I have two haiku with merit mention in Vanguard Haiku. The subject of this submission was “the death” , a difficult and poignant topic. A special thanks to Susumu Takiguchi, Editor-in-Chief and Rohini Gupta, Editor.

☆
your absence
the loneliness
in every room
☆
funeral wake
an old family rosary
on an empty chair

la tua assenza
la solitudine
in ogni stanza

veglia funebre
un vecchio rosario di famiglia
su una sedia vuota

Eufemia Griffo
https://worldhaikureview.wordpress.com/…/vanguard…/

World haiku review: two third place
Honoured and super happy, to have two third place, an haiku of merit, and another, in World Haiku Review, Autumn 2020 edited by Susumu Takiguchi.
already autum

deafening silence
the snow too falls
without a sound
(Third place, Shintai haiku category)

I would like to be a leaf
carried by the wind
(Third place, Neo classical haiku)

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già autunno
vorrei essere una foglia
portata dal vento
(Terzo posto, haiku neoclassico)

end of lockdown
the twinkle of stars
in the night sky
(Haiku of merit, Vanguard haiku, category)

old gravestones
forgotten names
under the snow
(Neo classical haiku)

silenzio assordante
anche la neve cade
senza un suono
(Terzo classificato, categoria Shintai haiku)

fine del blocco
lo scintillio delle stelle
nel cielo notturno
(Haiku di merito, haiku d’avanguardia, categoria)

vecchie lapidi
nomi dimenticati
sotto la neve
(Haiku neo classico)

Eufemia Griffo
https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/

The December 2019 issue of World Haiku Review is now up. Four poems of mine appear in this new collection and I have an honorable mention Vanguard Haiku section. I’m really delighted. Thanks to the editorial team and big
congratulations to everyone featured poets.

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closed suitcase​
the weight of her memories​
within​

(Honourable Mention, Vanguard haiku section)
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faded black ink​
the last silent journey​
of her words​
​
(in memory of my mother)​

Vanguard Haiku, Zatsuei section​

first flakes​
a snow angel appears​
in my hands​

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winter moorland​
the muffled whinny of a foal​
through the fog​

(Neo classical section​)

~
Eufemia Griffo

https://sites.google.com/…/worldhai…/whr-december-2019-issue

endless waves
come and go
come and go

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Eufemia Griffo 

( Honourable Mention Haiku neo classical)