субота, 4. јануар 2014.

cattails Premier Edition: January 2014

cattails
Premier Edition: January 2014



Angie Werren, USA


Mike Rehling, USA


John Byrne, Ireland


Ernesto Santiago, Greece

parting clouds~
the nodding approval
of a blossomed bough


Terri French, USA


Marion Clarke, Northern Ireland


Tatanja Debeljacki
Gordan Cosić,
Serbia

Adelaide B. Shaw, USA


Samantha Sirimanne Hyde, Australia


Elizabeth McFarland, Germany


Angie Werren, USA


Debbie Strange, Canada


Sonam Choki, Bhutan
Michael Kowalewski, UK


John Byrne, Ireland


Marisa Fazio, Australia


Haiku: Ken Sawitri, Indonesia

Painting: Jimat Achmadi, Indonesia

Note: Hand drawing batik use a 'canthing tulis' to apply wax to cover ornamentation to keep it free from coloring matter during the dyeing process. For controlling the flowing of fluid hot wax, the 'canthing' often puffed before applying the wax on clothes.   winotosastro
Stjepan Rozić & Djurdja Vukelić-Rozić, Croatia

For an Editor's Choice haiga, I've chosen this one by Djurdja (our Ambassador for Croatia), and her husband Stephan. Most folks know that when it comes to haiku, I'm against "direct" personification, however in this particular case and placed with this particular photograph, it only enhances the moment. That, and the fact that I personally happen to know that there is a belief found anywhere in the Balkans, that everything has a "soul", which we are privileged to see in Stephan's great photo shot.—haiga editor an'ya, USA
Irena Iris Szewczyk, Poland

spring gust
the dress of the bride
bellies out


Goran Radićević, Montenegro

tree branches
capturing the moon
for a moment-


Ramesh Anand, India
Ranjana Pai, USA


Elizabeth McFarland, Germany


Cynthia Rowe, New Zealand


Pris Campbell, USA


Sonam Choki, Bhutan
Michael Kowalewski, UK