triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 17th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 em dash — going to great lengths to make a point —Bonnie J Scherer haikuKATHA issue, September 2023    <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one t

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 15th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 spring rain: the uneaten ducks quack — Kobayashi Issa ( Tr by Susumu Takiguchi)    <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one that makes me giggle

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 13th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 empty threats  a dog barks down  the wombat hole  —Lorraine Haig haikuKATHA issue 34 August 2024    <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one that

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 11th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 snow pellets the cat sitssssssssssss on my keyboard —an'ya haikuKATHA : Issue 29, March 2024 The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one that makes me giggle or

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 9th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 days getting longer –          I part with a friend who caught a yawn from me   —Natsume Soseki ( Tr by Susumu Takiguchi)    <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 7th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 face reading … nothing new to say about my husband   —Lakshmi Iyer haikuKATHA issue 6    <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one that makes me g

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 5th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 fresh cement — this urge to leave a paw print   —Billie Dee haikuKATHA issue 47     <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one that makes me giggle

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 1st January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 the tiny arms of a tyrannosaurus rex how you like to point out my insecurities   —Susan Burch  haikuKATHA issue 37     <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 1st January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.   —Kobayashi Issa (Tr by Robert Hass)    <> <> <> The Lightness of Being Humor in haikai is what first drew me to this extraordinary genre of poetry. Humor that is subtle or overt, one tha