Untitled by Pravat Kumar Padhy

Cave Paintings at Bhimbetka, India, approx. 2000 B.C., photo by Raveesh Vyas.

Untitled

journey of life
lays as tiny footings
the imprints
remain as joy of image
on the silent rock surface

Pravat Kumar Padhy

Pravat Kumar Padhy, a graduate and Ph.D from IIT-Dhanbad, loves to blend science with literature. His
short form of Japanese poems have appeared in The World Haiku Review, Lynx,The Notes from the Gean,
Atlas Poetica, Simply Haiku, Red lights, Ribbons, Haigaonline, World Haiku Association, TanshiArt, The
Heron’s Nest, Atlas Poetica, Skylark, Shamrock, A Hundred Gourds, Bottle Rockets, Frogpond, hedgerow,
Acorn, Kokako, Presence, Issa’s Untidy Hut, The Bamboo Hut, Modern Haiku, tinywords etc. Recently his
tanka have been anthologized in Fire Pearls 2 and Bright Stars, edited by M Kei. His haiku won the
Editor’s Choice Award at the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada UNESCO International Year of
Water Co-operation and The Kloštar Ivanić International Haiku Contest, Creatrix Haiku Commendation
Award.
http://pkpadhy.blogspot.com