A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for January : Lorraine Haig 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 prov

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

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 29th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 deep into the night I grope for a pillow to muffle his snores —Priya Narayanan haikuKATHA issue 8    <> <> <> 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

hosts:  Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our   Wednesday Feature! 28th January, 2026 poet of the month:  Cherie Hunter Day status update about orienteering with his daughter his gift of a compass after I lost my way Ribbons 9:1 (2013)   waiting all day for sunlight to lose its blue wavelengths the camera lens picks up each intrusion of shadow Skylark  2:1 (2014)    I examine the creases on the palms of my

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts:  Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor:   Andrew Shimield Only the unpublished  poems (that are never  published on any  social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai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

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 27th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 new perm the bus passengers make a wide berth —Reid Hepworth haikuKATHA issue 9    <> <> <> 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

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak from the open window woodpecker ... punctuates my haiku -Charlotte Digregorio (First place, Modern haiku category,IllinoisState Poetry Society Annual Contest, 2017)

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Mohua Maulik 25th January 2026 triveni spotlight January 2026 long phone call — the smell of burnt rice from the kitchen —Daipayan Nair haikuKATHA issue 8    <> <> <> 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 mak

haikaiTALKS: Japanese aesthetics – Miyabi |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 Guest Poet : Keiko Izawa