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: Shloka Shanker Featured Poet: Norma Bradley A Thursday Feature January 29, 2026   taking flight Norma Bradley   a quiet day / the breeze gentle / raising wave upon wave / crashin

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: Shloka Shanker Featured Poet: Kat Lehmann A Thursday Feature January 22, 2026     A List of Foods for the End of the World     Kat Lehmann   Chocolate.   go bag eighty percent won

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: Shloka Shanker Featured Poet: Peter Jastermsky A Thursday Feature January 15, 2026     Reader’s Choice Peter Jastermsky   With me, it’s best to be brief. Like Hemingway, with bull

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: Shloka Shanker Featured Poet: Joshua St. Claire A Thursday Feature   January 8, 2026 Pease Say “Present” When I Call Your Name Joshua St. Claire   Ashlyn Ashton Braxton Brooklyn

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: Shloka Shanker Featured Poet: Peter Newton A Thursday Feature January 1, 2026   Shadow List Peter Newton   Certain topics I try to approach with caution in the writing of haiku:

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: Akila G A Thursday Feature 25th December Naming Ceremony The path to the volcano at Bandung, Indonesia, winds up and down through dense vegetation. Sh

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

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

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: Kala Ramesh A Thursday Feature 4th December Greetings to all of you!       My first baby step on Haibun was under the mentorship of Kala Ramesh. Kala