writeALONG! 11th July

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, Lakshmi Iyer

guest editor: Marilyn Ashbaugh

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Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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 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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"The best haiku are barefoot; next, the sandaled; and least, those with shoes."

-- Speculations by Robert Spiess

Robert Spiess states the best haiku are barefoot, so let's walk barefoot along the shore.

What do you feel beneath your feet. . . anchored or uprooted? lost or found?

What do you see in your mind's eye? You as a child or someone/something else ?

lost. . .

I return home

to the sea

-- Marilyn Ashbaugh

Please share your poems with us!