First Prize

the hunter's moon
a night is not enough
to get the point

Artūras Šilanskas
Vilnius, Lituania


Second Prize

falling leaves
one by one
my old friends

Andrea Cecon
Cividale del Friuli, Italia


Third Prize

rattling windows
dad gasps his final breath
during a blizzard

Karen O'Leary
West Fargo, U.S.A.


Commendation

whiz of a scythe
in the transparent blueness
larks’ undersongs

Ljubomir Dragović
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

His roots and branches
hold earth and sky together –
the old oak tree.

Verleyen Herwig
Bruges, Belgium

sumi-e mountains
a blackbird tries to fly
from the drying ink

Darrell Lindsey
Nacogdoches, U.S.A.

snow storm –
petrified raven travelling
on a withered tree

Ljubomir Radovančević
Zagreb, Croatia

in the dream
my dead friend has to go
winter solstice

Bruce Ross
Bangor, U.S.A.

peach season –
the way his foot
fits my hand

Sandra Simpson
Tauranga, New Zealand

woodland
the silence
of history

Dietmar Tauchner
Puchberg, Austria