79th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest Results

 Award  Haiku  Name/Country
 Grand Prize  snowflakes…
 the little girl learns
 braille alphabet
 Daniela Misso
 Italy
 Grand Prize  end of the war
 the tombstones
 without shadows
 Vladislav Hristov
 Bulgaria
 Honorable Mention  The school bell rings
 summer clouds drifting
 past the classroom window
 Katte Kaito
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  Winter morning
 The sun shines
 on my frozen breath
 Kotsugi Yuuta
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  A baby bird
 hiding in the shadow
 of a spiral staircase
 Muroya Kenshin
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  shoes and sandals
 mingle at the front porch
 family gathering
 Billy Antonio
 Philippines
 Honorable Mention  sparrow in the trench
 wounded soldier prays
 to survive
 Stoianka Boianova
 Blugaria
 Honorable Mention  starry night
 an orphaned polar bear cub
 raises its head
 Ivan Georgiev
 Germany
 Honorable Mention  apple blossom
 the breeze turns
 my bible page
 Maya Daneva
 Netherlands
 Honorable Mention  paper tiger
 she folds an origami
 after her anger
 Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont
 Belgium
 Honorable Mention  awash in aromas
 after cooling the cows…
 grandma’s grace
 Monica Kakkar
 India
 Honorable Mention  first frost:
 still a mosquito
 in the bedroom
 Benjamin Bl&aumlsi
 Switzerland
 Honorable Mention  refugee camp-
 a small boy lets a stick float
 in a mud puddle
 Annette Akkerman
 Netherlands
 Honorable Mention  myosotis flowers-
 what i failed to tell you
 last spring
 Maria Tosti
 Italy
 Honorable Mention  bullet scar
 on the pilgrim’s shoulder
 winter sky
 Farah Ali
 United Kingdom
 Honorable Mention  it’s snowing-
 how materializes
 the silence
 Dan C.Iulian
 Romania
 Honorable Mention  village bus
 I get off today
 where the linden blooms
 Wieslaw Karliński
 Poland
 Honorable Mention  Waves of wheat.
 Blue and yellow flags
 Fluttering
 Higashioki Waki
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  an autumn wind
 Basho statue
 dreaming of a desolate field
 Kato Tasaku
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  war-end anniversary
 plowing a field
 with an artificial leg
 Kato Tasaku
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  old pond
 an origami frog floating
 among tadpoles
 Cristina Pietraru
 Romania
 Honorable Mention  the spider’s egg sac
 has the same colour as
 my eyes after crying
 Goran Gatalica
 Croatia