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AN INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME OF THE GOURDS 2020

AN INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME OF THE GOURDS 2020

The Haiku Association „Three Rivers“
The „Pumpkin Festival“
The Tourist Board of Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

AN INTERNATIONAL HAIKU COMPETITION
in English
For all poets, all ages and nationalities

Deadline: May 30, 2020.

The theme: The Cucurbits

Gourd, pumpkin, squash, cucumber, melon, calabash, zuchini, melon, loofa …

The Cucurbitaceae consist of 98 proposed genera with 975 species!

Please send three unpublished haiku in English to the coordinator:

E-mail: dvrozic@gmail.com

SUBJECT: Pumpkin Haiku Contest  

The results will be published at www.tri-rijeke-haiku.hr during October 2020, and in IRIS International haiku magazine No 6/2020. The awarded and commended authors will be advised by e-mail.

Haiku Asociation „Three Rivers“, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

The President of the Haiku Association „Threre Rivers“, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

                                                                                                                                                     

                      

THE RESULTS OF THE INTERNTAIONAL HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME OF THE GOURDS 2019.

THE RESULTS OF THE INTERNTAIONAL HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME OF THE GOURDS 2019.

 

This year we received 262 haiku by 101 author from 26 countries: Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, India, Italy, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

 

The judge was Ikuyo Yoshimura, Japan.

 

Radove 101 autora (262 haikua) iz 26 zemalja ocijenila gđa Ikuyo Yoshimura (Japan).

 

1st Prize/1.nagrada: Ljubinka Tošić, Užice, Serbia/Srbija

 

Down the country road                                      Seoskim putem

a crackling oxen cart                                          škripe volovska kola

full of pumpkins.                                                 puna tikava.

 

 

2nd Prize/2. nagrada: Aljoša Vuković, Croatia/Hrvatska

 

half of melon                                                     polovica dinje

a wasp studying diameter                              osa uči o promjeru

over the wrap foil                                             preko PVC-a

 

 

3rd Prize/3. nagrada: Mark Miller, Australia/Australija

 

farmers market                                                             gradska tržnica

sharing a watermelon                                                 ljubavnici dijele lubenicu

two lovers lips to lips                                                  usne na usne

 

 

HONOURABLE MENTIONS (10) in no particular order

 

 

Adjei Agyei-Baah, Ghana /New Zealand – Gana/Novi Zeland 

 

Halloween over                                                   nakon noći vještica

discarded pumpkins                                           odbačene buče

return to enrich the field                                   vraćene na polje

 

 

Goran Gatalica, Croatia/Hrvatska

 

harvesting gourds –                                            berba tikvica –

sounds of the sitar                                               zvuci sitara

in my ears                                                              u mojim ušima

 

 

Pitt Büerken, Germany/Njemačka

 

some gourds don´t comply                             neke buče nisu u skladu

with the EU-standards                                      sa EU standardom

eat by yourself                                                      pojedi ih sam

 

 

Kristina Kroupa, Croatia/Hrvatska

 

in the nook of a hall                                           u kutu hodnika

a snake gourd dries up                                      suši se i presvlači

changing its look                                                 zmija bundeva

 

 

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, USA/SAD

 

giggling child –                                                     kikotanje djeteta –

the gift of a pumpkin                                           na dar ogrlica od

seed necklace                                                        koštica buče

 

 

Jasminka Predojević, Croatia/Hrvatska

 

sunny autumn day                                            sunčan jesenji dan

the children lawn bowling                              djeca bočaju

with cucurbit gourds                                        s ukrasnim tikvicama

 

 

Debbie Strange, Canada/Kanada

 

prize pumpkins                                                    nagrađene buče

our hayrack buckles                                            naša kola prepuna

with light                                                               svjetlosti

 

 

Steven John Clarkson, New Zealand/Novi Zeland

 

forty days of rain                                               kiši četrdeset dana

fixing the hole in my shoe                               rupu u cipeli krpam

with gourd                                                           bučicom

 

 

Toni Pavleski,

A LITTLE IRIS HAIKU CONTEST, CROATIA 2019

Deadline: December 31, 2019

Theme: Languages

The International Year of Indigenous Languages is a United Nations observance in 2019 that aims to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.

