thinkALONG, 9 September 2025

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh

guest editor: Padma Rajeswari

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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“Man is by nature a social animal,” said Aristotle. Relationships are at the core of who we are. They shape our joys, soften our sorrows and often define chapters of our lives. Yet, they are constantly evolving.

We drift away from friends who once seemed inseparable. We move on to form new relationships: some fleeting and others that grow deep roots. There are bonds so enduring that even years of absence and miles of distance cannot diminish them; when you meet again, it feels as if no time has passed at all.

finding the old gate


between our yards


wild lilies

            - Jacquie Pearce

sibling reunion


each twist in the trail


a different view

            - Bruce H. Feingold

drifting mist

how we both dream

of fresh starts

            - Patricia Hawkhead

This week, I invite you to capture these delicate threads of relationships — to explore how relationships, in their many forms, shape the mosaic of our lives.