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THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND SLOVENE
SCHOOL HAIKU CONTEST 2003
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THE BEST HAIKU: Nature
1st Prize
Tina Dolenc
A raindrop falls
into a peaceful pond.
Vanishing circles.
2nd Prize
Hana Alhady
Tips of pine trees
cutting the passing clouds
into strips.
3rd Prize
Neža Kralj
The first spring sun,
a snowman's tears hit the ground:
a life reduced to puddle.
Honorable Mentions
Mojca Mikac
The heat of July --
watching blue clouds and
a yellow butterfly.
Tina Dolenc
The sun
embraces the snowman:
tears of love.
Denis Vičič
The trees
give up their leaves
to warm the earth.
Good Haiku
(some changes by the jury)
Hana Alhady
Autumn thunderstorm
along the flooding river
apples rolling on.
Katjuša Okrošek
a child running
with the summer wind --
counting the shells he found
The Best Haiku: Love
1st Prize
Mateja Završnik
The whistle of your train,
running through my heart,
my rose is travelling with you.
2nd Prize
Metka Štumpfl
Full moon
My eyes are closed and
You're in my dreams.
Honorable
Mention
Peter Mišic
wrinkled hands
a smiling face
beloved mother
Good Haiku
(some changes by the jury)
Nika Di Bon
A rainbow over you,
so out of reach.
Let me complete the circle.
The Best Haiku: Existence
1st Prize
Primož Vogrinec
a lonely poet
sitting on the hill of grass
nothing to write with
2nd Prize
Alenka Hrastovec
I don't know myself,
but he sees right through me.
He is blind.
3rd Prizes
Svetlana Mrkajić
The trees are tall
the heaven is wide
and I am so small.
Mira Gavrič
Sweet smell from the kitchen
Mom baking cookies -
Listening to Christmas songs.
Honorable Mention
Katja Kovačič
Climbing a mountain
makes me wonder do I want
to reach the top?
Good Senryu
(some changes by the jury)
Maja Kračun
Crash -
the porcelain girl becomes
my simple self.
Maja Kračun
My thoughts are
weed in the garden of intellect.
They bloom.
Jernej Mlakar
the thunder hits me -
I realise
what a fool I am
Gregor Berke
Sunshine
eases my troubled mind -
a flare of might.
Information :Alenka Zorman (Slovenia)