writeALONG! 16 April

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, K.Ramesh

guest editor: Iqra Raza

Please note: 

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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mixed in

with the instructions

her perfume

--- Tom Clausen

This ku really stood out to me, primarily because of its incorporation of Synesthesia (combining two different kinds of sensory inputs). I imagine the poet being instructed to do something - requiring aural skill – but he is at the same time, hyper aware of the fragrance the

instructor is wearing – activating the olfactory sense as well. Interestingly, this is not a reference to distractedness where the fragrance overtakes his ability to comprehend instructions, but instead “mix(es)” in with the instructions making it a truly synesthetic experience

Haiku Prompt: Write a ku that incorporates an element/instance of Synesthesia.