THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 10th July 2025. Lorraine Haig - Guest Poet

host: Rupa Anand

mentor: Lorraine Haig editors on haikuKATHA: Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh

Guest Poet: Lorraine Haig

A Thursday Feature

10th July 2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW

THE HAIBUN GALLERY  July 2025: Lorraine Haig

Prompt

Week 2.

Masks

“She kept the mask, not knowing

what to do with it.”

These are the first two lines from a poem, titled “The Mask” by Lorna Crozier in her poetry book, The Wrong Cat, Published by McClelland and Stewart, 2015.

In part The Collins Australian Concise Dictionary says, a mask is any covering for the whole or part of the face worn for amusement, protection disguise etc.

Let’s take it further. What does a mask mean to you?

Is it the mask you apply before you leave the house each morning?

Use these two lines as a jump-off point to write a haibun about masks.

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Thanks a lot, Lorraine.

This prompt is very interesting! Looking forward to this month. 

Thank you so much.

_kala

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT NOTICE

              NOTICE

Dear Haibuneers

Starting from March 2025, we at haikuKATHA are moving on to a new submissions format for haibun submissions. (Only for haibun, please note!)

Writers are invited to submit one unpublished haibun per submission window.

Kindly note the submissions calendar.

1-20 March, to be considered for publication in May

1-20 June, to be considered for publication in August

1-20 September, to be considered for publication in November

1-20 December, to be considered for publication in February

All accepted submissions will receive an email to confirm their acceptance by the 5th day of the publication month.

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The Haibun Gallery continues as is.

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