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. View all posts by Paresh Tiwari
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
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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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Devastating. Thank you.
Beautiful tanka and so poignant.
Lovely sadness evoked—beautiful
Beautiful work, Paresh. A tanka I wish I had written.
Oh, how sad but so beautiful, Paresh!