Haiku Contest
Previous Prize Winners
The 22th HIA Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Haiku International Association
Supported by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, The Japan Times
Haiku in Overseas
Judge
David Burleigh, Kimura Toshio
Prize of Haiku Interntional Association
洞窟に黒きマリアや秋灯
熊谷佳久子
Sooty image
of Virgin Mary in a cave―
autumn lamplights
Kumagai Kakuko（Sappolo）
Prize of Haiku Poets Associaiton
都会にも獣道あり昭和の日
越川 悟
Animal trails
exist even in the city―
Showa Day
Koshikawa Satoru(Isumi-gun)
Prize of Modern Haiku Association
炎熱や砂丘に太き油送管
白塚告天子
Boiling sun―
thick oil pipelines running
accross the dune
Shirotsuka Kokutenshi(Katsushika )
Prize of Japan Traditional Haiku Associatiom
夫と犬ごろりと昼寝してをりぬ
渡辺 雅子
My husband and dog
flop down side by side
for a nap
Watanabe Masako(Narashino)
Prize of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun
考えるためふらここに揺れてをり
草野 准子
To have a think
I’m swaying
on a swing
Kusano Junko(Suginami)
Prize of Japan Times
拳かたくポケットにある八月
朴 美代子
My fist clenched in my pocket―
August
Pak Miyoko(Nagoya)
（Translated by Murakami Hiroyuki)
Prize Winners - Selected by David Burleigh
Biblical rainfall
the pigeon bread has turned
to dough again
Lyudmila Hristova（Bulgaria）
dropping
its last leaf
wind enters the bathhouse
Jonathan Humphrey（U.S.A.）
Prize Winners - Selected by Toshio Kimura
our window-box
a honeybee meanders
among my desires
Cynthia Rowe（Australia）
abandoned garden
a rusty bird cage
with the door open
marinabita（Marina Bellini）（Romania）
Honorable Mentions - Selected by David Burleigh
full moon
my blank
lookl
Pere Risteski（North Macedonia）
cherry petals
the mask can’t hide
her delight
Edward Tara（Romania）
meteor shower
the black-eyed susans
are watching too
Earl R. Keener（U.S.A.）
early dawn
he fills the door frame
with his laughter
Xenia Tran（U.K.）
Honorable Mentions - Selected by Toshio Kimura
autumn loneliness
waiting for the cows
to come home
Susan Burch（U.S.A.）
paper lantern
passing sea-grass
gone, like that
Ana Prundaru（Switzerland）
long journey
I wave to the moon
I left behind
Praniti Gulyani（India）
summer winds
my guitar gathers
the softest dust
Himanshu Vyas（India）