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the slow thrum of serenity a cat's purr

— monoku by Vidya Premkumar

more here: https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni-spotlight-27th-october-2025

guest editor: Rupa Anand

namaskar

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 promote the enjoyment of haikai and tanka literature among Indians living in India and elsewhere.

To create a common platform for all haikai poets, irrespective of boundaries both physical or imagined.

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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 18th October 2025

haikaiTALKS: Five Senses & Tanmatras |a saturday gathering under the banyan tree A Disclaimer Responsibility for the originality of the...

Oct 182 min read

SUBMISSION calendar | October 2025

SUBMISSION calendar | october 2025 hosts : Amoolya Kamalnath & 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 ...

Oct 12 min read

indianKUKAI #51-Call for Entries!

hosts: Kashinath Karmakar, Neena Singh, Amoolya Kamalnath and Rohan Kevin Broach indianKUKAI #51: October 2025 Namaste! Hello! We welcome you to the 51st edition of indianKUKAI. indianKUKAI is a quarterly haiku contest, organised by Triveni Haikai India. Theme: autumn sunset The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should show the topic clearly. Poets are invited to write and submit their haiku on this theme during the allotted time. Please do not submit

Oct 11 min read

open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 26th October

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak solitude... the season for losing one glove - Ed Bremson (Haiku Master of the Week 3, HAIKU MASTERS, NHK WORLD, JAPAN TV,January 2018; THF Per Diem, May 2019 )

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HAIKUsutradhar : 24th October 2025

A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for October : Joanna Ashwell openHALL is back 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 b

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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 23rd October 2025. Joanna Ashwell - Guest Poet

host : Rupa Anand editors on haikuKATHA : Shalini Pattabiraman, Vidya Shankar, Firdaus Parvez and Kala Ramesh Lorraine Haig has stepped...

5 days ago3 min read

TANKA TAKE HOME — 22nd October '25 Featuring poet: Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! October 22nd, 2025 poet of the month: Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton family photo: my father’s father before the booze before the house was lost before we inherited fear Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka , Volume 4 speaking of your courage and kindness 13 years later your brother brings you home again Beyond the Grave , Robert Epstein, editor

6 days ago3 min read

laughALONG 28 October 2025

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: Mohua Maulik Only the unpublished poems (that are never published...

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open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 26th October

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak solitude... the season for losing one glove - Ed Bremson (Haiku Master of the Week 3, HAIKU MASTERS, NHK WORLD, JAPAN TV,January 2018; THF Per Diem, May 2019 )

2 days ago1 min read

writeALONG 21 October 2025

A TUESDAY FEATURE hosts: Padma Rajeswari, K. Ramesh guest editor: Mohua Maulik 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

Oct 212 min read

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triveni spotlight

the slow thrum of serenity a cat's purr— monoku by Vidya Premkumarmore here: https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni-spotlight-27th-october-2025guest editor: Rupa Anand

namaskar

our mission

featured posts

haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 18th October 2025

SUBMISSION calendar | October 2025

indianKUKAI #51-Call for Entries!

open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 26th October

recent posts

HAIKUsutradhar : 24th October 2025

THE HAIBUN GALLERY: 23rd October 2025. Joanna Ashwell - Guest Poet

TANKA TAKE HOME — 22nd October '25 Featuring poet: Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

laughALONG 28 October 2025

open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 26th October

writeALONG 21 October 2025

the slow thrum of serenity a cat's purr

— monoku by Vidya Premkumar

more here: https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni-spotlight-27th-october-2025

guest editor: Rupa Anand