Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 428

First Place – Cezar Ciobîcă

backout -

under the eaves flickering

moon in the icicles

Second Place – Vasilica Grigoraş

deserted market –

weighing his snowball

child of the streets

Second Place – Petru-Ioan Gârda

roundabout  –

the mair hovers over

some money

Second Place – Ana Drobot

frosted clock -
beyond time
their meeting

Third Place – Petru-Ioan Gârda

requiem in the hamlet -

grandma burns the gas

for no one’s sake

Mention – Violeta Urdă

golden wedding -

a moth caught

in the buttonhole

Mention – Valeria Tamaş

first buds  -

from the chimneys the trail of smoke

thinner and thinner

Mention – Adina Enchescu

icy winter -
I defend the chrysanthemums
with my breath

Mention – Costin Iliescu

weak link -

the bucket shaking

at the chain’s end

Mention – Adrian-Nicolae Popescu

two blue eyes –
hidden again by the blizzard
the path towards the hermitage  

Mention – Cezar Ciobîcă

ice flowers -

left untouched

the drawing paper