The 20th edition of the Indian Kukai

75 participants took part in 20th Indian Kukai, and they came

from  24 different countries. 

The theme of this edition was BLUE.

RUNNER UP

blue sky - some things are never on the map

-Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania

(6,4,3)=23 points

FOURTH PLACE

blue lake - an empty boat links two moons

-Cristina Apetrei
Botosani,Romania(2,4,2)= 16 points

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exhausted mother -

all the blue baby clothes of no use

-Miruna Covor

Bucharest, Romania

(0,2,1)= 7 points

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almost sunset bluebird singing on a land mine

-Cezar Florescu

 Botosani Romania

(2,0,1)= 5 points

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gloomy sky though in a distance a blue dove

-Vasile Moldovan, Romania

(1,0,1)= 4 points

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walking on the clouds - my child explores the sky of each rain puddle

-Dan Iulian, 

 Bucharest-Romania

(1,0,1)=4 points

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Blue Whale Game -

challenger of North korean apocalypse

-Nicu Stopel,

Bucharest, Romania

(0,1,0)=2 points

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Pitiless time- the statues on the golden sands listen to the sea

-Adina Enachescu

 Romania

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(0,1,0)=2 points

deep blue - between sky & sea summer trip

-Mihail Buraga,

Bucharest,Romania

(1,0,0)=1 point

http://indiankukai.blogspot.ro/2017/06/results-of-indian-kukai-20.html

Haiku in the Workplace

The Office Retreat

JUNE 7, 2017 BY JIM KACIAN

company retreat
I rediscover my passion
for the boss’s wife

     — Ciobika Cezar 

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/

Rezultati prvog internacionalnog haiku festivala “Priroda u oku”

The results of the first international 
haiku festival "Nature in the eye" - Muntenegru
MERIT AWARDS / PRAISE (in no particular order)

Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania
Eduard Tara- Iasi, Romania
Dr. Ion Cuzuioc, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Iulian Ciupitu, Bucharest, Romania
Capota Daniela Lăcrămioara-Galaţi, Romania
Steliana Cristina Voicu, Prahova, Romania
Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă - Botosani, Romania

http://www.pokazivac.com/rezultati-prvog-internacionalnog-haiku-festivala-priroda-u-oku/

The Betty Drevniok Award 2017 results

Honourable Mention



Steliana Cristina Voicu

cyclamen in bloom -
in the oncologist's office
still pretty in pink



Iulian Ciupitu

douane -
in the eyes of a refugee
the borderless sky

http://www.haikucanada.org/awards/BDAwardGL.php?style=1&page=3001

Haiku Masters -- June/ Week1

PHOTO  HAIKU

Runners-up

 Comments/ Kazuko Nishimura

 From the photo, we can imagine newlyweds enjoying their summer

 honeymoon. However, the line ‘without sugar’ adds a touch of reality

 to the work, representing that the future of the couple will also include 

 plenty of bitter experiences.

    HAIKU THIS PHOTO

dried pond 

folding and unfolding

a paper frog

Cezar Florescu / Romania

moon eclipse

lilies of water

invading the pond

Cezar Florescu / Romania

fish smell -

carving a pair of eyes

on the wood spirit

Lavana Kray / Romania

broken bridge -

between my secret and yours,

deep water

Lavana Kray / Romania

frogs concert -

I cancel the sale

of my old house

Lavana Kray / Romania

market

my son asks 

about Golden Fish 

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara / Romania

ORIGINAL PHOTO HAIKU

Easter mass - 

the little girl puts on

her red lacquered shoes

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu / Romania

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/

Shot Glass Journal - Issue 22, May 2017

Am primit de la Lavana Kray

1
dust taste –
the dog digs my shadow
for a bone 

2
rocking chairs
facing out to the grave side...
mine squeaks louder 

3
solar explosions –
the scythe turns flowers
face down 

http://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/index.html

HAIKUNIVERS

haiku by Ana Drobot

Venetian masks –
a smiling crowd
before me

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