thinkALONG! 7 January

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, K.Ramesh

guest editor: Arvinder Kaur

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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This is the season of introspection and of retrospection, of deep contemplation and of meditation. The times gone by have been ridden with wars. There has been unprecedented human suffering. But humanity has always been evolving. There is also kindness and compassion. Let us not be bogged down by the past. Let us look at the New year with hope and optimism and a sense of determination to create a better world.

“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic and we’ll change the world.” 

--- Jack Layton

What do you take away from the lines above? Let us know through your poems.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025!!