open sky :: SAMVAAD | 17th December

sanjuktaa
Dec 17, 2023
1 min read

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak

cold handrail he tells me about her

- Richa Sharma

(Modern Haiku 53.2, 2022 )

11 Comments

lakshmi iyer

Dec 22, 2023

Liked this!! and how you have grasped the intensities of the conversations @Richa Sharma

sanjuktaa

Dec 21, 2023

And here is Richa's commentary on her poem.

We all experience interactions where ‘he tells me about her’ or ‘she tells me about him,’ and so on. This monoku employs tactile imagery from my surroundings to support the episode. My daily interaction with the handrail in the sunless part of my apartment helped me ‘see’ the chaos of an illusory relationship. Somehow, I feel all three characters share this cold handrail regarding each other. The poem is also a sort of schema that provides just enough perceptual clues to stimulate the reader's participation.