9th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

9th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

A.Prizes

Division 2: Junior High School Students

Grand Prize

Cristina Apetrei    Botoșani, Romania   

(“Elena Rareș” School, 8th grade)

(English haiku):      

summer’s end          

a skipping stone stirring up    

memories with dad        

日本語訳 (Japanese translation):

水切り石

父と遊んだ

夏過ぎぬ

Division 3: High School Students

Distinguished Work Prize

Nadin Ghileschi Botoșani, Romania

(“Mihai Eminescu” Lyceum, 9th grade)

受賞作品 (English haiku):

silent night

a fox’s footprints in snow

lead to Milky Way

日本語訳 (Japanese translation):

雪のしじま

キツネの足跡

銀河まで

Division 4: Non‐Japanese

Distinguished Work Prize

Cezar‐Florin Ciobîcă (Romania)

受賞作品 (English haiku):    

ladybird emerging        

from inside a snail shell      

ceasefire agreement        

(飯島 武久 訳）

日本語訳 (Japanese translation):

てんとう虫

蝸牛の殻出て

休戦協定

B. Contest Selected Haiku Submissions Collection

Division 4: Non‐Japanese 第４部: 外国人

aging in silence –

keeps him company

only a bonsai

scent of lime –

the little girl is scanning

a book with stories

Maria Tirenescu (Romania)

Weather forecast –

the next years will pass

like a summer rain

Mother’s eyes –

two well buckets dropping

from time to time

Emil Marin (Romania)

a dandelion –

so stunning little poem

the trembling of hand

the rose of sharon –

a thousand pieces flowing

among my mistakes

Andreea Maftei (Romania)

old pond –

disturbing the peace

a speck of dust

Ana Drobot (Romania)

faraway summer –

in the linden’s flowers

traditional tea

their ancestral costume –

grandma’s expertise

all the garden

Silvestru Miclaus (Romania)

spring days –

the pigeon pair fades

leaf by leaf

commercial road –

the crow rolls

a nut

Capotă  Daniela Lăcrămioara (Romania)

temple –

a straw sandal turns

into bird nest

lunch break –

a sparrow alights

on the scythe

Lavana Kray (Romania)

hungry pigeons –

scattered

magnolia’s petals

railway station –

the only baggage

a few freesias

Carmen Mariana Nanu (Romania)

storm clouds –

hanging out of the moon

a rainbow

hunting for kites

on the ridge of the wave –

a gull

Florin Golban (Romania)

old pond –

after the frog leap just

the stork bill clapping

winter twilight

looking for a shorter way

to the self

Iulian Ciupitu (Romania)

little black dress –

the moon full of

ylang‐ylang

rising sun –

japanese sky

a garden of roses

Steliana Cristina Voicu (Romania)

More strong

than wine itself

your ungave kiss

This pitcher of clay…

tomorrow and I will have

long returned to dust

Adina Enachescu (Romania)

In the crown

of a cherry tree in bloom

two sparrow has a chat

Weather in change –

the hat of a dandelion

carried by the wind

Vasile Moldovan (Romania)

milky way –

free to choose

my own dream

departing geese –

all I’m left with

is silence

Eduard Tara (Romania)

Christmas without snow…

Santa Claus usually comes

with the sledge

Even

on the secular crosses

the first snowfall

Constantin Stroe (Romania)

refugee camp

a pregnant woman weaving

a dream catcher

ladybird emerging

from inside a snail shell

ceasefire agreement

Cezar‐Florin Ciobîcă  (Romania)

Division 3: High School Students 第３部: 高校生

silent night

a fox’s footprints in snow

lead to Milky Way

new therapy

the soothing song

of a blackbird

Nadin Ghileschi (9th grade)

(“Mihai Eminescu” Lyceum, Romania)

drought

birds’ shadows cooling off

the cracked earth

gloomy day

the princess in the story

changes her mind

Cristina Ailoaei (12th grade)

(“Mihai Eminescu” Lyceum, Romania)

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Division 2: Junior High School Students 第２部: 中学生

old carousel

around the pony’s neck

bindweed

granny’s garden

every flower bed

with its story

Gabi Apalaghiei (8th grade)

“Elena Rareș” School, Romania

rainy day

on the hero’s gravestone

a withered rose

Sabina Ciobanu (8th grade)

“Elena Rareș” School, Romania

summer’s end

a skipping stone stirring up

memories with dad

Cristina Apetrei (8th grade)

“Elena Rareș” School, Romania

stork nest

chicks pecking

first stars

Ioana Brînzei (7th grade)

“Elena Rareș” School, Romania

cherry blossoms

our silence

fades to pink

Delia Iftime (7th grade)

“Elena Rareș” School, Romania

partial eclipse

ravens settling on

a sunflower field

Giorgiana Cucu (7th grade)

“Elena Rareș” School, Romania

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