14. ITOEN 2003.

English (International) Section
(only awarded people from Balkans)

Honorable Mention

1. Elena Manta Ciubotariu (Romania)

In the pocket
Of the scarecrow's shabbycoat
An empty bottle

2. Vaska V. Lozica (Croatia)

A fly
in the open book
searching.

3. Mirko Vidović (Croatia)

a small spider
worn out by the
shadow of a fly

4. Smilja Bilankov (Croatia)

summer lush
the figs are filled
with sugar

5. Laura Ciobanu (Romania)

Only the red rose
lights the depth
of black marble.

Merit Award

1. Voicu Amalia-Florentina (Romania)

Once again a life
Carrying another life ...
The grain or the ant?!

2. Jasminka Nadaškić Djordjević (Serbia & Montenegro)

mist on the river -
ferryboat siren scraps away
the heavy silence

3. Venceslav Špilak (Croatia)

on the hot asphalt
in the centre of city
a dead fly

4. Sonia Cristina Coman (Romania)

sunrise ...
on the unburnt porcelain
the potter's fingerprints

5. Dan Doman (Romania)

on the old letters
carved into the beech bark -
some snowflakes

6. Clelia Ifrim (Romania)

Grey of November -
birds gathered on the fence fly
in two directions

7. Dragan J. Ristić (Serbia & Montenegro)

to another town
the day taking away shadows
across the river

8. Marinko Španović (Croatia)

a blind man's stick
listening to water
in the puddle

9. Verica Živković (Serbia & Montenegro)

Rustling oak leaf -
feelers of two spiders
touching

10. Olga Neagu (Romania)

Sparks in the grass -
The dragon fly has left
The dew in fire

11. Ivan Kolarić (Serbia & Montenegro)

moonlight
a white fat goose
is dabbing in the mud

12. Željko Funda (Croatia)

Dusk approaching.
The peacock is folding up
his tail feathers

13. Vladimir Devide (Croatia)

Oppressive heat -
pigeon and hen-pigeon
too sluggish to mate.

14. Milosav Doderović (Serbia & Montenegro)

Snowdrop prepared
a drop of honey
for the first bee

15. Jevrem Hajduković (Serbia & Montenegro)

A frosted sparrow lies
on a white path,
blizzard stands vigil.

16. Maša Bambić (Croatia)

With frozen tears
The trees are patiently waiting
For the spring sun.

17. Branislav Nešić (Serbia & Montenegro)

In the vineyard
pearly nechlace -
glistening snail trace

18. Rajna Begović (Serbia & Montenegro)

A whistle of a train.
The moon is quietly
bathing in the river.

19. Rudi Stopar (Slovenia)

Broken window
hary spider
hanging on a thread

Information : Jasminka Nadaskic Djordjevic (Serbia and Montenegro)