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more here: https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni-spotlight-17th-january-2026
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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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haikaiTALKS: a saturday gathering! 17th January 2026 Guest poet: Keiko Izawa
haikaiTALKS: Japanese aesthetics – Miyabi |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 Guest Poet : Keiko Izawa
1 day ago2 min read
SUBMISSION calendar | January 2026
SUBMISSION calendar | January 2026 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/submis
Jan 1, 20262 min read
indianKUKAI #52-Call for Entries!
hosts: Kashinath Karmakar, Neena Singh, Amoolya Kamalnath and Rohan Kevin Broach indianKUKAI #52: January 2026 Namaste! Hello! We welcome you to the 52nd edition of indianKUKAI. indianKUKAI is a quarterly haiku contest, organised by Triveni Haikai India. Theme: first sunrise 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
Jan 1, 20261 min read
haikuKATHA - Issue 50
haikuKATHA unfolding the story within a monthly journal from Triveni Haikai India Issue 50 22 December 2025 founder and managing editor: Kala Ramesh associate editors: Ashish Narain Firdaus Parvez Priti Aisola Sanjuktaa Asopa Shalini Pattabiraman Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Vandana Parashar Vidya Shankar web editor : Ravi Kiran proofreader : Sushama Kapur cover art: Priti Aisola ISSUE 50 Please post your feedback about the poems and the overall experience on this thre
Dec 21, 20251 min read
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HAIKUsutradhar : 16th January 2026
A FRIDAY FEATURE Host: Gauri Dixit Mentor: Kanjini Devi Prompter for January : Lorraine Haig 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 prov
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THE HAIBUN GALLERY: January 15, 2026. Shloka Shankar - Guest Editor
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 Editor: Shloka Shanker Featured Poet: Peter Jastermsky A Thursday Feature January 15, 2026 Reader’s Choice Peter Jastermsky With me, it’s best to be brief. Like Hemingway, with bull
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TANKA TAKE HOME — 14th January '26 Featuring poet: Cherie Hunter Day
hosts: Firdaus Parvez, Kala Ramesh, Priti Aisola & Suraja Menon Roychowdhury Introducing a new perspective to our Wednesday Feature! 14th January, 2026 poet of the month: Cherie Hunter Day clear night, owl night through the tissue of darkness an exchange their grip of honed surfaces my sinew and bone Tangled Hair 3 (2001) This is an example of a 1/2/2 shift. a songbird’s nest held all winter to the sky now the greening ash fills in between its branches somet
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open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 18th January
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak jan etc. dec -David Eyre (Bones, March 15 issue, 2019; later included in the poet's collection The Nothing That Is, Red Moon Press, 2021)
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writeALONG 13 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 ea
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open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 11th January
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak the fate lines we are born with potter's wheel -Arvinder Kaur (Wales Haiku Journal, winter issue, 2024)
Jan 111 min read
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