A TUESDAY FEATURE
hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, K.Ramesh
guest editor: Milan Rajkumar
Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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YUGEN
A question every haiku poet is asking is, what is yugen? In her words, Kala Ramesh, founder and director of Triveni Haikai India and a Pushcart nominee in a talk with Vinita Agarwal, poetry editor with Usawa Literary Review said "... I came to know that ‘yugen’, an aesthetic nuance meaning elegance, beauty and mysterious grace, is used extensively in tanka. These three factors made tanka my poetic form of choice for this book, the forest I know. I think the following tanka has ‘yugen’."
an evening
of tangled thoughts …
through branches
even this rugged moon
looks tattered at the edges
— Kala Ramesh
In our quest for yugen, let's try to feel its mystery, its depth, and its elegance in our self-composed haiku. Take on the challenge!
#2 - 23/02/25
midnight chill the half-moon and one star
Kanjini Devi, NZ
feedback welcome
22.02.2025
#1
Revision. Thank you, Joanna Ashwell and Kanjini Devi.
end-to-end rainbow
in her kathak lehenga
the barefoot dancer
Kalyanee Arandhara
Assam, India
Feedback most welcome
Original:
an end-to-end rainbow
in her kathak lehenga
the barefoot danseuse
Kalyanee Arandhara
Assam, India
Feedback most welcome
('Kathak' is one of the classical dance forms in India. 'Lehenga' is a major part of the dancer's costume in a Kathak recital.)
#1
twelve ducklings
morning rain dimples
the river
Lorraine Haig, Aust.
Feedback welcome
Post 1
cold dawn
the slow shift of shadows
to full light
Adelaide B. Shaw
USA
comments welcomed
Post #2
21.2.25
family reunion
the faded rose pink
of mothers tea-cosy
Mona Bedi
India
Feedback appreciated:)