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

http://www.diogenpro.com/uploads/4/6/8/8/4688084/casopis_iris_rezultati_konkursa_natjecaja.pdf

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