Romanian Weekly Kukai no. 475

First place 
Ana Urma


winter sunset -
peeling silently
an orange


Second place  
Vasile Conioși-Mesteşanu


the same Xmas tree -
cradling on her knees
a photo album


Third place 
Cristina Oprea Young


wrapped present-
snowy entirely
the childhood home


Mentions 

Cornel C. Costea 


Xmas gifts -
in the mailbox
envelopes with fines


Cristina Parvu

my grandparents' yard  -
only the old dog
making ski slope


Cornel Costea C.

Xmas Eve -
only the wind carols
in the desert village 

Ana Urma


The Journey of Magi -
guide in the night
only one Star

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă


hoarfrost -
my granny displays
her old laces


Petru-Ioan Gârda

Happy New Year -
all my neighbors
are nutter

Romanian Weekly Kukai no. 473

First Place

Ana Drobot

starry night -
a cobweb
grasps everything

Argentina Stanciu

anniversary -
coming first in the door threshold
a few snowflakes

Second Place
Luminița Ignea

stranger in town -
the street names under
thick hoar frost

Third Place
Cornel C. Costea

glazed frost everywhere -
so many dance steps and
no spectator


Mentions

Vasilica Grigoraș

cataract -
the poplar fluff invades
the iris flower

Constantin Iliescu

flea market -
the old man wipes gently 
the dust on books

Corneliu-Traian Atanasiu

the abundant snow
on the little house of cardboard -
the plot thickens

Argentina Stanciu

decorated Christmas tree -
the place in the head of the table
empty this year

Adina Enachescu

downpour -
the paper boats
by the board

Cezar Ciobică

first snowflakes -
quietness even in 
the courtroom

Romanian Monthly Kukai Results November 2016

   Theme: using the word DHALIA

Special Prize

Doina Bogdan-Wurm

dahlias in his lapel

a touch of sparkle

for the medals

First Place

Ana Drobot

first frost -

the colors of dhalias

are still warm

Dan Norea

the damp earth -

around a dahlia

traces of cane

Second Place

Vasile Conioși-Mesteșanu

wet slb -

in the grandmother's bouquet

even dahlias

Third Place

Florin Florian

a hero's cross -

enlightening his name

yellow dahlias

Fourth Place

Miruna Covor

deserted streets -

only a dahlia in rond

among trash

Ana Urma

dahlias in bloom -

refreshing their white

the first snow

Fifth Place

Gabriela Marcian

warming the yard

a yellow dahlia

under the cold rain

Luminița Ignea

watercolor

the hue of dahlia

melted under frost

Argentina Stanciu

the widow's yard

under bushes of dahlias

the collapsed fence

Sixth Place

Cristina Pârvu

the ball of flowers

only the dhalia and the wind

in the last waltz

Doina Bogdan-Wurm

dahlias in his lapel

a touch of sparkle

for the medals

Romanian Weekly Kukai no. 470

First Place - Luminita Ignea

webs in the corners -
somebody is still working
in this house


First Place - Cezar Ciobica

first snowflakes -
the old teacher
postpones the dictation


Second Place - Vasile Coniosi-Mestesanu

first snow -
leaving the letter to Santa
unfinished


Third Place - Ion Cuzuioc

first frost -
in the lake's waters
pieces of sun



Mention - Elena-Victoria Globean

I watch how it is snowing
over the lime tree at the gate -
two lonely people


Mention - Violeta Urda

leafless trees -
stepping like in a parade
the old veterans


Mention - Constantin Iliescu

red bandanna -
a sandcastle on sale

Romanian Weekly Kukai no. 469

First Place - Rodica P. Calota

gathered hay -
the sun stuck
in a corner of the fork


Second Place - Petru Ioan Garda

autumn ploughing -
brought to the light
an ancient ricrac


Third Place - Argentina Stanciu

lighting in the night -
projected on the wall
a shaking leaf


Mention - Rodica P. Calota

unlit torch -
the chrysanthemums continue
the death watch


Mention - Ana Urma

autumn hours -
giving some colour to the sunset
some tea with honey


Mention - Cristina Parvu

first layer of snow -
grandma's footsteps through the yard
no longer heard


Mention - Valeria Tamas

Christmas trees -
first year with no gift
from grandma


Mention - Elena Victoria Glodean

news about rising prices -
father draws some smoke from a snipe
smouldering inside

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 468

First Place - Vasile Coniosi-Mestesanu

hoarfrost -
covered by leaves
the moon on the lake


Second Place - Ion Cuzuioc

next to the fountain -
the village news
quenching the thirst


Second Place - Ana Drobot

flock of cranes -
counting reasons
for immigration


Third Place - Valeria Tamas

bread factory -
the passers-by's footsteps
losing their rhythm


Mention - Cezar Florin Ciobica

hurt deer -
maple leaves enlarging
the bloodshed


Mention - Dan Norea

no money for installments -
I search instead for a bench
somewhere in the park


Mention - Valeria Tamas

clay oven -
sanctifying every piece of bread
grandma's hands


Mention - Rodica P. Calota

in a small bead
the whole sky -
hawk's eye


Mention - Ana Urma

clear sky as far as the horizon goes -
in the printing press's half-shade
crane's feather

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 467

First Place - Rodica Calota

floating moon -
in vain trying to carry it away
the river


Second Place - Lucretia Horvath

loneliness -
out of the coffee vapours
an angel's face


Third Place - Argentina Stanciu

Halloween ball -
dressed as a skeleton
the overweight girl


Mention - Valeria Tamas

drizzle -
gathering coins
to pay for bread


Mention - Luminita Ignea

October morning -
a white chrysanthemum
pierces through the fog


Mention - Ana Drobot

literature -
highlighting a passage
autumn light


Mention - Constantin Iliescu

watershed at night -
the moon crosses the hill
in the deep bucket