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Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2022

11/10/2022

 
                                                                   First Prize

                                                       fallen red cherry leaf –
                                                       warmth of mother’s hand
                                                       after her last breath
                                     
                                        紅き桜葉おち臨終の母の手ぬくし
                               akaki sakuraba ochi rinjū no haha no te nukushi
                                                                                      Keiko Izawa, Japan
This is a wonderfully poignant haiku, well deserving of this prize.

                                                          Second Prize
   
                                                    an empty corncrib
                                                 cradling moonlight . . .
                                                      the cold wind
                                                                   Susan Yavaniski, USA
Beautifully poetic image and feeling.

                                                                    Third Prize
                                             
                                                     forgotten
                                                     in the scarecrow’s coat
                                                     her baby picture
                                                                 John Pappas, USA
 A tenderly humorous and wistful haiku.

                                                Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)

moon islet
holding a glimpse
of a dream
          Joanna Ashwell, UK

the second opinion
same as the first
autumn sky
         Alvin B. Cruz, Philippines

moon glow –
the rustle of dried grasses
in the midnight breeze
         elehna de sousa, Canada

harvest moon
in the straw bowl
the song of a cricket

есенна луна
в сламената купа
песен на щурец
          Radostina Dragostinova, Bulgaria

half moon
wondering
who I am yet to be
          Baisali Chatterjee Dutt, India

fall twilight
all the things
that will never return

crepuscolo d'autunno
tutte le cose
che non torneranno mai più
          Eufemia Griffo, Italy

this brown moth too
struggling to live –
fall dusk
           Ruth Holzer, USA

Distant sky
seen from the sick bed
geese migrating

病床のはるけき空を雁渡る
            Satoru Kanematsu, Japan

leaf-bearing wind
stops to let me know . . .
everything passes
            Srini, India

nuclear war –
a scarecrow not a scarecrow
anymore

nuklearni rat –
strašilo više nije
strašilo
          Aljoša Vuković, Croatia

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