Please send up to 3 original, unpublished haiku in English.

E-mail: dvrozicatgmail.com

The results will be during February 2020.

The winners will be informed by e-mail.…

INTERNATIONAL HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME OF THE GOURDS 2019

The Haiku Association „Three Rivers“

The „Pumpkin Festival“

The Tourist Board of Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

 

AN INTERNATIONAL HAIKU COMPETITION

in English

all ages and nationalities

 

Deadline: May 31, 2019.

 

The theme: The Cucurbits

 

gourd, pumpkin, squash, cucumber, melon, calabash, zuchini, melon, loofa …

The Cucurbitaceae consist of 98 proposed genera with 975 species!

 

Please send three unpublished haiku in English to the coordinator:

E-mail: dvrozic@gmail.com

SUBJECT: Pumpkin Haiku Contest

 

 

The results will be published at www.tri-rijeke-haiku.hr during October, and in IRIS International haiku magazine No 13/2019. The awarded and commended authors will be advised by e-mail.

 

 

                                                                                                                              President of the Association „Three Rivers“Coordinator:                                                                                                       Stjepan Rožić                                        

Đurđa Vukelić Rožić                                            

 

 

Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, 6.3.2019.

 

 

 

THE RESULTS OF A LITTLE IRIS HAIKU CONTEST, CROATIA 2018

THE RESULTS OF A LITTLE IRIS HAIKU CONTEST, CROATIA 2018

The judge was Jim Kacian.

142 authors, 409 haiku from 36 countries! The theme – FREE.

 

First Prize

 

Sandra Simpson, New Zealand:

twilight—
humming as i weed
around the hive 

 

Second Prize

 

Jay Friedenberg, USA:

slow summer clouds
the formless shape
of desire

 

Third Prize

 

Martha Magenta, UK:

peacock’s cry
the silence
between stars

 


Honorable Mentions in no particular order:

 

Martha Magenta UK:

I slip 
into your language
babbling stream

 

sanjuktaa asopa, India:

this wish
to look into your eyes . . .
garden buddha

 

Nicholas Klacsanzky, Ukraine:

I say om
a few more times . . .
dripping icicle

 

Agus Maulana Sunjaya, Indonesia:

summer river 
the thing you keep 
secret  

 

Commended haiku, in no particular order

 

Julie Bloss Kelsey, USA:

the little things
we have in common … 
third cousins

 

Zornitza Harizanova, Sofia, Bulgaria:

snow moon
my first breastfeeding
on a rocking chair

 

Vanice Zimerman, Brasil

open window-
on the blue carpet of the room
the shadow of the hummingbird

 

Ashoka Weerakkody, Sri Lanka:

two monks
discussing a flight delay
buddha gaya

 

Carole MacRury, USA:

regrets . . .
a fishbone caught
in my mouth

 

Henryk Czempiel, Poland:

anniversary
on the husband’s grave
whose candle?

 

Violeta Urda, Romania:

crescent moon –
the pregnant woman
hums a lullaby 

 

Violeta Urda, Romania:

after chemo –
in the flock of flying cranes 
an empty space 

 

Margherita Petriccione, Italy:

willow branch …
upon us the weight
of a crow’s shade

 

Margherita Petriccione, Italy:

homecoming –
in the cup remains
of your coffee

 

Ann Magyar, USA: 

giraffe’s neck
the quick hands
of the balloon seller

 

Helen Buckingham, GB:

kid in the crowd
team flag running
down his face

 

Pravat Kumar Padhy, India:

floating clouds
the softness of her
narration

 

Peter Jastermsky, USA:

family belongings
the anger I never wanted
becomes mine

 

Diana Teneva, Bulgaria:

my father’s
disappearing smile…
hunter’s moon

 

Jenny Fraser, New Zealand:

all the things
i want to say
    the depth of water

 

Ed Bremson, USA:

mushroomy August
a mosquito on the arm
of a blistered child

 

Corine Timmer, Portugal: 

leaf-strewn street—
my reflection
in a passing hearse

 

Corine Timmer, Portugal:

family gathering …
the fish father caught…

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IRIS International No.4

Journal of Haiku Association “Three Rivers”, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

