flocon de neige –
la
solitude en habits
de
lumière
Mirela
BRĂILEAN, Roumanie
Pluie
d’avril
autour
de moi le parfum
de
la fleur de cerisier
Letiția
Lucia IUBU, Roumanie
Fête
des morts –
juste des gouttes de pluie
sur
leur pierre tombale
Letiția
Lucia IUBU, Roumanie
oublier
de saluer
un
perce-neige[1]
alzheimer
Mircea
MOLDOVAN, Roumanie
WEEK 13
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Dan Iulian
Finding peace and contemplation… in leisure time… flying kites
behind the front lines
swallowtail resting
on a blue and yellow kite
Elena Malec
after the rain
the kite tail
a rainbow
Dan Iulian
Tango no sekku
the carp streamer made by dad
now in my son’s hand
(Tango no sekku – a traditional calendrical event which is now designated as Children’s Day 子供の日 Kodomo no hi, a national holiday in Japan)
Mirela Brăilean
floating my kite
I learn to handle
the loops and the flops
Mona Iordan
truce . . .
a boy fixes
his kite
Florin C. Ciobica
Haiku by Mircea Moldovan
smell of ripe apples
next to the warm stove
Snow White's story
https://underthebasho.com/the-journal/under-the-basho-2022/haiku/mircea-moldovan.html
Tanka by Florin C. Ciobica
red leaves
carried by a cold wind
on the one-way street—
the docs still looking
for a blood donor
the old oak
losing its leaves
out of the blue
I start humming
a lullaby
explosions
in the besieged city
so courageous
in the old orchard
first bursting buds
Finding peace and contemplation… in leisure time… making music
shelter
the familiar lullaby
of a stranger
Mirela Brăilean
jam session—
improvising
a shy kiss
Dan Iulian
România
blackbird song—
notes forgotten
at the flute lesson
Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă
Romania
intimate karaoke
once a month
I’m King Lizard
Mircea Moldovan
România
-- peste 1000 de haiku-uri;
-- 193 de autori din 32 de țări.
First prize:
The Theme is Where sunflowers bloom
SECOND PLACE
where sunflowers bloom
bees and wasps and drones share
the same colorful light
--Dan Iulian; Romania
SCORE 09
**
sunflowers bloom -
I am taught how to use
a Japanese fan
Ana Drobot; (Bucharest, Romania)
SCORE 02
blue-washed sky
the child picks up the brush
to paint a sunflower field
Mona Iordan; Romania
SCORE 02
http://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com/
Organized by University of Alabama, USA
Grades 7-12 – First Place –Maria Lucanu
morning rain
the old cherry tree in bloom
loses light
Grades 1-3 – First Place – Seby Ciobica
cascading over
the street puddles
pink petals
Tanka
to mother
for her birthday
origami stars
the old blue kimono
a piece of sky
early morning
a herd of black goats
scatter the clouds
in the hut of a hermit
whispered liturgy
I was trying to guess the slabs of the platform. There were tufts of grass covered in mist on the edges. The station was barely out of the fog. Silhouettes ran back and forth.
Some for tickets, some for cigarettes and pretzels.
I felt like a stowaway among the commuters at seven in the morning. I got on the train, stomping down the aisle, and lit a cigarette, drawing on the steamy train window.
cloudy sky -
the cock crows
the same song
unhappy
a black cat is purring
on the stone table
under a dried chestnut tree
track of a donkey
old buddies—
white beats black
in five moves
Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă
Romania
Monopoly
even a moth
lands in jail
Florin C. Ciobica
Romania
roll-to-check
trading grains
to build my road
Mona Iordan
Romania
April 15, 2022 (Mainichi Japan)
war zone
how brave
the buds
--
Florin C. Ciobika (Botosani, Romania)
Judges: Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, Joe Okimoto, John Okamoto and Tim Sproul
Brit Myers Photo
WINNER
(Social Justice Category)
Dan Iulian
refugee shelter –
the orphan child spelling “home”
in a foreign tongue
https://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/life/month-of-haiku-at-mukai-launches-with-birthday-celebration/
Week 12 (4 - 8 April 2022)
spring morning
the cherry blossoms' flavor
of my coffee
Mirela Brăilean
open window -
a dandelion fluff pairs up
with baby's hair
Lavana Kray
returning to the nest
a mountain swallow
cut the sky in half
Mircea Moldovan
https://www.japansociety.org.uk/?pg=haiku-corner#a
pouring rain –
the sound of a drum
lost in the park
Florin C. Ciobica
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/04/by-florin-c-ciobica.html
my son compares
adjectives
--
Ciobika Cezar (Botosani, Romania)
Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220325/p2g/00m/0su/063000c
Mirela Brăilean
Mircea Moldovan
long rain - a smell of apple pie flooding the village Lavana Kray |
early spring
a shark cloud loses
its fin
Réka Nyitrai
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/04/by-reka-nyitrai.html
flowerless magnolias postcard from Kyiv
Mircea Moldovan
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/04/by-mircea-moldovan.html
Finding peace and contemplation…
in quiet spaces… far from crowds
leaving the hospice
a flowering twig over
the walled garden
Florin C. Ciobica
ISSUE #75
last leaf -
the postman comes no more
at number 3
Lavana Kray
canned tuna from
sustainable fisheries -
salty drop of sun
Cristina Angelescu
long mariage
the parrot and me
talking to ourselves
Mircea Moldovan
ISSUE #76
black coffee
we look at each other
the snail and me
Lavana Kray
Valentine's Day
scented candles
for cats
lanterns lit
next to a chapel
the first beetles
Mircea Moldovan
another wrinkle…
no more place
on the tally stick
Mona Iordan
step after step . . .
I reach the shrine
with a lighter bundle
Mona Iordan
pilgrimage’s end
leaving behind the burden
of the hiking stick
Mirela Brăilean
staffs in the dust
a flock of starlings
to Western Wall
Mircea Moldovan
pilgrim path
the zephyr trying on
worn out sandals
Florin C. Ciobica