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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 23rd January 2025. Collaboration!

Writer's picture: Kala RameshKala Ramesh

hosts: Kala Ramesh & Firdaus Parvez

A Thursday Feature 23rd January


Collaborating with artist Prakash Thombre


Echoes of the Path


A solitary moment, where the journey pauses to reflect on its meaning. The path once walked with dreams and speed now calls for thought and depth. Sometimes, moving slowly allows us to see what we’ve truly gained along the way.




Challenge:

What is it to age? Is age only a number, or do our bodies and the various parts show deterioration? Prakash's short write-up is thought-provoking. See how you can collaborate with the old man in the ink drawing.


Please remember that the haiku needs to be strong and a stand-alone poem in haibun. A weak haiku robs the haibun of its strength.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. Only two haibun per poet per prompt.

2. Share your best-polished pieces.

3. Please do not post something in a hurry or something you have just written.

    Let it simmer for a while.

4. Post your final edited version on top of your original verse.

5. Don't forget to give feedback on others' poems.


We are delighted to open the comment thread for you to share your unpublished haibun (within 300/250 words) to be considered for inclusion in haikuKATHA monthly journal.


Important: Since we're swamped with submissions, and our editors are only human, mistakes can happen. Please, please, remember to put your name, followed by your country, below each poem, even after revisions. It helps our editors; they won't have to type it in, saving them from potential typos. Thanks a ton!


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PLEASE NOTE:

1. Only two haibun per poet per prompt. Please put your name and country of residence under your poem, it makes the editors' work easier. Thanks.

2. Share your best-polished pieces.

3. Please do not post something in a hurry or something you have just written.

Let it simmer for a while.

4. When poets give suggestions and if you agree to them - post your final edited version on top of your original version.

5. Don't forget to give feedback on others' poems.


We are delighted to open the comment thread for you to share your unpublished haibun (within 300 words) to be considered for inclusion in the haikuKATHA monthly journal.

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mona bedi
mona bedi
Jan 29

Terbalik

30.1.25


waning dusk

the baby lulls herself

to sleep


a Gaza refugee camp


Mona Bedi

India


Feedback appreciated:)


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The inversion works so well here Mona, the sadness revealed at the end.

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Kalyanee
Kalyanee
Jan 29

29.01.2025

#1


Revision. Thank you, Joanna.


An Endeavour


Starting a journey twenty years late, I gather some fallen leaves, a few new leaves and pluck some fresh flowers. A garland of mixed hues to wear around my neck till the end of my path.


braving a stormy sea

the radar free boat

autumn wind


Kalyanee Arandhara

Assam, India


Feedback most welcome


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An endeavour


Starting a journey twenty years late I gather some fallen leaves and pluck a few fresh flowers and a few new leaves. A garland of mixed hues to wear around my neck till the end of my path.


braving a stormy sea

the radar-less boat floats

autumn wind


Kalyanee Arandhara

Assam, India


Feedback most welcome

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Kalyanee
Kalyanee
Jan 30
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Thanks Joanna.

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terbalik a man

saunters with his left hand inside the pocket sunlight through the trees


Kala Ramesh #1 Feedback welcome.


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Mohua
Mohua
6 days ago
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I am left wondering if there is something wrong with his left hand and he is hiding it in his pocket or if he doesnt have a right hand!

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#1- 28/01/2025


The Fortune Teller

 

My Korean language workbook, level 1B, lies on the coffee table, its bright yellow cover inviting me to finally master Korean. And while I’m at it, these stiff fingers of mine will perform gymnastics on my electric guitar gathering dust on its stand, and it will gently weep.

 

new year’s sunrise   

over the frozen pond 

resolutions on ice


Martin Duguay, South Korea

feedback welcome

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Mohua
Mohua
6 days ago
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Lovely especially resolutions on ice!

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#2 1/26/2025 Gembun My shadow stretches farther these days.

faded roses

leaning closer

to the earth Sandip Chauhan, USA feedback welcome

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thank you, Mona!

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