Nadejda Kostadinova
Born 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Residing Sofia, Bulgaria.
Nadejda Kostadinova came back to writing after a long break in 2017. Getting to grips with the modern poetry she also encountered haiku and got fascinated by its depth and brevity. Since then, her work has been published in various online and printed magazines and has been awarded honorable mentions and prizes in competitions.
getting to know
the neighborhood
a grey cat
Hedgegrow #128 September, 2019
spring
the first flower blossoms
looking up at the sun
walking in the park
with the rain
birds chirping
on the merry-go-round
her laughing
behind the pine trees
either hiding or peeping
the moon changing face
Failed Haiku – A Journal of English Senryu, Volume 4, Issue 45, 2019
lazy morning
the moon
in my coffee
writing workshop
row after row
crossed words
sunset
trough the prickly branches
a rose hip
Frogpond Vol. 43:1, Winter 2020 issue
mechanical watch
tapping slowly
the old man’s stick
път в мъглата
все поглеждам нагоре
за посоката
road in the fog
I keep looking up
for the direction
3rd place, International Maya Lyubenova International Haiku Contest, 2020
autumn sun
watching her small feet
rushing to school
rainy cloud
casts a long shadow
on my face
молитва
заслушвам се
в нощното небе
a prayer
I am listening
to the night sky
зимна вечер
след празниците
расте тишината
winter evening
after the holidays
silence growing
Honorable mention, 6th National December Haiku Contest “Snowy moon”, December 2018
the voice of
my grandfather
apple pips
English Speaking Union of Japan - Haiku (ESUJ-H), November 2019
first snow
covering everything
I don’t want to see
the moon
in the window frame
night shift
winter evening
sunset
in a glass of cognac