triveni spotlight: 01 February 2024

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY! hosts: Vidya Shankar and Teji Sethi GUEST EDITOR: Namratha Varadharajan 01 February 2024

like a ripple

that chases the slightest caress

of the breeze —

is that how you want me

to follow you?

— Ono no Komachi

First published in The Ink Dark Moon, translated by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani

My theme is haikai poems from books I have read and enjoyed and want to share with the Triveni family. Each poem is from a different book and there are a range of subjects. Hope you and Triveni visitors enjoy the poems.

— Namratha Varadharajan

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Thank you for being our next guest editor, Namratha. It will be great to read poems immortalized on paper. I am sure our members will look forward to reading your selections all through this month.

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