Enchanted Garden, Issue 9: Amber, August 2024

https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2024/08/enchanted-garden-issue-9-amber-august.html

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/David Mc Murray

 19 iulie 2024

FROM THE NOTEBOOK

There’s no room left at Capota Daniela Lacramioara’s vacation home by the seaside in Galati, Romania. 

summertime spiders
already at the cottage
all rooms occupied

Florian Munteanu followed the trail of an escargot in Bucharest, Romania.

snail
a summer cottage
all inclusive

Florin Golban’s cactus flowers once a year, but only overnight.

back at home
the Queen of the Night
lighting the way

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15348661

THF Monthly Kukai — July 2024

 

       Theme: green

 In July there were 182 submissions from thirty-one countries across six continents.
          

One hundred one voters casting ballots determined the  results.

Third Prize
 
 
hospice window
my mother counts
shades of green
     — Cezar Ciobica (63 points - 5; 4; 5; 3; 1)
 
A deeply moving haiku. The opening line sets the scene, and the reader anticipates heartbreak and sadness to come. But there is a sense of renewal in the last line. In spring and early summer, the world bursts open in shades of green; at the same time, some of us are in hospice. The haiku reflects the cycle of life. What do we see when we look beyond ourselves? In these days of hospice, the mother looks to new life outside her window.

https://thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-kukai-august-2024/

ESUJ-H: English Haiku

dog days

a few puppies chasing

the ice cream van

Cezar Florescu     

                                                         

dandelion fluff --

for the ballet song

maximum volume

Ana Drobot       

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php                                                          

July 23, 2024 (Mainichi Japan)

first date

first kiss in the shade

of her family tree

--

Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay 

 

 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240626/p2g/00m/0su/029000c

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST CHERRY BLOSSOM 2024, BULGARIA

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECTION – RESULTS

FIRST PRIZE

Eduard Tara 

cherry tree’s bark

after the war two names

still together

THIRD PRIZE

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara 

cherry blossoms –

grandpa's putting on

his light shoes

AWARD FOR OVERALL PERFORMANCE

Cezar Florescu – Romania

cherry blossoms …

if they could make disappear

the spots on mom's lungs

*

koi pond

cherry petals extend

the Milky Way

*

cherry petals

a text on the enlightenment

read in braille

RUNNERS-UP

Florentin Untanu 

refugee child

cherry petals dotting

his mandala

Dan C. Iulian 

cherry tree in bloom –

on branches and twigs

small bouquets of light

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L'Ours dansant – Le journal gratuit du haïku N° 40 – Juin 2024

 

FLORILÈGE 

THÈME LIBRE

quelques coquelicots 

près de la photo de grand-mère – 

la lune parmi les nuages 

Maria TIRENESCU, Roumanie

vent de guerre - 

au bord du lac ton ombre 

de plus en plus agitée

 Rodica P. CALOTĂ, Roumanie

 café amer - 

la cuillère ne peut pas 

dissoudre la lune 

Rodica P. CALOTĂ, Roumanie 

chevaux sauvages - 

la ligne d'horizon 

dépoussiérée 

Rodica P. CALOTĂ, Roumanie 

tulipes rouges – 

les lumières du traffic 

m’inspirent à rêver 

Ana DROBOT, Roumanie 

lumière de printemps – 

mes crayons de couleurs 

dans les nids des oiseaux 

Ana DROBOT, Roumanie 

cerisier en fleur – 

j’écris quelques mots 

d’amour pour toi 

Ana DROBOT, Roumanie

seul sur le chemin 

d'on ne sait où le chant 

d'un coucou 

Mirela BRAILEAN, Roumanie 

ménage de printemps 

l'araignée change la toile 

de la fenêtre 

Mirela BRAILEAN, Roumanie 

le jardin fleuri 

la belle dame au chapeau 

laisse son parfum 

Mirela BRAILEAN, Roumanie