Author: 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.

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

Ceasefire

Yesterday, it was a grenade that refused to go off. Today, it’s the shaggy dog we have often seen across the border howling into the thin night air.

cloudburst …
my son adds his voice
to the rumble

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

Ooroo

As I wait for the evening bus to my hometown, a stray sidles up to me, sniffing with a dusty nose and occasionally brushing it against my jeans. She then settles