Thursday, June 19, 2008

WINNERS OF ROMANIAN MONTHLY KUKAI APRIL 2008

We go on to publish our winners. These are the awarded poems at Romanian Kukai contest for April 2008. The theme of the contest was dandelion.



First place

Dandelion field –
only a breath of wind
and it is snow

Dan Norea


Second place


Dandelion
exposed to the wind
a man’s life

Vasile Moldovan

Dandelions in bloom
among the ancient ruins
sound of hoe

Ana Ruse


Third place

lighting slowly
in the shadow of cherry tree
a dandelion


Tincuta Horonceanu Bernevic

Mown grass-
only a dandelion
left uncut


Livia Ciupav

Golden buterflies
the wind put on wings
to dandelions

Constantin Stroe

The owner is away –
all remained at...
dandelion’s disposition

Vali Iancu

Scaterred farthings
from the bag of spring
tens of dandelions

Gabriela Marcian

Sparks of sun –
in the old man’s hand,
dandelion chain

Doina Bogdan Wurm



Translation made by Magdalena Dale. We are not native English speakers. In this way we will appreciate if you will point out the possible mistakes of the English version of our poems

1 comment:

Gerald (Ackworth born) said...

I love

Dandelions in bloom
among the ancient ruins
sound of hoe

and

Mown grass-
only a dandelion
left uncut

my own lawn is all daisies and buttercups until the gardeners mow them down.