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on New Year’s dawn,
sedately, the cranes
pace up and down
— Kikaku
more here: https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni-spotlight-17th-november-2025
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In the Indian tradition, Triveni means the confluence of three major rivers: Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarasvati.
Here, it signifies India, Japan, and the rest of the world coming together to revel in haikai literature.
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To create a common platform for all haikai poets, irrespective of boundaries both physical or imagined.
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A Peacock’s Cry: seasons of haiku/ reviewed by Padma Priya
A Peacock’s Cry seasons of haiku Written by Neena Singh (Sambhavna Prakashan, April 2025; 150 pp) Some books stay with you, like a sweet melody that tugs at your heart, and you keep humming the tune softly. This haiku collection by Neena Singh is one such book. Even after you finish reading it, you tend to come back to it, opening it at a random page, savouring the haiku that presents itself there. The cover art by Teji Sethi is very delicate and beautiful and works well wi
Nov 84 min read
haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 8th November 2025
haikaiTALKS: The Spacious Moment: Haiku and the Art of Presence |a saturday gathering under the banyan tree A Disclaimer Responsibility for the originality of the haikai rests solely with the submitting poet. If anyone feels that it is similar to another haikai, they are encouraged to contact the relevant poet directly . Triveni Haikai India will take any action as recommended by the submitting poet. *** Special Gu
Nov 82 min read
SUBMISSION calendar | November 2025
SUBMISSION calendar | november 2025 host : Lakshmi Iyer DAILY SUBMISSIONS: 1. Haiga Online https://www.dailyhaiga.org/submissions/ 2. Haikuniverse https://haikuniverse.com/submit/ 3. Mainichi Daily News https://mainichi.jp/english/contact/haiku/ 4. Black and White Haiga/Haisha https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/ 5. Five Fleas Itchy Poetry https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/ h ttps://fivefleas.blogspot.com/ 6. Heliosparrow https://heliosparrow.com/submi
Nov 12 min read
open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 16th November
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak mayfly things I'll think about tomorrow -Maria Tomczak ( The Heron’s Nest journal, Volume XXII, Number 4: December 2020 )
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HAIKUsutradhar : 14th November 2025
A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for October : Gauri Dixit OUR MISSION 1. To provide a new poetry workshop each Friday, along with a prompt. 2. To select haiku, senryu, and haiga each month for the journal, haikuKATHA. Each issue will select poems that were posted in this forum from the 3rd of the previous month to the 2nd of the current month. FEEDBACK GUIDELINES ( Included as a guideline, please do not be constrained by these while provin
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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 13th November 2025. Neena Singh - Guest Poet
host : Rupa Anand editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Lorraine Haig has stepped down from being a mentor for this forum. Triveni Haikai India and The Haibun Gallery are grateful for her exceptional feedback and responses over the last few years. Guest Poet: Neena Singh eena Singh A Thursday Feature 13th November Introduction: Walking the Line Between Prose and Poem The haibun is a quiet miracle of form—a blend of pros
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TANKA TAKE HOME — 12th November '25 Featuring poet: Reid Hepworth
hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! November, 2025 poet of the month: Reid Hepworth Reid, we thank you warmly for sharing your poems and for your thoughtful responses to our questions. 3. TTH: How do you develop a tanka? Please guide us through the stages of a poem. Writing is an organic process (to me), I don’t try to formulate it, I just let it come out naturally. The majo
5 days ago4 min read
open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 16th November
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak mayfly things I'll think about tomorrow -Maria Tomczak ( The Heron’s Nest journal, Volume XXII, Number 4: December 2020 )
1 day ago1 min read
thinkALONG! 11 November 2025
A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: C.X. Turner 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
6 days ago2 min read
open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 9th November
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak no place for the moon — wishing well -Mirela Brailean (The Heron's Nest, Vol XXIII.3, Sept 2021)
Nov 91 min read
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