The results of the 8th International Haiku Contest for Haiku in English, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia 2021
The Haiku Association “Three Rivers”, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia
Udruga “Tri rijeke”, HPOI Ivanić-Grad
The results of the 8th International Haiku Contest for Haiku in English, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia 2021
The theme: GOURDS
The International Haiku Contest in English, the theme of the gourds counted up to 414 haiku by 141 author from 35 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ghana, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italia, Jamaica, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Phillipines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Santa Lucia, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, USA, Vietnam.
The contest in English on the theme of the gourds was judged by Sérgio Ninguém from Portugal, editor in chief of haiku magazine EUFEME.
Our gratitude to all authors and the judge. Thank you for being a part of our Pumpkin Festival in the town of Ivanić-Grad, Croatia. And, congratulations to all awarded poets!
Equivalent commendations are listed at random.
Rezultati 8. Međunarodnog natječaja za haiku na engleskom jeziku, 2021.
Tema: BUČA
Ukupno, na naše natječaje primili smo 923 uratka. Od toga, na međunarodni natječaj pristiglo je 414 haikua iz 35 zemalja: Australija, Bangladeš, Belgija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Brazil, Bugarska, Filipini, Francuska, Gana, Hrvatska, Indija, Indonezija, Italija, Jamajka, Japan, Kanada, Kina, Maroko, Nigerija, Nizozemska, Njemačka, Pakistan, Poljska, Republika Južna Afrika, Rumunjska, Rusija, Santa Lucija, SAD, Sjeverna Makedonija, Srbija, Švicarska, Turska, Ukrajina, Velika Britanija, Vietnam.
Radove je ocijenio Sérgio Ninguém iz Portugala, urednik časopisa Eufeme.
Zahvaljujemo svim autoricama i autorima na povjerenim nam radovima.
Hvala vam što ste na ovaj način bili dijelom naše “Bučijade” u gradu Ivanić-Gradu.
Jednakovrijedne pohvale navedene su bez posebnog redoslijeda.
Iskrene čestitke svim nagrađenim autoricama i autorima!
FIRST PRIZE / PRVA NAGRADA
Franjo Ordanić, Croatia
blistering heat ̶ ljuta žega ̶
under the pumpkin leaf pod bučinim listom
a tiny oasis sićušna oaza
SECOND PRIZE / DRUGA NAGRADA
Arunachalashiva Ravi Sankarm, Chennai, India
childhood djetinjstvo
wipe up the slate with obrisati ploču s
ivy gourd grimiznom tikvicom
THIRD PRIZE / TREĆA NAGRADA:
Pere Risteski, North Macedonia
dreaming pumpkins on foreign fields late autumn
sanjajuć buče na tuđim poljima kasna jesen
HONOURABLE MENTIONS / POHVALE
Marie Derley, Belgium
soon the cicadas uskoro cikade
the sound of the loofa zvuk lofe
on the naked skin na nagom tijelu
Ariel Collis, USA
A dirt-flecked pumpkin Buča umrljana blatom
Orange as the sun shining Sjajno narančasta poput sunca
From behind the clouds Iza oblaka
Vladislav Hristov, Bulgaria
dew on the cucumber rosa na krastavcu
in each drop ̶ u svakoj kaplji
a different world drugačiji svijet
Houda Belabd, Morocco
Hail to the melon Pozdrav lubenici
to its myriad benefits njenim mnogim vrijednostima
and to its halo naklon njenoj oreoli
dan iulian, Romania
chemo ̶ kemoterapija ̶
in her smock a pumpkin seed u kuti jedva proklijala
barely sprouted sjemenka buče
Nikolay Grankin, Russia
rumors of war glasine o ratu
the wasps on a cut ose na prerezanoj
melon lubenici
Partha Sarkar,India
I have tasted both Kušao sam oboje
The gourd and the earth Buču i zemlju
And the second one is bitter. Druga je gorka.
Partha Sarkar, India
The imperialist Imperijalist
Can divide the Earth Može podijeliti Zemlju
But cannot divide the gourd. Ali ne i buču.
Milan Rajkumar, India
among the gourds među bučama
some are immortal . . . neke su besmrtne…
the maestro’s sitar maestrov sitar
Erin Castaldi, United States
just a touch samo dodir
melon thumping tupi zvuk pada lubenice
fills the quiet ispuni tišinu
Viktoriya Marinova, Bulgaria
summer solstice ljetni solsticij
the cucumber casts krastavac baca
a long shadow dugu sjenu
Ron C. Moss, Australia
she cradles a gourd in the shape of a child
ona ljulja buču izgledom djeteta
Christopher Calvin, Indonesia
Melon, squash, gourd Lubenica, bundeva, tikva
The color of brush Boja kista
Harvest scene Žetveni prizor
Sebastian Chrobak, Poland
an old farmer stari ratar
teaches his grandson podučava svog unuka
pumpkin grows rast buče