marți, 28 septembrie 2021

Mainichi- haiku in English, Sept. 28, 2021



morning dew --

    so transparent

    your body language

    --

    Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

    Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

    https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210824/p2g/00m/0su/057000c

    sâmbătă, 25 septembrie 2021

    2021 Living Haiku Anthology




    https://livinghaikuanthology.com


    Haiku by Clelia Ifrim

    Cherry tree in bloom
    like a mouth of a newborn -
    hana goromo.

    My Loved Japan, Best Books of 2011, The Japan Times

    Yellow butterfly
    on a numbered grave —
    I love you, unknown child!

    My Loved Japan, Best Books of 2011, The Japan Times

    The northern wind sweeps
    a village on the seashore —
    a handful of salt.

    Ko, autumn-intern, 2005

    No entry zone, no . . .
    can you say to my memories
    not to return home?

    My Loved Japan, Best Books of 2011, The Japan Times

    Light autumn sky —
    ragdoll sinks into the sea
    with its eyes open.

    Ko, Nagoya, Japan, autumn - winter, 2009

    Price of a rice bag —
    the light of day turns into
    a letter of spring.


    Haiku by Dan Iulian


    wrought iron flowers -
    only the time is visiting
    my mothers grave
    Runner up, Vladimir Devidé The Second Annual Haiku Award, 2012
    http://www.worldhaiku.net/news_files/2nd_Vladimir_Awards.pdf


    wedding gifts -
    in the bride’s bouquet
    a lily of the valley
    Monthly Haiku Choices, Sketchbook, May / June 30, 2012 "wedding / bride" Haiku Thread
    http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook7-3MayJun2012-42/Sketchbook_7-3_MayJune_2012-42_Choices_Bernard_Gieske_Wedding_Threads.htm


    eclipse -
    sunflowers
    disoriented
    Mainichi Haiku in English, August 13, 2013
    https://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/haiku/etc/archive/selection2013.html


    end of holiday -
    memory of mountain spring
    in a PET bottle
    Winner, Iris Haiku Magazine Contest - Water for Life, 2013


    I have seen angels -
    but this is something common
    in a hospital
    Mainichi Haiku in English, January 21, 2013
    https://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/haiku/etc/archive/selection2013.html


    back to school -
    in the Wireless Networks Lab
    a curious spider
    Second Place, Carribean Kigo Kukai #54, September 2014
    http://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com/2014/09/ckk-54-results.html


    traffic jam -
    the wind helps an old leaf
    to cross the street
    Merit Award, 7th Ito En Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest 2014


    blood center -
    a flea changes
    the host
    Commended, Blood Donation Haiku Contest 2015


    summer rain -
    between two thunders
    her heartbeat
    First Place, Indian Kukai #11, May 2015
    http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/2015/06/


    the cherry tree in bloom

    is knocking at the window -
    nobody at the door
    Commended, Journal of Romanian-Japanese Cultural Interferences Haiku Contest 2016
    http://revistahaiku.blogspot.com/p/rezultatele-concursului-revistei-haiku.html


    I don’t need nothing -
    today visited me
    the first swallow
    Honorable Mention, The 19-th APOKALIPSA Haiku Contest 2017


    douane -
    in the eyes of a refugee
    the borderless sky
    Honorable Mention, The 2017 Betty Drevniok Awards, Canada
    https://haikucanada.org/awards/BettyDrevniokAward2017_side1.pdf


    refugee camp -

    just the full moon’ bauble
    in a Christmas tree
    Award, 7th Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest Haiku in English on a set theme, 2017
    http://matsuyamahaiku.jp/contest/result2017_7th/eng_theme.php


    cold morning -
    a bakery shares with all
    the smell of warm bread
    Honorable mention , 73nd Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest, 2019
    http://www.basho-bp.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/eigo.pdf


    high blue -
    in the hawk’s eyes the pigeon
    bigger and bigger
    Honorable Mention, Soka Matsubara International Haiku Competition 2019
    http://www.city.soka.saitama.jp/cont/s1410/010/010/020/foreignlanguagehaikuoutstanding.pdf


    waiting for
    the fall of another leaf -
    the rest is silence
    Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 3:1, Autumn/Winter 2019-2020
    https://www.autumnmoonhaiku.com/home/autumn-moon-haiku-journal-31-autumnwinter-2019-2020

