triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Vidya Shankar 17th December 2025 triveni spotlight December 2025 with or without you snowdrops   —Reid Hepworth Wales Haiku, Winter 2025     <> <> <> Ode to the One-line Haiku Coming from a free verse background, my venture into haiku was with the sole purpose of understanding, learning, and practicing the ec

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts:  Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor:  Joanna Ashwell     Only the unpublished  poems (that are never  published on any  social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's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 allo

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Vidya Shankar 15th December 2025 triveni spotlight December 2025 blow away the tiny spider on the book with spring breeze   —Namratha Varadharajan Bones Journal, Issue 25    <> <> <> Ode to the One-line Haiku Coming from a free verse background, my venture into haiku was with the sole purpose of understanding

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak whaling station — the weight of rust on the snowline                -Ron C Moss (3rd Anita Sadler Weiss Memorial Haiku Awards,2007, 2nd place; Published in Dragonfly , 2007; republished in The Bone Carver by Ron C Moss, Snapshot Press, 2014)

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Vidya Shankar 13th December 2025 triveni spotlight December 2025 toward the deep heart shape of two herons   —Matthew Caretti Acorn 54, Spring 2025    <> <> <> Ode to the One-line Haiku Coming from a free verse background, my venture into haiku was with the sole purpose of understanding, learning, and practic

haikaiTALKS: The Quiet Edges of Presence: a Winter Sabi Series |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. *** Special Gue

A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for December : 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 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 while provi

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

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Vidya Shankar 11th December 2025 triveni spotlight December 2025 a trip down memory lane nothing but chatterboxes    —Lakshmi Iyer Failed Haiku, June 2024    <> <> <> Ode to the One-line Haiku Coming from a free verse background, my venture into haiku was with the sole purpose of understanding, learning, and