THF Monthly Kukai — November 2025

 Theme: brown 

Honorable Mention

https://thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-kukai-december-2025/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOjsyFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBCRmhQc0xPSVluUHUwWHVYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiZmsKkB7eFX1OAm1mukQ1pq19Q1pd6MKVaXhlnO0lDjuuDPNcziN6EwWi2d_aem_8lotZrT07TRY41HnAE4k6Q

Mainichi Japan - Haiku in English: Dec. 6, 2025

 peach compote

crammed into a jar

summer's sun

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Cezar Ciobica (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251125/p2g/00m/0su/014000c

ESUJ-H: English Haiku - December 2025

war news…

continuing its travel

the daytime moon

                                        Mircea Moldovan　

 

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawOfpzVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1NDFLNWNHVUlHbHUwU0RuAR7ar1qZorw782OGtOq1dgUKakz8sqlWljl5ys19eRVnwz5cNwU2Gg9uwxBzpA_aem_6RfkgZmYQeLwcp0Uh0WlwA

15th PIHC (Polish Haiku Association) - results

 Comments of Sandra Simpson, Final Judge of the 15th PIHC

10 Commendations (unranked)

flea market —

in the amber stone

another autumn

Ana Drobot, Romania

A flea market implies items of little value, but amber, for many women at least, is prized. That first insect name gently led me to imagine an insect trapped in the amber. A nice colour comparison between amber and autumn, and good word choices with all the repeating ‘m’ sounds. Echoes of Shiki’s „for me going /for you staying... /two autumns„.

https://psh.org.pl/15th-pihc-2025-results/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOdpfZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRBu2nscj92kPVTMDJyjdv9OhAYZ13zenLQLep-jvFy6GefXKf6b9JR-V1Is_aem_LDV0kWHzK25DQgiE2KPb0w

indianKUKAI #51 - RESULTS

2nd - * * * Iulia Matei * * *

autumn sunset—

a shade of longing

in everything

Iulia Matei

Bucharest, Romania

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The 3rd place- Cristian Matei 

autumn sunset -

shadows return

to the battlefield

Cristian Matei

Bucharest, Romania

https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/indiankukai-51-results?fbclid=IwY2xjawOez09leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBCRmhQc0xPSVluUHUwWHVYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHljQwUgrgTMEh8xv1Z-E5XcL7WZ7oDt1ZjIVophIMOCWg-pbdyQsKxM65BLN_aem_6VLYyMVY_0qOiD0zbl3s3g

Haiku in English: Nov. 28, 2025 - Mainichi Japan

 autumn rain ...

I become

its urn

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Cezar Florescu (Botosani, Romania)

Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251023/p2g/00m/0su/025000c 

Haikuniverse November 29

haiku by Cezar Ciobica

lifting fog…

names reappearing

on headstones

https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-cezar-ciobica-4/