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" +vspace; a1=" in the glass
of my little wrist-watch:
the galaxy

Marko Hudnik

" +vspace; a2=" autumn -
the wind teaches the leaves
to fly

Bogoljub T. Mihajlovic - Serbia

" +vspace; a3=" evening Angelus bell-
the sky and the sea
metallic blue

Alenka Zorman

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" +vspace; a1=" before the storm
a boy with the butterfly net
catching wind

Alenka Zorman

" +vspace; a2=" an old sailing boat
in fresh white
under a withered pine tree

Silva Mizerit

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" +vspace; a1=" On a wagon
drawn by horse - sits a girl
caressed by the wind

Zlata Volaric

" +vspace; a2=" summer afternoon-
an old woman staring at her shadow
on the old house wall

Tomislav Vujcic - Serbia

" +vspace; a3=" my husband away-
I arrange our slippers
more carefully

Alenka Zorman

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" +vspace; a1=" Autumn -
the wind helps me
to pick my orchard

Tomislav Vujcic - Serbia

" +vspace; a2=" love novel
for the bookmark
a seagull's feather

Alenka Zorman

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" +vspace; a1=" afternoon sun
the scratch on the cupboard
shines again

Silva Mizerit

" +vspace; a2=" long shadows of trees
divide the parking lot
their way

Alenka Zorman

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" +vspace; a1=" white valley
horses pulling the sledge
echo across the fields

Milenka Geiser

" +vspace; a2=" on a white field
wind resuscitating
a frozen scarecrow

Silva Mizerit

" +vspace; a3=" The sun is playing
soccer with the children
in the morning grass

Zlata Volaric

" +vspace; a4=" my husband
is watching war news
me: red clouds

Alenka Zorman

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" +vspace; a1=" broken fence
a cat and a sunbeam
stretching through

Boris Nazansky - Croatia

" +vspace; a2=" Mountain goat jumps
The precipice - his gaze falls
Into the deep darkness.

Joze Volaric

" +vspace; a3=" Sun over my head.
My feet lazily measure
The dusty field path.

Zlata Volaric

" +vspace; a4=" both thirsty
the climber and a butterfly
on her sweaty skin

Alenka Zorman

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" +vspace; a1=" sea spray
up to the navel - a girl
stands on her toes

Alenka Zorman

" +vspace; a2=" Gentle buttercups
Bend under the bumblebee
Into the wet grass

Zlata Volaric

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" +vspace; a1=" each to its own rhythm
trembling and rustling
elm leaves

Edin Saravecic

" +vspace; a2=" railway platform
a timid ginger pussy
between legs' shadows

Rudi Stopar

" +vspace; a3=" thunderclap
the stream
changes colour

Smiljan Trobis

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" +vspace; a1=" Open window -
my eyes become
birds

Milenka T. Geiser

" +vspace; a2=" faded hopscotch
in September shade -
school year begins

Silva Mizerit

" +vspace; a3=" ripe mulberries -
under the tree chickens
and children's laughter

Jasminka Nadaskic-Djordjevic

" +vspace; a4=" stallion at pasture
his nostrils warm up
the morning

Alenka Zorman

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75 pages Published by Haiku Balkan, Slovenia 2001
in Slovenian, Croatian and English
" +vspace; a1=" mountain hut -
through the toilet vent
the cowbell

" +vspace; a2=" sharpening the axe -
wind brings
the smell of snow

" +vspace; a3=" Postojna Cave -
a blind tourist
touching a stalactite

" +vspace; a4=" This book is available from the author for 10 euro / £5 / US$12 :

Edin Saracevic
Janeza Puharja 6
4000 Kranj
SLOVENIA

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60 pages, published by Haiku Balkan 2003
39 haiku in Slovenian, Croatian and English
" +vspace; a1=" In the forest a donkey,
gypsy houses and
my childhood

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328 pages, hardback. Published by Izvori, Zagreb, Croatia 2004
35 haibun, and 150 pages of haiku, senryu and waka, in Croatian and English
Illustrated with colour paintings and photos
" +vspace; a1=" Summer noon
even the poplar's shadow
searching for shade

" +vspace; a2=" A peasant plowing.
The river flowing
in the same direction...

