Saturday, July 28, 2018


Reminiscing  the Manuscripts of Four Decades Ago: Some of My Haiku-like Poems

half-moon in the sky
her body veiled in mixed
colours of clouds

Publication Credits: “Life”, Deepti, Vol.8, Issue III, Oct-Dec 1978 (translated from Odia), Ed. Shasidhar Pattnaik
The Living Anthology, Don Baird, Editor in Chief

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The remoteness of separation
I writhe
Like a leaf
Falling from the tree

Publication Credit: “Separation”, Poet, Vol. 28. No.10, 1987 (Ed. Krishna Srinivas)

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Try best
Like a bird
Reaching
To its nest

Publication Credit: “A Better Living”, Kavita India, Vol. III, Nos. 2&3, July-Dec 1990, (Ed. A. Chittaranjan Sahay)

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it is tiny
because it nests with care
the mightiest in it

“Interviews with Indians Writing in English” (Writers Workshop Publication, Calcutta, 1992), edited by Atma Ram.

*****
Dog is misspelled
the child discovered
the Great 

Publication Credits: “God”, World Poetry Anthology, 1992 (Ed. Krishna Srinivas)
Lynx-Aha Poetry, XXV:1 Feb 2010 (Ed. Werner Reichhold)

The Living Haiku Anthology, Don Baird, Editor in Chief

Friday, July 6, 2018

a distant call--
adjusting the gap between
the needle and thread

Haikuuniverse,  6 .7.2018 (Ed. Rick Lupert)
http://www.haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-pravat-kumar-padhy-5/


Monday, July 2, 2018



Failed Haiku, Vol.3, Issue 31, 2018

http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue31.pdf