marți, 30 decembrie 2014

Din Ploc!, Nr. 56



maison démolie...
le brouillard rosâtre
s'accroche à la lierre

brouillard piquant-
je tâtonne le champ d'orties
pour en sortir

gouttelettes de brouillard
sur tes cils-
soudain j'ai soif

corde à linge-
ma robe noire habille bien
le brouillard du soir

- Lavana KRAY (Roumanie)


sâmbătă, 27 decembrie 2014

Shiki Monthly Kukai December 2014 Results


Kigo Theme: 
WINDBREAK

two people in the wind -
she wears 
my husband's sweater

Lavana kray
(0,6,4) = 16 pts
  
with my stepdaughter -
new windbreak around the house
in spite of the heat

Cristina Oprea
(0,2,0) = 4 pts

deserted farm -
in the old swing
go up the wind

Dan Iulian
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

near the road
wind guards –
winter wheat germinate

Miorita
(0,0,1) = 1 pts
  
Under the poet's mantle
a dizzy flea searching for
the emergency exit 

Vasile Moldovan
 
Free Format Theme: 
DOG
 
early morning -
in front of the pretzel shop
a curled up dog

Dan Iulian
(0,1,4) = 6 pts

lonesomeness -
the dog carries your coat
to its nook

Lavana kray
(0,0,4) = 4 pts

 winter night –
the puppy sleeps with
a plush cat

Miorita
(0,1,1) = 3 pts


 

The 19th“Kusamakura” Haiku Competition 2014 - Results




Nyusen(Third Prize)

Popescu Virginia

stretched wings -
sovereign in azure
a kingfisher

Alcedo azurea - Julatten.jpg


カワセミが
拡げた翼― 
君臨する青

aripi întinse-
suveran în azur
un pescăruș





vineri, 19 decembrie 2014

The Results of the 16th HIA Haiku Contest




Honorable Mention
Selected by Kimura


The last leaf
meets its shadow

silent forest

ultima frunză
își întâlnește umbra-
pădure tăcută

Dan Iulian/Romania

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK



by David McMurray

................................

Steliana Cristina Voicu


Working abroad--
the Christmas bells sound
different


http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201412190011

joi, 18 decembrie 2014

Results of the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #8 - Winter 2014 Edition


8th edition: 
170 authors, 
40 countries:
Romania (13)
Theme:cosmos
.............................
4th place – 27 points

sanguine moon
my father decides
to end his hemo

#163 Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, 
Botosani, Romania
(4-6-3) = 27 pts
........................

the Moonlight Sonata -
a cat on the fence
is in unison

#54 Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă, 
Galaţi, Romania
(2-1-1) = 9 pts
.............................
the last comet –
she went through my life
before sunrise

# 83 Adrian-Nicolae Popescu, 
Radauti-Suceava, Romania
(1-2-0) = 7 pts
.............................
starry night -
this time they tryst
in Orion

#80 Dan Iulian, 
Bucharest, Romania
(0-3-0) = 6 pts
......................
wonderful journey -
traveler around the Sun
with a glass of wine

# 76 Mihail Buraga, 
Bucharest, Romania
(0-2-1) = 5 pts
............................   

frozen window pane-
the moon thaws out
by my breath

#86 Lavana Kray, 
Iasi, Romania
(1-0-2) = 5 pts
.............................
starry night –
looking about for a comet
near Mercury

#166 Maria Tirenescu, 
Cugir, Romania
(1-0-1) = 4 pts
.........................
our story -
your cigar next to
the stars through the telescope

#49 Ana Drobot,
Bucharest, Romania
(1-0-0) = 3 pts
.........................
the mysteries of the sea -
the flow brings ashore
pieces of the moon

#127 Frățilă Genovel-Florentin, 
RM-Sarat, Romania
(0-1-0) = 2 pts
............................

Orion Nebula -
painting the veil of God
in vanilla

#13 Steliana Cristina Voicu, 
Ploesti, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pt
  
......................
brand new rising stars -
light needed thousands years
to reach kukai

#17 Gheorge Postelnicu, 
Dridu, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pt
..........................
Cleaning hour-
the last stars fall one by one
under the moon sickle

#57 Vasile Moldovan, 
Bucharest, Romania
...........................
man on a lifeboat
wind ruffling his grey beard-
the North Star stands still

#110 Miruna Covor, 
Bucharest, Romania
..........................
Cosmos is funny,
'cause in this total movement,
the stars seem to stay.

#139 Marieta Maglas, 
Suceava, Romania
.............................................


luni, 15 decembrie 2014

Haiku Journal, Issue 3



Ana Drobot

bright Sunday morning -
the cling of all her bracelets
against his tea cup




duminică, 14 decembrie 2014

The Heron's Nest - Volume XVI, Number 4: December 2014 - quarterly online journal



birthday—
a gathering of moths
on my paisley shawl


Lavana kray - Romania


http://www.theheronsnest.com/December2014/poets-index.html



Eucalypt - Nr.17 -a print magazine which showcases contemporary tanka poetry


first snowflakes  
on the wreckage
of a boat...
the same dog from yesterday
is waiting on the shore

Lavana Kray - Romania

marți, 2 decembrie 2014

A Hundred Gourds 4:1 December 2014 HAIKU:



A.
HAIKU

blind date –
a red rose
in the wastebasket 
space
Lavana Kray - pag.5


waning moon
she counts down the days
until delivery 

Steliana Cristina Voicu - pag.11

moon's sickle –
my cat sharpens
it's claws 
space
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara - pag.12

B.
HAIGA 

LAVANA KRAY

test image for 21

luni, 1 decembrie 2014

Brass bell: a haiku journal




Winter Haiku

Au contribuit 103 poeţi din Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Switzerland, Tunisia, and the United States.


winter time —
no more tourists
asking for ice cream
 - Ana Drobot

searching for the dog
through the snow
two eyes
 - Anisoara Iordache 

last day of the year
evening arrives
little by little
 - Constantin Stroe


first snowflakes —
the cat shakes off
his wet whiskers
 - Elena Malec


old forest —
covered by snow
only the stumps
 - Laura Vaceanu 


hemmed in by snow —
red apples lined up
on the windowsill
 - Lavana Kray


winter sky —
looking for an asteroid
between the stars
 - Maria Tirenescu


sunrise
children clap their hands —
snowman without a nose
 - Petruta Ionescu 


young lovers 
trembling
a winter storm
 - Silvestru Miclaus


vacation
snowman watches over
the school yard
 - Vasile Moldovan


snow-bound path —
footprints full
of moon rays
 - Virginia Popescu