" +vspace; a3=" The wrinkles on a face
are the manuscript
of unknown letters;
one can read it
only by remembrance

" +vspace; a4=" You can buy this book from the author:
Click here for details

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" +vspace; a1=" another empty glass
echoing
with sadness

Marica Behtan Cecelja

" +vspace; a2=" The reflection of water
on a marble column
names of the fallen soldiers

Smiljka Bilankov

" +vspace; a3=" A spring evening
the fragrant grasses shine
with fireflies

Djuro Jelovic

" +vspace; a4=" A sunbeam
captured by a sea droplet:
her favourite brooch

Ivanka Klaric

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Dusko Matas
Smiljka Bilankov
Tomislav Maretic
Boris Nazansky
Darko Plazanin
Rudi Stopar
Milan Zegarac-Peharnik
104 pages, published by Matas, Zagreb, 2000
210 haiku in Croatian and English
" +vspace; a1=" Her prayers
and snow-flakes on the pane
equally silent

" +vspace; a2=" More silent
than our silence
snow on the meadow

Smiljka Bilankov

" +vspace; a3=" From somewhere
a drenched cricket's voice.
Then one more.

" +vspace; a4=" During the summer heat
a cat's tail disappearing
under the parked car.

" +vspace; a5=" A huge mountain chain
hidden from her eyes
by a small fan.

" +vspace; a6=" A moment in front of
the hazy moon and the flakes
descend into darkness.

Tomislav Maretic

" +vspace; a7=" Following the storm
a petal and a leaf float silently
in the brook.

Dusko Matas

" +vspace; a8=" on the old trellis
only the cobweb is still
gathering dew

" +vspace; a9=" wet clothes pegs
dripping from the rope
dew-washed

Boris Nazansky

" +vspace; a10=" the house in ruins
on its window a sparrow
is nesting

Darko Plazanin

" +vspace; a11=" Travelling alone
a forgotten bouquet
on the bus.

Milan Zegarac-Peharnik

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Dusko Matas
Julija Ivic
Boris Nazansky
Darko Plazanin
Vjekoslav Romich
Stjepan Rozic
Milan Zegarac-Peharnik
100 pages, published by Matas, Zagreb
210 haiku in Croatian and English
" +vspace; a1=" a roofless house
swallows fly around
the charred joists

" +vspace; a2=" wrinkles on the face
an old woman kneeling by
a nameless grave

" +vspace; a3=" a bough broken by
a stray grenade
sprouts young shoots

Julija Ivic

" +vspace; a4=" Even on a deserted street
a city dog looks around
left-right

Boris Nazansky

" +vspace; a5=" a white morning
under the bridge flows
a river of fog

Darko Plazanin

" +vspace; a6=" a bent over back
in the cherry's shade
sharpening the scythe

Stjepan Rozic

" +vspace; a7=" at dusk
covering a forgotten doll
the petals of the cherry-tree

" +vspace; a8=" a new currency
the old banknote on the street
is rolled over by the wind

Milan Zegarac-Peharnik

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Results and poems from
First International Haiku Contest Klostar 2004
National Contest - Adults
National Contest - Children
166 pages, published by Insula Ivanich, Klostar Ivanic
Haiku in Croatian and English
" +vspace; a1=" man in a wheelchair -
cloud shadows racing
over autumn hills

Patricia Neubauer

" +vspace; a2=" slow May thunder -
the snail disappears
into a gun barrel

Verica Zivkovic

" +vspace; a3=" shameless
in the bed of the wind
dragonflies make love

Edvin Stefanov Sugarev

" +vspace; a4=" among the reeds,
the tallest one
becomes a heron.

