marți, 28 martie 2023

Hedgerow: a journal of small poems no #141

snowstorm

in the shop window

a sleeping cat
 
 
(Mirela Brailean)


Cold Moon Journal March 22

 

swans' dance

the repeated bows

of the old dancer

Mirela Brailean

 https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023/03/by-mirela-brailean.html

The Japan Society Haiku Corner (week 12, 2023)

 unused

flying ticket...

a feather

Ana Drobot

https://www.japansociety.org.uk/?pg=haiku-corner&fbclid=IwAR02ZillT6aFAZ02VarCBd5qqAikxzsUvqjmyX5mhq8Cd1VKMcgw6EVy2JI#a


sâmbătă, 25 martie 2023

Caribbean Kiko Kukai March 2023

 

 

FIRST PLACE

7

ashy sky

the bitter colour of

my thoughts

Mona Iordan, Romania

VOTES: *34***SCORE: 18

COMMENTS: Thought provoking. We have done wrong things in our lives. Sky has no colour, yet the poet sees the sky in an ashy colour ... his penitence maybe 


SECOND PLACE

5

deserted hermitage -

only the wind still rings

the old bell

Dan C. Iulian, Bucharest-Romania

VOTES: 222***SCORE: 12

COMMENT 1: Sometimes it's a struggle to be a hermit amid the chaos of life. The repentance is prominently pronounced in a few syllables. 

COMMENT 2:The haiku expresses a feeling of serene isolation and a link to a higher power beyond oneself.


THIRD PLACE

9

first crocus

changing the color

of my sins

Cristina Valeria Apetrei

VOTES: 131***SCORE: 10

COMMENTS: In one way, we are all in a penitentiary of our own. Here the poet is lamenting or changing himself into a better person ...who knows?


RESULTS CONTINUES

 

3

penitent -

bowing and so red

a tulip

Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

VOTES: ******SCORE: 00

COMMENTS:

 

 

8

fasting day...

the vending machine swallows

scent of hyacinth

Cezar Florescu

VOTES: 211***SCORE: 07

COMMENTS: the hunger of the fasting day is so palpable here

 

 https://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.com/2023/03/152.html?fbclid=IwAR3Moczf679IT3zf4z4dSd8-usTI0GbNzTHF966lg3c81UK59FPKzMSl_pk

 

vineri, 24 martie 2023

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray - March 17, 2023

 four leaf clover--
in the snow a lost
pendant
--Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

* * *

 Mircea Moldovan paused for a moment in Jibou, Romania. 

 covered cart
a gypsy woman with a pearl earring
winks at me

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14860859

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Under the March Moon – New Moon (1)

 March 22, 2023



spring moon –
grandma cleans
the silverware

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă
Romania

***

 vernal equinox –
the apricot tree
still naked

Steliana Cristina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania

***

 New Moon –
I book an appointment
with my therapist

Ana Drobot
Romania

***

 a brook murmuring
my mother tongue…
spring equinox

Florin C. Ciobica
Romania

 https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-under-the-march-moon-new-moon-1/

joi, 23 martie 2023

Le collectif de haïkus « Nocturnes » / La maison d'édition PIPPA





réfugiés -

un nouveau-né sourit

parmi des lucioles

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)



wagon sans vitres -

le parfum nocturne

des vignes en fleur

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)



panne d'électricité -
un bouquet de lys blancs
près du miroir

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)



mammographie -
dans la lumière de la lune

une nouvelle ombre

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)



la lune
à travers les trous d'obus -
son d'un violon

Lavana Kray (Roumanie)

miercuri, 22 martie 2023

Results of the EUROPEAN KUKAI 2023

 242 authors from 50 countries took part in the last 25th edition. 


