writeALONG! 9 July

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, K.Ramesh

guest editor: Anju Kishore

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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I gather

one moon after

another

into my hands...

the river keeps giving

--- Kala Ramesh

This delightfully visual, childlike, yet deep tanka shows us how we keep trying to scoop up one illusion after another that life offers us until one day when they disintegrate, we understand them for what they really are. Either realisation dawns or disillusionment torments.

This week, let's explore the concept of maya or illusion in our haiku. You are also welcome to write haiku based on your own interpretation of the tanka. In that case your interpretation may please be added too, to help widen our horizon.