Sharpening the Green Pencil Anthology, Published by Biblioteca Romanian Kukai , 2012

early dawn

the half-veiled moon

at my window

*****

crow’s nest--

the song mingles with

faded darkness

*****

Pravat Kumar Padhy

Snipe Rising From A Marsh – Birds in Tanka

the sparrow

leaves its message

coming home

the old man still awaits

son’s return from battle

Common name: Indian Sparrow
Biological name- Passer indicus bactrianus

Place name- Berhampur, Orissa, India

Atlas Poetica, Special Feature “Snipe Rising From A Marsh – Birds in Tanka, April, 2012 (Ed. Rodney Williams)

Searching the Size

It is the evening hour of cloudy summer in Doon Valley, Dehradun. The children are busy collecting pebbles from the river bank. The rock pebbles record the long journey to reach the moon-like shape. Out of joy, I also start picking a few and return home. My tiny daughter, Rupa, posts an eager look and smiles.

cut out of moon

the child reconfirms

looking up

The Notes from the Gean, Vol.3, Issue 4, March 2012 

The Other-half

There is hardly any approach road to the other side. The tall palm trees, at a distance, give some hope of companionship. The faint steps of passersby lead to the thinly populated tribal village. The gentle aroma is in the air.

I find myself in a different world when I manage to reach over there. Free hand drawn paintings, on dwarf mud-wall, speak a lot of sublime kindness.

Out of gesture, someone rushes to bring a basketful of seasonal fruits for me. I enjoy the opportunity of mixing my smiles with their innocence under the great banyan tree. The sun sparkles through thick foliage sprinkling sheer happiness.

I return with feeling of warmth to store memories in my flat inside the crowded multistory tower.

evening breeze--

a bird is slowly flying

nest-ward

Simply Haiku, Vol.9, No.3&4, 2011