Players: 1.Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 2.Caude Lopez-Ginisty, Switzerland ; 3. Tushar Gandhi, India; 4. Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; 5.Rita Odeh, Nazareth, Israel; 6. John Daleiden, Phoenix, AZ in the Sonoran Desert; 7. Dan Iulian, Bucharest Romania; 8. Keith A. Simmonds, T & T; 9. Johnny Baranski, Vancouver, Washington USA; 10. Alex Serban, Romania; 11.John McDonald, Scotland; 12. Robert Kania, Poland; 13. Alegria Imperial, Canada; 14. Marleen Hulst,The Netherlands; 15. Tomislav Maretic, Croatia; 16. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 17. Irena Szewczyk Poland; 18. Rita B. Fox, The Netherlands; 19. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland; 20. Magdalena Dale, Romania; 21. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 22.Cara Holman, USA; 23. Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro; 24. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania; 25. Catherine J.S. Lee,Maine, USA
FIRST PLACE
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blossoming cherry trees
I ask the waiter
for a window table
--Marleen Hulst,The Netherland
Votes: 844*** Points: 28
Comment: A little cause-and-effect in this one, but still a delightful moment.
SECOND PLACE
5
at the crossroads,
bumping into each other..
blossoming almond
--Rita Odeh
Votes: 431*** Points: 13
Comment:
THIRD PLACE
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crucifixion
a thorny shrub
blossoming
--Tomislav Maretic
Votes: 412*** Points: 12
Comment:
RESULTS CONTINUES
1
bossoming trees -
the Queenbee's planning
workers' timing flight
--STOPS
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comment:
2
The snow is gone now
Cherry-trees are blossoming
Where is the cuckoo
--Caude Lopez-Ginisty
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comment:
3
Choko of sake in hand
Viewing Mount Fuji under
Blossoming sakura
--Tushar Gandhi
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comment:
4
brown turns to green
with buds blossoming white...
chickweed creeps through the lawn
--Pat Geyer
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comment:
6
a Joshua Tree
blossoming in the church yard--
lift up your hearts!
--John Daleiden, Phoenix, AZ in the Sonoran Desert
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comment:
7
The prom-
I remember her dress
blossoming.
Dan Iulian, Romania
Votes: 3*2*** Points: 09
Comment:
8
Palm Sunday strollers
around the savannah ...
poui blossoming
--8. Keith A. Simmonds
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comment:
9
blossoming spring
I long to return to
a simpler time
-- Johnny Baranski
Votes: 5*2*** Points: 11
Comment: A lovely evocation of the simpler times of youth.
10
blossoming cherry -
a background
on my letter
-- alex serban
Votes: 5***** Points: 05
Comment:
11
camellia blossoming -
a hundred throats
singing
--john McDonald
Votes: 32**** Points: 07
Comment:
12
final blossoming -
I watch on tv
the last living bees
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comment:
13
full moon
we track down the redolence
of blossoming plums
-- Alegria Imperial, Canada
Votes: 13**** Points: 07
Comment: "rendolence" may call too much attention to itself, overshadowing the rest of the haiku, while a less-showy word like "scent" would convey the same sensory detail whilst keeping the focus entirely on the moment. But I like this one anyway.
16
spring rain blossoming scents
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comment:
17
his promises
blossoming in the spring
dried reeds
--Irena Szewczyk PL
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comment:
18
my little baby
blossoming now
a beautiful girl
--Rita B. Fox
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comment:
19
visiting the capital -
street lights blossoming
also here
--Juhani Tikkanen
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comment:
20
A magpie with
a dry twig in the beak
blossoming limbs
--Magdalena Dale
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comment:
21
Holy Saturday
amongst blossoming tulips
a molehill grows
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 41**** Points: 06
Comment:
22
blossoming magnolia
geese fly
across the sun
--Cara Holman
Votes: 24**** Points: 10
Comment:
23
seasonless
my giant hibiscus
ever blossoming
--Franklin Magalhães - Rio de Janeiro
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comment:
24
power failure -
blossoming plum trees in
the old cemetery
--Cezar F. Ciobîca
Votes: 41**** Points: 09
Comment:
25
high puffs of cloud . . .
blossoming mountain laurel
overtakes the hills
--Catherine J.S. Lee,Maine, USA
Votes: 321*** Points: 10
Comment:
LATE ENTRY
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FLOWER TO THE FLOWER BLOOM
BLOSSOM BLOOMING BLOSSOMING
FLOWER OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
--Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia;
