The 153th. WHA Haiga Contest （05/2017)

 

Judge and comments by Kuniharu Shimizu ....(blog)

http://www.worldhaiku.net/wha_haiga/153/haiga153.html 

Daily Haiga

Linda Pilarski, Editor
Patrick Pilarski, Poetry Editor
Nicole Pakan, Art Editor

 http://www.dailyhaiga.org/

Never Ending Story - First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog

Butterfly Dream: Refugees Haiku by Lavana Kray

English Original
boatload of refugees --
the wind playing with a doll
on the shore
Third Prize, 2016 European Haiku Prize

Chinese Translation (Traditional)
滿船的難民 --
大風不斷地吹滾
岸邊的娃娃
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
满船的难民 --
大风不断地吹滚
岸边的娃娃

Comment :
" L1 establishes the thematic and emotional context while Ls 2&3 effectively evoke a keen sense of sadness. And on a second reading, the wind and the doll successfully carry symbolic significance.

This heart-wrenching haiku reminds me one of my haiku:

Aegean shore ...
soaked teddy bear
and dead child

Featured Poet, Coviews, January 2017"
                                                                         Chen-ou Liu

http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ro/ 

Ginyu Haiku Gallery 74, by Ban'ya Natsuishi

1

cherry tree scent -

its sawdust pillows
my head

x

parfum de cireș -

îmi fac din rumegușul său

o pernă

2

toxic wind -                    

the riverbed shaping
dandelion waves

x

vânt toxic -

valuri de păpădii

în albia râului

 

3

shorthand typing -      

the fluid language

of a skylark

x

tastez prescurtând -

limbajul fluid

al unei ciocârlii

 

 Comment:

"These are charming and tender-hearted haiku"

                          Ban'ya Natsuishi