Zhanna P. Rader

" +vspace; a5=" morning snow -
closer to each other
the cars

Boris Nazansky

" +vspace; a6=" I open the door
my town and sky
on his shoulders

Svetlana Stankovic

" +vspace; a7=" from the neighbour's
garden - rustling
of the old oak

Toni Sakmardi, 5th class

" +vspace; a8=" To purchase this book for 5 Euros,
please email Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic at
djurdjica.vukelic-rozic@zg.htnet.hr

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" +vspace; a1=" evening on the river -
sharing the pleasure
with mosquitoes

Dragan Ristic (Serbia)

" +vspace; a2=" by the river Ribnitsa
three poplar trees whisper
to the bridge parapet

Bobolyub Boban Velimirovic

" +vspace; a3=" the bay before the storm -
on a sailboat a boy plays
the silver flute

Hilton hotel
and my own shit
smells different

Edin Saracevic (Slovenia)

" +vspace; a4=" hot evening -
your breath
the only breeze

Alenka Zorman (Slovenia)

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88 pages Yugoslavia - Japan friendship Club, Novi Sad, Serbia
" +vspace; a1=" The boatman's voice
floats down the river.
A sultry night.

Bogdanka Stojanovski

" +vspace; a2=" Spring wind -
Waltzing among the sheets
The clothes pole.

Elena Manta Ciubotariu

" +vspace; a3=" Old teapot -
in the warmed kitchen
the scent of camomile

Zoran Doderovic

" +vspace; a4=" thundersquall
the silence of women
embroidering

Andja Petrovic - an'ya

" +vspace; a5=" The end of a day -
the shadow of children's hands
on the room wall

Dejan Bogojevic-Rajkovic

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85 pages Yugoslavia - Japan friendship Club, Novi Sad, Serbia
" +vspace; a1=" Having no milk
the little boy is learning
the art of tea

Iulian Damacus

" +vspace; a2=" New Year morning
a crow gulps
loose snow

Zinovy Vayman

" +vspace; a3=" Around the house
dog's barking drives away
the thick fog

Ljubinka Tosic

" +vspace; a4=" A flash on the water
noisily it dives -
a fish pursues the moon

Svetomir Djurbabic

" +vspace; a5="

First Place - Children's section:
An express train
speeds through poppies -
scattering petals

Bojana Djordjevic (8½)

" +vspace; a6=" Instead of grandma
her blue scarf waves to me
from the clothesline

Ana Brajkovic (11)

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32 pages Published by Punta, Nis, Serbia 2002
48 haiku in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" A beautiful flower
offering itself by the path -
a shadow of hesitation

" +vspace; a2=" Under the lilac
there is no NATO -
a girl and kittens

" +vspace; a3=" Willows by the riverbank -
drop by drop of morning dew
falling into the river

" +vspace; a4=" In the nook
the forgotten scale
weighs the dust
[This haiku is used in a photo-haiga here]

" +vspace; a5=" This book is available from the author for 10 euro / £5 / US$10 :

DM Adski
18000 Nis
Trg V. J. 11 / 18
SERBIA

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47 pages Published by Lotos, Serbia 2000
30 haiku in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" On the Goritsa -
side by side we are walking
me and the blackbird

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48 pages Published by Lotos, Serbia 2001
29 haiku in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" Winter dawn -
white line of planes
on the sky

" +vspace; a2=" A vineyard -
reddened grapes
and a woman grape gatherer

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47 pages, published by Lotos, Serbia 2002
37 haiku in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" The south wind—
harmonious sound of drops
under the eaves

" +vspace; a2=" Near the doorstep
boots of a ploughman
and fresh breath of ground

" +vspace; a3=" Quietly up the Sava
on a Sunday with no pontoon —
the croaking of a crow.

