Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 436

First Place – Petru-Ioan Gârda

cherry trees in bloom –

in the house grandma

putting out more lights

Second Place – Vasile Conioşi-Mesteşanu

April frost -

grandma’s kerchief over

a few branches

Third Place –Cezar Ciobîcă

train station in ruins -

a new born lamb

on the dead line

Third Place – Valeria Tamaş

searching in vain

for the tree of my childhood -

stumps everywhere...

Mention – Ion Cuzuioc

doves at the window –

getting yellow in the sunlight

the pile of letters

Mention – Magda Vlad

hidden moon –

white petals scattered on the ground

showing the way

Mention – Dan Norea

white in the mirror -

but where are the snows

of yesteryear?

Mention – Ana Drobot

lightly tapping the rhythm –

opening up slowly

the magnolias

Mention – Ioana Bud

the girl’s tresses

smelling of lilies of the valley -

first date