Weekly Romanian Kukai no. 427

First Place – Vasile Conioși Mesteșanu

last night’s frost -

no longer fitting in the windows

so many flowers

Second Place – Vasile Conioși Mesteșanu

slippery sidewalk -

you wouldn’t even believe

how many can go wrong

Second Place – Violeta Urdă

song of divorce -
in a drawer a cricket

sitting on a pile of letters

Third Place – Cezar F. Ciobîcă

frosty day -

the old painter chooses

only warm colours

Mention – Costin Iliescu

water mill -

the floating moon suddenly

slips in the trough

Mention – Ana Urma

hill under snow –

adding shadows to it

the sun at dusk

Mention – Grigore Chitul

frozen clock –
increasingly difficult to wait
under the white chestnut trees

Mention – Valeria Tamaș

first snow -

for one day grandpa

becomes a child again

Mention – Violeta Urdă

footprints in the snow –

one single bottle and 

three paths already