World Haiku Review Spring 2025
Mt Yufu mountain paths – painting by Susumu Takiguchi
Neo Classical Haiku
First Place
sidewalk cracks a smile for the daisies
Edward Cody Huddleston
Second Place
faith in humanity –
from the ashes of war
dandelions sprout
Paul Callus
Third Place
spring morning
I inhale
the chirping of birds
Fatma Zohra Habis
Seven Honourable Mention
the camellia, the plum —
almost out of, almost into
spring.
Marie Shimane
breaking through hard ground
like acts of love sometimes do—
purple crocuses
Priscilla H. Lignori
collapsed building
the rubble covered
with cherry petals
Iliyana Stoyanova
war’s end
both sides surrender
to cherry blossoms
Lev Hart
keeping us all
in suspense
camellia buds
David Jacobs
power outage –
the spring stars are
visible now
Tomislav Maretić
some hear the bees hum
while others see the blossoms —
spring remains the same
Kristina Todorova
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Congratulations to all winners and HMs for their beautiful and evocative haiku! The mountain path painting by Susumu Takiguchi is gorgeous.
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Some excellent haiku . And the painting, wonderful
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