Winners from South East Europe:

Nyuusen / Third Prize ( Selected by Mr. Akito Arima )

Hidden behind
a thrown away comb
several ants.

Vladimir Devide, Croatia

Butterflies on wall --
the wind in half-opening
a gate in castle

Tara Gheorghe - Eduard, Romania

Tokusen / Second Prize ( Selected by Mr. Morio Nishikawa )

drops of spring rain
hanging on the wire --
in each a sun

kapljice kise
nanizane na zici --
u svakoj sunce

Milosav Doderovic, Yugoslavia

Melted snow
seeing off winter
down the river.

Otopljen snijeg
niz rijeku
ispraca zimu

Zlata Bogovic, Croatia

serene lake --
the birch leaf touched
the white cloud

mirno jezero --
list breze dodirnu
beli oblak

Radovan Zivanovic, Yugoslavia

Nyuusen / Third Prize

Above the mountain
a line of cable cars on the cable --
pearls round the neck.

Anica Gecic, Croatia

it's snowing again
fresh snowflakes filling
the postman's footsteps

opet snijezi
u postarevu tragu
nove pahulje

Boris Nazansky, Croatia

Rusting on the book's pages
between the hands --
the rhythm of verses.

Izmedju ruku
suste stranice knjige --
ritam stihova.

Dina Franin, Croatia

Tokusen / Second Prize ( Selected by Mr. Farrell D. Cleary )

Light on the thorns.
My granny's yellowed photo
in the black prayerbook.

Nedeljko Boban, Croatia

Edge of the road --
the partidge drinks
the dew on the poppy.

Stela Hoise, Romania

Nyuusen / Third Prize

Ah, hydrangeas!
Who will water you
when I leave him?

E, hortenzije!
Ko ce vas zalivati
kad ga ostavim.

Tatjana Stefanovic, Yugoslavia

Awards: 1. USA (7) 2. Croatia (6) 3-5) Germany, New Zealand, England
6-9. Argentina, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia (3) 10-11. Belgium, Romania (2)
12-13. Laos, Australia

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