haiku poem

quarantine line -
the buds pop to the rhythm
of the jackhammer

Corneliu Traian Atanasiu

Weekly Romanian Kukai no 644

First Place – Cornel C. Costea

state of emergency -
plenty of sparrows
in the school yard


Second Place – Dana Ene

time for thaw -
a wheel of the Big Dipper
skidding


Third Place – Mihai Talașman

poppy seed -
a tiny grain gives birth to
a supernova


Mention1 – Mirela Brăilean

the rotten fence –
the cherry trees in the orchard
beaten by blooms


Mention2– Luminița Ignea

seclusion -
even the moon’s face
with a mask of clouds


Mention3 – Cecilia Birca

deserted city -
the bees’ buzz
reviving the street

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 635

First Place – Luminița Ignea

child’s eyes -
to the moon and back
on a dew drop


Second Place – Mirela Brăilean

everyone with nothing on the head -
wearing the new hat
only grandpa


Second Place – Cecilia Birca

ice layer in the window -
only the sky keeping for a while
the mitten’s shape


Third Place – Dana Ene

convalescence -
the ivy holds
the mud wall


Mention – Lucreția Horvath

divorce section –
gloves without their pairs
next to the bin


Mention – Marius Voinaghi

children playing -
grandma lighting the fire
with yesterday’s coal


Mention – Mihai Talașman

last kiss -
in a silvery coat
all the roses

Weekly Romanian Kukai contest no. 631 - first place poem

bridge over the night -
beyond the shore always
a new dawn

(Alice Ostafi)



Both shore and night are transfigured, with that kind of spiritual optimism which knows that the night offers the best advice. It is important to keep open to the freshness of a new beginning whenever possible. (Comment by Corneliu Traian Atanasiu)

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 583

First Place – Ion Cuzuioc


frosty winter –

the spiders patch up

the cracks in the house



Second Place – Mirela Brăilean


porch with crickets –

hanging in a nail

the old lute



Third Place – Luminița Ignea


cut forests -

the sunset bleeds

the bareboned hill



Mention – Ion Cuzuioc


night breeze –

the trees’ branches

play ping pong with the moon



Mention – Ana Urma


streets with glazed frost  –

so many unpredicted

hugs



Mention – Cornel C. Costea


anniversary -

only the north wind blows

in the candle

Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 575

First Place – Angelescu Cristina


echo in-between the valleys -
the silence lies down
snowflake over snowflake


Second Place – Mona Gheorghe


fresh snow -
the quail at the gate
changes its blooms


Third Place – Mihai Talașman


cold drizzle -
a question mark
grandma’s body


Mention – Ion Cuzuioc


extinguished candle –
drowned in oil
mother’s tear


Mention – Mihai Pascaru


very old house -
in the window only the spider
pulls the curtain


Mention – Mirela Brăilean


steam train -
climbing up on the hill sweating
children with sleighs


Mention – Ana Urma


night with moon –
an icicle carrying heavy rays
right in the window


Mention – Valeria Tamaș


the lonely nut tree –
under the heavy moon
night after night


Mention – Valeria Tamaș


grandmother’s school –
the bean grains
used as abacus

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