    Haiku by Lavana Kray

    the scent

    of roasted chestnuts -

    a postcard from home


    widow's birthday -

    only the wind brings

    cherry blossoms


    five o'clock tea -

    my shadow visits

    to the neighbour's yard



    Haiku by Steliana Cristina Voicu

    jasmine moon –
    catching
    the bridal bouquet

    Chrysanthemum  20, October 2016

    yellow leaves -
    the steps of a passerby
    echoes in the rain

    Under the Bashō  2016, Modern Haiku

    Perseids…
    light from a firefly
    fills the jar

    Asahi Haikuist Network, 2 September 2016

    falling plum blossoms…
    the nightingale now singing
    for another tree

    The Heron's Nest  Volume XVII, Number 4: December 2015

    Grapes harvest
    Baskets of light
    Delay the dusk

    Runner-up Prize, 25th Basho Haiku Festival, Japan, 12th October 2013
    Under the Bashō 2016, Poets’ Personal Best

    delivery room -
    the gentle light
    of the beginning

    Honorable Mention, Betty Drevniok Award 2015, Canada

    grace of the night –
    a swan leans to pick up
    a falling star

    Commendation in the 4th Polish International Haiku Competion 2014

    Milky Way -
    our secret path
    of cherry blossoms

    Honorable Mention at Vancouver Cherry Blossoms Festival 2015

    after apple harvest

    forgotten in the orchard

    a basket of stars

    The Mainichi, Japan, 19th November 2014

    vineri, 24 septembrie 2021

    World Haiku Series 2020 (105) Haiku by Florin C. Ciobica

    old pond—
    teaching my grandchild
    how to skip stones
    
    (Sketchbook 7-2, March-April,  2012)
    
    古池
    孫に教える
    石をスキップする方法を
    
    Remembrance Day
    different stories
    about my father
    
    (Prize winner, The 19th HIA Haiku Contest, 2017)
    
    英霊記念日
    別の物語
    父については
    
    freezing rain
    the antiquarian wipes
    his crystal glassware
    
    (Harusame, May 22, 2019)
    
    着氷性の雨
    古物商がふく
    水晶のガラス製品を
    
    meteor shower
    remembering
    my dad’s last wish
    
    (brass bell: a haiku journal, August 2021 issue)
    
    流星群
    覚えている
    父さんの最後の願いを
    
    mom's diary
    imagining the story
    of a pressed leaf
    
    (Haiku Masters in Kyoto, December 2017)
    
    母さんの日記
    物語を想像する
    押し葉の
    
    antique shop
    browsing in search
    for lost time
    
    (World Haiku Review, June, 2016)
    
    骨董品店
    ブラウジングで検索
    失われた時間のため
    
    minus fifteen
    three snowmen sharing
    a vodka bottle
    
    (Mainichi, Haiku in English, Japan, February 8, 2018)
    
    マイナス15
    3人の雪だるまが共有
    ウォッカボトルを
    
    empty chrysalis
    on the doorstep 
    end of summer
    
    (Haiku Dialogue, Haiku Foundation, 2021)
    
    空の蛹
    玄関先に
    夏の終わり
    
    my son’s dream
    to become a sommelier
    autumn sunset
    
    (Asahi Haikuist Network, December 2019)
    
    息子の夢
    ソムリエになること
    秋の夕焼け
    
    public debate
    sparrows chattering in
    the plum tree in bloom
    
    (Haikuniverse, September 20, 2019)
    
    公開討論
    スズメがおしゃべり
    満開の梅の木
    
    ― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
     








     

    joi, 23 septembrie 2021

    The Heron's Nest, Volume XXIII, Number 3: September 2021

     my sleep too will be owned by daffodils

    .
    Réka Nyitrai
    Bucharest, Romania
     
     https://www.theheronsnest.com/September2021/haiku-p23.html?fbclid=IwAR01MWmPcYeLe_WiK9cO6zpzSMgmpcjqqLLlNbpJil2mOxKknxlohd0LnJk

    Presence Issue #70

    spring rain the color of the time of forests
    .
    .
    longing for love—
    forsythia stalks
    in a jar of water
    .
    .
    Réka Nyitrai
     
     

    Weird Laburnum, September 14

    stoned cherries
    craving another man’s
    wife

    Reka Nyitrai

     https://weirdlaburnum.wordpress.com/2021/09/14/1389/

     

    Cold Moon Journal - September

     September 20, 2021


    blowing a dandelion between lightning & thunder

    Florin C. Ciobica

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-florin-c-ciobica_20.html

    ***


    September 19, 2021

     
    snow geese honking through my beauty sleep


    Florin C. Ciobica

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-florin-c-ciobica.html

    ***

     

    September 15, 2021 

     

    empty shell

    the truth

    which I still hide

    Mirela Brăilean

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-mirela-brailean_15.html

    ***

     September 13, 2021

    the same story with a prince on a white horse...

