THE RESULTS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST
“ONE THOUSAND CRANES”
ROMANIA 2008
93 participants, 32 countries from all the continents (except Antarctica): USA (15), Croatia (11), Romania (11), Brazil (5), Canada (5), Argentina (4), France (4), New Zealand (4), Australia (2), Belgium (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Germany (2), Japan (2), Serbia (2), Spain (2), Sweden (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United Kingdom (2), Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), Finland (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Kosovo Republic (1), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Switzerland (1), Vietnam (1).
Mrs. Viorica DOBRE, Headmaster of The “Miron Costin” Highschool Iaşi,
Mr. Aleksandr LEVASHOV, Founder of The “International Art Partnership”,
and Mr. Eduard ŢARĂ, Member of The “Romanian Haiku Society”
announce the winning poems of the International Haiku Contest
“One Thousand Cranes” ROMANIA 2008
which were selected by the jury made up of the Founders of the Romanian Kukai Monthly Contest
Mr. Corneliu Traian ATANASIU (Jury President)
and Mrs. Magdalena DALE (Jury Member)
THEME: ORIGAMI
The First Prize
Listening to the flight
of a thousand white paper cranes...
a blind war veteran
Vasile MOLDOVAN
The Second Prize
her first paper swan—
a bit of milkweed floss caught
inside the wing's fold
Ferris GILLI
The Third Prize
old men gathering:
still folding and unfolding
origami cranes
Oana Aurora POSNAIEŞ
Honourable Commendation
origami cranes
going away with the wind –
a morning prayer
Simona DOBRESCU-CRĂCIUN
THEME: MISCELLANEOUS
The First Prize
a long-fallen fir
shorn of needles and branches...
the glint of a star
Scott MASON
Chappaqua, THE
The Second Prize
Blossoms everywhere.
For the first time outdoors
with a white cane.
Frans TERRYN
The Third Prize
mid-autumn stillness
a lonely young crow's wing tips
reddened with the light
Bruce ROSS
Honourable Commendation
Rowing on the
before my eyes and behind me
the shine of Milky Way
Vasile MOLDOVAN
Honourable Commendation
morning on the pond
a cloud and water lily
touching each other
Boris NAZANSKY
The Organizing Committee of the Contest made up of:
Mrs. Viorica DOBRE, Headmaster of The “Miron Costin” Highschool Iaşi,
Mr. Aleksandr LEVASHOV, Founder of The “International Art Partnership”,
and Mr. Eduard ŢARĂ, Member of The “Romanian Haiku Society”
decided to select three poems for the special prizes
Origami Peace Tree Prize
origami frog:
what old pond is he hoping
to find in the dusk?
William J. HIGGINSON
Origami Peace Tree Prize
recycled paper
the origami heron
becoming a swan
Origami Peace Tree Prize
the rainy season--
a paper dragonfly
slowly unfolds
Jim KACIAN
1 comment:
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Congratulations everyone!
I really enjoyed reading all the entries on this page, wonderful!
Alan
With Words
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