triveni spotlight: 29th May 2026
- Anju Kishore
- May 29
- 1 min read
triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Surashree Joshi
29th May 2026
triveni spotlight May 2026
pre-spring rose
the new recruit’s
modest makeup
—Keiko Izawa
tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryu, issue 15
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Into the bloom
Hello all!
For this month, I have chosen the theme ‘flowers’. I have never been interested in gardening. But I love flowers. I don’t like to buy them because I firmly believe that their true place is on the trees and plants. Let me tell you what truly interests me about flowers: they have symbolism; they have different meanings; they have their own language. All the possible human emotions can be expressed without using a single word but with the help of flowers.
Surashree Joshi
An apt theme for the month, Surashree. We look forward to indulging in some floral therapy while the heat soars in many parts of the world. Thank you for this, Sur!
Team Triveni Spotlight
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St Tropez!
I've been to both as a child of the 60s!
re:
pre-spring rose
the new recruit’s
modest makeup
—Keiko Izawa
tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryu, issue 15
It's surprising how adjectives can really come into their own in some haiku. We taught across the creative writing arts to avoid adjectives and adverbs, and yet which is better:
pre-spring rose
the new recruit’s
modest makeup
or
pre-spring rose
the new recruit’s
makeup
or
pre-spring rose
the recruit’s
makeup
or
pre-spring rose the recruit’s makeup
versus
pre-spring rose the new recruit’s modest makeup
Each prefix or adjective breathes life into the haiku:
i.e.
pre-spring rose the new recruit’s modest makeup
I doubt we are in the…
Nice!!