marți, 29 aprilie 2014

Caribbean Kigo Kukai, april 2014



CKK #50 Results


5 români printre participanți:


THIRD PLACE

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Votes: 521*** Points: 12


gunshots ...
a kite flying over
the Berlin wall

Comments: I love the contrast in this Haiku- of war and peace, innocence against hatred and parochialism

***

Eduard Țară,
Votes: 4*2*** Points: 10


wheelchair –
a child embracing gently
his old kite

***

Dan Iulian
Votes: 31**** Points: 05


both
equally playful-
the kite and the wind

***

Magdalena Dale
Votes: 4***** Points: 04


up in the sky
a kite rises higher...
fallen leaves

Comments: An element of mystery in it that just escapesone, like a soaring kite

***
Daniela Lacramioara Capotă
Votes: *1**** Points: 02


never too high
the paper kite -
dreaming out of wheelchair







luni, 28 aprilie 2014

THE TWELFTH ANNUAL ukiaHaiku festival 2014, USA

La ediția din acest an, la secțiunea

,,Jane Reichhold International Prize ”

haijinul Dan Iulian (alias Iulian Ciupitu)

a fost recompensat cu
Honorable Mention
pentru poemul


early morning -
how she deletes with lipstick
the overnight kisses

devreme în zori-
felul cum şterge cu ruj
ultimul sărut



duminică, 27 aprilie 2014

WHA Haiga Contest


The 119th Contest (04 / 2014)

3 haijini români printre cei selectați:

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

spring awakening -
among dead leaves
first crocuses




Lavana Kray

no net connection -
I find links to God
by walking



Steliana Voicu

Himeji Castle -
to the temple of cherry lights
I begin mu oddysey


vineri, 25 aprilie 2014

FROGPOND- The Journal of the Haiku Society of America (37.1 issue)



Lavana Kray 

falling walnuts...
the  end of summer
in Morse code


cad nucile...
sfârşitul verii
în codul Morse

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu 


night train
I split the uncut pages
in my book

tren de noapte
tai paginile netăiate
din cartea mea


   



marți, 22 aprilie 2014

Tageshaiku



Tageshaiku (Haiku-ul zilei)
Sonntag, 20. April 2014

zur Auferstehung -
auf unseren Schatten
Kerzenwachs

(Resurrection - / on our shadow / candle wax)

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă




sâmbătă, 19 aprilie 2014

World Haiku 2014 No 10





crush of birds
on the frozen fence -
cancelled flights 

Lavana Kray


World Haiga Gallery: Judge: Kuniharu Shimizu

vineri, 18 aprilie 2014

MAINICHI /Haiku in English: BEST of 2013


5 haijini români printre nominalizați:
Iulian Ciupitu(Dan Iulian), Vasile Moldovan, 
Constantin Severin, Lavana Kray și 
Cezar Ciobîcă

I have seen angels—
but this is something common
in a hospital
— Iulian Ciupitu (Bucharest, Romania)
Comment: ** A superb haiku. There is no fault in any way


Nothing between years...
only fireworks
and shoots
— Vasile Moldovan (Bucharest, Romania)
Comment: * We old timers think "only." However, 
young people should enjoy "only."


alone I engrave
your kiss ideograph
on the grain of wheat
— Constantin Severin (Suceava, Romania)
Comment: * A haiku technique the author surely has.

spring fever—
my old man takes a look
at his lifeline
— Cezar-Florin Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)
Comment: ** The author takes a good look at her better half.

stranded dolphin—
a wave comes and goes
comes and goes
— Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)
Comment: * We sometimes have small whales 
stranded on the Japanese shore. We all work 
together and push them back to the sea.


dog days—
a stray puppy under
the ice cream van
— Cezar-Florin Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)
Comment: * I'll take care of that cute one.

eclipse—
sunflowers
disoriented
— Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)
Comment: * This is not haiku, technically, 
but interesting.

five o'clock tea—
my shadow goes always
to my neighbour's yard
— Lavana Kray (Iasi-Romania)
Comment: * You are going to have some 
interaction with the neighbor.

swarm of fireflies—
even the scarecrow
looks handsome
— Cezar-Florin Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)

Comment: * The author found a new thing 
through the phosphorescence of fireflies.


http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/haiku/etc/archive/selection2013.html

Asahi Haikuist


În ediția din 18 aprilie
a revistei online
Asahi Haikuist Network,
David McMurray

a selectat și un poem de
Vasile Moldovan

Cries of joy
just in Lent
cherry blossoms

strigăte de bucurie
doar în Postul Mare
flori de cireș

joi, 17 aprilie 2014

Chrysanthemum No. 15. April 2014


În acest număr al revistei care 
apare de două ori pe an,
sunt prezente cu câte  un haiku 
Lavana Kray și Steliana Voicu

Lavana Kray

the full moon on my shoulder -
why to go back       
to the empty house? 
    
der volle Mond an meiner Seite -
warum zurückgehen
in das leere Haus?

luna plină pe umărul meu -
de ce întoarcerea
în casa goală
  
Steliana Voicu

autumn twilight - 
on the empty branch 
time breathes 

Herbstzwielicht -
auf dem kahlen Ast
atmet die Zeit

amurg de toamnă -
pe o ramură goală
respiră timpul

http://www.bregengemme.net/chrysanthemum/media/Chrysanthemum_15.pdf

ACORN-JOURNAL OF CONTEPORARY HAIKU


Ediția de primăvară, tipărită, a revistei
 publică și un haiku al Lavanei Kray:

fool moon-
a fishing line
splits it

luna plină-
firul undiţei
o despică

marți, 15 aprilie 2014

4th VLADIMIR DEVIDE HAIKU AWARD RESULTS

3 haijini români printre premianți:


RUNNERS UP

Lavana Kray

butterflies wedding
across a melilot plot –
the monk stops scything

nuntă de fluturi
peste lotul de sulfină -
călugărul se-oprește din cosit

Eduard Tara

Melting stream –
the old melody escapes
from the silence

dezgheț pe pârâu -
vechea melodie scapă
din tăcere

COMMENDED

Vasile Moldovan

Only two readers
in the big library:
me and the moth

doar doi cititori
în marea librărie:
eu și molia

http://iafor.org/iafor/the-2014-fourth-vladimir-devide-haiku-award-grand-prize/

miercuri, 9 aprilie 2014

Daily Haiga - an edited journal of contemporary & traditional haiga







 
8 April 2014


Lavana Kray (Romania)
Lavana Kray is from Iasi-Romania.She is a photographer with a special interest in haiku and haiga. She has been recognized in haiku contests. Her work has been published in Haiku Canada Review, Asahi Shimbun, The Mainichi, Lynx, AHA Books, World Haiku Association, Haikouest and Ploc revue-France, Les Adex-2013, LibrAsia, Vancouver Festival, Basho haiku festival, Yamadera Basho Museum, Frogpond Journal, Diogen pro kultura magazine and A Hundred Gourds Journal. She was chosen for Haiku Euro Top 100 - edition 2013. Her blog is Photo-haiku .

miercuri, 2 aprilie 2014

Mainichi/ Haiku in English


Haiku: April 2, 2014
Selected by Isamu Hashimoto

spring fever
in the street banner a lion
ready to jump

febră de  primăvară-
în bannerul de pe stradă un leu
gata să sară
--
Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20140321p2g00m0fe057000c.html

marți, 1 aprilie 2014