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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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To create a common platform for all haikai poets, irrespective of boundaries both physical or imagined.
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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 28th March 2026 Guest poet: Keiko Izawa
haikaiTALKS: Japanese aesthetics: Ichibutsu-jitate (single-image haiku) |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. *** Sp
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haikuKATHA - Issue 53
haikuKATHA unfolding the story within a monthly journal from Triveni Haikai India Issue 53 22 March 2026 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: Prakash Thombre ISSUE 53 Please post your feedback about the poems and the overall experience in this thre
Mar 211 min read
SUBMISSION calendar | April 2026
SUBMISSION calendar | april 2026 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/submissi
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indianKUKAI #53 - Call for Entries!
hosts: Kashinath Karmakar, Neena Singh, Amoolya Kamalnath and Rohan Kevin Broach indianKUKAI #53: April 2026 Namaste! Hello! We welcome you to the 53rd edition of indianKUKAI. indianKUKAI is a quarterly haiku contest, organised by Triveni Haikai India. Theme: touch The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should show the topic clearly. Poets are invited to write and submit their haiku on this theme during the allotted time. Please do not submit after the
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TANKA TAKE HOME — 1st April 2026 Featuring poet: Pravat Kumar Padhy
hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 1st April 2026 poet of the month: Pravat Kumar Padhy sublime smiles the painting portrays I adjust to live rewinding the coil of time in the shadows of my loneliness Notes From the Gean, Vol 2 Issue 2, 2010 (Tanka Ed. H. Gene Murtha) withered flowers I gather with love and care closing my eyes in the garden of memories I dream the greatn
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HAIKUsutradhar : 27th March 2026
A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for March : Saumya Bansal openHALL is back 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 t
6 days ago3 min read
THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 26th March 2026. Linda Papanicolaou - Guest Editor
Editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Guest Editor: Linda Papanicolaou Featured Poet : J. Zimmerman Host: Srinivas Sambangi A Thursday Feature 26th March 2026 Missing Man J. Zimmerman Mid-November after I rake the leaves I stand at Central and First, holding the Stars and Bars. All of them died in Nam — my brother Joe, my cousin Freddy, mom's youngest brother Jack. Sometimes I just have to come out on the streets and s
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laughALONG 31 March, 2026
A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: Jenny Shepherd 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 eac
2 days ago1 min read
open sky :: SAMVAAD/29th March
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak finding the old gate between our yards wild lilies - Jackquie Pearce ( Winner of Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Award, honorable mention ,2025 & published on the Heron's Nest website; to be featured in the poet's forthcoming collection, The Warm Land )
4 days ago1 min read
TANKA TAKE HOME — 25th March 2026 Featuring poet: Kanjini Devi
hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 25 th March 2026 poet of the month: Kanjini Devi calls of ruru from dusk to dawn punctuating rituals and prayers this Great Night of Shiva (haikuKATHA Issue 43, May 2025) Eight Precepts I've been at the monastery for several weeks. Joining the predawn chant--I soak up Sanskrit prayers like a sp
Mar 253 min read
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