AWARDS OF THE 2ND HOSHI TO MORI INTERNATIONAL TANKA CONTEST JAPANESE CATEGORY HOSHI TO MORI GRAND PRIZE （KYOTO/JAPAN　TENJI TAKAGI） TATAKAHI-NO TOKIRESHI-AIMA IKUSA-HITO WAREWO-TERASESHI OKINAHANO-TUKI In an interval during the battle, shining above me... solaier having to fight in the war... the moon of Okinawa. HOSHI TO MORI SUPPLEMENTARY PRIZE （KANAGAWA/JAPAN　HIDEAKI TANAKA） TASOKARE-NO KURAKI-WO-HARAHU HONO-AKARI KUMOMA-NI-ITSURU ISAYOHI-NO-TUKI There is a faint glow dispersing the shadows of gathering twilight, emerging from behind clouds... O, the sixteen-day old moon. above two tanka translated by James Kirkup （STUDENT PRIZE NO CONTESTANT-QUALIFIED.） ENGLISH CATEGORY FIRST PRIZE （NO CONTESTANT-QUALIFIED） SECOND PRIZE （OSAKA/JAPAN　PETER DUPPENTHALER） NEW MEXICO NIGHT HE DECIDES TO CHASE THE MOON DOWN RIBBONS OF ROAD LOOKING FOR THE DREAM HE LOST IN THE BOTTOM OF A GLASS THIRD PRIZE （U.S.A　DORIS KASSON） OH HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE WATCHED THE MOON GROW FULL OVER THIS GARDEN WHERE NOW WE SIT IN WONDER AT HOW FAR WE'VE GROWN APART FORTH PRIZE （BRITAIN　DAN PUGH） At last the new moon a bright sickle's shiny shape in the velvet sky... and along the silent lanes another in each puddle 　PRIZE FOR STUDENT NO CONTESTANT-QUALIFIED (FRIDAY) 19TH MAY 2000 JUDGE SPONSOR JAMES KIRKUP／MUTSUO SHUKUYA KAZUO ITO 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Go to the top Copyright(C)2001 Hoshi-to-Mori, All Rights Reserved.