thinkALONG! 6 August

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, K.Ramesh

guest editor: Adelaide Shaw

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's monthly journal -- haikuKATHA, each month.

Poets are requested to post poems (haiku/senryu) that adhere to the prompts/exercises given.

Only 1 poem to be posted in 24 hours. Total 2 poems per poet are allowed each week (numbered 1,2). So, revise your poems till 'words obey your call'.

If a poet wants feedback, then the poet must mention 'feedback welcome' below each poem that is being posted.

Responses are usually a mixture of grain and chaff. The poet has to be discerning about what to take for the final version of the poem or the unedited version will be picked up for the journal.

The final version should be on top of the original version for selection.

Poetry is a serious business. Give you best attempt to feature in haikuKATHA !!

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The aesthetic Shiori,means “to bend,” “to wither,” “to be flexible. Haiku with Shiori has more than one meaning, all of which have the feeling of sadness, as distinct from pity. The sadness would be a mood and not personal.

the ten dumplings, too

are smaller already:

the autumn wind      

--- Kyoriku

MaketoUeda explains:  It is autumn; the dumplings are smaller; the village dumpling makers have less money; the traveler has less to eat; man and nature must change with time.The mood is one of sadness

New Year’s Day:

dead chrysanthemums remain

at the garden’s edge     

--- Shiki

Since Shiki was ill most of his life, this could be about his anticipation of  death, death in general, or the sadness of a neglected garden.

The challenge for this week is to write a haiku with Shiori.