A TUESDAY FEATURE
hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, Lakshmi Iyer
guest editor: Lakshmi Iyer
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Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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the rains came
and from that day on
continued
throughout a lifetime
of floods and bridges
--- an’ya
Read the simple story evolving right from the very first line and the gradual deeper intensity towards the last line with the support system. Sometimes it is very difficult to write a simple poem.
Pick one season and evolve your storyline with a haiku/senryu.
Post 1
spring rain -
the sunlight catches
the thrushes call
Feedback welcome
23.3.24
Katherine E Winnick
Brighton UK
Post 1#23.3.24
wayside fern
turn white in fear
howling wind
Jharna Sanyal
Kolkata, India
Feedback welcome
17/3/24. 2nd post
Thank you, Lev! 🕸️
casual reading
a spider lingers
on Issa
Marilyn Ashbaugh, USA
feedback welcome
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casual reading
a spider lingers
on an Issa poem
#1
Edited: 18/03/2024
autumn sunset –
the elongated shadow
of an angler
Milan Rajkumar
India
Feedback welcome
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autumn sunset –
the elongated shadow
of a fisherman
Milan Rajkumar
India
Feedback welcome
storm-lashed coconut trees
all of them
show their back
Kala Ramesh India
#1
Feedback most welcome.