a piece of chalk in my pocket  first day of retirement

Frogpond,  Vol. 41: 2, Spring-Summer 2018 (Ed. Michael Ketchek)

http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2018-issue41-2/index.html

http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/396b91_12b4c602cd4d418493788ddd9884dd13.pdf

One Man's Maple Moon: Solitary Kite Tanka by Pravat Kumar Padhy

One Man's Maple Moon: Solitary Kite Tanka by Pravat Kumar Padhy

English Original

a solitary kite
in the twilight sky
dusk deepens
unfolding the heaviness
of her loneliness

A Hundred Gourds, 4:2, March 2015

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

孤獨的風箏
在黃昏的天空中飛翔
暮色漸漸加深
展現出她的孤獨
之沉重

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

孤独的风筝
在黄昏的天空中飞翔
暮色渐渐加深
展现出她的孤独
之沉重


Bio Sketch 

Pravat Kumar Padhy, a poet-scientist, did his Masters and Ph.D from IIT-Dhanbad, India. Work referred in Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry etc. His Japanese short form of poetry appeared in many international journals. He is a recipient of Editor’s Choice Awards, Special and Honourable Mentions. His fourth collection of verses, Ripple of Resonance is in press.

bowed branch--

kid lends the walking stick

to his grandma

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 1:2 Spring/Summer, 2018 (Ed. Bruce Ross)

https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/autumn-moon-haiku-journal-volume-12-springsummer-2018

what reasons for the trees aggressive  wind

Under the Basho, 2018 (Ed. Johannes S H Bjerg)

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trash bag  the remaining chapter of my war history book

Under the Basho, 2018 (Ed. Johannes S H Bjerg)

https://underthebasho.com/utb-2018/one-line-haiku/2234-padhy,-pravat-kumar.html

lunar eclipse

a moonflower

on my way

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abandoned bench--

shifting of  shadow

of an autumn tree

*****

a seagull

in its maiden journey--

sea to the sky

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spider net--

the light captured

by mistake

ink, sweat and tears (Ed. Helen Ivory), 8.6.2018

http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages//?s=pravat+kumar+padhy