13th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest

 

Division 1b: General Public (Non‐Japanese applicants)

 優秀賞 Distinguished Work Prize ２名２句

① rural summer –      

a hay carriage crosses the hill     

close to the moon 

Steliana Cristina Voicu (Romania)

① small tombstone      

the distance between      

caterpillar and butterfly 

Eduard Tara (Romania)

① chemotherapy –      

this time she greets me      

with wildflowers in hair 

Dan Iulian (Romania)

① old airfield –      

a flock of pigeons      

lands on a patch of grass    

 ② last stop –      

a dandelion fluff      

in the spider web 

Capotă  Daniela Lăcrămioara (Romania)

① dinner on the pier     

 two seagulls on a mast      

tasting the silence 

Clara Toma (Romania)

① artesian fountain      

a flutter of sparrows      

peck at the rainbow 

Mona Jordan (Romania)

① floating lotus      

separating night and day      

blue innocence 

Mircea Moldovan (Romania)

① days of blossoming     

 the elders in the hospice      

compare their lifelines     

② one legged pigeon     

 on the sundial      

Hiroshima Day 

Cezar‐Florin Ciobîcă  (Romania)

Division 3: Junior High School Students

 

① pandemic days      

my cat brings inside     

 dandelion fluff    

Andreea Buzuc (8th grade) "Elena Rareș” School, Romania

 

① artesian well     

coins sparkling     

among stars    

Karina Panainte (8th grade) "Elena Rareș” School, Romania

 

① rain puddles     

 noisy children jumping     

 from cloud to cloud    

 Mircea Basarab (8th grade) "Elena Rareș” School, Romania   

 

① old pond     

 tadpoles dotting     

 the moon    

Sebastian Ciobica (3rd grade) "Elena Rareș” School, Romania

 

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