HAIKU MASTERS - MARCH 2018

Haiku Master of the Week1

SUBMISSION CATEGORY 1
HAIKU THIS PHOTO

almond moon -
from the delivery room
baby's first cry

Steliana Cristina Voicu　

first songbird - 
the universe's centre
here and there

Eduard TARA　

singing bird 
step by step shifting 
the weight of grief

cezar florescu　

snowstorm -
a tweet
in my pocket

Ana Drobot 　

SUBMISSION CATEGORY 2

ORIGINAL PHOTO HAIKU

Lavana Kray

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu 

first crocuses -

the little matchstick girl

awakes

 Daniela-Lăcrămioara Capotă

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/haiku_masters/gallery201803.html?week=1

CaribBean Kigo Kukai

#121

Theme: INTROSPECTION

THIRD PLACE

14
valentine's day
unfolding an old
love letter

Cezar Florescu 
VOTES:222*** SCORE:12

COMMENTS: The poem - the starry sky - shows the beauty of haiku and why we keep writing ...

2
emptiness - 
the scent of cherry blossoms
fills my childhood home

-Ana Drobot (Romania)

VOTES:22**** SCORE:06
COMMENTS: The poem describes the feeling of an empty home - but the scent of cherry blossoms is always there in your mind.

10
old diary
between pages a faded
Valentine heart

--Cristina Apetrei 

VOTES:2***** SCORE:02
COMMENTS

http://wwwcaribbeankigokukai.blogspot.ro/

The 21st Mainichi Haiku Contest, Results

INTERNATIONAL  SECTION


 Honorable Mention English and French



le dernier rayon de soleil –

ma mère compte

les piécettes

Dan Pomarjanschi (Romania)


ultima rază de soare -

mama mea numără

monedele

*

summer crescent moon –

carrying inside her the beats

of another heart

Eduard Tara (Romania)


lună de vară (în creștere)-

purtând în ea bătăile

altei  inimi


INTERNATIONAL section- CHILDREN

winter evening

my grandmother crocheting

memories with mom


Naomi Gaidur (Romania) age 15



seară de iarnă

bunica mea croșetând

amintiri cu mama

*

old pond

a frog diving into

a star cluster

Delia Iftime (Romania) age 15


lac vechi

o broască scufundându-se

într-un roi de stele


https://cdn.mainichi.jp/vol1/2018/03/05/20180305hpe00m0sp001000q/0.pdf

First edition of Santoka International Haiku & Haiga Contest

HAIKU SECTION

1st place

Eduard Tara, Romania

young leaves –

enough place

for everyone

mlado lišće –

dovoljno mesta

za sve

mlădițe noi -
loc suficient
pentru fiecare

 The First Santoka International Haiku Contest had a total of 158 haiku submissions from 32 countries on 5 continents, which greatly exceeded our expectations in view of the pioneer mission of the festival.

 http://www.santoka.rs/en/haiku/

HAIGA SECTION

We received 42 works from 20 countries for the haiga contest within the Santoka Festival. We singled out 6 haiga for their exceptional strength and poetics, and awarded them on this occasion.

                                                               Highly Commended

                                                        Cezar Florescu, Romania

                                     (fotografie-Paul Alexandru)

hide and seek

the wind carrying

a promise

igra žmurke

vetar nosi

obećanje

de-a ascunsa 

vântul cărând

o promisiune

                   http://www.santoka.rs/en/haiga/#haiga

Allegro Poetry Magazine - Issue 16 March 2018

last day of the year​,​

first page on the agenda –
I pour
a dream from last year
in the cracked mug
 
Lavana Kray

sfârşit de an,

început de agendă –

mai torn un vis

rămas de anul trecut

în cana fisurată

http://www.allegropoetry.org/p/issue-16-march-2018.html

Asahi haikuist network

by McMurray

March 2, 2018 at 07:00 JST

birthday ...

freezing the apple blossoms

snowfall

(Ana Drobot)

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/special/haiku/

MAINICHI - haiku in English

Haiku: March 3, 2018

March 3, 2018 (Mainichi Japan)

magnolia in bloom --

my secret garden

is no longer secret

--

Steliana Cristina Voicu (Ploiesti, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/haiku/