The yearly pamphlet Akita – the Land of Poetry『詩の国秋田第６号』, whose 6th volume is posted as an e-pamphlet, features haiku special from the English haiku submitted to the 3rd Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in 2014.
A great number of haiku fans willingly sent their haiku in English to the contest from 46 countries including Japan.
They compose haiku, the shortest form of poetry of three lines, catching the haiku moment through their observation or insight.
They write haiku, seeking for “pure present”, which might express “the eternal now.”
We sincerely hope that haiku will be shared with each other, which helps us realize the pleasure of writing haiku again.
We also hope that haiku could deepen mutual understanding and enjoyment of different cultures between those people who read or compose the poem, helping make the world peaceful.
Haiku Special
BURAGA MIHAIL（Romania）
endless blue sky –
a crane is choosing
its landing place
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara（Roumanie）
opening the fan –
a cloud covering
autumn full moon
Ciupitu Iulian（ROMANIA）
fresh graffiti –
on the cardiology wall
two entwined hearts
Ciobîcă Cezar-Florin（Romania）
snowflakes …
making easier to carry
the burden of grief
Constantin Stroe （Romania）
How much tenderhearted:
the tomcat and a stray puppy
are sleeping together!
Costinas Dan（Romania）
remorse – sunken sphinx
svelte world of surrealism
Salvador Dalí
Covor Miruna（Romanian）
barefoot veteran −
dry land embracing the steps
with kindness
Doman Dan（Romania）
thawed out river—
the silence of a birch
on the bank
Frățilă Genovel-Florentin （Romania）
henna blossoms –
the mother arranges
the hair at her temples
IFRIM Clelia（ROMANIA）
Circle around it –
A few children watch the chick
Fallen from the nest.
Ionescu Petruta （Romania）
Weaving dreams
in a small window –
full moon
Miclaus Silvestru (România)
gesture by children –
the salt of samp
on ice sheen
Negoi Liliana（Romania）
birds chirp on the fence –
along the Russian borders
tanks wait silently
POPESCU ADRIAN-NICOLAE （ROMANIA）
white doves on the sky –
from time to time driven by
the fishing float
TARA Eduard（ROMANIA）
cold seashells –
gathering what’s left
of our summer story
Tirenescu Maria（Romania）
Stormy see –
in tears she hugs
his first grandchild
Oprea Cristina （Romania）
listening to old songs
around a new campfire –
true friends, the crickets
kray Lavana（Romania）
tramp of soldiers
across the field-
exploding cucumbers
Vasile Moldovan （ROMANIA）
The birch forest playing
a Nocturne by Tchaikovsky…
let’s listen to it!
SKVORTSOVA OLGA（Russian）
a lamborghini
reflects in my window
I drive on
Kuznetsova Natalia（Russia）
a pregnant woman
slowly walking through the park…
cherries in the bud
arsic smilja（serbia）
A frozen dog
Has he waited faitfully
for nothing?
Božić Jovanka（Serbia）
Laundry is perfectly
washed in a TV commercial
and our minds rinsed out
Čikarić Predrag-Pera（Serbia）
moon caught
in fisherman’s net
the gifts of the sea
Doderovic Zoran（Serbia）
old phone
after her departure
become cold
Vazic Sasa（Serbian）
mountain village . . .
leaving nothing untouched
a cuckoo’s cry
Verica Zivkovic（SERBIA）
a lonely switch man
in his palms heats up
the icy moon
ZBIČAJNIK KLAVDIJA KIA（SLOVENIA）
I lock in the padlock
you and me
high above the city
We are now holding the 4th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest.
Readers are invited to send haiku about “lake” to Hidenori Hiruta at the Akita
International Haiku Network by e-mail to (shhiruta@nifty.com).
By Hidenori Hiruta
Akita International Haiku Network 
Reblogged this on Tōhoku Bentō and commented:
The Akita International Haiku Network is holding it’s 3rd annual haiku contest this year. All of the students in my “Oku no hosomichi” class composed and submitted haiku to the contest this year.
Of the 21 students, 17 are Japanese and 4 are foreign, non-native English speaking students. We work-shopped their poems together before submitting them, and discussed in detail different aspects of writing haiku in English. I was really, really happy to see how excited and serious all the students took this project!