HAIKUsutradhar : 20th December 2024

A FRIDAY FEATURE

Host: Gauri Dixit

Prompter for December: Firdaus Parvez

OUR MISSION

1. To provide a new poetry workshop each Friday, along with a prompt.

2. To select haiku, senryu, and haiga each month for the journal, haikuKATHA. Each issue will select poems that were posted in this forum from the 3rd of the previous month to the 2nd of the current month.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Post a maximum of two verses per week, from Friday to Friday, numbered 1 & 2. Post only one haiku in a day, in 24 hours.

2. Only post unpublished verses --- nothing that has appeared in peer-reviewed or edited journals, anthologies, your webpage, social media, etc.

3. Only post original verses.

4. For each poem you post, comment on one other person’s poem.

5. Give feedback only to those poets who have requested it.

6. Do not post a variety of drafts, along with a request for readers to choose which they like most. Only one poem is to appear in each original post.

7. Post each revision, if you have any, above the original. The top version will be your submission to haikuKATHA. Do not delete the original post.

8. Do not submit found poetry or split sequences.

9. Do not post photos, except for haiga.

10. haikuKATHA will only consider haiga that showcase original artwork or photos. Post details re: the source of the visual image. If you team up with an artist or photographer, make sure that it’s their original work and that they are not restricted by other publications to share it. We won't be responsible for any copyright issues.

11. Put your name, followed by your country, below each poem, even after revisions.

Poems that do not follow the guidelines may be deleted.

Founder/Managing Editor of haikuKATHA Monthly Journal: Kala Ramesh

Associate Editors: Ashish Narain Firdaus Parvez Priti Aisola Sanjuktaa Asopa Shalini Pattabiraman Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Vandana Parashar Vidya Shankar

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PROMPT:

6th December

Firdaus Parvez

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Prompt three:

This week, let’s tackle the major issues: water, air, and soil pollution. What is the price we pay for urbanization, rising population rates, unchecked consumerism, and indifference towards the future generations? Can we afford to remain this careless? We must recognize that there is no Planet B—this is the only home we have, at least for the foreseeable future. Our actions are not only jeopardizing humanity’s existence but also threatening the survival of all living creatures.

Write your poems with these pressing issues in mind. Reflect on what has changed over the years—the things you miss, the creatures that have vanished, the creek that has nearly dried up. Take us on a journey to your corner of the world and show us its story. There’re a whole lot of YouTube videos on the topic.

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Looking forward to reading your haiku.

Write on! Gauri