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Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2019

11/16/2019

 
, USA                                                                                  First Prize
 
                                                                                           Evening moon.
                                                                                           I shall not travel alone
                                                                                           to my village.

                                                                                          Вечерњи месец.
                                                                                          Нећу путовати сама
                                                                                          у своје село.
                                                                                                    Ljubinka Tošić, Serbia
This moving haiku poetically captures a true connection between human beings and nature.
 
                                                                             Second Prize
 
                                                                                         silent witness
                                                                                         to this bittersweet world –
                                                                                         autumn moon
                                                                                                   Richard Grumberg, Australia
A good philosophic look at a troublesome time, perhaps redeemed by the connection to the moon.
                                                         
                                                                             Third Prize

 
                                                                                        moon enough
                                                                                        to illuminate each step
                                                                                        prayer beads
                                                                                                                     Randy Brooks, USA
A fine presentation of a zen meditation walk in which the moon suggests the depth of the meditation.

                                                    Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
 
a refugee child
curls up to sleep . . .
fallen leaves

ایک
مہاجر بچہ
سمٹ کرسوتےہوے
 جھڑے ہوے پتے
          Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
 
waning moon
the key into the rusty lock
turns only halfway
          sanjuktaa asopa, India
 
hunter’s moon
illuminating
early snow
          Vera Constantineau, Canada
 
ripening haws
the robin changes
its song
          Martha Magenta, UK
 
fall twilight
trying to read my brother’s
last letter
          Edward J.Rielly, USA
 
sundown
the bare tree bends
closer to the ground

senja
pohon gundul itu condong
mendekat ke tanah
          Lucky Triana, Indonesia
 
childhood memories
colored with pastels –
autumn sundown
          Kevin Valentine, USA




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