Saša Važić
Born 1952 in Belgrade, Serbia
Living in Belgrade, Serbia
http://haikureality.theartofhaiku.com
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darkening room . . .
shadow of a peony
spreading up to my sickbed
Selected 56th Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2002
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light breeze . . .
on this side of the window
a stale silence
Judge's Award Ito en, Japan 2005
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no more alone
the last rotten apple
in its right place
Honorable Mention Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2008
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frosty field the shadow of my grinning neighbor
Modern Haiku 42.11, Autumn-Spring 2011
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mr. waiter's smile
a bit wider –
a rosebud to bar
Honorable Mention Romanian Haiku Journal "Haiku" Contest, 2009
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new year's eve –
my new face stares at
my old face
First Place Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest, Croatia 2011
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neglected garden –
the slow drift of cherry petals
from my neighbor's tree
Honorable Mention Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada 2011
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bitter cold
a tattered shirt sleeve
feeds the birds
Runner-up Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2012
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windstorm . . .
the cry of a gull
wriggling within
Simply Haiku, vol.10 no. 2, Winter 2013
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solitary road –
winding here and there
a magpie’s cry
Modern Haiku 44.2, Summer 2013
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new year’s moon –
on the crumbling front steps
another layer of snow
Modern Haiku 44.2, Summer 2013
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your eyes, St Petka . . .
a sunbeam bouncing off
the church wall
Modern Haiku 44.2, Summer 2013
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waning moon . . .
a cradle song rises
from the cobweb
cattails, January 2014
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forgetting
we'll soon have to part . . .
the priest in mist
Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada 2013
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restless shadows
on the wall – my mother’s
breath behind
Honorable Mention Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2013
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shaking horizon . . .
a flock of swallows enter
the floating world
Honorable Mention Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2012
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spring fever . . .
the cherry tree blooming
elsewhere
Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada 2013
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silent and lonely . . .
a dewdrop brimming
with sunlight
cattails, January 2014
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huddled
in its white feathers . . .
an owl's stillness
A Hundred Gourds 2:4, September 2013
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fruit falling . . .
a roofless home
in heavens
Selected Yamadera Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2014
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your shadow,
bluebird passes through me . . .
cloudy mountains
Selected Yamadera Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2014
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Christmas morning . . .
following my breath
into the woods
Third Place Golden Triangle, USA 2015
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my native village . . .
a chestnut leaf drifting
in midair
Honorable Mention Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2015
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back to my village . . .
more furrows twisted around
the chestnut's bark
Honorable Mention 17th HIA Haiku Contest, Japan 2015
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light of dawn . . .
letting the warble
inside
2nd Place Iris Haiku Contest, Croatia 2015
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thick fog . . .
even your voice, crow
lost to view
cattails, January 2016
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broken bridge
through clouds of smoke
birds fly
Second Place Water, Lake and Sea, Japan 2001
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there's nothing
my mind can come up with . . .
lime-scented air
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promises . . .
too bright, the colors of
a swallow's world
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