ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK

by David McMurray

January 30, 2015

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Vasile Moldovan

Even old men

dream sometimes, the Islands

of Eternal Youth

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/style/AJ201501300004

Revista Cirrus Nr. 3

t’attendant

dans un café à Sofia ~

une goutte de pluie

se divise

sous la main minute

de l’horloge

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Roumanie

le dernier

pétale de rose

tombe en balançant ~

des dizaines de questions

me viennent à l’esprit

Maria Tirenescu

Roumanie

l’automne

est venu avec l’odeur

de la guerre...

dans le cimetière

un lilas fleurit de nouveau

Lavana Kray

Roumanie

http://www.cirrustanka.com/issues/3_Cirrus_printemps_2015.pdf

The Shiki Monthly Kukai January 2015 Results

Kigo Theme: NEW YEAR VISITORS

first visitors

around her gravestone

snow angels

cfc

(2,3,5) = 17 pts

New Year visit -

one more stray dog

around the homeless' plate

Lavana kray

Romania

(1,3,3) = 12 pts

New Year visitors -

a snow man smiles in the front

of the grandpa's house

Cristina Oprea

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

Out of the blue

the first snowflakes-

New Year visitors

Vasile Moldovan

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

New Year visitor

a fieldfare

at the trellis

Miorita

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

New Year visitors –

a group of fireworks

knocks into the sky

Ana Drobot

Bucharest, Romania

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

The old hermit -

only the wind blowing to his door

on New Year's Eve

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

First guest of the year-

the courier won’t stay

the books he brought will

Cristian Mocanu

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

Free Format Theme: EYEWEAR

indian summer

on the scarecrow's nose

a pair of glasses

cfc

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

your broken bifocals -

time to know me

better

Lavana kray

Romania

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

no mirror around -

every girl on the beach 

is wearing sun glasses

Cristina Oprea

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

dark sunglasses –

bending trees

reflecting

Ana Drobot

Bucharest, Romania

the postman has left-

drops of contact lens cleaner

on the Christmas card

Cristian Mocanu

green glasses –

the dry grass

becomes fresh

Miorita

The 126th. WHA Haiga Contest （01/2015)

Ana Drobot 



http://tfship.net/haiga_contest/126/ana_drobot_rumania.html

Clelia Ifrim



http://tfship.net/haiga_contest/126/clelia_ifrim_rumania.html

Lavana Kray 



http://tfship.net/haiga_contest/126/lavana_kray_rum.html

Steliana V. Ploiesti



http://tfship.net/haiga_contest/126/steliana_voicu_rum.html


Virginia Popescsu




http://tfship.net/haiga_contest/126/virginia_popescu_rumania.html

The Red Moon Anthology

The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2014, edited by Jim Kacian & the Red Moon Editorial Staff

Lavana Kray

without an umbrella-

the woman's body

shapes the rain

The Golden Triangle Haiku Contest/SUA

400 haiku  înscrise

Juriu: Abigail Friedman și Roberta Beary

Runners Up

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

Christmas Eve -

the surgeons in the ward

dressed in Magi

Ajun de Crăciun-

chirurgii din salon

îmbrăcați în magi

Ana Drobot

Winter’s scent ahead—

The sudden chime of windbells

In the lonely street

se simte iarna - 

dintr-o dată clinchet de clopoței

pe strada pustie

http://goldentriangledc.com/events/haiku-winners

WORLD HAIKU REVIEW

Neo Classical Haiku

bitter wind -
the old painter chooses
only warm colors

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

Vanguard Haiku

cancer ward ...
through the thin curtain
 the sickle moon


Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă (Honorable mention)

WORLD HAIKU REVIEW - The Official Magazine of The World Haiku Club - JANUARY 2015

Haiku of Merit
abandoned village-
the door of the church
has a new handle


ordinary woman...
walking on your last footprints
in the snow

Lavana kray

https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/whr/home