haikaiTALKS: one line 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

A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for May : 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 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

Editors on haikuKATHA: Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Guest Editor: Lakshmi Iyer Host: Srinivas Sambangi Featured Poet: Baisali Chatterjee A Thursday Feature 11th June 2026 Flamenco Baisali Chatterjee The wind tangoes with the flaming red gulmohar, the neighbouring leaves clapping and shivering to the beat. The clouds, unmoved by this wild passion, slink away, taking the rain with them. Another night of broken promises. the fading notes fr

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 10 June, 2026 poet of the month: Tracy Davidson bones sticking out at awkward angles yet she sees a fat girl in the mirror despite what the doctors say Femku, Issue 28, January 2024 comfort blanket the one well-chewed corner I return to being trapped in my shyness Take 5ive, Childhood Memories, 2023 cold silence in the classroom the

SUBMISSION calendar |june 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. smols https://smolspoetryjournal.blogspot.com//fivefleas.blogspot.com/ 6. Heliosparrow https://heliosparrow.com/submissions/ WEEKLY PROMPTS: 1.

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

Editors on haikuKATHA: Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Guest Editor: Lakshmi Iyer Host: Srinivas Sambangi Featured Poet: Geetanjali Rajan A Thursday Feature 18th June 2026 Orchestration Geetanjali Rajan A Tincture in Ether It’s as if paint splattered the sky salmon pink, amber, and then some orange and gold. The orange gets brighter, the glow almost ethereal, before gently fading into a dull shade of peach. Suddenly, the only colour left is

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Marilyn Ashbaugh 17th June 2026 triveni spotlight June 2026 after I wipe it down the cat comes in with muddy paws —Hosai (Tr. W. S. Wilson) The Haiku of Ozaki Hosai. Kodansha International, 1998. <> <> <> Feline Aesthetics Felines hold a rich, nuanced place in many cultures, and that sensibility carries beautifull

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 17 June, 2026 poet of the month: Tracy Davidson I speak of Leda how the swan embraced her breast on breast my voice falters at your touch those feather-like strokes Poetry Pea Journal 6:24, 2024 the shrink recommends we air our differences... the bars across the windows not all that stands between us Notes from the Gean, Feb 2013 sop