Search Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 16: Lunae Feeria, July 2026

                                                                            rătăcind

printre legende

noapte de vară

readucând la viață

bătrânul iaz

 

wandering

through legends

summer night

bringing to life

the old pond

 

Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania

de pe faleză

privind Perseidele –

niciun nor pe cer

 

from the cliff

watching the Perseids –

not a cloud in the sky

 

Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, România

prelungind

sfârșitul verii

greieri în subsol

 

extending

the end of summer

basement crickets

 

Luminița Suse, Romania

https://luminitahaiku.wordpress.com

                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                    noapte de vară –

ici-colo înflorește

câte-o idilă

 

summer night -

here and there it blooms

an idyll

 

Mirela Brăilean, Iași, Romania

noapte de vară -

uitate din nou

luminile-aprinse

 

summer night

we forgot again

the lights on

 

Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania

Noapte de vară -

drone sinucigașe

sub Calea Lactee

 

Summer night -

under the Milky Way

suicide drones

 

Vasile Moldovan, Romania

noapte toridă

stelele se scufundă în lac

una câte una

 

sultry night

the stars dive into the pond

one by one

 

Mona Iordan, Romania

University of Shenzhen

 Verse Version Academic Journal, University of Shenzhen

 

Ciobîcă, C. F. (2022, October). rubble… / the wind browsing through / War and Peace
[Haiku]. haikuniverse. https://haikuniverse.com

Kray (Kray, 2016, 2023):

Kray, L. (2016). grass perfume – / a butterfly alights / on the scythe blade [Haiku].

Haiku by Lavana Kray. Haikuniverse. https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-lavana-kray/

Kray, L. (2023). ghost town / in the underground shelter / sprouting potatoes [Haiku].

Lavana Kray. Living Haiku Anthology.

https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetical-listings/221-k-poets/109-lavana-kray.html

Ginyu Haiku Gallery - 110

 Selected and commented by Ban’ya Natsuishi

1.

opt martie –

înfloresc vânzările

de implant mamar

 

March 8th –

flourishing sales

of breast implants

 

2

înaltul cerului –

pictat, sculptat, venerat,

nevăzutul

 

height of the sky –

painted, sculpted, idolized,

the unseen

 

3

sufletul lutului,

în ulcior, ulcică, groapă –

nimeni nu-i singur

 

the soul of clay,

in a jug, a cup, a pit –

no one is alone

 

4

împachetați

cu nămol terapeutic –

flirt

wrapped

in therapeutic mud –

flirting

5

petrecere cu măști –

în sfârșit, poți fi

tu însuți

 

masquerade party –

you can finally

be yourself

 

6

zodie de foc –

doi brazi frați, separați

de-o nouă graniță

 

fire zodiac sign –

fir tree brothers separated

by a new border

 

 7

fereastră la drum –

aceiași oameni singuri

de ambele părți

 

walkside window –

the same lonely people

inside and out

Lavana Kray

Commnetary:

 Mulțumesc pentru aceste haiku-uri minunate. 

Your haiku are filled with sharp inside and longing for the sublime.

I am delighted to see how deeply you have refined your artistry as a haiku poet.

Your style in the 1st and 6th haiku, which critically portrays reality, is as remarcable as your work in the third, 5th and 7th, which sings of human loneliness and solidarity.

Revista KO, primăvară-vară, 2026

 

April 17, 2026 (Mainichi Japan)

 armistice

buds start

bursting

--

Cezar Florescu (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260330/p2g/00m/0su/019000c

April 2, 2026 (Mainichi Japan)

 finches in the schoolyard --

I am learning

a new language

--

Andrei Gradinaru (Bucharest, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260330/p2g/00m/0su/004000c

The 8th Basho-an International English Haiku Competition

WINNERS

last day of summer...

the sky stretches with leaves

over the loft of dreams

Steliana Cristina Voicu

boundless blue

for a moment a dolphin

leaps into the sky

Iulian Ciupitu

end of summer 

fewer butterflies

visiting the nursing home

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara

the vendor street

selling the last boomerang

flock of cranes

Eduard Țară

https://www.kcf.or.jp/basho/touku/