April 17, 2026 (Mainichi Japan)

 armistice

buds start

bursting

--

Cezar Florescu (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260330/p2g/00m/0su/019000c

April 2, 2026 (Mainichi Japan)

 finches in the schoolyard --

I am learning

a new language

--

Andrei Gradinaru (Bucharest, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260330/p2g/00m/0su/004000c

BLACK & WHITE HAIGA/HAISHA - 12/20/2025

 Cezar Ciobică & Dan Doman

https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/2025/12/cezar-ciobica-dan-doman_01972710988.html

Mainichi Japan - Haiku in English: Dec. 6, 2025

 peach compote

crammed into a jar

summer's sun

--

Cezar Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251125/p2g/00m/0su/014000c

ESUJ-H: English Haiku - December 2025

war news…

continuing its travel

the daytime moon

                                        Mircea Moldovan　

 

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawOfpzVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1NDFLNWNHVUlHbHUwU0RuAR7ar1qZorw782OGtOq1dgUKakz8sqlWljl5ys19eRVnwz5cNwU2Gg9uwxBzpA_aem_6RfkgZmYQeLwcp0Uh0WlwA

Haiku in English: Nov. 28, 2025 - Mainichi Japan

 autumn rain ...

I become

its urn

--

Cezar Florescu (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251023/p2g/00m/0su/025000c 

Haikuniverse November 29

haiku by Cezar Ciobica

lifting fog…

names reappearing

on headstones

https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-cezar-ciobica-4/

Under the Bashō 2025 - Haiku - October 2025

a cricket song

crosses the border  

armistice day 

Florin Golban 

https://underthebasho.com/the-journal/under-the-basho-2025/haiku/florin-golban.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOfaXtjbGNrA59pcGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgU8M74Y8k0LUbEvmWHI0QNaIwrajHaDHpo6c3KBGGJqowZ75eGzMvPS7kp2_aem_TKEZlufCiD14M52uVo9K7g

Haiku in English: Oct. 27, 2025

 chilly days ...

summer warmth lingering

in the pumpkin field

--

Cezar Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250926/p2g/00m/0su/025000c?fbclid=IwY2xjawNuAElleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhkPfd9sXkES7nXpZ-eFzEhT-JAKpVIQpOJ71rSm1wIcmLm6ybF9tWXCnYg-_aem_zX3kqqss4mieNrzFXIaDLA

ESUJ-Haiku

 August 2025

Septembrie 20205

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php

August 30, 2025 (Mainichi Japan)

 dog days

a puppy licking

the sprinkler

--

Cezar Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250725/p2g/00m/0su/053000c

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Surrealism II – “Creation of the Birds” – long list

 

all bound by unseen threads since the dawn of time

Mirela Brailean

scent of lime tree
owl’s hoot
turns golden

Florin C. Ciobica

baby bird hatching –
the sky makes sense
again

Dan C. Iulian
Romania

https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-surrealism-ii-creation-of-the-birds-long-list/

Mainichi Haiku in English: May 1, 2025

bursting buds ...

teaching my child about

the Tooth Fairy

--

Cezar Ciobika (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250426/p2g/00m/0su/037000c 

Haikuniverse - March 26, 2025

haiku by Florin C. Ciobica

melting…

the snowman

peeing a lot

https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-florin-c-ciobica-4/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJuALRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlRRo1IDIWsZtMc37mhLZRBOpjTk8qFikwK-eQoZ_xAfp-dvsvg8p0eyyJNf_aem_8sswSQQvaftyshMAeJ6VNg

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Mountain and River – Rivers – long list - April 2, 2025

 flooded river

deep in meditation
a stone Buddha

Mirela Brailean
Iasi, Romania

***

last ride –
the river moves around
a sunken bike

Razvan Pintea
Romania

***

snowing on Teleajen river…
closer to one another
swans

Steliana Christina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania

***

river bank –
the smooth flow
of my poems

Ana Drobot
Romania

***

melting river ice
the wet sound
of Milky Way

Cezar Ciobica
Romania

***

riverbank –
a grey heron pecks
its shadow

Dan C. lulian
Romania

https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-mountain-and-river-rivers-long-list/

2024 Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems — Short List

train from Ukraine…

in his piggy-bank

forget-me-not seeds

— Cezar Ciobica, Frogpond 47:3

***

hospice window

my mother counts

shades of green

— Cezar Ciobica, The Haiku Foundation Kukai, July 2024

https://thehaikufoundation.org/2024-touchstone-awards-for-individual-poems-short-list/

April 8, 2025 (Mainichi Japan)

spring equinox

the soldier trying on his

prosthetic leg

--

Mirela Brailean (Iasi, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250325/p2g/00m/0su/050000c

Five Fleas Itchy Poetry - Morning of March 26, 2025

wedding pictures

trying to remember

all wives' names

~Mirela Brailean

https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2025/03/morning-of-march-26-2025.html 

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Mountain and River – Mountains – long list March 12, 2025

mountain forest

green light

meditation

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

Romania

***

God footprints…

on the road crossing Baiului

a river of daffodils

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Ploiesti, Romania

***

fireflies spilling

from the milky way …

mountain path

Florin C. Ciobica

Romania

***

mountain pass

a shepherd conducts

the cumulus clouds

Flory Untanu

Romania

***

rock by rock

the roar of the mountain…

lifting fog

Cristina Pietraru

Romania

***

leaving aside

the need for control

mountain path

Mirela Brailean

Lasi, Romania

***

mountain climb –

towards the sky

my old dreams

Ana Drobot

Romania

https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-mountain-and-river-mountains-long-list/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJXOT9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXf3JZVHosnIurBnrg_c56QD8BddnePW-KPdOs5vLvy33fAwRIszu5c3Yg_aem_48isbof_MZ2VK-GR5I4ODw#comment-164595 

ESUJ-H Haiku Aprilie

ack-ack fire

on the front line magnolias

full of buds

Mirela Brailean　

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawJXNaJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHY5flm_9Fwot_eTWALqMQ8Rhg3RgXONzIHhuc84xBE_RyOTXmEUnvgXing_aem_K1_ECRfoQbxb1jLQ_wcknA