RESULTS OF FIRST HAIKU CONTEST "SHARPENING THE GREEN PENCIL"

First Prize

the hunter's moon

a night is not enough

to get the point

luna plină de toamnă

o noapte nu-i de-ajuns

pentru-a înţelege

traducere din limba engleză de Eduard ŢARĂ

Artūras ŠILANSKAS

Vilnius, LITUANIA

Second Prize

falling leaves

one by one

my old friends

frunze căzătoare

unul câte unul

vechii prieteni

traducere din limba engleză de Eduard ŢARĂ

Andrea CECON

Cividale del Friuli, ITALIA

Third Prize

rattling windows

dad gasps his final breath

during a blizzard

geamuri trântite

tata-şi dă ultima suflare

pe viscol

traducere din limba engleză de Eduard ŢARĂ

Karen O'LEARY

West Fargo, STATELE UNITE ALE AMERICII

Commendations
(in alphabetical order)

whiz of a scythe

in the transparent blueness

larks’ undersongs

 şuierul coasei

în albastrul transparent

isonul ciocârliilor

translated from English into Romanian by Corneliu Traian ATANASIU

Ljubomir DRAGOVIĆ

Banja Luka, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

His roots and branches

hold earth and sky together –

the old oak tree.

Rădăcini şi crengi

unind pământul şi cerul –

bătrânul stejar.

translated from English into Romanian by Cezar Florin CIOBÎCĂ

Verleyen HERWIG

Bruges, BELGIUM

sumi-e mountains

a blackbird tries to fly

from the drying ink

munţi sumi-e

o mierlă-ncearcă să zboare

din tuşul uscat

 translated from English into Romanian by Darrell LINDSEY

Darrell LINDSEY

Nacogdoches, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

snow storm –

petrified raven travelling

on a withered tree

 

viscol –

corbul de piatră

pe-un pom chinuit

translated from English into Romanian by Corneliu Traian ATANASIU

Ljubomir RADOVANČEVIĆ

Zagreb, CROATIA

 

in the dream

my dead friend has to go

winter solstice

pregătit de drum

prietenul mort din vis

solstiţiu de iarnă

translated from English into Romanian by Cezar Florin CIOBÎCĂ

Bruce ROSS

Bangor, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

peach season –

the way his foot

fits my hand

timpul piersicii –

felu-n care picioruşul lui

îmi umple palma

translated from English into Romanian by Cezar Florin CIOBÎCĂ

Sandra SIMPSON

Tauranga, NEW ZEALAND

 

woodland

the silence

of history

pădure

liniştea

istoriei

translated from English into Romanian by Eduard ŢARĂ

Dietmar TAUCHNER

Puchberg, AUSTRIA