laughALONG! 3 June

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh

guest editor: Rupa Anand

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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

I think we have done many haiku in the tercet format. 

This month, I am going to encourage you all to try the single line monoku poem. When I first arrived at Triveni, I was aghast that there were poems in ONE single line.

How is that even possible!

But I learned. What I have deduced from some of the masters here is that emotion, content, form, balance, structure, subtle pause, a fulcrum, and white space (ma) are intrinsic components to the one liner. 

when we aren’t talking wind chimes

-Srini 

Rishi Valley, India

fashionably late this summer rain

-Vandana Parashar

Panchkula, India

So, let’s give it a shot. I’m sure this brings a smile to your face.