The European Top 100 haiku authors in 201

Din România,  11 haijini; în ordine alfabetică, aceștia sunt:


Cristina Apetrei   ROMANIA
Cezar Ciobîcă ROMANIA

Ana Drobot ROMANIA
Florin Golban  ROMANIA

Lavana Kray  ROMANIA
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara ROMANIA

Vasile Moldovan  ROMANIA
Réka Nyitrai  ROMANIA
Eduard Tara  ROMANIA

Maria Tirenescu  ROMANIA
Steliana Cristina Voicu  ROMANIA

http://haikueurotop.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-european-top-100-haiku-authors-in.html#comment-form

EUROPEAN KUKAI 2018 (#1/21)

night train-
just the full moon waiting for me
in the station

131 Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara, Galaţi, Romania
(3-4-4) = 21 pts

cherry trees in bloom -
younger today
than yesterdey

108 Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania
(3-2-2) = 15 pts

peeling an orange
the sky unweaves
into snowflakes

055 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania
(3-1-2) = 13 pts
granny is gone -
a wild plum still blossoms
in her garden

156 Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania
(2-1-3) = 11 pts

silent night ...
over his crib
a perfusion bag

184 Cezar Ciobica, Botosani, Romania
(1-3-0) = 9 pts

Merry graveyard -
over the fence to the pub
free entry

038 Alexandru-Emil Marin, Bucharest , Romania
(1-1-0) = 5 pts

Poppy Day...
dusting the weight
of their glory

188 Cristina Apatrei, Saveni, Romania
(0-2-1) = 5 pts

camp fire
behind te old fortress-
sunset

003 Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania
(1-0-1) = 4 pts

driving exam -
the cherry tree in bloom
gives me priority

040 Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania
(0-1-2) = 4 pts

Rustle of leaves-
I open my soul for
this autumn

012 Vasile Cojocaru, Pașcani, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

I have seen a flash -
under the piled-up snow
The Danube flows yet!

021 Mariana Tanase, Braila, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

frost on the window -
through she eyes
the peak of the hill

077 Florin Golban, București, România
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

finaly aboard -
you on the river
me on the sea

022 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

sitting on the sofa
the cat waits
for the phone chat

144 Csanad Szava, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

dreaming at the sea -
someone from time to time
is slamming the gate

169 Mihail Buraga, Bucharest, Romania

https://europeankukai.blogspot.com/2018/12/results-of-european-kukai-2018-121_31.html

Mt. Fuji Tanka Grand Prix contest

HONOURABLE MENTION

a string of footsteps

up and down the mountain side

like a wordless prayer -

what better tribute than this

to honor its snowy crown?

登山者の足音は言葉なき祈り白き山へのこよなき賛辞

Liliana Negoi Romania

un şir de paşi
în sus şi în jos pe munte
ca o rugă fără cuvinte -
ce omagiu mai bun
pentru a-i onora coroana ninsă?

http://fujisantaisho.com/index_english.html

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal

Volume 2:1, Autumn/Winter 2018-2019 deserted village – onlycranes sleep in it forever autumn sat sat părăsit - în el mai dorm doar cocorii toamna de-a pururi Marius Chelaru, Romania Winter twilight longing at the gate I and the moon Amurg de iarnă - la poarta dorului eu și luna Adina Enăchescu, Romania in the mailbox only yellow leaves – I’m still waiting în cutia de scrisori doar frunze galbene - eu încă aștept Letiţia Lucia Iubu, Romania On the wet asphalt in step with me, a snail – towards autumn Pe asfaltul ud la pas cu mine, un melc – încolo, toamna Utta-Siegrid König, Romania frozen bird bath – a crow slipping across the moon jgheab înghețat – o cioară alunecă pe lună Andrei Manoliu, Romania night train – in every station the same moon tren de noapte ­– în fiecare stație aceeași lună Mihai Pascaru, Romania vespers – a flock of crows crossing the valley   vecernie – un stol de ciori traversînd valea Maria Tirenescu, Romania https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/

CARIBBEAN KIGO kUKAI #128

THEME -- SHOPPING

FIRST PLACE
13
homeless - 
above the shopping cart
a sky full of stars
-Ana Drobot (Romania)

VOTE:537*** SCORE: 32
COMMENT: 1. such a nice and sad imageCOMMENT: 2. The haiku is poignant, brings home the glaring irony of stereotypical festive celebrations. Festivity has acquired materialistic connotations- shopping, gifting, merry making ,linked to purchasing power of which the poor and the homeless have none. But they do have the power of dreams and the haiku seems to allude to that.


