THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 11th June 2026 Lakshmi Iyer - Guest Editor
- Srinivas Sambangi
- 5 hours ago
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Editors on haikuKATHA: Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh
Guest Editor: Lakshmi Iyer
Host: Srinivas Sambangi
Featured Poet: Baisali Chatterjee
A Thursday Feature
11th June 2026
Flamenco
Baisali Chatterjee
The wind tangoes with the flaming red gulmohar, the neighbouring leaves clapping and shivering to the beat. The clouds, unmoved by this wild passion, slink away, taking the rain with them.
Another night of broken promises.
the fading notes
from his Spanish guitar…
I count stars
(contemporary haibun online17.2, August 2021)
Baisali says :
“I love listening to the Spanish guitar - I find it magical. I have always wanted to use it in my writing and my earnest attempt in this piece of writing was to create a flamenco-like effect with my words.”
Prompt for Writers
The title attracted me from the very beginning. I searched for the meaning and realised how tactfully Baisali has moulded this story to bring out the emotions of Flamenco. Can you script one such title that takes you far to the most realistic part of your lives?
Thank you The Haibun Gallery Team!
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Thank you, Lakshmi Iyer, for another interesting prompt.
_Srinivas
A lovely prompt, Lakshmi. Thank you for sharing Baisali's beautiful haibun!
haibun 1
Alan Summers
UK
Dirty Dancing
It wasn't the movie, it wasn't the right evening, it was fast-forwarding to Stupid O'Clock. It was legal, liquid substances golden in hue and tone, it was a few James Bond martinis, an growing out-of-favour-band at a Student Union bar.
And an ex-girlfriend.
It wasn't romantic. It was young but it wasn't pretty.
It was a fireman's lift though not a rescue. It wasn't Elvis that left the building.
James Bond is a bad influence. Thankfully we survived another spy caper.
a bow tie floats
shaken
and a little stirred