Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Invitational 2026

1.Youth

 

Sakura Awards

 

cherry trees in bloom

still nothing

on my sketchbook

 

Adelina Amaftiesei, Age 13
Botosani, Romania

 

cherry blossoms

even my rag doll

dressed in pink

 

Antonia Chersan, Age 15
Botosani, Romania

 

moving day
a few cherry blossoms
in my doll house

 

Lucaci Hadassa, Age 13
Botosani, Romania

 

Honourable Mentions

 

lunchtime

among the carousel horses

cherry petals

 

Seby Ciobica, Age 14
Botosani, Romania

 

gusts of wind
cherry petals jumping
into the hopscotch

 

Lucaci Hadassa, Age 13
Botosani, Romania

 

2. INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY

Honourable Mentions

 

hanafubuki −

no one

shivers

 

Dan C. Iulian
Bucharest, Romania

 

her accent

becomes my accent −

cherry blossoms

 

Cristian Matei
Bucharest, Romania

 

 

https://vcbf.ca/winning_haiku/2026-winning-haiku/ 

GINYU MAGAZINE No. 111 / HAIKU GALLERY / 2026

  Edited by  Ban’ya Natsuishi

 

sat abandonat –

la ușa mănăstirii,

covoraș nou

 

abandoned village –

at the monastic entrance,

a new doormat

2

duminică –

zi de mers la pescuit

deșeuri

 

Sunday –

time to go fishing

the waste

3

apă tulbure –

luna încâlcindu-se

într-o perucă

 

murky water –

the moon tangling

in a wig

 

 

4

ploaie subțire –

umbra ce zăcea uscată

deschide gura

 

light rain –

the drying shadow

opens its mouth

 

5

ziua-n care marea

te-ar păstra doar pentru ea –

curenți de retur

 

the day when the sea

would keep you only for itself –

rip currents

 

6

experiment –

lăsați de către Ghid

în fundătură

 

experiment –

left by the Guide

in a dead end

 

 

7

flori virtuale –

fluturii mai stau un timp

în crisalidă

 

virtual flowers –

butterflies stay a bit longer

in their chrysalis

Lavana Kray

VERSE VERSION Vol.15 No.1 2026

 Am deschis revista VERSE VERSION și am găsit mai mule informații în legătură cu poemele care au fost publicate sub semnătura poetului Dan C. Iulian. Le postez aici:

Dan C. Iulian’s haiku capture the quiet nostalgia of rural life and the persistence of

memory. Empty country lanes, returning swallows, drifting snow, and a forgotten shawl

become images of continuity, estrangement, and the gradual fading of the past. His poems often move from close observation of the natural world toward moments of inward reflection：

empty country lanes—

only the swallows

still return home

⁂

reading the sutra—

a dandelion fluff

in levitation

⁂

poppy field aflame—

no one calls

the firefighters

⁂

hummingbird in flight—

waiting for reality

to begin at last

⁂

foggy day—

losing the way

to oneself

⁂

childhood village—

only the vagabond wind

still steals the walnuts

⁂

the snowfall

erases all shades—

dementia

⁂

attic with moon—

the warmth of memories

in a forgotten shawl

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