AWARDED POEMS OF THE 6TH HOSHI TO MORI
INTERNATIONAL TANKA CONTEST

THEME : ' THE BIRD '

JAPANESE FIELD

HOSHI TO MORI GRAND PRIZE
(SHIGA/JAPAN AYAKO ISHIDA)
BANSYOU-HA
HISUI-NO-UMI-NI
UTSURI-WORI
UTSUTSU-NI
KURA-KI
SHIRATORI-NO-KOE



HOSHI TO MORI SUPPLEMENTARY PRIZE - FIRST
(GUNMA/JAPAN KAZUO FUKATSU)
ISYO-WO-KAKU
TOKKOUHEI-NO
YA-NO-NOKI-NI
TSUBAME-HA-HINA-WO
HAGUKUMITE-ITSU



HOSHI TO MORI SUPPLEMENTARY PRIZE - SECOND
(BRASIL TAKEWO SAWA)
UKIKUSA-NI
SOBOFURU-AME-NO
PANTANARU
MIZUDORI-NO-KOE
URUMITE-KURURU



ENGLISH FIELD

HOSHI TO MORI GRAND PRIZE
NO CONTESTANT QUALFIED




HOSHI TO MORI SUPPLEMENTARY PRIZE
(GERMANY INGRID KUNSCHKE)
From a clouded sky / cries of passing cranes are heard;
in this piercing cold / there is no place to be found
where they might rest for the night.



HOSHI TO MORI SUPPLEMENTARY PRIZE
(BRITAIN ANDREW DETHERIDGE)
She is not yet cold; / as I splay out her feathers
and watch the sunlight / catch and light the sheen of this
crow's wing , heavy , in my hand.



HOSHI TO MORI SUPPLEMENTARY PRIZE
(TOKYO/JAPAN DINAH SENO)
If I WERE a dove / from place to place I would fly,
touching human hearts / with a plea for inner peace,
triggering chains of world peace.


(SUNDAY) 18TH JULY 2004
JUDGE : JAPANESE FIELD
ENGLISH FIELD
HOJYO NAKAJIMA
JAMES KIRKUP
SELECTION COMMITTEE, HOSHI TO MORI
             
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