Aozora haiku publication : June 2000

Nikola Nilic
Doza Djerbdja 70, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Submission by letter

moonlight
the river divides the forest
in two nights

September braids
full of white butterflies
hasten to school

strong noise
waterfall can't hear
its whiteness

morning sun
moves a wee snail
off the monument

explosive April
around girls' waist
hunts butterflies

Dan Lukiv
British Columbia, Canada

Rain
Fills the forest
With sound

In this May sunset
East fog on hills
Glows white

Vitomir Miletic - Witata
Yugoslavia

Letnji pljusak --
na plazi samo
kula od peska.

Summer shower --
On the beach only
a tower of sand

Prašnjavi auto.
Prsticem crta lutku
devojcica.

Dusty car.
A little girl drawing a doll
by her finger.

Praskozorje --
Kukurikanje petla
i bljesak munje.

Daybreak --
Cock-a-doodle-doo
and the lightning.

Smeh dece --
Na starom sporetu
kolaci od blata.

Children laughing --
On the old range
cakes from myd.

Strazarska kucica --
Sa vojnickim slemom
igra se mace.

Guardhouse --
A kitten is playing
with the helmet.

an'ya (dark'moon)
Oregon, USA

October stroll
the shadow of mom's cane
bends over cobblestones

published " The Heron's Nest "

hired hands
stack the last bales of hay
high autumn

3rd place Haiku World

fresh smelling
even though a dirty sky
the wildflowers

presently at " haiga online "

spruce tree
the blue sky paled
by robin eggs

4th place shiki kukai

quiet cove
the sound of crow's feet
cracking thin ice

NLAPW 3rd place

tree swing
two tiny toes
touch the sun

honorable mention NZPS

Bodganka Stojanovski
Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Illustrations by Bogdanka

Torrid sand.
The sea barely touches the shore
and flees away fast.

On the sand
a leafless jellyfish.
The magic is gone.

Lake Ohrid.
Glimmering in the water
ornate golden letters.

The meadow
is dusted with the colours
of summer.

Ripe grain -
the farmer inspects.
A weight in the fist.

A densely knotted
rose rambler keeps the scent
in the window.

A fairy world
of shadows and bright moon.
A haiku night.

Young men are dancing
around the bagpiper.
Storks are clattering.