Sanskrit dying
drips of rain
on a daylily
Modern Haiku 55.1, 2024
雨雫サンスクリット忘れ草
ameshizuku sansukuritto wasuregusa
*****
following the trail of receding light a cricket’s cry
Presence # 78, 2024
光追ふ蟋蟀の声跡を追ふ
hikari ou kōrogi no koe ato wo ou
*****
Sakura Night–
the interpreter greets
with fragrance
Sakura Haiku Anthology, Consulate-General of Japan, Toronto, May 2024
桜の夜通訳迎ふ香りもて
sakura no yo tsūyaku mukau kaori mote
*****
spring morning
the flock of herons
with a piece of sky
Autumn Moon Haiku, 7.2 Spring-Summer 2024
春の朝空の一片鷺の群れ
haru no asa sora no ippen sagi no mure
*****
forest bath
for a moment
I become a tree
Haiku In Action, June 5-June 9, 2024
木の如し森林浴の瞬時かな
ki no gotoshi shinrinyoku no shunji kana
*****
artificial intelligence
I ask the humanoid
about my past life
Poetry Pea 4: 24, 2024 Podcast on the 27th August
前世をヒューマノイドに尋ねけり
zensei wo hyūmanoido ni tazune keri
*****
broken statue the burden of history
tsuri-dōrō, August-Sept Issue 23, 2024
人の世は破壊の像の歴史かな
hito no yo wa hakai no zō no rekishi kana
*****
Touch-Me-Not leaves children fold and unfold smiles
Bee Here Now, The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology, 2024
子供等に笑みを振りまく鳳仙花
kodomo-ra ni emi wo furimaku hōsenka
*****
a sharp turn …
with me
the jasmine
Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook, 20 Dec 2024
急カーブ私と共にジャスミン香
kyūkābu watashi to tomoni jasumin-ka
*****
sunbird …
as if the empty nest
hums with the tree
Mamba, Issue 15, 2024 (In memory of poet, Adjei Agyei-Baah)
太陽鳥まるで空き巣の歌う如
taiyō-chō marude akisu no utau goto
*****
－Interpreted into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Brief-Bio:
Pravat Kumar Padhy obtained his Master of Science and a Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad.
He is a mainstream poet and a writer of Japanese short forms of poetry.
His poem “How Beautiful” is included in the undergraduate curriculum at the university level.
He served as a panel judge of “The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems”.
He has introduced some experimental forms namely Hainka: A fusion of haiku and tanka, Braided Haiku, and Micro-Haiga.
He resides in Bhubaneswar, India, and devotes time to writing papers on ‘Planetary Geology’, poems, and listening to classical music and songs.
Akita International Haiku Network 