self-quarantine

even the shadow

shies away

*****

last kiss--

the gap barricades

my extended hand

*****

masked face

I identify the flowers

of the garden

*****

24/7…

news headlines

about covid-19

 *****

noiseless

roadside trees

turn greener

*****

dawn to dusk--

the street dogs

bark each other

*****

winter rain

the signboard reads

covid-19 patients

*****

rooftop

I listen to

sea of silence

*****

the old man googles in isolation an art of living

*****

https://spillwords.com/covid-19-by-pravat-kumar-padhy/

home quarantine

video calls from

next room 

*****

sowing seeds--

distance not mattered

for the gardener

 

World Haiku Review, Autumn 2020  (Ed-in-Chief. Susumu Takiguchi; Ed. Rohini Gupta)  

https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/autumn-2020-issue/vanguard-haiku-page-3

 

lockdown--

I drag my shadow away

from the windowpane

 

behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid-19, Spring Moon Press, 2020 (Ed. Margaret Dornaus)

 

mirror surface the past I leave behind

Presence # 67,2020 (Ed. Ian Storr)

https://www.facebook.com/MyHaikuPond/posts/3150259048393929?comment_id=3150260971727070&notif_id=1595607237831910&notif_t=comment_mention&ref=notif

 One Man's Maple Moon: Twilight Sky Tanka by Pravat Kumar Padhy

 English Original

twilight sky
with floating clouds
a long journey
before I could  travel
the rain-soaked distance

Skylark, 4:1, Summer 2016

Pravat Kumar Padhy

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

微明天空中
飄浮的雲彩
在我開始步上
雨水浸透的路途之前
這是一個漫長的旅程

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

微明天空中
飘浮的云彩
在我开始步上
雨水浸透的路途之前
这是一个漫长的旅程

 Comment by Chen-ou Liu, 28.8.2020

The upper verse sketches a visually and emotionally evocative natural scene while the lower verse puts a special emphasis on the challenges a traveler faces: "long" journey and "rain-soaked" distance.

The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Matsuo Bashō, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North"

 

https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/search?q=pravat+kumar+padhy

 lockdown--

I drag my shadow away

from the windowpane

 

behind the mask: haiku in the time of Covid-19", 2020 (Ed. Margaret Dornaus)

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/margaret-dornaus/behind-the-mask-haiku-in-the-time-of-covid-19/paperback/product-g9vpny.html

 

cloudy summer

the old woman walks

with shaking shadow

Poetry Pea, June 2020 (Ed. Patricia Mc Guiri)

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fruit laden--

the old man lightens

his worries

Poetry Pea, June 2020 (Ed.  Patricia Mc Guiri)

 

https://poetrypea.com/series-3-episode-12-ageing/

https://poetrypea.com/youtube-series-3-episode-12-ageing/