THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 28th August 2025. Padma Priya - Guest Poet

host: Rupa Anand

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

Guest Poet: Padma Priya

A Thursday Feature

28th August 2025 -

THE HAIBUN GALLERY  August 2025 Padma Priya

Beyond the Milky Way

A friend introduces us at the crowded party.

“Did you know there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all Earth's beaches?” he asks, turning to me.

I blink. “I'm afraid my stars are mostly metaphorical.”

“Ah, like in Tagore's poetry?”

“More like Roy's “The God of Small Things',” I reply.

Our conversation weaves through nebulae and narratives, quantum entanglement and magical realism.

“Dark energy pushes the universe apart,” he says.

“Like the spaces between words in a poem,” I offer.

He pauses. “Interesting perspective.”

spring blossoms

a pair of doves gliding

into one sunbeam 

Sandip Chauhan

haikuKATHA, Issue 34, August 2024

Prompt

I am deeply impressed by the positive environment Sandip Chauhan created in this haibun. The title, prose and haiku are perfectly woven together. The sanguine conversations sparkle with intelligence. The last two lines of the closing haiku take the haibun to a higher level with their poetic style and buoyant image.

The stylistic usage of ‘dialogue’ to build the narration gives the haibun the air of proper fiction.

Prompt 1: Write a haibun which creates a cheerful and happy state for the reader.

Prompt 2: Use dialogue form to narrate the story you want to tell the reader.

I am sharing two links to Ray Rasmussen’s haibun written in this dialogue format. Kindly check them out for reference or inputs.

The Story Teller: https://haibuntoday.thehaikufoundation.org/ht131/H_Rasmussen_Storyteller.html

What are you upto?: https://rays-blog.ca/2022/03/30/what-are-you-up-to/

Muse: https://simplyhaiku.thehaikufoundation.org/SHv5n2/haibun/Rasmussen.html

Haibun outside the prompt is welcome

I eagerly anticipate your haibun. 

Haibun outside the prompt is welcome too.  Thank you. Padma Priya

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Once again, a beautiful prompt, Padma.

I love your two-winged prompts!

_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.

Your unpublished (only one) haibun should be sent to: 

The Google link will be given in this space soon. This form will open only during the submission period. 

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The Haibun Gallery continues as is.

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