We are very happy to announce here all the award-winners and their award-winning haiku of the Third Ashiya International Haiku Festa.
We appreciate that 520 haiku were sent from 161 haiku-poets of 21 countries.
Thank you very much for your participation.
| Inspirational Award Honoring Takahama Kyoshi |
| Slobodan Joksimovic | Serbia and Montenegro
|
Looking through the window
I see the footprints in the snow
-- a letter has arrived. |
| Ashiya International Haiku Grand Prix |
| Beverley George | Australia
|
Summer haze〜
a beekeeper taps the swarm
loose |
| Ashiya International Haiku Inspirational Award |
| Fay Aoyagi | U.S.A.
|
I try to read
the pattern of clouds
. . . Election Day |
| Mayor of Ashiya Award |
| Dan Brady | U.S.A.
|
Crossing the room
his footfalls rebound inside the cup
so tea leaves settle. |
| The Asahi Newspaper Award |
| James Kirkup | Principality of Andorra |
As they toll for Mass
bells start shaking off first snow
deep in the valleys |
| Inspirational Award of the Judge ( for ten haiku ) |
| Ljubomir Dragovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Seals of Summer :
on the cow's heel
a poppy's flower. |
| Bart Mesotten | Belgium |
Constantly growing
two pumpkins push away
each other. |
| Martin Berner | Germany |
full moon
and in the brain
just the diagnosis |
| Svetomir Djurbabic | Serbia |
snow on the grave-yard --
deceased persons retreating
deeper and deeper |
| Ivan Mlacic | Croatia |
the scent of thaw
from the zoo
the roar of lions |
| Winona Baker | Canada |
mare's tail clouds --
scatter the engineer's ashes
between the rails |
| Gary Hotham | U.S.A. |
the day starts
with warnings of snow---
her pile of old birthday cards in the trash |
| George Swede | Canada |
The mountains lost in mist
yet I know they are there
like my prior life |
| Caitlin Louise Thomas | Australia |
Unlock the window :
cool green of trees rushes in
and I am outside. |
| Jadran Zalokar | Croatia |
a girl runs
with fluttering breast
raindrops bigger and bigger |
We are looking forward to meeting you on this site again in our Fourth Ashiya International Haiku Festa which will be held in the spring in 2006.
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