triveni spotlight: 23rd November 2025
- Anju Kishore
- Nov 23
- 1 min read
triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Joanna Ashwell
23rd November 2025
triveni spotlight November 2025
passing in the sky
wild geese call: that instant
a feel of the mid-air
—Yamaguchi Seishi
Translated by Ueda Makoto
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Sharing our World with Animals
Haiku are a beloved way of capturing the world around us. They record the timeless moments in nature and the living creatures that share our space. The haiku I want to present to you over the coming month are all from a precious book that sings with animals as they enter our thoughts and surroundings. Many of the old haiku masters are presented with their own unique way of expression.
I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I do.
Feel free to comment and let us know what you enjoy about these.
Source:
The British Museum Haiku: Animals
Edited by Mavis Pilbeam
The British Museum Press 2010
Joanna Ashwell
Dear poets, last month we had Rupa showing us how contemporary poets viewed the presence of 'fellow-beings' in our world and responded to the way they are a part of our lives. This month, Joanna leads us down the classics path to discover what the masters saw and how they expressed the same idea.
Thank you, Joanna. We are following you eagerly :)
Team Triveni Spotlight
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passing in the sky
wild geese call: that instant
a feel of the mid-air
It's called a mid-line caesura.
It's a pause or break in the middle of a line of poetry, often indicated by punctuation like a dash, a comma or an ellipsis in haiku
This haiku is good to relate and wonder about the feeling of being there in midair. The call of geese invites us look up. So nicely penned to feel that wonder! Thanks for the share, Joanna!
This haiku has many layers. If anyone could explain the colon and the lines thereafter...
I loved it.