The Living Haiku Anthology - Stoyanova, Iliyana

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distant thunder
a line of footprints still
escaping the waves

First Place in the 10th edition of the European Quarterly Kukai – June 2015

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games
the innocence
long gone

Faces and Places: Haiku Anthology, editor Don Baird, January 2015

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sudden rain
a child tries to catch all
raindrops

nagły deszcz
dziecko próbuje złapać
wszystkie krople

внезапен дъжд
дете се опитва да улови
всички капки

Haiku Anthology - Second International Haiku Conference, Kraków - May, 2015

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slow dance
heartbeat ahead of
the rhythm

Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2015

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вечерно небе
портокаловото дръвче
пълно със залези

night sky
the orange tree
full of sunsets

Distinction at the 8th National Contest for Haiku by the Haiku Club Sofia – 2015

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painting a cherry tree
a camera click
distracts me

Honourable Mention at the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, 2015

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cloudy day
watching the eclipse
on TV

Haiku and Senryu Journal Ershik/Ёршик, 10 edition, July 2015

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tears of dew
how fragile
the grass leaf

Edge: BHS Members’ Anthology, 2015

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autumn painting
what were your original
tones and hues?

Blithe Spirit 25:4

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between raindrops
the sun still escaping
the clouds

Blithe Spirit 25:4

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зимно утро
дете рисува снежинки
с носле

winter morning
a child draws snowflakes
with his nose

Distinction at the 3rd National Haiku Contest by the Bulgarian Haiku Union - December 2015

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снежна приказка
в чашката на скитника –
грахово зърно

snowy tale
in the tramp's cup –
a pea

First place in the Second Bulgarian Kukai, December 2015

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Wild snowdrops and
the scent of wet leaves.
Spring sneaks in.

No ni saku snowdrops to
shimerike wo obita ha no nioi
Haru wa sokomade kiteiru

のにさくスノーヅロプスと
しめりけをおびたはのにおい。
はるはそこまできている。

First published in "Островитянско хайку (Shimajin haiku)", изд. Мария Арабажиева, София, 2010 ISBN: 9789545843891
English translation by Tanya Darvenova Japanese translation by Satoshi Komada and Tzvetelina Radeva

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The smell of barbecue
and timid drops of rain.
It’s summer.

Barbeque no nioi
to hisoyakana ame no shizuku
Natsu da

バーベキューのにおい
とひそやかなあめのしずく。
なつだ。

First published in "Островитянско хайку (Shimajin haiku)", изд. Мария Арабажиева, София, 2010 ISBN: 9789545843891
English translation by Tanya Darvenova Japanese translation by Satoshi Komada and Tzvetelina Radeva

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Swans and clouds
swimming in the lake.
Dusk.

Mizuumi no suimen ni utsuru kumo
to tawamureru hakuchou mousugu
Yugure

みずうみのすいめんにうつるくも
とたわむれるはくちょうもうすぐ。
ゆうぐれ。

First published in "Островитянско хайку (Shimajin haiku)", изд. Мария Арабажиева, София, 2010 ISBN: 9789545843891
English translation by Tanya Darvenova Japanese translation by Satoshi Komada and Tzvetelina Radeva

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The snowman is weeping.
A kiss from
February sun.

Nigatsu no taiyou ni
kuchizuke sarete nakigao
no yukidaruma

にがつのたいように
くちずけされてなきがお
のゆきだるま。

First published in "Островитянско хайку (Shimajin haiku)", изд. Мария Арабажиева, София, 2010 ISBN: 9789545843891
English translation by Tanya Darvenova Japanese translation by Satoshi Komada and Tzvetelina Radeva

Details: Created: 25 February 2016

лебеди и облаци
в езерото плуват
стъмва се

swans and clouds
swimming in the lake
dusk