laughALONG! 31 December

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, K.Ramesh

guest editor: Keith Evetts

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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Well, it's the last day of 2024. 

New Year's morning:

the ducks on the pond

quack and quack

--Issa tr Hamill

Issa's delightful Buddhist warm humour suggests that ducks celebrate New Year.... like any other day.  Only humans attach any particular importance to it.Or maybe he had a hangover!

Haikai humour with a little irony may be found, among other ways, by contrasting some lofty or serious theme with a mundane reality. 

New Year

more old films

on the telly

New Year’s Day

two wrinkled balloons

tied to the gatepost

early January

our eyes meet

outside the cake shop

This week,  write a humorous or ironic haikai verse about any aspect of the New Year.

Happy New Year!  And thank you for putting up with me.

Keith Evetts