Songs of Love – A Celebration
Description:
Pages: 48
Year of Publication: 2012
Price: Rs 100
ISBN:
978-93-5045-029-1 (9789350450291)
About the Author:
Pravat Kumar Padhy is a petroleum geologist living in Berhampur, Odisha. His poetry has received awards from international bodies such as Poetbay (USA) and the Writers Guild of India. His Haiku, Tanka and Haibun have appeared in journals like World Haiku Review, Haiku International Network, Lynx, Akita, Asian American Poetry, Ambrosia and Sketchbook. Some of these pieces have been translated into Japanese, Oriya, Serbian and German. Padhy’s free verse have been published in newspapers and journals like The Times of India, The Indian Express, Commonwealth Quarterly, Skylark, ByWord, Canopy, Art and Poetry Today, Poetcrit, Literary Endeavour, Poesie and The Houston Literary Review. His poems are included in Contemporary Indian English Love Poetry (1990).
You can visit his blog here.
Teaser:
Sacred recitation
Rebounds
From the sinking lips.
Agile stream of love
Faithfully vibrates
Its content
And intimate meaning.
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Memories are preserved
In the tiny pebbles
Of the meandering flow.
Songs of love scintillate
On the colourful edge
Of the living span.
The caring warmth
Of our creation
Nurtures us to rest
In the evening hours.
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Our love is a ceaseless
Melodious celebration,
Our love is the lamp
And we are its brightness,
Our love is a song
And we are its rhythm.
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