#FemkuMag, Issue 39: Summer 2025

stone in the lake - 

a child troubles 

Basho's frog 

Ana Drobot, Romania

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The 2025 SAKURA HAIKU CHALLENGE ANTHOLOGY / CONSULATE-GENERAL OF JAPAN IN TORONTO

 

NINTH INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST CHERRY BLOSSOM 2025 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECTION – RESULTS

PRIZES

FIRST PRIZE

Mirela Brailean – Romania

the buzz of bees

the buzz of people...

sakura

AWARD FOR OVERALL PERFORMANCE

Cezar Ciobîcă – Romania

Earth Hour Party –

three generations around

the old cherry tree

rumors of peace...

the breeze carrying away

cherry petals

first love poem 

of their autistic boy...

cherry blossoms

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cristian Matei – Romania

cherries in blossom –

in grandma’s hands

old love letters

Eduard Tara – Romania

late cherry blossom

never too old

for the next journey

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Triya Monsoon Edition 2025 și COLD MOON JOURNAL, JULY 2025

 after you, emptiness –

I pile a stone

atop of it

every passing day

Lavana Kray

तुम् हार बाद, बस एक खालीपन –
जस पर म रखती ँ
हर बीतते दन
एक और पत् थर

COLD MOON JOURNAL, JULY 2025

Enchanted Garden, Issue 12: At the Sky Gates, July 2025

 

stol de porumbei

traversând cerul senin –

convorbiri de pace

 

flock of pigeons

crossing the clear sky –

peace talks

 

Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania

 

astenie -

numărînd culorile curcubeului

factorul poștal

 

asthenia -

counting the rainbow's colors

the postman

 

Mircea Moldovan, Letca, Sălaj, România

 

inima mea

o ia din nou pe ocolite

când suntem împreună

în jurul Pământului

în 80 de zile

 

my heart

takes another detour

when I am with you

around the Earth

in eighty days

 

Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania

 

stele căzătoare...

oftaturi lungi de disperare

printre refugiați

 

falling stars...

long sighs of despair

among refugees

 

Florentin Unțanu, Săveni, Romania

baloane cu heliu -

un copil trimite spre cer

dorința-i neîmplinită

 

helium balloons -

a child sends to the sky

his unfulfilled wish

 

Marius Mihail Moldoveanu,

Câmpina, Romania / Pennsylvania, USA

 

suc de portocale -

parfumând amintiri

cu mama

 

orange juice -

scenting the memories

with mom

 

Photo by Paul Alexandru

Haiku by Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Romania

apus de soare -

zmeul-dragon întinde

roșeața

 

sunset -

a kite dragon stretching

the redness

 

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Romania

ceartă copilărească

curcubeul iese întotdeauna

după ploaie

 

childish fight

the rainbow always comes out

after rain

 

Art by Leti, 8 years old, Romania

Haiku by Mirela Brăilean, Romania

curcubeu...

toate culorile

copilăriei

 

rainbow...

all the colors

of childhood

 

Cristina Pietraru, Darabani, România

starry sky

still enough

for each one's wishes

 

cerul înstelat

încă suficient

pentru dorinţele fiecăruia

 

Mirela Brăilean, Romania

 

la porțile cerului

un obiect neidentificat...

solul altei lumi?

 

at the gate of sky

an unidentified object...

messenger of another world ?

 

Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

stele căzătoare

toate dorințele mele

greu de îndeplinit

 

shooting stars

all my wishes

hardly to fulfill

 

Mona Iordan, Romania

https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2025/07/enchanted-garden-issue-12-at-sky-gates.html

NAGOYA UNIVERSITY INTERCULTURAL ”HUMAN HAIKU” CONTEST - 2024

 

WINNER (入賞 )

 

Iuliu Cedan (Dan C. Iulian)

 

first color lipstick -

little girl biting into

watermelon slice

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