International contest for haiku in english 2011 - results

Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic says: „This year we received haiku by 72 authors from 16 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece, India, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, UK, USA). We thank them all and hope they join us next autumn as well. Our contest for 2012 will be open until APRIL 30, 2012.“ 1st Prize: Saša Važić, Serbia new year's eve … my new face stares at my old face 2nd Prize: Che ou liu, Canada attic window – a few moonlit shadows come and go 3rd Prize: Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, Poole, England crowded beach i walk the shoreline reading tattos Commendations: Birds flying away. Birds flying back. My wrinkled hand. Rajna Begović, Serbia (October 4, 1939 - August 15, 2011) harvest moon – a young couple waiting for first baby kicks Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Romania alone on the mountain i have lost the path – wild strawberries fragrance Florentina Loredana Dalian, Romania carpet of pollen behind the boat a trace of clarity Volker Friebel, Germany silence at dusk – behind sonic boom's the butt of a mosquito Dan Iulian, Romania coming storm- old man with an umbrella runs on a red light Krzysztof Kokot, Kielce, Poland cloud pillows… if only i could sleep on this early flight Deborah P. Kolodji, CA, USA the stick forgotten her dog fetches the river Darrell Lindsey, TX, USA moonlit branches . . . glazed with autumn rain droplets of me Chen-ou Liu, Canada golden wedding our polaroid kiss fades Jacek Margolak, Poland good neighbourhood: a white handkerchief clearing the Danube waters Vasile Moldovan, Romania fishing in the creek among browning reeds shellducks Patricia Prime, New Zealand gathering storm the boy in the park swings higher and higher Vanesa Proctor, Australia dog's barking on passerby petal softly falling Živko Prodanović, Croatia scarecrow – no leg to make a step cloudless sky – a pair of geese leaves the V formation Grzegorz Sionkowski, Torun, Poland still waiting – the champagne glasses filled with dawn Eduard Tara, Romania where the old lady with the dog used to sit an empty bench Ana Truban Dolenec, Croatia falling star a fleeting sense of transcience Rafał Zabratyński, Poland autumn wind – a jazz procession sways along John Zheng, MS, USA