Thursday, February 27, 2014

Butterfly Dream: River Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

English Original

flow of the river --
I gather wisdom
at every turn

Honourable Mention, World Haiku Review, August, 2012

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

流動的河流 --
在每一個轉彎之處
我收集智慧

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

流动的河流 --
在每一个转弯之处
我收集智慧


Bio Sketch

Born in India, poems widely published and anthologized. Works referred in Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry etc. Poems awarded high acclamations by Writer’s Guild of India and Editors’ Choice awards. Pravat Kumar Padhy's Japanese short form of poetry appeared in many international journals and anthologies. Songs of Love: A celebration is his third collection of verse by Writers Workshop, Calcutta. Featured in The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India, to be published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada, 2014

1 comment:

  1. Pravat's resonant jux. makes his haiku work effectively on two levels, literal and aphoristic.

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