writeALONG! 8th August

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, Lakshmi Iyer

guest editor: Shloka Shankar

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Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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Let’s go back to the building blocks of language this week. Play with aspects of grammar, different kinds of punctuation, and everything else in between that comprises language by choosing an element to write about in your poem. It could be an interrobang, morphemes, or the subjunctive. Below are some examples:

poems

without verbs

the heat

– Joyce Clement

Oxford comma—

the attention

you pay me

– Shloka Shankar

being without grammar wildflowers

– Srini

between thoughts the inconvenience of conjunctions

– Surashree Joshi