triveni spotlight: 21st May 2025
- Anju Kishore
- May 21
- 1 min read
triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Shloka Shankar
21st May 2025
triveni spotlight May 2025
day of silence
does onomatopoeia
count?
— Johannes S. H. Bjerg
Sonic Boom, Issue #11
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Theme: Metapoems & Language
I have always been fascinated by the creative process—the sacred act of writing itself, the repealing of the blank page. To celebrate the ars poetica and the building blocks of language, my curation for the month of May centres around metapoems. What happens when whole lexicons, adjectives, verbs, apostrophes, and schwas lace haiku with nuance and layers? How can grammatical terms form the backbone of a poem? I hope you enjoy unfolding these questions—and more—as you ponder these sixteen poems.
Shloka Shankar
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Many thanks to our guest editor Shloka Shankar for this month’s selection and theme. Poets, we look forward to your company on this fascinating tour of what language can do to the poetry of haiku.
_()_ triveni spotlight team
day of silence
does onomatopoeia
count?
— Johannes S. H. Bjerg
A sly, minimalist koan disguised as a question. Bjerg’s poem startles with its wit—day of silence ruptured by the sheer sound of “onomatopoeia.” It invites reflection on language, presence, and the noisy paradox of naming silence. Both playful and profound.
Thanks for posting this one Shloka, and for selecting such an engaging theme. Right up my alley.
---Billie