writeALONG! 19 August, 2025

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh

guest editor: Lakshmi Iyer

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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Global Festivals : Switch yours with the ones on a foreign land!

Sakura can wait, isn’t it? Try a foreign festival which you have heard about and experienced, maybe Yes or No! It isn’t a compulsion but one can always try.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays

My poem in Scarlet Dragonfly - Special Issue, Halloween 2023

‘Helloeen’

the child wishes half

of the word in-out

I haven’t experienced Halloween and the need of the poem allowed my thoughts to reciprocate as if I knew about it. So writeALONG!

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