    Mirela Brăilean

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-mirela-brailean.html

    ***

      September 13, 2021

    a worm between me and the rest


    Mircea Moldovan

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-mircea-moldovan_13.html

     ***

     

    September 5, 2021

    sundown

    my long shadow

    follows me alone


    Mona Iordan

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-mona-iordan.html

    ***

     September 5, 2021


    baby booties

    a cat pulls a thread

    from the full moon

    Mircea Moldovan

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-mircea-moldovan.html

    ***


    September 4, 2021

     

    zig-zag among the reeds --

    the love flight

    of dragonflies

    Vasile Moldovan

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-vasile-moldovan_4.html

    ***

     September, 2021

     

    plowing in the sky --

    the departure

    of the cranes

    Vasile Moldovan

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-vasile-moldovan.html

    HAIKU DIALOGUE – Finding peace and contemplation… in worn, imperfect and transient things… rusty hitching iron

    rusty horseshoe—
    the less visible part
    of luck

    Mirela Brăilean
    Romania

    ***

     autumn afterglow
    how swiftly my roses
    are fading away

    Mona Iordan
    Romania

    ***

     forge in ruins
    between now and then
    a hitching iron

    Florin C. Ciobica
    Romania

     

    https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-finding-peace-and-contemplation-in-worn-imperfect-and-transient-things-rusty-hitching-iron/?fbclid=IwAR0mDSPgd57pt0HfyULs_tX_4CNTzl3WvQDigaudEeIa4GQcuEklBNlTTew

     

    miercuri, 22 septembrie 2021

    The Cicada's Cry, A Micro Zine of Haiku Poetry, summer edition

     vespers -

    with its heads bowed

    the honeysuckle

     

    Mirela Brailean (Romania)
     
     
     selected by JM Reinbold, Editor
     
     https://thecicadascry.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-cicadas-cry-summer-2021-edition.html?fbclid=IwAR1hBjvmLWSeRKWx7UFtImKMrKto_qN7v6edQbshnDH4qivBJqfdtUu_M0o

    marți, 21 septembrie 2021

    Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival -- 2021 Winning Haiku

     

    International
    Sakura Award

    cherry blossoms
    I still believe
    in pinky promises

    Cezar Ciobica
    Botoșani, Romania

    Youth --Top Winner

    empty playground
    fallen cherry petals
    on the carousel

    Sebastian Ciobica, Age 9
    Botosani, Romania

    Youth
    Sakura Award

    new hammock
    a spider web stops the fall
    of cherry petals

    Anamaria Olaru, Age 13
    Botoșani, Romania

    Youth
    Honourable Mention

    gust of wind
    cherry petals
    mask my teddy bear

    Sebastian Ciobica, Age 9
    Botoşani, Romania

    Youth
    Honourable Mention

    birdbath
    cherry blossom rain
    speckling the moon

    Karina Panainte, Age 13
    Botoşani, Romania


    https://www.vcbf.ca/haiku-invitational/winning-haiku/2021-winning-haiku


    sâmbătă, 18 septembrie 2021

    DAILY HAIGA

     17 SEPT 2021

    LAVANA KRAY


    a circle of chalk
    in the middle of the crowd—
    self portrait

    https://www.dailyhaiga.org/haiga-archives/2995/-circle-of-chalk-by-lavana-kray-romania



    vineri, 17 septembrie 2021

    ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray

     September 17, 2021 at 07:00 JST




    serene night -
    above temples and prisons
    the same moon

    Vasile Moldovan (Bucharest, Romania)

    first date
    a wasp attracted
    by my cold beer

    Florin Cezar Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)

    burning sun -
    each with its own umbrella
    me and my mojito

    Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)

    the moon in the sky
    a lifelong friend -
    leaves in the wind

    Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)

    duminică, 12 septembrie 2021

    Antologia Dovleacul


     







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    THE RESULTS OF THE 3rd HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME “GOURDS” – 2016

    Contest in English – Adults

    HAIKU

     

    HONORABLE MENTIONS




    THE RESULTS OF THE 3rd HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME “GOURDS” – 2016

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    3. nagrada / Third Prize




     

    Awarded haiku from the Haku Competitions 2014-2015, selected poems from all three competitions and work out of competition