Izlazi jednom godišnje / Published once a year
Godište 4, svezak 4, 2018./Year 4th, No. 4, 2018
Izdavač/Published by Udruga “Tri rijeke” HPOI Ivanić-Grad
Haiku Association “Three Rivers”, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia
Urednički savjet/Editorial advisors:
Stjepan Rožić, Antun Mikleš, Miroslav Vurdelja
Uredništvo/Editorial Board:
Boris Nazansky, Tomislav Maretić, Nina Kovačić, Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan, Dejan
Pavlinović
Glavna i odgovorna urednica/Editor- in-chief
Đurđa Vukelić Rožić
Lektura hrvatskoga teksta/Croatian sub-editing
Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan
Lektura engleskih prijevoda s hrvatskoga/English sub-editing
Elizabeth Harrison-Paj
Ilustracije/Illustrations by Ivo Markulin, haiga
Fotografija na naslovnici/Photo on the cover: Sanja Srbljinović-Čuček
Adresa uredništva/Editorial address
Kolodvorska 44, 10310 Ivanić-Grad
Tel./Phone: +385 (1) 2882 716, E-mail: dvrozic@gmail.com
Grafička priprema/Prepress: Antun Mikleš
ISSN 1849-8639
Cilj časopisa jest prezentirati haiku i Japansku kulturu hrvatskom čitateljstvu a hrvatske
autore predstaviti u svijetu.
Our goal is to present haiku and the Japanese culture to the Croatian readers and introduce
Croatian haiku to the world.
Haiku se prevodi redakcijski, a ostali tekstovi po izboru.
Časopis ne isplaćuje honorare za bilo kakav oblik suradnje./IRIS does not pay royalties
for any form of cooperation.

Izlaženje Irisa International potpomogao je Grad Ivanić-Grad, i Zagrebačka županija.

 

 …

THE RESULTS OF THE 4TH HAIKU CONTEST ON THE THEME OF THE GOURD 2018

Judged by Marta Majorka Chociłowska

 

 

HAIKU

1st Prize

 

Saša Važić (Serbia)

 

hidden in the cornfield

a dewdrop sliding into

a lone pumpkin flower

 

kukuruzište…

u samotni cvet tikve

klizi kap rose

 

 

2nd Prize

Radostina Dragostinova (Bulgaria)

 

string of gourds

on the rusty fence

grandma’s ancient necklace

 

niz buča

na hrđavoj ogradi

bakina stara ogrlica

 

 

3rd Prize

Ann Maqyar (USA)

 

rain-scented morning

pumpkin vines

extend their reach

 

jutro s mirisom kiše

produljile se

vriježe buča

 

Honorouable mentions

(in no particular order)

 

Violeta Urda, Romania

 

Halloween–

the moon is hidden

in a carved pumpkin

 

Noć vještica–

mjesec je skriven u

izrezbarenoj buči

 

 

Neal Whitman (USA)

 

the crone next door

scatters pumpkin seeds …

she talks to crows

 

stara susjeda

prosipa koštice buče …

razgovara sa vranama

 

 

Stjepan Rožić (Croatia)

 

ripe Hokaido squash

in the shade of its leaf

a shell with dozing snail

 

zrela bundeva

u sjeni lista spava

puž u kućici

 

 

SENRYU

1st Prize

Aparna Pathak (India)

 

pumpkin soup

the family’s oneness

in slurps

 

juha od buče

obiteljsko zajedništvo

u skranju

 

 

2nd Prize

Eduard TARA, (Romania)

 

small pumpkin–

the young pregnant

cupping her moon

 

mala buča–

mlada trudnica

obujmila svoj mjesec

 

3rd Prize

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara (Romania)

 

pumpkin –

teacher teaches us

the circle lesson

 

buča–

učitelj predaje

o krugu

 

Congratulations to all authors!

 

Our gratitude to all poets taking part in our haiku contest, and special thank to Ms Marta Majorka Chociłowska for being so kind as to judge the poems.

 

We hope you join us next year, your haiku will be read on our Pumpkin Festival, at the meeting of Croatian Haijins in the town of Ivanić-Grad and published in the next number of magazine IRIS.

 

D.V.Rozic, the Secretary of the Haiku Association “Three Rivers”, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia…