haikuKATHA unfolding the story within a monthly journal from Triveni Haikai India Issue 49 22 November 2025 founder and managing editor: Kala Ramesh associate editors: Ashish Narain Firdaus Parvez Priti Aisola Sanjuktaa Asopa Shalini Pattabiraman Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Vandana Parashar Vidya Shankar web editor : Ravi Kiran proofreader : Sushama Kapur cover art: Priti Aisola ISSUE 49 Please post your feedback about the poems and the overall experience on this thre

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

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Joanna Ashwell 21st November 2025 triveni spotlight November 2025   the grebe when it becomes lonely dives into the water   —Hino Sojo Translated by Ueda Makoto    <> <> <> Sharing our World with Animals Haiku are a beloved way of capturing the world around us. They record the timeless moments in n

host : Rupa Anand 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 : Neena Singh featured poet: Rich Youmans A Thursday Feature 20th November Introduction: Walking the Line Between Prose and Poem The haibun is a quiet miracle of

hosts:  Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our   Wednesday Feature! 19th November, 2025 poet of the month:  Reid Hepworth Reid, we thank you warmly for sharing your poems and for your thoughtful responses to our questions. 4. TTH: Who are your favourite tanka poets? In addition to tanka what other genres of poetry do you write or read? Tell us about some of the books you've enjoyed.  RH: Oh my gosh, there ar

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Joanna Ashwell 19th November 2025 triveni spotlight November 2025   all the long day singing, singing, yet not enough: a skylark   —Basho Translated by Barnhill DL    <> <> <> Sharing our World with Animals Haiku are a beloved way of capturing the world around us. They record the timeless moments i

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts:  Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor:  C.X. Turner     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

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Joanna Ashwell 17th November 2025 triveni spotlight November 2025   on New Year’s dawn, sedately, the cranes pace up and down   —Kikaku Translated by Blyth RH    <> <> <> Sharing our World with Animals Haiku are a beloved way of capturing the world around us. They record the timeless moments in nat

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak   mayfly things I'll think about tomorrow -Maria Tomczak ( The Heron’s Nest journal, Volume XXII, Number 4: December 2020 )