6th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

Division 2:

Junior High School Students

Grand Prize

Andreea Cîrligeanu

after the rain –

in each puddle

my mother’s face

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Selected submissions:

Sabin Pocriș

gloomy day –

children drawing only

sunflowers

Nadin Ghileschi

after the cold rain –

white butterflies on

red roses

Mihaela Budeanu

cold night –

I am bringing the dolls

at the fireside

Beatrice Cojocariu

spring cleaning –

the rain washing

the dusty statues

Ioana Bursuc

low tide –

sea stars gathering

into Big Dipper

Alexandru Aramă

driving home-

on a milestone

mating snails

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Division 4: Non-Japanese

Selected submissions:

Vasile Moldovan

Autumn ploughing –

on my grandma’s face

wrinkle beside wrinkle

In a flowery pot

wild flowers waiting for in vain…

no butterfly

Steliana Cristina Voicu

saying goodbye –

on a frail cherry blossom

gentle light of the moon

inside the blossoms

of the plum treetop – God’s hand

stops the time

Iulian Ciupitu

frozen landscape –

a crow in flight draws

the last touch

fireworks –

my son tightens in fist

a firefly

Miclaus Silvestru

transmitters rtv –

anxiety gulls

alarm signal

modern architect –

my curiosity

on a snail behind

Constantin Stroe

Winter is coming

but the scarecrow still wears

skirt with short sleeves

Under the same umbrella

both the stray dog and

an homeless

Lavana Kray

storm on the beach –

the sand makes ringing

my earrings

cherry blossoms

swirled by the storm –

I open my windows

Frățilă Genovel-Florentin

Village Museum –

the beams of the water mill

milling by the time

twilight –

all the dandelions

lit on the field

Maria Tirenescu

Vineyard in bloom –

the toddler looking about

for a beetle

Cloudless sky –

a rhinoceros beetle

on the sill

Eduard Tara

autumn sunset –

the black stilts

surround the light

night shelter –

how cold is the other side

of the pillow

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

D-Day…

thousands of horseshoe crabs

mating on history

even the crickets

dumbfounded into silence…

rumors of war

Petruta Ionescu

On the cliff –

a bench waiting

to pass them the shyness

Hand in hand –

Roads opening up

In the enticing scent of the evenings

http://samidare.jp/basho/box/e-haiku%2026.pdf