a solitary kite

in the twilight sky

dusk deepens

unfolding the heaviness

of her long loneliness

A Hundred Gourds, 4:2, March 2015 (Ed. Susan Constable)

http://www.ahundredgourds.com/ahg42/tanka05.html

History of Indian Haiku by Kala Ramesh

http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/338c0717357ce525a55926efc61d35d0.pdf

One Man’s Maple Moon:

I reminisce
your childhood smile ...
like a butterfly
I chase
in the garden

Ribbons, 10:1, Winter 2014 

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我懷念
你的童年笑容 ...
就像一隻蝴蝶
我在花園裡
追逐它
   
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我怀念
你的童年笑容 ...
就像一只蝴蝶
我在花园里
追逐它

Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐February 19, 2015 at 8:48 PM

The upper verse establishes the thematic context while the butterfly simile in the lower verse enhances the visual and emotional aspects of the poem.

And the verb, reminisce ("indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events," not just remember past events) in the upper verse, resonates well with the emotional point (like a butterfly chasing in the garden") of the lower verse.

http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.in/2015/02/one-mans-maple-moon-childhood-smile.html

sparkling light--

crows shift darkness

from tree to tree

Shamrock No.30 February 2015 (Ed. Anatoly Kudryavitsky)

http://shamrockhaiku.webs.com/currentissue.htm

an exhibition

of pencil-sketches

in the nest

eggs about to hatch

to discover light of day

red lights, Vol. 11 No.1 January, 2015 (Ed. Marilyn Hazelton)

The Breeze of Love 

Pravat Kumar Padhy, Odisha, India

Like a bird she wishes to have her dream of freedom as she inhales the sublime love at an early dawn. Her tendered-eyed magical beauty sways in the gentle wind along the Gopalpur sea shore.

Perhaps she has to travel the early passage of time before mingling with godly feeling. The mystic change she correlates with the beauty of nature. As she steps into a different moonlit world, laced with myriads of smiles, poems of possessiveness and seeds of beauty sprout like little stars.

her love swells

to an aesthetic height

full moon night

the romantic clouds sail around

kissing the moon once and again

The melodious breeze sings songs of romance to the rhythmic tune of sinuous waves. The architect of nature secretly plants the seed of enchantment in her garden of life.

Atlas Poetica  15  July 2013 (Ed. M Kei)

http://atlaspoetica.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Atlas-Poetica-15-PDF.pdf

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