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, N. Macedonia/S. Makedonija

 

connected …                                                            povezani …

gourds in my neighbor’s garden                         buče u vrtu komšije

roots in my yard                                                     korijenje u mom dvoru

 

 

Vanessa Proctor, Australia/Australija                       

 

a xylophone                                                        ksilofon

made from dried gourds                                  od suhih tikvica

sound of the earth                                             zvuk zemlje

Congratulations to all poets!

 

Our appreciation and many thanks to all poets who submitted their work to our contest, with special gratitude to Ms. Ikuyo Yoshimura who judged haiku in English.

 

As a part of the Pumpkin Festival in the town of Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, the Haiku Association “Three Rivers” will hold a contest for haiku on the theme of the gourds in 2020 as well. You may send your three unpublished haiku/senryu to dvrozic@gmail.com, deadline May 31, 2020.