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 

THF Monthly Kukai- May 2024

 

 theme: yellow

 

Dan C. Iulian, Honorable Mention

 

library -

the silence of the words

yellowed by time

    

Beverly Acuff Momoi comment: We have a different use of yellow in this haiku; here it’s a verb. Although it carries the notion of color, when it is a verb, it conveys aging, and so my response is more reflective, sad.

 

https://thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-kukai-june-2024-2/

Japan Fair 2024 Haiku In English Contest

 Adult Award

Dan C. Iulian, 3rd Place

first snowdrop -
the remainder of the day
becomes bearable

 

Michael Dylan Welch Judge's Remarks:  Some species of snowdrop flower in winter, bringing a white brightness to the dreariness of the darkest season. The middle line also suggests Kazuo Ishiguro’s, The Remains of the Day, a novel about loyalty and moral dilemma. What’s left of the day, and perhaps also the season and of life, becomes more optimistic because of the flower.

Youth Honorable Mentions

Andreea Lebaduca

Botosani, Romania

 

turbulence . . .
holding tight the hand
of my imaginary friend

 

Judge's Remarks: This poem’s first line shows us that we’re on an airplane. The second line presents realistic comfort against the stress of midair turbulence. And then the third line provides a twist—that this friend is not real but imaginary. This could be an adult as easily as we might picture a child. Although the held hand is imagined, the turbulence is real. But surely the comfort is also real.

 

Gian-Luca Niculce

Botosani, Romania

 

no one attentive
to the round-up lesson
cherry blossoms

 

Judge's Remarks: Learning how to round up numbers is a common lesson in younger school grades. But no one is paying attention because of cherry blossoms outside the school window. They are beautiful and ephemeral, perhaps shimmering in a breeze. How could any student pay attention to their lesson? What each student may not yet realize is their own ephemerality. Perhaps the real lesson is the beauty of nature.

 

Antonia Chersan

Botosani, Romania

 

wind-brushed pond
a little dragonfly settles
in a paper boat

 

Judge's Remarks: We may immediately wonder who made the boat. Surely the person who also witnesses the dragonfly alighting on their creation. That small boat serves as respite for the small dragonfly, surely just as making the paper boat is a kind of respite or joy for the person who made it. Perhaps both the person and the dragonfly are seeking calm in the face of challenge and change.

 

https://www.japanfairus.org/haiku-contest-awards-2024

Street Beat, Haiku si Senryu din Tsuri-doro, ed. Tony Pupello, New York City, 2024

 1 poem de Elena Malec