triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Anju Kishore
15th January 2025
triveni spotlight January 2025
A Night Like No Other
The night is hot. Fireflies gather around the lamppost like little black clouds. My brother and I sit on the front steps eating watermelon and taking turns to see
who can spit their seeds the farthest.
From across the street, I can see the flicker of the neighbours TV, cutting
through the dark. It seems like everyone is up late tonight.
My dad flips the porch light, our signal to come inside. I carry the bowl of
watermelon rinds to the kitchen as my mum is still watching TV.
My almost 6-year-old mind is virtually blown. The moonwalk, the spacesuit, the
American flag, the one small step. I patiently wait for Marvin the Martian or the
Great Gazoo to pop out of a moon crater, but they don’t. Days later, my brother
and I continue to practice our moonwalks and pretend to plant Canadian flags
in the living room carpet. In our play, there are Martians.
dream state
a garden blooms
from moon dust
Reid Hepworth
haikuKATHA Issue 9
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Warmest New Year wishes to all of you from Triveni Spotlight!
Though any day of the year is good to begin something new, the first day of the new year comes with a tinkle of celebration. No better day than this to do something new here on Spotlight.
Presenting a collection of uplifting haibun this month, each that speaks of hope, peace, joy or acceptance, all from the archives of haikuKATHA.
May 2025 be filled with all of the above for you, dear poets.
Anju Kishore
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Thank you for being our next guest editor, Anju. We look forward to an uplifting start to the new year.
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This is such a realistically beautiful and serene family setting. So relatable! I love the way it flows, scene after scene!
Love this memory by Reid.