writeALONG! 30 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Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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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multiple tabs

my husband opens solitaire

as I enter

--- Vandana Parashar

There is a lot of ambiguity in this ku which allows the readers to build their own contexts for it. One way to read it would be to think of it as a dishonest partnership where the man is hiding something unpleasant from his wife. However, an opposite reading would be to think of it as a sweet gesture- the husband is planning a surprise for his wife and hence needs to hide the details. Either way, this ku is full of anxiety and the readers can’t help but feel some of it.

Haiku Prompt: Write a ku that can be read in two completely different ways because of the

incorporation of an element of ambiguity