laughALONG 20 January 2026

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh

guest editor: Andrew Shimield

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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 most depressing day of the year is called Blue Monday. Usually the third Monday of January it’s an idea invented by a travel firm intent on selling holidays. But it caught on in the west and has become a ‘thing’. The theory is: the joy of Christmas and New Year is now just a memory, you spent all your money then so now you’re broke and payday isn’t till the end of the month, you’ve broken all your new year resolutions and feel bad about yourself, the winter skies are cold, dark and sunless and spring is still too far away to imagine. Oh misery!

Perhaps Triveni writers can help save the day. We have a mirth emergency and need something to make us smile and laugh to get through this difficult time. Let’s have some humorous poems to brighten our lives.

all through the concert

the twisted collar

of the man in front