haikaiTALKS: Japanese aesthetics – Mujō |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. *** Please note: Keiko Izawa won't be

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: John Pappas 11th April 2026 triveni spotlight April 2026 sepulcher skies a face for each atrocity — Shloka Shankar Failed Haiku issue 99 <> <> <> Poetry of Resistance In 2007, Mexican artist Jorge Blake created an art installation consisting of a massive monolithic 75’ by 13’ brick wall. A copy of Franz Kafka’s

A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for April : Milan Rajkumar 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 1st of the previous month to the 30th or 31st of the previous month. FEEDBACK GUIDELINES ( Included as a guideline, please do not be constrained by these wh

Editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Guest Editor: Billie Dee Host: Srinivas Sambangi Featured Poet : Rainer Maria Rilke Introduction This five-part series explores haibun written in response to poems from the Western tradition. I think of this pairing as a kind of literary ekphrasis, not commentary, exactly, but entering a canonical field, listening, and answering back. A Thursday Feature 9th April 2026 This week, w

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: John Pappas 9th April 2026 triveni spotlight April 2026 family dinner our heated discussion on global warming — Rowan Beckett Minor 2025 HSA Brady Senryu Contest, 2nd Place <> <> <> Poetry of Resistance In 2007, Mexican artist Jorge Blake created an art installation consisting of a massive monolithic 75’ by 13’

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 8th April 2026 poet of the month: Pravat Kumar Padhy blue moon through the oncology window twisting aside I stare at the twinkling stars to become one amongst all Eucalypt, Issue 28, 2020 (Ed. Julie Thorndyke) birds’ song fades away into thin forest posters of darkened sky and sunken lakes at the Anthropocene conference Ribbons, Winter Iss

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: Aashna Goyal 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 each

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