iafor The IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2015 Osaka, April 2015 iafor 400 entries 54 countries iafor Founder and Judge: His Excellency Dr. Drago Štambuk Croatia COMMENDED shifting tides she now sings her mother's lullaby Christine L. Villa USA braid the smell of her hair lingers on my palms Margolak Jacek Poland summer's end the taste of lettuce gone to seed Seren Fargo USA aerospace museum the ascending moon looks in lunar rovers hall Vitali Khomin Ukraine The most difficult of all that I experienced: silence of God. Svetomir Đurbabić Serbia elderly nun absently picks a flower ...he loves me not Jeanne Jorgensen Canada Out of the freezer into the earth – my dead cat. Daniel Gahnertz Italy Uranium doses. How can a flower endure all that radiation? Raad Kareem Abd-Aun Iraq old beachcomber one eye on the horizon Scott Mason USA so many shooting stars – and yet the sky remains in its place Iulian Ciupitu Romania between there and here the essence of a snowflake Julie Warther USA picture on the wall man's eyes look at me unblinking Štefanija Ludvig Croatia evening visitor – a leaf steps inside on a gummed shoe Darrell Lindsey USA atrophied right hand poetry loves frailty so write with what's left Fareed Ben-Youssef USA All Souls' Day. In an empty grave bugs' home. Sergio Francisco Pichorim Brazil roadside poppies the prostitute is knitting a crown Detelina Tiholova Bulgaria the homeless man tides up his new residence approaching storm Emmanuel Kalusian Nigeria how his breath catches when I undress – double mastectomy Susan Burch USA old temple reflected on its floor red maple leaves Yukiko Yamada Japan a shirt hung on the birch tree branch – a man in its shadow Dušan Mijajlović Adski Serbia news of war the red welt of a tick bite slowly spreads Vanessa Proctor Australia spring breeze how the broken willow still yearns Timothy Russell USA rustling pages – in the library the echo of the past forests Eduard Tara Romania RUNNERS UP shining in a drop of dew all His love Nikola Đuretić Croatia the shadow of the fish hides in the shadow of a leaf Jim Kacian USA summer night... a worm bites through the silence in a fallen acorn Milan Dragović Serbia after the sunset a white chrysanthemum lights quite alone Vasile Moldovan Romania the snow-spinning wind I dream of only big trees in my prison yard Alan Summers UK silence... leaves are falling all by themselves Dubravko Korbus Croatia first glimpse of her mastectomy bra winter rose Chen-ou Liu Canada evening lull a seaside cave exhaling Butterflies Anthony Kudryavitsky Ireland spring sky a seagull enters our selfie Rosa Clement Brazil The IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2015 GRAND PRIZE pregnancy shape of the dark side of the crescent moon Boris Nazansky Croatia iafor The IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award 2015 Thanks to the Haiku International Association for their kind support, and to the HIA President, Dr Akito Arima, and to HIA Board Members, Ms Emiko Miyashita & Ms Hana Fujimoto