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Svetomir Djurbabic
an'ya Petrovic
Dragan J Ristic
Zoran Doderovic
Dejan Bogojevic
127 pages, published by Punta, Nis, 2003
100 haiku in Serbian, English, French and German
For details on how to order, see www.thenatal-lightpress.net

" +vspace; a1=" row after row
two draft horses plow —
the odour of potatoes

" +vspace; a2=" fast asleep—
the old dog ends his year
with flatulence

an'ya

" +vspace; a3=" Vineyard —
the metal rasp of scissors
dissects the silence

Svetomir Djurbabic

" +vspace; a4=" the side streets
welcome me with the smell
of baked paprika

" +vspace; a5=" bombers overhead —
my neighbour talks worriedly
about the rainfall

Dragan J Ristic

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56 pages, published by Lotos, Serbia, 2001
100 haiku in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" In front of an old house
in grandmother's hands
fragrance of mint

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95 pages, published by The Haiku Association of Serbia & Montenegro
62 haiku in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" a spring flower
the cellphone display reads:
VIOLET

" +vspace; a2=" by the well
in the monastery yard
a monk sleeps

" +vspace; a3=" down the village road -
dogs barking in the night
more and more distant…

" +vspace; a4=" within a bullet's distance
between the river and the hill
a village stands darkly

" +vspace; a5=" This book is reviewed here

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100 pages. Published by Faber and Faber, 1999
Selected poems of various genres, in English
" +vspace; a1=" She stepped on a turd,
took off her shoe.
O grass, is that your job too?

" +vspace; a2=" The boy sent to the principal's office
hesitates at the door.
Inside he hears the cries of love

" +vspace; a3=" A sparrow flew into a well.
In the water
children's faces are reflected

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Goran Poletan
Zoran Antonic
Branislav Djordjevic
Vitomir Miletic - Witata
Aleksandar Obrovski
96 pages. Published by CEP, Novi Sad, 2004
200 haiku in Serbian, 40 translated into English
" +vspace; a1=" A lifeless tree
in an empty field -
a raven starts its flight.

Goran Poletan

" +vspace; a2=" Oak tree bark -
ants are crossing over
the engraved names.

Zoran Antonic

" +vspace; a3=" The detonation.
In the darkness of a bomb shelter
giggling of children.

Branislav Djordjevic

" +vspace; a4=" Daybreak -
in the muddy trench
a helmet full of water.

Vitomir Miletic - Witata

" +vspace; a5=" Geese's feathers
scattered around the yard -
vestiges of battle.

Aleksandar Obrovski

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36 pages. Published by Moment, Novi Sad, 2002
17 haiku, in Serbian and English
" +vspace; a1=" going nowhere
during the air-raid alarm -
a scarecrow

" +vspace; a2=" chilly morning -
a stray dog's snout
in the dry leaves

" +vspace; a3=" green meadow -
mingled with flowers
NATO leaflets

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Compiled by Ginka Biliarska
187 pages, published in Sofia, 2004
25 countries, 146 poets, 730 haiku in Bulgarian and English
" +vspace; a1=" across the path
to the top
a ladder of pine shadows

Axinia Mihailova

" +vspace; a2=" storm is over
the shadows of birches
return to the alley

Alenka Zorman

" +vspace; a3=" puddles on the road
a belated cart
is sprinkling stars

Ginka Biliarska

" +vspace; a4=" A beautiful flower
offering itself by the road -
a shadow of hesitation

Dusan Mijajlovic Adski

" +vspace; a4=" the bus station -
a frantic desire
for tenderness

Ekaterina Kunova

" +vspace; a5=" I wander barefoot
through a wealth of dandelions -
warm summer rain

Jasminka Nadaskic Djordjevic

" +vspace; page=a0+a1+a2+a3+a4+a5; break; case "32" : img="petean.jpg width=250 height=457"; page_title="Rains.Snows.Miscellanea, by Mircea Petean"; a0="

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80 pages, published by Euro Tani Press, Cluj, Romania, 1998
64 haiku in Romanian, French and English
" +vspace; a1=" at the neck of the official
there dangles
a twisted tongue of snow

" +vspace; a2=" three pines from one root
up on the deserted hill -
the rain breaks up the silence

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