chilly morning –
the sky in my sakurayu cup
blooming
8th of March –
buying a magnolias scarf
for my mother
orchid from mom in bloom –
knitting a scarf in the same color
for her
roses symphony…
I pass by here again
to admire your garden
studying for the exam –
I add another layer
to the caffe latte
Steliana Cristina Voicu
Steliana Cristina Voicu is a Romanian poet. She started to write poems in the 5th grade, also then she started to learn Japanese with a guide and a dictionary. During university studies she resumed her study of Japanese. In 2007, she started to write haiku.
She writes in Romanian, English, French and Japanese. Her haiku, tanka, haiga, poetry, short-prose have been published nationally and worldwide in over 40 magazines, journals and anthologies, including “Flacăra lui Adrian Păunescu”, No. 30-31 (604-605), 2013, Bucureşti, Anthology “Longest Hours – thoughts while waiting”, Silver Boomer Books, 2013, Texas, USA; SF Helion online magazine, no. 40 and 41, 2014, Timişoara. She has received the 3rd prize at Kusamakura Haiku Competition 2023, a Honorable Mention at Fujisan Tanka Award 2023, the 1st prize at ”Nicolae Labiș” Poetry Contest 2021, the 3rd prize at ”Lucian Blaga” International Poetry Festival, and others.
She is a Touchstone Award nominated haiku poet.
She is Founder and editor of Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal – Romania.
She resides in Ploiești, Romania.