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with or without you snowdrops
— one-line haiku by Reid Hepworth
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In the Indian tradition, Triveni means the confluence of three major rivers: Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarasvati.
Here, it signifies India, Japan, and the rest of the world coming together to revel in haikai literature.
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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 13th December 2025 Billee Dee
haikaiTALKS: The Quiet Edges of Presence: a Winter Sabi Series |a saturday gathering under the banyan tree A Disclaimer Responsibility for the originality of the haikai rests solely with the submitting poet. If anyone feels that it is similar to another haikai, they are encouraged to contact the relevant poet directly . Triveni Haikai India will take any action as recommended by the submitting poet. *** Special Gue
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Triveni Utsav and Awards 2025
Triveni Utsav 2025 - held on 14th September 2025 Guest Speakers: Michael Dylan Welch Susan Antolin Triveni Haiku Awards 2025 Contest Judges: Ashish Narain Michael DylanWelch Below is the link to view the utsav on our Triveni YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbY4KX5Ggdc The Special Issue is now LIVE!! *****
Nov 281 min read
haikuKATHA - Issue 49
haikuKATHA unfolding the story within a monthly journal from Triveni Haikai India Issue 49 22 November 2025 founder and managing editor: Kala Ramesh associate editors: Ashish Narain Firdaus Parvez Priti Aisola Sanjuktaa Asopa Shalini Pattabiraman Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Vandana Parashar Vidya Shankar web editor : Ravi Kiran proofreader : Sushama Kapur cover art: Priti Aisola ISSUE 49 Please post your feedback about the poems and the overall experience on this thre
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SUBMISSION calendar | November 2025
SUBMISSION calendar | november 2025 host : Lakshmi Iyer DAILY SUBMISSIONS: 1. Haiga Online https://www.dailyhaiga.org/submissions/ 2. Haikuniverse https://haikuniverse.com/submit/ 3. Mainichi Daily News https://mainichi.jp/english/contact/haiku/ 4. Black and White Haiga/Haisha https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/ 5. Five Fleas Itchy Poetry https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/ h ttps://fivefleas.blogspot.com/ 6. Heliosparrow https://heliosparrow.com/submi
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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 18th December 2025. Lakshmi Iyer - Guest Editor
editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Lorraine Haig has stepped down from being a mentor for this forum. Triveni Haikai India and The Haibun Gallery are grateful for her exceptional feedback and responses over the last few years. Guest Editor: Lakshmi Iyer Featured Poet: Shobhana Kumar A Thursday Feature 18th December Fairy Tales Appa likes to smoke the house every evening. It is an elaborate ritual he revels in and we
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TANKA TAKE HOME — 17th December '25 Featuring poet: Michele L. Harvey
hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 17th December, 2025 poet of the month: Michele L. Harvey as if there were magic yet in this world the syncing little lamps of fireflies in the field Ribbons, Autumn 2018 constellations formed by fallen leaves of a sweet gum... I reach down to touch the stars MET, Spring 2008 Michele, we thank you warmly for sharing your po
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HAIKUsutradhar : 12th December 2025
A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for December : Gauri Dixit OUR MISSION 1. To provide a new poetry workshop each Friday, along with a prompt. 2. To select haiku, senryu, and haiga each month for the journal, haikuKATHA. Each issue will select poems that were posted in this forum from the 3rd of the previous month to the 2nd of the current month. FEEDBACK GUIDELINES ( Included as a guideline, please do not be constrained by these while provi
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thinkALONG! 16 December 2025
A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: Joanna Ashwell 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 allo
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open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 14th December
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak whaling station — the weight of rust on the snowline -Ron C Moss (3rd Anita Sadler Weiss Memorial Haiku Awards,2007, 2nd place; Published in Dragonfly , 2007; republished in The Bone Carver by Ron C Moss, Snapshot Press, 2014)
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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 11th December 2025. Lakshmi Iyer - Guest Editor
editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Lorraine Haig has stepped down from being a mentor for this forum. Triveni Haikai India and The Haibun Gallery are grateful for her exceptional feedback and responses over the last few years. Guest Editor: Lakshmi Iyer Featured Poet: Teji Sethi A Thursday Feature 11th December Blame it on Amygdala The smell of phenol floats in the morning fog. At the entrance, I slip my feet
Dec 113 min read
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