Aleksandar Nejgebauer Haiku Club
Anthology Haiku Competition "AN4 - 2001"
Commended children's haiku
Ana Brajkovic (11), Yugoslavia
Father's
picture
from the cold tombstone
looks at me tenderly
Oceva slika
sa hladnog spomenika
smesi mi se nezno
Filip Stojanovski (12), Yugoslavia
I'm cleaning
my shoes
on just two soles
such a lot of dirt!
Cistim svoje
cipele
toliko blata
na samo dva djona!
Selected verses
An'ya, USA
sunlit seascape
a circle of salt crusted
on the curlew's beak
deep pond
the water spider dimples
its placidity
Ernest J. Berry, New Zealand
forest dawn
fingers of light
smell of pine-oil
blow-up globe
he points out the trouble spots
with his cigarette
Miroslav Copa, Yugoslavia
In front
of the door
my shadow stopped
to wait for me.
The first
day of
the New Millenium.
the same grey sky.
Ross Figgins, USA
withered
garden -
the grashopper's overcoat
full of dust
anxious sandpipers
-
seeing what the sea has brought
hurry back with the news
Zeljko Funda
Waking.
Between my wife and me -
cat purring.
A garden
feast.
Waving in the air -
dandelion seeds.
Barry A. George, USA
spring thunder
-
skyscrapers turning white
ahead of the storm
autumn eaves -
pigeons ascend
with their shadows
Marian Hussenbux, GB
dawn in the
east -
a blackbird sings
through laden beak
cracks in
the ice
the web of a spider
on the grass
Jim Kacian, USA
daydreaming
the sky deepens
into space
autumn rain
-
striking the match
a second time
Kathy Lippard Cobb, USA
winding road
-
the slow, steady turn
of windmills
scent of
lilac -
my book of haiku slips
into the bubble bath
Rev. Canon Philip D. Noble, Scotland
geckos chat
late intothe night
what's left to say?
weaver bird
hesitates then deftly
bends, pulls and ties
Nancy Olwen Morrey, Canada
in the woods
ghosts of civil war dead
still on patrol
pointing
from a tattered sleeve
the scarecrow's hand accuses me
Humphrey F. Noyes, Greece
an unspilt
dewdrop
frozen in the crocus -
here comes the sun
a cloud of
rooks
underweeps the radiance
of the rainbow
Goran Poletan, Australia
On the small
fountain's
motionless water - an ant
on a rose leaf
Rooster's
forecast
is becoming a reality
- the rain is starting
Joana Preston, New Zealand
lover's quarrel
-
the east wind
takes your side
spring equinox
-
the hedgehog uncurls itself
Bogdanka Stojanovski, Yugoslavia
autumn dusk
in the field only the scarecrow
is growing
snowy night
a pair of slippers by the stove
and a kitten in one
Neca Stoller, USA
bright moon
-
wet grass twinkles
above the mudslick
summer foliage
-
more egrets than blossoms
in the magnolia
Celia Stuart - Powles, USA
first warm
night and yet
the news of the world omits
the coming of spring
fresh snow
last night's dreams
untraceable
Maurice Tasnier, England
from the
hospital bed
he watches autumn clouds
slip through his grasp
waning moon
-
in the darkening window
an old woman's gaze
Serge Tome, Belgium
cold night
-
the coffee cup is empty
one more time
in the church
-
the bird searching its way
to the sky
Sasa Vazic, Yugoslavia
Quiet winter
morning.
In the chicken coop only
scattered feathers.
Vid Vukasovic, Yugoslavia
The nightingale's
song
makes the crescent moon
even more silvery
Swallows
have gone.
In their nests only
the autumn wind.
Zinovy Vayman, USA
Winter sun
-
a filament of honey dangles
into my tea
just below
church steeple
a satellite dish tilts slightly
towards heaven
Peter Williams, England
dreamy day
moving my chair
closer to the clouds
snowy morning
sunlight flashes violet
in the crystal
Sheila Windsor, U.K.
Dying hyacinth
each day a deeper
blue
carusel music
-
a little girls's smile
comes round again
HAIBUN IN SERBIAN
1st Prize - I nagrada
Micun Siljak, Pljevlja, Yugoslavia: "Cesma" - "The Fountain"
2nd Prize - II Nagrada
Stevan Mihailovic, Beograd, Yugoslavia: "Na obali jezera" - "On the Lake Shore"
3rd Prize - III nagrada
Ljiljana Djuricic,Beograd, Yugoslavia: "Udes" - "Misfortune"
&
Aleksandar Obrovski, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia: "Neradni dan" - "Public Holiday"