Pravat Kumar Padhy

Mankind

descending from the trees the early humans start walking upright . . . a big leap forward

in predawn
the migratory birds

might have witnessed the flow of rivers and waves of the ocean listening to their voices as they trail under the sun, rain and snow in a marathon journey stare up and fly ahead in search of a new renewed dream of nesting beyond 

deep in the sky
an abode of newness
man for a mission to usher in

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About the Author

Pravat Kumar Padhy holds a Master of Science and a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad. He is a 2022 panel judge for The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards and is on the editorial board of Under the Basho. Besides poetry, he devotes time to writing scientific papers on planetary geology and listening to classical songs.

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