writeALONG 6 January 2026

A TUESDAY FEATURE

hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh

guest editor: Andrew Shimield

Only the unpublished poems (that are never published on any social media platform/journals/anthologies) posted here for each prompt will be considered for Triveni Haikai India's monthly journal -- haikuKATHA, each month.

Poets are requested to post poems (haiku/senryu) that adhere to the prompts/exercises given.

Only 1 poem to be posted in 24 hours. Total 2 poems per poet are allowed each week (numbered 1,2). So, revise your poems till 'words obey your call'.

If a poet wants feedback, then the poet must mention 'feedback welcome' below each poem that is being posted.

Responses are usually a mixture of grain and chaff. The poet has to be discerning about what to take for the final version of the poem or the unedited version will be picked up for the journal.

The final version should be on top of the original version for selection.

Poetry is a serious business. Give you best attempt to feature in haikuKATHA !!

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Happy New Year to all Triveni readers.

It’s not hard to find something to celebrate today, we are all starting a brand new year together.

Traditionally, New Year was its own ‘season’ and had its own series of kigo, a lot of them prefixed ‘first’: first sun, first sky, first market, first rooster etc. We could celebrate the New Year this way with a traditional seasonal verse, which would be a fine thing to do. But I’d be just as interested in you sharing your first haiku of the year, whatever that may be. An expression of intent to start 2026 as you mean to go on – by writing and sharing lots of beautiful haiku.

So please, pick up a new pen, get yourself a new notebook, write 2026 on the front and head on out into the new year and start to fill the pages. And don’t forget to share your first poems with us.

New Year’s day

sunlight on every field

is beloved                              

-        Bashō