2014 Haiku Tanka Senryu Contest results

Second Place 

funeral
folding lilac scent
into his burial flag

     Cezar-Florin Ciobica

http://www.hpnc.org/2014-haiku-tanka-senryu-contest-results

Mainichi

Haiku: Jan. 14, 2015

family tea party--

mom asks

who is everyone

--

Lavana Kray (Iasi, Romania)

Selected by Isamu Hashimoto

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20141223p2g00m0fe068000c.html

The 18th Mainichi Haiku Contest 2014

The MAINICHI has announced 
the winners of the International Section 
of the 18th Mainichi Haiku Contest

A. INTERNATIONAL SECTION

SECOND PRIZE

parées pour mariage —
une averse rapide d’été
sous les talons-aiguilles
—Dan Pomarjanschi (Romania)

gata de nuntă
o ploaie de vară
sub tocurile cui


結婚式に着飾ったのに —
夕立がひたす
ヒールのとんがり
— ダン・ポマルヤンシ（ルーマニア
***
Les flamants roses
se rassemblent dans la nuit —
lueurs de l’aube
—Eduard Tara (Romania)

flamingo roz
adunându-se-n noapte-
zori de zi

フラミンゴの薔薇色が
夜のなかにつどう
すると夜明けのほの明り
— エドゥアール・タラ（ルーマニア）


HONORABLE MENTION 

summer afternoon
chickens cluck softly
rolling in dirt
—Stephanbie Visaya Bose (Romania)

după-amiază de vară
pui cotcodocind încet
se tăvălesc prin gunoi

***

A non-stop flight
from one sky to another
one thousand cranes
—Vasile Moldovan (Romania)

un zbor neînterupt
dintr-un cer spre altul-
o mie de cocori


B.NTERNATIONAL SECTION
CHILDREN

FIRST PRIZE

back home
 the fallen gate lost
 among thistle flowers
— Nadin Ghileschi (Romania) age 13

din nou acasă
poarta pierdută printre
flori de ciulin

帰ってみると
こわれた門が埋もれていた
薊の花の咲くなかに
— ナディン・ジルシィ　13歳（ルーマニア）

SECOND PRIZE

on the shore
adding my name
on the rotted boat
—Andra Andronic (Romania) age 16

pe țărmul mării
mi-adaug numele pe
barca putrezită

海べ
朽ちた小舟に
わが名を書き足す
— アンドラ・アンデロニック　16 歳（ルーマニア）
***
gloomy day
only the light of
white chrysanthemum
—Alexandru Aramă (Romania) age 13

zi mohorâtă
numai lumina
albei crizanteme

陰気な日
ただ光あるのは
白菊
— アレクサンドル・アラム　13 歳（ルーマニア）
***
first smiles
on the sick child’s face
fireflies
—Eva Sandu (Romania) age 13

primele zâmbete
pe fața copilului bolnav-
licuricii

やっと浮かんだほほえみ
病いの子の顔に
ほたるかしら
— エヴァ・サンドゥ　13 歳（ルーマニア）
***
thunder
a tree frog sinks
into its shadow
—Vlad Ciobîcă (Romania) age 14

tunete-
un brotac se ascunde-n
propria umbră

雷が鳴る
木の上の蛙は沈む
自分の影のなかに
— ブラッド・チオビカ　14 歳（ルーマニア）
........................................................................
Additional remark: Among the children's entries this year, Romania alone shone out.

What's happened with the Japanese children? There's too much meekness and
mediocrity!

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/haiku/etc/archive/contest2014.html

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/haiku/etc/pdf/MainichiHaikuContest2014.pdf

Felicitări tuturor!!!

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK

January 02, 2015

selected poems by David McMurray

New Year’s Eve--

no one to gather

the fireworks after the party

(Ana Drobot)

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201501020004

The European Top 100 haiku authors in 2014

http://haikueurotop.blogspot.ro/

1. Daniela Lăcrimoara Capotă                                                   

2. Cezar F. Ciobîcă  

3. Dan Iulian                                                   

4. Lavana Kray                                                   

5. Vasile Moldovan                                                   

6. Virginia Popescu                                                     

7. Eduard Ţară                                                    

8. Maria Tirenescu
9. Steliana Cristina Voicu                                                  

O noua revista de haiku: Speed Bump Journal

    no liturgy

    at the Heroes Cemetery

    only crickets

   nici o liturghie

   in Cimitirul Eroilor

   doar cant de greieri

Constantin Stroe 

http://speedbumpjournal.wordpress.com/speed-bump-1-1/constantin-stroe-romania/

United Haiku and Tanka Society. January 2015 Cattails edition.Haiku,Senryu and Haiga

Lavana Kray 
e prezentă în acest număr
cu 1 haiku , 1 senryu și 2 haiga:

paper boats
along the levee—
new diary

bărci de hârtie
de-a lungul pontonului—
nou jurnal intim

x

your portrait
fell off the wall rearranging
layers of dust


portretul tău
căzut din cui reface
straturi vechi de praf

My Editor's Choice haiga in this cattails edition  is by Lavana Kray from Romania.  An eloquently quiet piece where the artwork  is not a direct match to the picture, but enhances it.  The starkness of Lavana's art itself combined with  the starkness of black and white is very striking. —cattails principal editor, an'ya http://www.unitedhaikuandtankasociety.com/pageguide151.html