The 12th Polish International Haiku Competition (PIHC) 2022
Winners:
First Prize
sumi-e painting
a crow breaks
the snow’s silence
Brendon Kent, United Kingdom
Second Prize
deep winter
the harmonious silence
of the reeds
Maria Tomczak, Poland
Third Prize
scared starlings –
a dog loans its voice
to the scarecrow
Aljoša Vuković, Croatia
9 COMMENDATIONS
(listed in alphabetical order of surnames)
black clouds
father’s face
unreadable
Bakhtiyar Amini, Germany
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winter fog
we wind up in the middle
of everywhere
Keith Evetts, United Kingdom
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late autumn evening
a drunkard is reciting
sonnet eighteen
Zelyko Funda, Croatia
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lifting fog
a wildflower finds
its colours
Ravi Kiran, India
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window ajar…
curtain catches the shapes
of the autumn wind
Nina Kovacic, Croatia
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winter solitude
our photos in the album
still stuck together
Indra Neil Mekala, India
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Spring thaw…
the snow in my hair
remains
Elena Naskova, North Macedonia
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street lamp
the first snowflakes show up
from the invisible
Eduard Tara, Romania
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bitter cold
a streetlight shining
on his pillow
Susan Yavaniski, USA
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Thanks to all 318 authors from 54 countries who have sent their haiku to the 12th Polish International Haiku Competition. Haiku was received by Małgorzata Formanowska who sent them anonymously to Robert Kania, who made the final verdict.
Australia (10), Austria (3), Bangladesh (5), (1), Belgium (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (11), Canada (7), Croatia (34), Cyprus (1), Denmark (4), Finland (1), France (7), Germany (11), Ghana (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (33), Indonesia (3), Iran (1), Ireland (2), Italy (19), Japan (1), Lithuania (4), Malaysia (1), Montenegro (5), Nepal (1), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (3), Nigeria (2), North Macedonia (3), Norway (4), Pakistan (1), Philippines (6), Poland (16), Portugal (1), Romania (28), (4), Serbia (4), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (2), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (3), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (1), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (2), United Arab Emirates (1), United Kingdom (17), USA (33), Vietnam (1)
All the best in 2023.
Robert Kania, Member of Board of the Polish Haiku Association – Final Judge
Małgorzata Formanowska, Member of the Polish Haiku Association – Pre-selector
Krzysztof Kokot, Honorary Member of the Polish Haiku Association – Originator
December 31, 2022