fallen leaves light darkens upside down

******

space rocks the strange visitors near the entrance

*****

the clouds disappear into colourless

Proletaria (Ed. Elancharan  Gunasekaran), December 2019

https://proletaria.org/2019/12/26/three-monoku-by-pravat-kumar-padhy/

bookmarker—
a withered red flower
in civil war chapter

The World Haiku Review, December 2019  (Eds. Susumu Takiguchi and Rohini Gupta  

https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/whr-december-2019-issue/vanguard-haiku-page-3

sand writings

along a solitary shore

from the horizon

roaring waves wash away

her lengthy inner script

​

​

And yet another excellent tanka by Pravat starting with a catchy first line "sand writings", which takes us immediately to a beach shoreline. The final line is also poignant as we have to imagine an entire life's story disappear before our very eyes. A strong depiction of the importance of that life.

-an’ya: Editor, Tanka Origins, 2^nd Edition, December 2019

https://www.tankaanya.com/copy-of-tankaorigins-premier-editio?fbclid=IwAR37WK69TJYAgS_40_YgeDIR3fK6cJG0dr4mtvpy80S8I__0EuJkq4ZnuXQ

dawn to dust haiku

Haiku Dialogue, 11.12.2019 9 (Ed. M A Lori)

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/12/11/haiku-dialogue-dec-11-post/

I liked many but for some reason, this one caught my eye:

dawn to dust haiku

A ‘meta-haiku’ for the post-modernists amongst us with a dark aftertaste. Cheers, John

-John Hawkhead, 12.12.2019

Pravat – When I read “dawn to dust” my first impression was of the beginning of life to the end.

-Debbie Scheving, 13.12.2019

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2019/12/11/haiku-dialogue-dec-11-post/#comments

a flock of sheep--

the moon guiding

the evening

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2019 (Ed. Robin White)

*****

gravitational waves--
devotees chant Om

along the seashore

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall 2019 (Ed. Robin White)

*****

Brief Review of “Cosmic Symphony (A Haiku Collection) by Pravat Kumar Padhy, published in Modern Haiku, Volume 50.3, Autumn 2019, p.117

Front loaded with twenty-five pages of foreword, preface, and an essay on “Haiku: A Scientific Art,” the curtains finally part for a view of the stars, Padhy’s debut collection of over a hundred haiku relating earth-bound affairs to stellar matters. Intense bursts of light from a few meteors and other celestial bodies make hanging around for the full planetarium show worthwhile.

milky way— / lightning splits / the darkness;

half moon— / the child wonders / the rest;

love making— / the moon leaning / over the tides

http://www.modernhaiku.org/issue50-3/BrieflyReviewed-MH50-3.pdf

                        b

cloudburst            u

                    s 

                         r

Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, Climate Change, 4.12.2019 (Ed. M A Lori)