THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 24th 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

24th July 2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW

THE HAIBUN GALLERY  July 2025: Lorraine Haig

Prompt Week: 4

Fire

Fire can be life-giving or destructive. It represents power, strength and many other things. It is associated with the colour red and the heat of midsummer, but fire touches every season.

As our planet warms, bushfires, or in some cases wildfires are becoming more prolific and widespread with catastrophic results. Fire touches us every day in some form. There are fires to keep us warm, as illumination and for cooking. And let’s not forget the idioms such as – to burn your bridges, add fuel to the fire, to blaze a trail, etc.

desolation . . .

fire crews look towards

a crimson moon

Broken Starfish by Ron C. Moss

Haiku and ink paintings, Published by Walleah Press, 2019.

Your Challenge:

Let’s write about fire.

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Thanks a lot, Lorraine.

Interesting challenge, and yes, we all have stories on Fire!

_kala

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Writers are invited to submit one unpublished haibun per submission window.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

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