Dejan Pavlinović
Born 1968 in Pula, Croatia
Living in Pula, Croatia
from burp
to yawn –
Christmas afternoon
od podriga
do zijeva –
božićno popodne
10th Dubravko Ivančan Haiku Contest 2008 – 2nd prize
drowning
in his own reflection
a snowman
utopi se
u vlastitom odrazu
snjegović
14th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition, Kumamoto, Japan 2009 – 2nd prize
sea pebble
only for a moment
in a little hand
oblutak
samo na tren
u malenoj ruci
The 21st ITOEN "Oh-I Ocha" New Haiku Contest, Tokyo, Japan 2010 – Honorable Mention
face to face
in a nightly conversation
a big and little heart
sučelice
u noćnom razgovoru
malo i veliko srce
8th Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest 2010 –3rd prize
playing their way
through foreign words
little strangers
razigrano
kroz nepoznate riječi
maleni stranci
IRIS HAIKU MAGAZINE - Topic: International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures 2010 –Award
from star to star
down the Milky Way
a little finger
Mliječnom stazom
od zvijezde do zvijezde
maleni prst
The 20th ITOEN "Oh-I Ocha" New Haiku Contest, Tokyo, Japan 2009 –Merit Award
unzipping
the world in two
a ship's wake
raspori
svijet na dva
vodena brazda
3rd Vladimir Devide Haiku Award – commended
from the orchard . . .
sweet fragrances still
in her hair
iz voćnjaka . . .
slatki mirisi i dalje
u njenoj kosi
Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest 2008 – commended
frosty morning . . .
on a naked cherry tree
the sun in bloom
u mrzlo jutro
na goloj trešnji
procvalo sunce
Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest 2009 – commended
the sky
on open umbrellas
for a walk
na otvorenim
kišobranima nebo
prošetalo
Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest 2011 – commended
sultriness
almost confused by
midnight breeze
umalo zbunio
ponoćni vjetrić
sparinu
Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest 2011 – commended