spring morning
the flock of
herons
with a piece of
sky
Autumn Moon Haiku, 7.2 Spring-Summer 2024 (Ed. Astrid Andreescu)
Image: Smita Padhy
the flock of
herons
with a piece of
sky
Autumn Moon Haiku, 7.2 Spring-Summer 2024 (Ed. Astrid Andreescu)
Tu Fu--
the differently-abled
near the Great
Wall
tsuri-dōrō, May-June
Issue #24, 2024 (Ed. Tony
Pupello)
On an invitation from the English-Speaking Union of
Japan (ESUJ),
I participated in the Zoom Meeting on 22 June 2024 as a panelist to discuss the collection, “Night Jasmine” by Goran
Gatalica. The deliberation was very insightful. Mr. Goran Gatalica, Prof. Arran Stibbe, Dr. Julia Jorge, Mr. Yuzo Ono, Ms. Miho
Kinnas, Ms. Geethanjali Rajan, and Ms. Emiko Miyashita graced
the occasion.
still with a silhouette
of calmness
Poetry Pea, 2.24 April 2024 (Ed. Patricia McGuiri)
the morning enters
without a knock
Frogpond, 35.3, 2012
Mann Library’s Daily Haiku, February 1, 2021
*****
red carpet--
the monks walk
barefoot
Gems: An Anthology of Haiku, Senryu and Sedoka, The Bamboo Hut Press, 2014
Mann Library’s Daily Haiku, February 1, 2021
*****
flowing river--
the bereaved
girl holds
a palm-full of
water
Editor’s Choice, Acorn, Issue #33, Fall 2014
*****
thick clouds--
a gap takes me
to the ocean
Modern Haiku, Issue 46.2, 2015
*****
street dog--
an old man shares
his silence
Presence 70,
2021
*****
braided hair--
the breeze
shaping
the waterfall
Editor’s Choice, Stardust
Haiku, Issue 55, July 2021
*****
motherhood--
how tenderly clouds
hold the rain
Second Place, Indian Kukai, The Haikai
India, September 2021
*****
frozen pond
the missing
sound
of skipping
stones
The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
-Albert Einstein
By Pravat Kumar Padhy
During my college days, I used to make a point to have a quick glance at the literature section. Since then, it has been always my habit to visit the nearby library during my stay on official tours. I enquire with my colleagues or from the help desk of the hotels about the nearby location. On the weekend, I make a breezy walk holding my notebook and note down the new arrivals and golden lines of the poems of the olden days.
Recently I came
across an interesting article. Nassim Nicholas Taleb,
The New York Times
bestseller author, believes the unread
books in our
library heighten us of all that we
don't know. He adds
“Indeed,
the more you
know, the larger the rows of unread
books. Let us call
this collection
of unread books
an antilibrary.”
I pile up a deep glance at my personal collections and feel
there are so many layers of wisdom in between ‘sound and silence’.
in early twilight
as if the stars descend
on the jasmine tree
how wonderful to add
one more from mine
Author’s Notes:
1. Antilibrary – An unread pile of books that one intends to read.
2. Reference to the article on
Tsundoku: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/do-i-own-too-many-books/
Contemporary Haibun Online, Issue 19.3, 2023 (Ed. Tish Davis)
https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho19-3-table-of-contents/pravat-kumar-padhy-tsundoku/
descending from the
trees the early humans start walking upright a big leap forward
in predawn
the migratory birds
might have witnessed
the flow of rivers and waves of the ocean listening to their voices as they
trail under the sun, rain and snow in a marathon journey
stare up and fly ahead in search of a new
renewed dream of nesting beyond
deep in the sky
an abode of newness
man for a mission to
usher in
Contemporary Haibin Online (Ed Tish
Davis, Issue 20.1, 2024 )
https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho-20-1-table-of-contents/pravat-kumar-padhy-mankind/