Tomislav Maretić
Tomislav Maretić (1951) is a MD (a specialist for infectious diseaseses) from Zagreb city, Croatia. He has been writing haiku for almost forty years and his haiku have received several awards and prizes. He lives in Gornje Vrapče, a picturesque village near the Croatian capital city with his wife and four children.
the rocking chair
a young pregnant woman
swings her big belly
Grand Prix, 2nd Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award, 2012.
a falling star ...
just when I decided
to give up
Honorable Mention, 19th Mainichi haiku contest, 2015.
sleeping late
all the morning glories
curled up
First place, Shiki Kukai, April 2015, (theme: sleeping late)
lake in the morning –
mallards taking a sunbath
on the thin ice
Honorary Mention, The 27th Itoen Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest, 2016.
cricket song—
the vastness of fields
in the gloom
The Heron's Nest; Volume XVIII, Number 2: June 2016.
invisible crows –
their caw coming
from the fog
8th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest Selected Haiku, 2016.
rowing down the river -
the heron ahead of us
flies off again
6th Matsuyama International Haiku Contest, Excellent haiku award, 2017.
winter solstice—
the forest's empty treetops
filled with stars
Heron's Nest; Volume XVII, Number 2: June 2015.
at the cemetery
by moonlight… talking
with shadows
The Heron's Nest; Volume XVII, Number 2: June 2015.
hospital parking lot –
the free places only
by mortuary
World Haiku Review, August 2017; Haiku of Merit.
barely felt,
the breeze that wafts away –
a cloud of midges
Mainichi Daily Annual Selection, Sept. 6, 2017
winter wind –
by the swaying lamp
the street is moving
Four Seasons, Koko Kato, Haiku anthology 1991.
a child shakes
the first snow from the swing –
a quiet morning
Ito En, 1991
the camper's fire
noiselessly warming up
the pan of the moon
Ito En, Honourable Mention, 2001.
guests are coming –
are the petals to be swept
from the path?
Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2006.
the moon now this
now that side of the train –
blossoms everywhere
Honourable Mention, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2006
private property
white lilac over
the high wall
Frogpond, Volume 31, Number 3, Fall, 2008.
cherry blossoms—
our moonlit walk
becomes longer
Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, 2008.
hazy moon –
a nightingale in the canyon
competes with its echo
Samobor Haiku Meeting, Miscellany 2003.
a plane tree –
every leaf falling
in its own way
The Heron's Nest, Volume XIV, Number 3: September, 2012.
mountain path—
a wood grouse in love
won't let us pass
The Heron's Nest, Volume XV, Number 1: March, 2013.
the sweat cooling
under my straw hat—
waterfall breeze
The Heron's Nest, Volume XV, Number 1: March, 2013.
brilliant moon —
sharp shadows of lemons
on the stone steps
The Heron's Nest, Volume XIII, Number 4: December, 2011
dusk
invisible bugs drawing
the bat’s flight
Frogpond, Volume 33, Number 1, Winter, 2010
green valley—
the brook brings blossoms
from a distant hill
Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2010
first raindrops –
the fragrance
of dust
First place, Shiki kukai, Free Format Theme, May 2013