A TUESDAY FEATURE
hosts: Muskaan Ahuja, Lakshmi Iyer
guest editor: Vandana Parashar
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Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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 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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We, humans, tend to look for music and rhythm in everything around us. Whether it’s the rhythm of the rain or the thumping heart of our loved one, whether it’s a birdsong or a hit number by our favourite singer, the music is therapeutic and reassuring. But, it's always said that rhyming should be avoided in haiku.
Should it always be the case or can sometimes an unintentional rhyming take the haiku to a new height?
Take Edward’s ku as an example and try to write haiku with an inherent rhythm and see how your heart dances to that.
rain on dew
the you
in your daughter’s eulogy
--- Edward Cody Huddleston