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