in the space
between falling rain
and loneliness . . .
the song
that once was ours

 

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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.

6 thoughts on “”

  1. A beautiful tanka with poetic essence (honi). The visual description (miru tei) unfolds the layers of loneliness (yugen tei).

    sublime smiles
    the painting portrays
    I adjust to live
    rewinding the coil of time
    in the shadows of my loneliness

    Pravat Kumar Padhy
    Publication Credit: Notes From the Gean, Vol 2, Issue 2, 2010

    **** **** ****
    a solitary kite
    in the twilight sky
    dusk deepens
    unfolding the heaviness
    of her long loneliness

    Pravat Kumar Padhy
    Publication Credits: A Hundred Gourds, 4:2, March 2015
    One Man’s Maple Moon, 2017

    ***** ***** *****

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