1st EDITION OF SANTOKA INTERNATIONAL HAIGA CONTEST
We received 42 works from 20 countries for the haiga contest within the Santoka Festival. We singled out 6 haiga for their exceptional strength and poetics, and awarded them on this occasion.
HAIGA #1
1st PLACE
INGRID BALUCH, PAKISTAN
čistim um
od meteži života…
novi horizonti
cleaning my mind
from the clutter of life…
new horizons
2nd PLACE
GORDANA PETKOVIĆ, SERBIA
iz noći u noć
sanjam isti san
iskustvo okeana
night after night
the same dream
feel of the ocean
3rd PLACE
DON BAIRD, USA
neispričana priča
…biti beskućnik
u sopstvenom domu
the untold story
…being homeless within
your home
HIGHLY COMMENDED
RON C. MOSS, AUSTRALIA
letnja svetlost
slatki odsjaj
tvojih usana
summer light
the sweet afterglow
of your lips
HIGHLY COMMENDED
ESTER MILENTIJEVIĆ, SERBIA
pokušaj da shvatim
kada je pravo vreme za promene…
attempt to understand
when is the right time for a change…
HIGHLY COMMENDED
CEZAR FLORESCU, ROMANIA
igra žmurke
vetar nosi
obećanje
hide and seek
the wind carrying
a promise
We would like to thank all the authors of this year’s Santoka Contest for their participation in the hope that they will join us again next year and help us promote authentic Japanese art forms, haiku and haiga
Damir Damir
Translation into Serbian by – Aleksandar Vasić
Translation into Japanese by – Margareta Samoran
Prepress – Marija G. Gray