4th place - 28 points

mandala -
the spider designs
a new world

108 Florin Golban, Romania
(6-5-0) = 28 pts


spring wind
an old farmer breathing in
the earth's fragrance

232 Cristina-Valeria Apetrei, Romania
(1-3-2) = 11 pts


home late -
all the dandelions
blown by the wind

233 Mihaela Iacob, Romania
(2-1-1) = 9 pts


open gate -
still distant
the moon

068 Ana Drobot, Romania
(2-0-1) = 7 pts


old cemetery –
more cherry petals fall
on the cold stones

235 Maria Tirenescu, Romania
(2-0-1) = 7 pts


tourist sight
the oohs and aahs
in every accent

200 Mona Iordan, Romania
(0-2-2) = 6 pts


birds of passage -
without wings the sky
is about to fall

104 Dan Iulian, Romania
(1-1-0) = 5 pts

tank traces
full of snowdrops...
armistice

230 Cezar Ciobîcă, Romania
(0-1-2) = 4 pts


sleet in graveyard
on the soldier's feet
boots never worn

054 Mirela Brailean, Romania
(0-1-1) = 3 pts


master artist -
the moons portrayal
no flaws

011 Miclaus Silvestru, Romania
(0-1-0) = 2 pts


Valentine's Day –
in the orchard floating
a dove flake

017 Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pts


winter stars…
we share my bowl of rice pudding
and your armchair

038 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pt


 looking out the window 

snow and  frost are sibblings -

carols on the radio

129 Mariana  Tanase, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pts


davos
how can we forget the sparks
of the dying campfire

030 Eduard Tara, Romania


after moonset
barely shimmering
a  few fireflies

093 Vasile Moldovan, Romania


creek Stones
I still believing
in first light

195 Mircea Moldovan, Romania


 http://europeankukai.blogspot.com/2023/03/results-of-european-kukai-2023-525-last.html

luni, 20 martie 2023

Haiku Hike Contest

Theme -- Planting Seeds


chemotherapy - 

in her garden overall 

forget-me-not seeds 


Dan C. Iulian 


https://ctycms.com/az-tucson/docs/haiku-hike-2023-winners.pdf


The 12th Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku Contest

 


Haiku in English on a set theme: Setouchi - Matsuyama Category


Honorable mention 

soft waves
between fishermen
moonshine


Mircea Moldovan



Looking out at the sea, Nakajima Island (Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture)




vineri, 17 martie 2023

A Little Haiku Contest by the Croatian Haiku Magazine IRIS

Senryu Choice

early dawn--

a pumpjack sets fire

to the sun


Dan Iulian, Romania


Honorary Mentions


abandoned oil field—

among piles of rusted iron

black tulips in bloom


Cristina –Valeria Apetrei, Romania

joi, 16 martie 2023

Golden Haiku Triangle, USA


a gust of wind

through cherry blossoms -

broken hourglass 


Ana Drobot



red stoplight

suddenly I can hear 

the robin’s song 


Mona Iordan


https://goldentriangledc.com/events/golden-haiku-2023-winners/

miercuri, 15 martie 2023

Haiku Corner, The Japan Society UK, Week 10 (6 -10 March 2023)

desolate alley -
for a moment the full moon
lights the old street lamp

Dan C. Iulian

 ***

fresh snow
the bear cub traces
lead to the city

Mircea Moldovan

 ***

summer snow
blossomed overnight
cotton fields

Mirela Brailean

 

https://www.japansociety.org.uk/?pg=haiku-corner&fbclid=IwAR30lAfoKEt7LodOWRqzLlcEK2A9mZrUI6sRFLVdj3Lc0kYBsARhe9c3k5w

marți, 14 martie 2023

Mainichi - Haiku in English: March 15, 2023

  (Mainichi Japan)

sowing time

    scattered in abundance

    bomb's shrapnel

    --

    Mirela Brailean (Iasi, Romania)

    Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

    miercuri, 8 martie 2023

    Cold Moon Haiku Journal - February 2023

     February 26


    end of quarantine

    the smell of cherry blossoms

    retest my senses


    Mihaela Babusanu

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-mihaela-babusanu.html

     

    ***

     

    February 26

     

     half moon –

    part-time

    lover


    Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

     https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2023/02/by-daniela-lacramioara-capota.html

     

     

    The Japan Society Haiku Corner Haiku of the Week Week 9 (27 February - 3 March 2023)

    a new layer of snow -
    cat tracks
    lead to the kitchen

    Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara

    ***

    magnolias…
    the colors of wind
    crossing the street

    Steliana Cristina Voicu

     https://www.japansociety.org.uk/?pg=haiku-corner&fbclid=IwAR1dq9TLJFJMgndHz71ZmKxnK_DU_0S_CifzaoRqU9APdOQFHJFYDozV50Y#a

    HAIKU DIALOGUE – Under the March Moon – Full Worm Moon (1)

     March 8, 2023

     

    sap moon…
    I check again
    mom’s pulse

    Florin C. Ciobîcă
    Romania

    ***

     first snowdrops
    I bid farewell
    to my snowman

    Mona Iordan
    Bucharest, Romania

    ***

     spring fever –
    he sends himself
    a love letter

    Dan C. Iulian
    România

    ***

    Sugar Moon
    hanging over
    my black coffee

    Ana Drobot
    Romania

    ***

    worm moon-
    Roger Waters always
    ‘Waiting for the worms’

    Mihaela Iacob
    Romania

     https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-under-the-march-moon-full-worm-moon-1/?fbclid=IwAR1wVMK74smiFRH2josujm-8gZa5B8t1xCd3t4--G4dRuQLIej_to2fVmlE