The editing board of the Journal of Romanian-Japanese cultural interferences « Haiku » has in the first semester of year, the annual competition of haiku poems, edition 2012 with international participation.

The winners of the prizes and honorable mentions are :

First Award
Dragan J. Ristic, Serbia

For a moment
a dandelion darkness...
swallow’s shadows

Second Award
Amitava Dasgupta, U.S.A.

Unrequited love –
I still smell har fragrance
in spring flowers

Third Award
Barbara A. Taylor, Australia

Racket-screeching morn –
sulphur crested cockatoos
scavenge ripe pecans


Mentions

Tonka Lovric, Croatia

Selling irises,
a lady with eyes
in color of iris

Frans Terryn, Belgia

After the shower
a child field-testing new boots –
mother’s angry voice

Tracy Dvidson, U.K.

Castles made of sand –
the memories of childhood
high tide washed away

Vera Primorac, Croatia

Winter night –
only the stray dogs
in its darkness

Ljubica Sporic, Croatia

Such a nice day –
the neighbor’s yatd is full
of children’s laughter