere to the prompts/exercises given.

Only 1 poem to be posted in 24 hours. Total 2 poems per poet are allowed each week (numbered 1,2). So, revise your poems till 'words obey your call'.

If a poet wants feedback, then the poet must mention 'feedback welcome' below each poem that is being posted.

Responses are usually a mixture of grain and chaff. The poet has to be discerning about what to take for the final version of the poem or the unedited version will be picked up for the journal.

The final version should be on top of the original version for selection.

Poetry is a serious business. Give you best attempt to feature in haikuKATHA !!

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“Laughter is a Language”

--- Yoshiko Takada

Here are a few examples that show we must not forget to feel free to use a bit of subtle humor as well as real-life experiences in our haiku writing:

sometimes life

    it stinks even more than

skunk cabbage

         fast asleep

        an old dog starts his new year

                                with flatulence

         iffy cast

   a fisherman and the river

                     exchange places

--- an’ya

Humorous Haiku Prompt: Post the humorous haiku you’ve written. Avoid senryu by using a kigo or at least nature-based references rather than only a human-nature reference.