Romanian Weekly Kukai no. 651

First Place – Mihai Talașman

grandma’s house -
mended by a spider
broken window

Second Place – Cecilia Birca

closed school -
the spider draws his web
over the world map

Third Place – Ion Cuzuioc

abandoned orchard -
hanging on to weeds
sunset

Third Place – Mihai Pascaru

early morning –
in the flower girl’s basket
a peony yawns

Mention – Mihai Pascaru

morning prayer -
on a spider's thread
dew drops

Mention 2 – Cristina Apetrei

rainbow in the window -
completely dry in the schoolbag
watercolours

Mention 2 – Cornel C. Costea

walking together –
a beetle takes a sit
on the hat

Mention 3 – Ion Cuzuioc

ripe cherries –
elegantly dressed
the scarecrow

Mention 3 – Cristina Apetrei

after the rain -
the old acacia's shadow
not fitting in the puddle

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 558

First Place – Mirela Brăilean


night's rest -
a few horses drink with greed
even the moon from the waterway

Second Place – Vasilica Grigoraș


summer romance –
a wilted flower
in the fairy-tales book

Third Place – Valeria Tamas


the blind man’s departure -
instead of the candle
full moon

Third Place – Mirela Brăilean


hither and thither on the hills –
so that I do not feel lonely
the cuckoo sings to me

Mention – Ana Urma


water lilies near the shore –
a star in the Big Dipper
is the first one to disappear

Mention – Mihai Pascaru


tea at the town hall -
most of the counselors
rub mint

Mention – Mihai Talașman


blocked door
by the Turk’s pipe * -
rarely home

*climbing shrub alongside walls and fences

Mention – Alice Ostafi


summer holidays -
all worries wiped off
by the sea’s waves

Results of Romanian Weekly Haiku Contest no. 511

First Place – Mihai Pascaru

abandoned wagon -
spinning on the axles
only the bindweed

Second Place – Ioana Bud

nobody home -
the moon knocks on the window
each and every night

Second Place – Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

after the downpour -
the spikes bending under the weight
of so many stars

Third Place – Rodica Calotă

ant on the threshold –
grandma no longer gathers

the crumbs

Mention – Vasile Conioși-Mesteșanu

first nuts -
the ball deflated

on the roof

Mention – Valeria Tamaș

the old girder –
still on the night shift

the old pinhole

Mention – Mihai Pascaru

late hour -
a cricket falls asleep

in the moon’s hammock

Mention – Luminița Ignea

whitening peaks -
here and there a fir-tree

hanging from the sky

Mention – Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă

the crash of the fair -
a stray dog drives

the cat crazy

Romanian Weekly Kukai no. 479

First place
Constantin Iliescu

with the stream -
the moon wrapping itself
on the mill wheel


Second place
Dan Norea

Winter at the museum -
admiring Boticelli's
Spring


Third place
Vasilica Grigoraș

mid of January -
at the poetry evening
the wind's recital


Mentions

Ioana Bud

show at the rink -
watching a star in the sky
the orphan child

Luminița Ignea

untilled field -
tormented by thoughts
the old miller

Vasile Conioși-Mesteșanu

winter sun -
only the poplars' shadow
on the entire ice

Valeria Tamaș

first snow -
white as snow in the barn
the cast-iron cauldron

Marcela Ignătescu

on last journey -
memories of other times
gently dripping

Dani S.C. Pop

the frost sharpening
diamonds in the windows -
needy grandparents

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 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