Romanian Monthly Kukai July 2016

Theme: using mulberry, summer kigo


Special Prize

dinner under the wild strawberries –
riddled with mulberries
the moon in bowls
Rodica P. Calota



First Place


the old white mulberry tree -
the starlings darkening
even its shadow

Vasile Conioși-Mesteșanu


Second Place


dinner under the wild strawberries –
riddled with mulberries
the moon in bowls

Rodica P. Calota


Third Place


back home -
sweeter than ever
the black mulberries

Argentina Stanciu


Fourth Place


mulberries on the sidewalk –
as sweet as ever the traces
of childhood

Grigore Chitul


Fifth Place



mulberry season -
washing non-stop
mother’s hands

Valeria Tamaș


Sixth Place



alone in the night -
the silk road goes over
a mulberry

Mihai Mateiciuc


ripe mulberries -
a glimpse of her breast through
the broken lace

Bea Hurmuz

Results of the National Tanka Contest, First Edition, 2016

In the first edition of this contest, a special event in Romania, 32 authors took part.

The jury, formed by

Șerban Codrin,
Magdalena Dale and
Laura Văceanu,

has decided:


First Place
Ana Drobot, Bucharest

empty windows
allowing the sky
among the ruins –
I am looking for shades of blue
to fill your absence


Second Place
Grigore Chitul

the last ray
gliding beneath the eyelids
like a tear –
the sunset’s shadows
slowly fill the silence


Third Place
Ana Urma 

climbing the path
after the days and nights
of waiting -
in the irises filled with dew
a beam of light


Mention 1
Maria Tirenescu

white petals
scattered in the wind
fill the park today –
you promised that you would come
but I am all alone


Mention 2
Liliana Negoi

in the old shell
you can still hear
the sound of the sea -
otherwise, the entire house
is so quiet...

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 451

First Place – Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

in jail -
on a blank piece of paper the first
free verse


Second Place – Costin Iliescu

the ladder of the tower -
the old guard climbs
the steps in his daydreams



Third Place – Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

big heat -
a grasshopper under the morning
glory


Mention – Rodica P. Calotă

spirogyra –
suddenly the rowers bring
the sky to the shore


Mention – Luminița Ignea

convalescence -
a blade of dandelion
rises out of the asphalt


Mention – Petru-Ioan Gârda

nursing home -
a butterfly struggling
on the closed window


Mention – Grigore Chitul

rain shower in the park -
the perfume of locust trees
left aside


Mention – Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
 
birthplace -
the old lime tree spraying its scent
over the memories

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 450

First Place – Petru Ioan Gârda
grandma’s house –
only the morning glory
hanging on the clothes line


Second Place – Cezar Ciobîcă

after the storm -
lighted by pollen
the linden tree’s shadow


Second Place – Petru-Ioan Gârda

wedding guests on the train -
this time the money
is gathered by the godfather


Second Place – Constantin Iliescu

coffee grinder -
the crank scrolling
life’s movie


 
Third Place – Violeta Urdă

low quality oriental song in the fields -
hiding in a bag
a cricket


Mention – Marcela Ignătescu

crying with hiccups -
the waves swinging
the girl’s doll



Mention – Ana Urma

the hovel in the field -
no longer fitting in the windows
so much sun


Mention – Ion Cuzuioc

mowing the grass -
towards the sunset only the stars
on dad’s shirt


Mention – Corneliu Traian Atanasiu

full summer -
fiercer the burned leaf’s
smell under the acacias