hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Kashiana Singh
Salt, a crystal which vibrates
at the frequency
of teardrops
---- Betsy Mars
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Kashiana Singh
Salt, a crystal which vibrates
at the frequency
of teardrops
---- Betsy Mars
To me, this reads like a line from a science book. It's telly.
Still puzzled that haiku can be written this way too.
I was delighted by this ku as there is a texture to it - texture of sound and material both.
Here is how Betsy Mars, the poet describes her process for writing - it is invaluable to hear the writer's perspective. Always something to learn about how a word, an experience can trigger the arrival of a poem
@Kala Ramesh @sanjuktaa2003
From Betsy Mars - My process went more or less like this:
I was thinking about currency and the transitory nature of everything, how what we value is a construct, changeable throughout history, subject to societal agreement, fluctuates with our needs. Crypto currency and the rise of NFTs has illuminated that. Once upon a time salt was a valuabl…
How beautiful !
incredibly unusual