Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2020

                                                                                    First Prize:
                                                                                              dried sunflower
                                                                                              the beauty of
                                                                                              a brief life
                                                                                                             Meik Blöttenberger, USA
This is a subtle meditation on beauty and impermanence.
 
                                                                                   Second Prize:
                                                                                             an ancient path
                                                                                             in a sky without time
                                                                                             departing geese
                                                                                                              Carol Raisfeld, USA
A deep meditation on the natural world.
 
                                                                                   Third Prize:
                                                                                            a lone boat
                                                                                            amid a river of stars
                                                                                            crescent moon

                                                                                             con thuyền lẻ loi
                                                                                            giữa dòng tinh tú
                                                                                            vầng trăng khuyết
                                                                                                                 Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Vietnam
A deep experience of mystery and stillness.
 
 
                                                  Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
 
                                                                                           wild asters
                                                                                           nodding in the wind
                                                                                           all we hold dear
                                                                                                             Maxianne Berger, Canada
 
                                                                                           moonlit lake
                                                                                           renewing my faith
                                                                                           in infinity
                                                                                                             Helen Buckingham, UK
 
                                                                                          autumn stillness
                                                                                          as if I were part of
                                                                                          the void
                                                                                                          Jenny Fraser, New Zealand
 
                                                                                          eighty autumns . . .
                                                                                          her fingers remembering
                                                                                          the first quinces
 
                                                                                          osamdeset jeseni...
                                                                                          njeni prsti se prisjećaju
                                                                                          prvih dunja
                                                                                                            Goran Gatalica, Croatia
 
 
                                                                                           miscarriage . . .
                                                                                           how long this autumn
                                                                                           of my womb
                                                                                                            Arvinder Kaur, India
 
                                                                                          autumn loneliness
                                                                                          a windfall of red maples
                                                                                          on her kimono
                                                                                                            Mohammad Azim Khan, Pakistan
 
 
                                                                                         skipping stone
                                                                                         the autumn pond
                                                                                         restoring the clouds
 
                                                                                          în urma pietrei
                                                                                          iazul de toamnă
                                                                                          reface norii
                                                                                                             Eduard Ţară, Romania