Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2013 Haiku Invitational Winners

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Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
2013 Haiku Invitational Winners

ISKRENE ČESTKE!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL DIOGEN HAIKU POETS!

International

• 
  Sakura Awards
  

homeless child-
painting a cherry tree
on the bomber
                                   Rita Odeh
                                   Nazareth, Israel

breaking light -

the pale vibrato
of cherry blossoms
                                   Makr Miller
                                   Shoalhaven Heads, New South Wales

forgetting

we’ll soon have to part —
cherry blossoms
                                   Sasa Vazic
                                   Batajinica, Serbia

spring fever . . .

the cherry tree blooming
elsewhere
                                   Sasa Vazic
                                   Batajinica, Serbia

just for today

the blossom that was
never mine
                                   Hansha Teki
                                   Wellington, New Zealand

cherry blossom…

the baby-powder scent
of her skin
                                   Jo Mclnerney
                                   Boolarra, Australia

blossoming cherry -

old mosque courtyard
and a stone catafalque
                                   Smajil Durmisevic
                                   Zenica, Federation of Bosna and Herzegovina

alzheimer —

she hasn’t forgotten
the cherry blossoms
                                   Minh-Triêt Pham
                                   Pairs, France

cherry blossom

the shape
of their kiss
                                   Andre Surridge
                                   Hamilton, New Zealand

unfolding my mind…

the origami
of spring kanzashi
                                   Andre Surridge
                                   Hamilton, New Zealand

• 
  Honourable Mentions
  

weeping cherry
tiny coffin lowered
into soft ground
                                   Nicky Phillips
                                   Near Stevenage, England

finally Spring

the old Sakura in the backyard
in full bloom
                                   Kristjaan Pannemam
                                   Lelystad, The Netherlands

so this
is how it will end -

cherry blossom
                                   Alan Taylor
                                   Worcester, United Kingdom

stepping back

cherry petals
on the abandoned farm
                                   Owen Bullock
                                   Katikati, Bay of Plenty

cherry blossoms–

the scent bridging
the long river
                                   Pravat Kumar Padhy
                                   Vadodara, India

widow’s birthday-

no one but the wind bringing
bitter cherry flowers
                                   Lavana Kray
                                   Iasi, Romania

As a sweet memory

the cherry blossoms
hold the snowfall.
                                   Eliza Taddei
                                   Montpellier, France

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