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Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2018

11/18/2018

 
 
First Prize:

this winter
will I grow old
harvest moon

            Sue Colpitts, Canada

The poet registers the seemingly troublesome passage of the cycles of natural growth in a deep meditation on aging.
 
Second Prize:

hunter’s moon
a span of duckboard
beginning to sag

            paul m., USA

The author has been here before. The boardwalk that he has experienced in a warmer season is now weathering, producing a sabi-filled haiku.
 
Third Prize:

a dire world
this sunlight – still touching
the last leaf

teribleng mundo
itong sikat ng araw – haplos pa rin
ang huling dahon

            Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines/Greece

A redemptive moment in nature in troubling times.
 

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
 
too small
to reflect on the world
day old moon
            Vera Constantineau, Canada
 
my parents aging . . .
all of Orion’s stars
in the night sky
            Amelia Cotter, USA
 
friend’s departure
full moon reveals the path
between the clouds

Odlazak prijatelja.
Pun mesec otkriva stazu
između oblaka.
            Zoran Doderović, Serbia
 
    Autumn breeze.
   The falling leaves
touch their shadows.

    Brisa de otoño.
  Las hojas al caer
tocan sus sombras.
            Juan Carlos Durilén, Argentina

autumnal colours
falling away
some part of myself
            Jenny Fraser, New Zealand
 
Larches in autumn.
The beauty of a world
without people.

Lärchen im Herbst.
Die Schönheit einer Welt
ohne Menschen.
            Volker Friebel, Germany
 
deepening autumn
a red dragonfly
aligns with the wind

jesen se poglablja
rdeč kačji pastir
se poravna z vetrom
            Polona Oblak, Slovenia
 
the slow fade-out
of a favorite song . . .
autumn rain

les dernières notes
de ma chanson préférée . . .
pluie d’automne
            Olivier Schopfer, Switzerland
 
a different chill
in the air this morning
wild chanterelles
            Angela Terry, USA
 
leaf fall . . .
finding the way
to say goodbye

paghulog ng dahon . . .
paghahanap ng paraan
para magpaalam
            Christine L. Villa, USA/Philippines
 
 
           

 
 
 
 


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