chardonnay . . .
the scent of summer
in a blue-throat’s song

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Paresh Tiwari

Poet, artist, and editor Paresh Tiwari has been widely published, especially in the sub-genre of Japanese poetry. He has published two collections of haiku and haibun. His work has been recognized in various contests and reviews, the most notable being nomination for a Pushcart Prize. He is the resident cartoonist for Cattails, a journal by United haiku and tanka society, USA and the serving haibun editor of the online literary magazine Narrow Road, a tri-annual publication on issuu.com. Paresh has been invited to read his works at various literature festivals including the Goa Art and Lit Fest ? 2016 and has conducted haiku and haibun workshops at Arcs of a Circle, Mumbai, Hyderabad International Literature Festival, SIES College, Twin City Poetry Club, and British Council Library, Mumbai. Raindrops Chasing Raindrops, his second book of haibun, received the ?Touchstone Distinguished Book Award? for books published in 2017.

17 thoughts on “”

  1. chardonnay . . .
    the scent of summer
    in a blue-throat’s song

    —PARESH TIWARI

    Really nice haiku. I looked up the bird, once classified as a thrush, it's actually an Old World flycatcher. Incredible looking bird!

    warm regards,

    Alan

    1. Thank you Alan, I always look for your comments on my works, they just add a sense of such subtle warmth to what I have tried to capture, I agree blue throats are incredible birds.

  2. Lovely ku, Paresh. I had to look up *chardonnay* !!
    Knowing what L 1 contained, the rest of the poem filled up <s>

    1. Thank you so much Kala, apologies for a late reply…
      Knowing that the verse works for you feels great.

  3. This poem brings some nice images in my mind… – for summer we have planed a trip to france with the family and I look forward to test the chardonnay there and smell the scent of summer…

    1. Ahhh…do let me know Maria, how your chardonnay and your trip turned out…as they say its all about the journey :) Thank you for liking the poem.

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