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.
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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
