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the new recruit’s
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—Keiko Izawa
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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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SUBMISSION calendar | May 2026
SUBMISSION calendar |may 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/https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/ 6. Heliosparrow https://heliosparrow.com/submissions/ WEEK
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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 23rd May 2026
haikaiTALKS: zoom out|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. *** haikaiTALKS Guest poet: Srinivasa Rao Sambangi haikai
May 232 min read
haikuKATHA - Issue 55
haikuKATHA unfolding the story within a monthly journal from Triveni Haikai India Issue 55 22 May 2026 founder and managing editor: Kala Ramesh associate editors: Ashish Narain Firdaus Parvez Sanjuktaa Asopa Shalini Pattabiraman Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Vandana Parashar Vidya Shankar web editor: Ravi Kiran proofreader: Sushama Kapur cover art: Prakash Thombre ISSUE 55 Please post your feedback about the poems and the overall experience in this thread. Hearty congratula
May 211 min read
haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 30th May 2026
haikaiTALKS: time in 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. *** haikaiTALKS Guest poet: Srinivasa Rao Sambangi h
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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 28th May 2026 Teji Sethi - Guest Editor
Editors on haikuKATHA: Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Guest Editor: Teji Sethi Host: Srinivas Sambangi Featured Poet: Shobhana Kumar A Thursday Feature 28th May 2026 Shobhana Kumar Act Two Scene One (The lights black out. A silhouette of a bedroom. The only sounds are a man’s breathing, the clock ticking.) between bird calls the pressure-cooker beckons Voice 1 (Lady in the audience): What will it take for you to look at me? How much mor
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TANKA TAKE HOME — 27th May, 2026 Featuring poet: Stacey Dye
hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 27th May, 2026 poet of the month: Stacey Dye false spring tricks the larkspur to bloom… you tease me with the warmth of your words Moonbathing, Spring/Summer 2021 never again will your name cross these lips— some bridges once burned forever remain ashes the art of tanka, fall/winter 2023 to you I am invisible but surely you feel me— I am the win
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HAIKUsutradhar : 22nd May 2026
A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for May : Padma Priya 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 these wh
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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 30th May 2026
haikaiTALKS: time in 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. *** haikaiTALKS Guest poet: Srinivasa Rao Sambangi h
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HAIKUsutradhar : 29th May 2026
A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for May : Padma Priya 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 1st of the previous month to the 30th or 31st of the previous month. FEEDBACK GUIDELINES ( Included as a guideline, please do not be constrained by these while prov
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writeALONG, 26 May 2026
A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: Padma Priya 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 w
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