hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak hard frost — the snail-hammerings of a song-thrush -Alan Summers (First published in Muttering Thunder, vol1, 2014, ed.Al lan Burns with Ron Moss; Runner-up The Haiku Calendar Competition, 2015; Blithe Spirit 33.3, August 2023)

haikaiTALKS: Fueki-ryūkō – The unchanging and ever-changing |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.        *** IMPORTAN

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Namratha Varadharajan 7th February 2026 triveni spotlight February 2026 telling my mother  she is my mother …  half a spoon of porridge   — Arvinder Kaur haikuKATHA issue 45    <> <> <> Liminal Haiku Some haiku do more than place the reader in a moment; they stir something—humor, tenderness, unease, recogniti

A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for February : Patricia J. Machmiller 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

editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Guest Editor: K. Ramesh Featured Poet: John Zheng A Thursday Feature February 5, 2026   Mid October in the Smoky Mountains by John Zheng We drive to see the fall foliage, but the cascades of color look as dull as a small town’s faded murals. At an overlook, an old couple tell us that it’s because there hasn’t been enough rain during the year. Then, for two days, thunderstorms and li

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Namratha Varadharajan 5th February 2026 triveni spotlight February 2026 the patient  listens open-mouthed  dentist's monologue  —Dipankar Dasgupta haikuKATHA issue 12    <> <> <> Liminal Haiku Some haiku do more than place the reader in a moment; they stir something—humor, tenderness, unease, recognition. The

hosts:  Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our   Wednesday Feature! 4th February, 2026 poet of the month:  Neal Whitman in winter nightfall is much like the dropping of a theatre curtain the show is over, go home Eucalypt 33, 2022 Distinguished Scribbler chosen by Amelia Fielden despots fear poets who welcome readers to have the last word — a rule of dictatorship is to control the narrative red lights, June

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts:  Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor:   Shloka Shankar 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 eac

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts : Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Namratha Varadharajan 3rd February 2026 triveni spotlight February 2026 summer breeze  the grass waves at anyone  who passes  —Xenia Tran haikuKATHA issue 7    <> <> <> Liminal Haiku Some haiku do more than place the reader in a moment; they stir something—humor, tenderness, unease, recognition. They pay clos