triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY!
hosts: Teji Sethi and Kala Ramesh
guest editor: Stanford M. Forrester/sekiro
Theme: The Editor's Best Haiku from bottle rockets
styrofoam cup
gonna need to
plant something Robert Epstein
(br23/12:1)
Triveni Haikai India
Walking through some of the back issues of bottle rocket a collection of short verse
bottle rockets is a haiku literary magazine that has been in print for 23 years. At the invitation of Kala Ramesh, I have gone through ten or so back issues and have chosen some haiku, senryu, and short poems that I feel have contributed to the magazine's overall feel. I'm happy to share these poems with the readers of Triveni Haikai India. My only wish is that you will enjoy reading them as much as I have.
—Stanford M. Forrester/sekiro, editor of bottle rockets press
A deep thought expressed in such simple words. Lovely
This is such an interesting poem. Like a "bright idea." Styrofoam is not recyclable and so at odds with environmental issues, buy this brings to mind little Styrofoam cups with seeds growing small plants. A classroom view. But also the gonna need to plant something is a juxtaposed thought. If I use a non-envirinmental material, I need to compensate by doing something good...like "planting something".