78th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest Results

 Award  Haiku  Name/Country
 Grand Prize  on a floating log
 cormorant with his chin down—
 so weary of war
 Priscilla Lignori
 USA
 Grand Prize  thin ice
 a gull stands
 on one leg
 Brad Bennett
 USA
 Honorable Mention  Refugee camp –
 a little girl is making
 chain of daisies
 Katica Badovinac
 Croatia
 Honorable Mention  Nobody knows
 Where wailing cold wind
 is going
 Chika Matsumoto
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  emptiness
 the feathers in the nest
 become the nest
 Edward Cody Huddleston
 USA
 Honorable Mention  magic of white clovers
 every child
 is princess
 Sachiko Murase
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  A monorail passes
 Over the canal of shibaura
 Cool stars shine above
 Sayumi Yamada
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  back home –
 a few plum blossoms
 touching my shoulders
 Cristian Matei
 Romania
 Honorable Mention  After closing the book
 Words echo through my head
 Winter stars shine above.
 Bunmei Yamagishi
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  autumn rain…
 flipping through the list
 of unread books
 Nina Kovacic
 Croatia
 Honorable Mention  hometown
 the trees
 all younger than me
 Tony Williams
 UK
 Honorable Mention  Night at the border
 Thousands of fireflies illuminate
 The sadness of migrants
 Sanja Domenuš
 Croatia
 Honorable Mention  dark winter alley…
 a man following the smell
 of buckwheat noodles
 Ed Bremson
 USA
 Honorable Mention  echoing
 through the mist
 the ferryman’s voice
 Paul Callus
 Malta
 Honorable Mention  a merry ride
 on the ferris wheel
 my day of graduation 
 Angel Dyulgerov
 Bulgaria
 Honorable Mention  in the wind…
 dead mantis sways
 front legs up
 Aya Takao
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  Early summer day
 At the end of the match
 Seeing the blue sky
 Haruhito Shinguu
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  deep silence . . .
 a spider weaves
 in the moonlight
 Ivan Gaćina
 Croatia
 Honorable Mention  feeble boughs sway
 shedding dead leaves gracefully
 signalling a new era
 Thompson Emate
 Nigeria
 Honorable Mention  On a day
 when smoke rises
 from Mount Aso,
 cooling down the horse
 Yusuke Kida
 Japan
 Honorable Mention  falling snow . . .
 all the trees
 copy themselves
 Rob Scott
 Australia
 Honorable Mention  the sleepless night
 so far from my balcony
 Perseids and you
 Urszula Marciniak
 Poland