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.