haikuKATHA - Issue 51
- ravi kiran
- Jan 21
- 1 min read
haikuKATHA unfolding the story within a monthly journal from Triveni Haikai India
Issue 51 22 January 2026 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: Prakash Thombre
ISSUE 51
Please post your feedback about the poems and the overall experience in this thread.
Hearty congratulations to all the poets featured in our Fifty-First Issue!
Here's wishing haikuKATHA goes from strength to strength each month!
ISSUE 51 is now LIVE!!
In 2022/23, associate editors K. Ramesh, Shobhana Kumar, Madhuri Pillai, Akila G., Reid Hepworth, and Hemapriya Chellappan stepped down for personal reasons. A huge thank you to all six excellent editors. We wish them the very best.
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Thank you, Kala and Triveni team for choosing my poems and for the special privilege of Editor’s choice! Ashish’s comments touched me deep and I appreciate it much. It is an absolute pleasure to be here to learn, share and grow together. Thanks to all the participants too!
Such a beautiful issue that is so uplifting and inspiring to read. Thank you to all the team for their constant hard-work in producing this. I am always honoured to be included.
Great thanks to Kala Ramesh and the entire team of editors at THI. The world of haiku poets is an inspiration to me, and it is a pleasure to be here and work with everyone. Although I have been here only a short time, I have learned a lot. Best regards.
Congratulations to you dear Kala and the entire editorial HaikuKATHA team for another one of your beautiful editions💖thank you for all your hard work and devotion 💖congratulations to all featured 💝
Dear Kala and haikuKATHA editorial family,
I express you all my gratitude for featuring my haiku/tanka/tanka prose for your distinguished monthly haikai journal, haikuKATHA, No.51 January 2026 issue. As always, I’m massively encouraged to keep up my writing.
I salute you all for your tireless hard work, energy and dedication to continue the beautiful journal every month. Certainly globalization and diversity are its commendable aspects.
wishing you all for all the good luck for its continuation in the future!!!