laughALONG 28 October 2025

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh

guest editor: Mohua Maulik

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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Laughter is the best medicine and for this week, let’s try to spread some laughs, chuckles and giggles. Here are some to set the ball rolling... 

like an ex

a guava seed stuck

between my teeth

-Vandana Parashar

self-checkout

I thank the machine

out of habit

  -C. X. Turner

fresh fertilizer

guaranteed to grow

a new crop of weeds

  -Adelaide B. Shaw

slowly

getting over a cold

shoulder

  -Robert Epstein

fake profile —

why would anyone

want to be me

-Susan Burch