Shopping day-
the brimful basket and
your empty wallet
-Vasile Moldovan, Romania
VOTE:11**** SCORE: 03


Christmas shopping -
my kids look for the best diapers
for the infant Jesus
-Cristina Apetrei
VOTE:****** SCORE: 00
COMMENT:


brainstorming -
adding multiple items
to the shopping list
-Cezar Florescu
VOTE:2***** SCORE: 02
COMMENT:

Indian kukai -- the 26th edition

theme -- fireplace

6th place : 13 POINTS

#11

old fireplace –
so many shades of red
in the evening sky


Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

#68

fireplace
folding sighs into
her kimono

Florin Florian
botosani, Romania

(5,4,0)=13

***

Fireside-
grandma is watching
a cat's sleep

Vasile Moldovan,(Don Basilio)
Romania
(2,2,0)=6

abandoned house –
just the sun
warms up the fireplace

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi Roumanie(2,0,1)=5

#63

fireplace -
drinking wine
slowly


Mihail Buraga
Bucharest
Romania 
(0,1,1)=5


#69

lighting the fireplace
your halo
regains strength

Cristina Apetrei
Botoșani, Romania
(1,0,1)=4

#21

near the fireplace - are thawing the relationships with my mother-in-law

Dan Iulian, Bucharest-Romania

(0,1,0)=2

#26

insomnia - rising shadows at the mouth of the stove

Florin Golban, Bucuresti, Romania

(2,0,0)=2

#29

Snowbeds over the village- cracking in the old fireplace some dry woods

Alexandru-Emil MĂRIN, Bucharest, ROMÂNIA.

(0,1,0)=2

SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME

lovely migrant girls and american task force - on the fireplace

Postelnicu, Bucharest, Romania

http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

Johnny Baranski Memorial Haiku Contest

Honorable Mention

morning frost
how brightly shines
the barbed wire

 Florin C. Florian
Botoșani, Romania

 

Winter finds the prison yard, yet an inmate discovers unintended beauty that even the prison walls can’t keep out. A sense of hope in a dark time. I enjoyed the nod to Johnny Baranski, who wrote so many prison poems.

*
L-am scris direct în engleză având pe retină o imagine tulburătoare dintr-o carte despre Auschwitz. Încerc, aici, o adaptare în limba română:

gerul dimineții // ce intens strălucește // sârma ghimpată

 

http://www.nahaiwrimo.com/home/johnny-baranski-memorial-haiku-contest-winners

 

HAIKU MASTERS -- DEC. 2018

   Ishikawa Special


   1.photo haiku 
    Lavana Kray - excellent work

Steliana Voicu

  2.haiku

   golden leaves
   the wind takes its part
   of the treasure//         Eduard Țară

   autumn's gold
   the beggar's bowl
   full of leaves //          Cristina Apetrei

   wedding reception
   first guest
   the lilac scent//           Cristina Apetrei

   insomnia -
   on the lake mirror
   a leaf's tremble//        Steliana Cristiana Voicu

   *
   gold wedding
   the wind scatters pollen
   over their heads//       cezar ciobika 

   https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/

Allegro Poetry Magazine - Issue 19 December 2018

deserted bay –

the emptiness of a sea shell
filling my soul

 

Lavana Kray

https://www.allegropoetry.org/p/issue-19-december-2018.html

Din Asahi Haikuist Network / David McMurray

Tomorrow, Steliana Voicu and her family will celebrate the centenary of the Great Union Day--the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom on Dec. 1, 1918. They look forward to a military parade and fireworks while eating beans with sausages, meat rolls and cakes.

National Day--
mom teaches me
meat roll recipe

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201811300005.html

The Haiku Foundation - Per Diem Archive

Collection of modern day haiku featuring amphibians and reptiles. 

 

water on the moon -
frogs spreading 
the news

Lavana Kray

 https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/per-diem-archive-details/?IDcat=362

GONG, Revue francophone de haiku, Nr. 56

 

 

 

bois tendre -
tailler une paire d'yeux
au poisson 

 

Lavana Kray

https://www.association-francophone-de-haiku.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Gong56.pd

GONG, Revue francophone de haiku, Nr 54

village d'enfance -
des amas de ferraille enjambent
le ruisseau 

Lavana Kray

https://www.association-francophone-de-haiku.com/revue-gong/

MAINICHI - HAIKU IN ENGLISH

November 23, 2018 (Mainichi Japan)

lost crops --

hanging on a branch

full moon

--

Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

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

Antologie de haiku în două linii, vol. 4

Ploc, revue de haiku, Nr. 74

 

Haiku 

 Instant choisi

 Senryu

http://www.100pour100haiku.fr/revue_ploc/ploc_revue_haiku_numero_74.pdf

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray

  November 16, 2018 at 08:00 JST

Ana Drobot steadied her hand in Bucharest.

 

a glass of white wine--

I continue my childhood painting

of magnolia in bloom

 

Vasile Moldovan heard nothing louder than a trickling tear during a funeral in Bucharest.

A teardrop

in a cupful of wine--

commemoration

 

 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201811160003.html

 

Failed haiku A Journal of English Senryu Volume 3, Issue 35

QUARTERLY GINYU HAIKU GALLERY 80

Selected by Ban'ya Natsuishy


1
brocken marriage -
looking to the mowing grass
I feel sapless 
x
despărțire -
privesc iarba cosită
fără vlagă
2
globalisation -
with every sigh I turn into
dandelion fluff
x
globalizare -
de câte ori respir
mă fac păpădii
3
power chain -
swarm of wild bees pulls me
out of the porch
x
energie în lanț -
roi de albine sălbatice
mă scot din pridvor


Lavana Kray


Comment:
"These haiku of unhappiness are attractive."
               Ban'ya Natsuishi

Cirrus: tankas de nos jours, Nr 10

http://www.cirrustanka.com/issues/10_Cirrus_automne_2018.pdf