firdaus parvez

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[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

This writing exercise, shared by last year’s #CWprize winner Chanel Sutherland, is about finding your voice.

Write for 10 minute, starting with the sentence:
‘Only I can tell this story because…’ Don’t stop. Don’t edit.

When you’re done, share how it went in the comments or tag us in your reflections.

Could this exercise be the start of a prize-winning story? Remember to enter the prize by 1 November!

[firdaus parvez @firdausp]

@Debbie_Strange @HaikuCrazee Wow!!

[FlashDogs @FlashDogs]

It's here. Massive thanks to @tamrogers.
#FDEquinox

https://t.co/RuiDUSOfW6

[Ink In Thirds @InkInThirds]

@PAllatson @Emryal @AndyAndyAndyB @KelliBorges2 @NBrogdonWrites 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟓, 𝐢.𝟐
𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭:
@pretentious_mag (C.W. Bryan), @yallaalia @sahildmehta @firdausp @bsherm36 Lynn Bey, David Daniel, Bridget Hayes, E.P. Lande, Lance Manion, Bea Potts, Scott Ragland, & Glen Armstrong

[Ink In Thirds @InkInThirds]

@CameronCarvalh9 @DamicAndrea @SteverinoD @rockofoltz @pooxrox @ewenglass @nollthere @Ayo_einstein @AustinAJames @LitseyChristian @JA_words @joancmazza @SaraMcclayton 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐥. 𝟓, 𝐢.𝟐
𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭:
@artificial_authenticities @firdausp @Shauryapathani4 @AllenSeward1 @HardRainPicture Jeffery Allen Tobin, and William Waters

[FlashDogs @FlashDogs]

It's happening.
#FDEquinox

#FlashDogs
@TheShakes72 @tamrogers @Making_Fiction

[Daipayan Nair @daipayan_haiku]

THE TRIVENI HAIKU AWARDS 2024

Three winners and three honourable mentions.
Cash prize for the three winners and an e-certificate for all the six winners.

Kindly check the link for the submission procedure and further details:

https://t.co/ZmqhquQLSq

[firdaus parvez @firdausp]

@tankathursday No apologies necessary. I appreciate your kind words. Thank you! ❤️

[firdaus parvez @firdausp]

each pressing day
a minuscule wrinkle
folds into me
when evening tides
and night circles
@tankathursday (wrinkle)

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 7

she’s got a pet rock in the drawer 

over the years 
it slowed its beat
then hardened enough
to not feel —
this rib-caged bird 

Firdaus Parvez, haikuKATHA issue 23, September ‘23

#gembun #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 6

surrounded by ancient ruins

by mistake
I ask her
her age

Firdaus Parvez

#gembun #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 5

glimpsing a poem as it strolls by

dawn-glow
through speckled clouds
on the horizon
orange marmalade
and warm toast

Firdaus Parvez, haikuKATHA issue 24, October ‘23

#gembun #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 4

because the sky’s so high 

lame excuses
every time
we catch up

Firdaus Parvez

#gembun #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 3

through the valley of no words

distant caws
from the dried riverbed
as it curls
around a hill
and disappears

Firdaus Parvez, haikuKATHA issue 31, May 2024

#gembun #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[firdaus parvez @firdausp]

@writtennic @OfTanka Thanks 🙏🏼

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 2

minnows in the ocean

all that I write
swims away
from me

Firdaus Parvez

#gembun #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: Gembun Day 1

she knows the shape of his fist

gooseberries
splattered on the sidewalk
in fading light
blue-black shadows stretch
then bend to scale walls

Firdaus Parvez, haikuKATHA issue 22, August ‘23

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: day 7

what am I
but a speck on a speck
on a speck
in the milky way…
hopefully shining too

Firdaus Parvez, haikuKATHA issue 25, November ‘23

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

[firdaus parvez @firdausp]

@HaikuCrazee @OfTanka Thank you 🙏🏼

[Tanka Society of America @OfTanka]

7 poems in 7 days: day 6

she drifted away
when dementia deepened
as if memories
were the ones
weighing her down

Firdaus Parvez , HM, TSA Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest, 2023 

#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem