EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #20 - Winter 2017 Edition

Au participat 237 de autori din 47 de ţări.

SECOND PLACE (2 authors):

044 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

(9-2-4) = 35 points

(from: LIT, CRO, ROM, BUL, LIT, LIT, RUS, ROM, BRA, - PORT, CRO - ROM, MGL, MON, USA)

end of war -
getting a snow angel
with a single wing

THIRD PLACE:

108 Ana Drobot. Bucharest, Romania

(7-4-5) = 34 points

(from: BUL, POL, POL, POL, UK, GER, RUS, - RUS, UK, USA, ROM - BUL, UK, LIT, ROM, LIT)
snowflakes -
my first
ballet lesson

*

cicory field-
the old blue carpet
in my bedroom

135 Emil Marin, Pantelimon, Romania

(4-2-1) = 17 pts

*

silent night
hanging a dreamcatcher
over his crib

230 Cezar Florescu, Botosani, Romania

(3-1-6) = 17 pts

*

year's first dream
dad returning from
that war zone

231 Cristina Apetrei, Botosani, Romania

(3-2-1) = 14 pts

*

first snowflakes -
she tells me about
global warming

093 Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania

(1-4-1) = 12 pts

*

winter is coming -
over the ocean a seagull
looking for summer

039 Mariana Tănase, Brăila, Romania

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

*
urban alpinism-
a lady bird climbs up
in the ivy top

136 Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

*
at the Vesper
both my heart and the bells
in rhythm of pray

056 Adina Enachescu, Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Romania

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

*

cut acacia-
at return two storks look for
their nest in vain

134 Constantin Stroe, Bucharest, Romania

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

*
2 days to Christmas –
grandma teaches me
gingerbread secret

185 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

*

waiting hall –
same trainstation
different stories

107 Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă, Galati, Romania

(1-0-2) = 5 pts

*

burning love -
freezing like hell
for a kiss

198 Mihail Buraga, Bucharest, Romania

(1-0-2) = 5 pts

*

after the storm -
dandelion fluff
floods sky

120 Florin Golban, Bucharest, Romania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

*

chaste young lovers -
videochat on Christmas
Adam's suit wearing

043 Gheorghe Postelnicu, Bucharest, Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

*
Christmas housecleaning -
only a leaf
in my address book

103 Cristina-M. Moldoveanu, Bucharest, Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

*

boat with refugees
is raised by a wave -
God help us!

166 Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

fără puncte

amazed -
snowflakes instead of flies
at the window

029 Miclăuş Silvestru, Sommariva del Bosco, Romania

https://europeankukai.blogspot.ro/2017/12/results-of-european-quarterly-kukai-20.html

haikuniverse 29 dec

old Harmattan –
gathering the Sahara
into a pearl 

haiku by Florin Golban

http://www.haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-florin-golban-3/

The 159th. WHA Haiga Contest （12/2017)

LAVANA  KRAY
http://www.worldhaiku.net/wha_haiga/159/haiga159.html

The Caribbean Kigo Christmas Kukai 2017

#118/ theme -- gift


FIRST PLACE

14
waiting for gifts
in the beggar's hands
first snowflakes
--Cristina Apetrei Romania
VOTES: 414*** SCORE: 18

COMMENTS: This picture is awakening our conscience. It calls to my mind the 
Andersen's fairy tale “The Little Match Girl”.


SECOND PLACE

13.
Christmas gift ...
trying on for my mom
a chemo wig
-- Cezar Florescu
VOTES: 431*** SCORE: 13


***

gift unwrapping -
still covering my footsteps
fallen leaves
--Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)
VOTES: *11*** SCORE: 05
COMMENTS:

1
Please, receive as gift
on the Thanksgiving Day
my heart itself!
--Vasile Moldovan
VOTES: ****** SCORE: 00
COMMENTS:

http://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.ro/

International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition / 22nd prize-winning haiku

Tokusen (Second Prize)

dandelion seeds
on the wind
graduation day

 Cristina Apetrei

 Nyusen (Third Prize)

Little by little
moon is undressing
her cloudy kimono

Vasile Moldovan


bonsai branch -
the bird's song
not diminished

Iulian Ciupitu

 
empty bottle
the autumn wind fills it
with its own whistle

 Eduard Tara

 http://kusamakura-haiku.jp/backnumber/2017/english_e.html

Ploc!, Nr. 71

 

http://www.100pour100haiku.fr/revue_ploc/ploc_revue_haiku_numero_71.pdf

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal,volume 1:1; Fall-Winter 2017-2018

I capture in my palm
the light of nightfall −
longing for autumn

prind în palmă
lumina amurgului −
dor de toamnă

Adina Enăchescu, Romania


the one which bit me
maybe the year’s last spider:
Indian summer

cel ce m-a mușcat
ultimul paing din an
vară indiană
 
Cristian Mocanu, Romania

Late night

all crickets are silent

autumn moon

Seară târzie

în faţa lunii de toamnă

toţi greierii tac

Valentin Nicoliţov, Romania

locking the gate −
a Leonid touches                                                                                                                      unknown hills

încuind poarta −
o leonidă atinge
dealuri neştiute

Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania

https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/

Ribbons Winter 2017 by Tanka Society Of America

                They closed

the maternity ward

in the village –

a spider swaddling

butterflies

xxx

S-a închis

maternitatea 

din sat -

păianjenii înfașă

fluturi


       Lavana Kray

 

http://www.lulu.com/shop/tanka-society-of-america/ribbons-winter-2017-volume-13-no-1/paperback/product-23086031.html

​

the 22nd edition of the Indian Kukai

Results of The Indian Kukai # 22



5th place


paper lanterns
along the holy river
the ancestors' souls

Vasile Moldovan
Bucharest, Romania
(2,1,4)=16


6th place


down the river
scattering among stars
my mom’s ashes

Cristina Apetrei
Botosani,Romania
(4,1,3)=15


7th place

childhood -
following the sun
beyond the river

 Mihail Buraga,
Bucharest, Romania
(1,3,2)=13

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

Only a fulcrum
on the life river:
the life itself]

 Adina Enachescu,
 Romania
(1,1,0)=3


along the river -
through quiet tents and horses
travelling sun

Miruna Covor,
Bucharest, Romania
(0,0,1)=3


the Salmon River
carrying to the ocean
the Milky Way

Florin Florian
Botoșani,Romania
(1,1,0)=3


river...
what lies ahead
after retirement

Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania
(0,1,0)=2

1 POINT(x9)


danubian wolf -
war flag of european
motherland

Gheorghe Postelnicu
Bucharest, Romania


Downriver
two gulls are chatting
on a top os mast

Emil Marin
Bucharest, Romania


Along the river
fishers and water ouzel
in rivality

 Constantin Stroe
Bucharest, Romania

(1,2,0)=5

http://indiankukai.blogspot.ro/2017/12/results-of-indian-kukai-22.html

HAIKU MASTERS - december 2017

      Haiku Master of the Week1

      SUBMISSION CATEGORY 1
     HAIKU THIS PHOTO

  covered roads -

  every time the silence

  so different

  Eduard TARA / Romania

  first snowflakes

  my sumi-e plum branch

  in full bloom

  cezar florescu / Romania

  SUBMISSION CATEGORY 2
  ORIGINAL PHOTO HAIKU


  Theme:Please choose your own theme

  Lavana Kray

  Steliana-Cristina Voicu

  Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201712.html?week=1

HAIKU MASTERS -special event

HAIKU MASTERS in Kyoto

A.Runners-up

[HAIKU THIS PHOTO]

mom's diary

imagining the story

of a pressed leaf

cezar florescu / Romania

SUBMISSION CATEGORY 1

HAIKU THIS PHOTO

mom's diary

imagining the story

of a pressed leaf

cezar florescu / Romania

still looking

for the stars we both know - 

autumn silence

Eduard TARA / Romania

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/event/201712/gallery20171204.html

SUBMISSION CATEGORY 2

ORIGINAL PHOTO HAIKU

Theme:Please choose your own theme

Lavana Kray

Ana Drobot

Steliana Voicu

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/event/201712/gallery20171204.html

World Haiku Association

 The result of the 158th haiga contest 
   (Nov. 2017)

Oana Boazu

 http://www.worldhaiku.net/wha_haiga/158/haiga158.html

World Haiku Association

   The result of the 158th haiga contest 
   (Nov. 2017)

   LAVANA KRAY

http://www.worldhaiku.net/wha_haiga/158/haiga158.html

haiku master november 2017

   week #3
   haiku this photo

RUNNERS-UP

driftwood

scent of an old

unknown story

   Cezar Florescu

Driftwood spends days, sometimes months, just slowly drifting from place to place. While it drifts, the world continues to turn and people move from day to day. Smell is directly connected to our memories, and we can feel the author’s strong sense of storytelling through this work (Kazuko Nishimura)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201711.html?week=3

asahi haikuist network

across stubble fields

walking on stilts now

our shadows

Ana Drobot

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711170001.html

HAIKU MASTERS - november 2017

week #2

HAIKU  THIS  PHOTO

heavy news -
a bent branch helps me
straighten up

Lavana Kray / Romania

driftwood
scent of an old
unknown story

cezar florescu / Romania

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201711.html?week=2

ATLAS POETICA - WORLD TANKA JOURNAL No 30

Lavana Kray:

1

My friends

who used to come by daily

have suddenly left me . . .

I'm scribbling one more thought

on my foot’s plaster cast

x

Prietenii

care veneau de obicei

m-au părăsit subit –

mai scriu o cugetare

pe gheata mea de ghips

2

Roses

and vinyl records  . . .

from the snowy soul

a snake of smoke rises

to heavens

x

Trandafiri

și discuri de vinil –

din sufletul nins

se ridică la cer

un șarpe de fum

3

Black clouds

took everything away — 

the sap of flowers

left in a book is a sign

that you’ve been here

x

Norii hrăpăreți

au luat totul cu ei –

seva florilor

presate într-o carte,

semn că ai fost aici

4

Finally,

something is going on

in the desert . . .

the prints of your steps

filled with tadpoles

x

În sfârșit,

se întâmplă ceva

în deșert –

urmele pașilor tăi

pline cu mormoloci

5

I tied

my dreams in trees,

forgot about the hunters  . . .

the light inside my birds

drenched all away

x

Am urcat

visurile în copac,

uitând de vânători –

s-a scurs toată lumina

din păsările mele

http://atlaspoetica.org/

Mainichi, haiku in English

November 13, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)

highway --

even the autumn leaves

increase their speed

--

Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/haiku/

Mainichi, 3 noiembrie 2017

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20171025/p2g/00m/0fe/085000c

harvest time --

the hay bales intensify red

on the sunset side

--

oana boazu (Galati, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

November 3, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)

harvest time --

the hay bales intensify red

on the sunset side

--

oana boazu (Galati, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

November 3, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)

harvest time --

the hay bales intensify red

on the sunset side

--

oana boazu (Galati, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

November 3, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)

harvest time --

the hay bales intensify red

on the sunset side

--

oana boazu (Galati, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711030003.html

Ana Drobot may be walking home on a damp, foggy night in Bucharest, Romania. Formed during calm cold nights, fog is common in the late fall. Such dismal climates can evoke a feeling of loneliness and fear.

Mixing up
memories of fog
red turns pink

Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2017

Honorable Mentions:

În prag de toamnă
glasul singurătății
se-ascunde-n priviri
​
Gabriela Genţiana Groza 
Romania

http://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/
 

EXPRESSIONS - LES ADEX No 64 Octobre 2017

Lavana Kray:

 1
Illustration de ce poème:

dans le pré en automne
sur chaque brin d'herbe
la rosée qui s'est déposée
sont-ce les larmes des insectes
qui toute la nuit ont crié ?

 2
Qu'évoque pour vous le mot "vague" ?

le temps de quitter...
les vagues de poupe concotent
un cocktail de souvenirs 

http://www.lesadex.com/

Cirrus: tankas de nos jours, Nr. 8 - octombrie 2017

http://www.cirrustanka.com/issues/8_Cirrus_automne_2017.pdf

The 157th. WHA Haiga Contest （10/2017)

Judge and comments by Kuniharu Shimizu 

http://www.worldhaiku.net/wha_haiga/157/haiga157.html 

Haiku anthology - They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku.

The book is being published by Middle Island Press, and it is available online at Amazon.com
Author: Robert Epstein

 This is Lavana Kray's contribution:

refugee tent -

a girl calls a butterfly

by her mom’s name

Les Adex - Jeu concours de poésie 2017, sur le thème " La lumière"

Le jury de "la lumière" a sélectionné mon envoi pour figurer parmi les 38 publiés dans le recueil -souvenir.

Après la pluie,
une rivière de lampes torches
portées par les refugiés -
le vent murmure
des berceuses

Lavana Kray

http://www.lesadex.com/2017/10/concours-de-poesie-2017-la-lumiere-resultats/