hosts:  Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our   Wednesday Feature! 7th January, 2026 poet of the month:  Cherie Hunter Day limbs after leaf fall we sort out solutions to x and y whole numbers without any remainders for Want (2017) Ornithopter Press so few women make careers in science through a microscope the beauty of an amoeba as it changes shape Tanka 2020, Red Moon Press (2020)   Cherie, we thank you w

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts:  Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor:   Andrew Shimield Only the unpublished  poems (that are never  published on any  social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai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

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak arrowroot being heartbroken grows on you -M R Defibaugh (Frogpond, 44.2)

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: Peter Newton A Thursday Feature January 1, 2026   Shadow List Peter Newton   Certain topics I try to approach with caution in the writing of haiku:

hosts:  Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our   Wednesday Feature! 31st December, 2025 poet of the month:  Michele L. Harvey it’s said an apple  doesn’t fall far from the tree  but then  I was born on a hill  with a sharp incline   Gusts, Fall/Winter 2017   all I need  in the conversation of clouds  they too  talk of comings and goings   and moments in the sun   Ribbons, Tanka Café, Winter 2010 Simple Gifts

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

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak New Year's Day I hold the bridge pose                -Maeve O'Sullivan (Modern Haiku 52.2, 2021)

A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for December : Gauri Dixit openHALL is back 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