Saša Važić
Born 1952 in Belgrade, Serbia
Living in Belgrade, Serbia
http://haikureality.theartofhaiku.com
darkening room . . .
shadow of a peony
spreading up to my sickbed
Selected 56th Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2002
light breeze . . .
on this side of the window
a stale silence
Judge's Award Ito en, Japan 2005
no more alone
the last rotten apple
in its right place
Honorable Mention Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2008
frosty field the shadow of my grinning neighbor
Modern Haiku 42.11, Autumn-Spring 2011
mr. waiter's smile
a bit wider –
a rosebud to bar
Honorable Mention Romanian Haiku Journal "Haiku" Contest, 2009
new year's eve –
my new face stares at
my old face
First Place Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest, Croatia 2011
neglected garden –
the slow drift of cherry petals
from my neighbor's tree
Honorable Mention Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada 2011
bitter cold
a tattered shirt sleeve
feeds the birds
Runner-up Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2012
windstorm . . .
the cry of a gull
wriggling within
Simply Haiku, vol.10 no. 2, Winter 2013
solitary road –
winding here and there
a magpie’s cry
Modern Haiku 44.2, Summer 2013
new year’s moon –
on the crumbling front steps
another layer of snow
Modern Haiku 44.2, Summer 2013
your eyes, St Petka . . .
a sunbeam bouncing off
the church wall
Modern Haiku 44.2, Summer 2013
waning moon . . .
a cradle song rises
from the cobweb
cattails, January 2014
forgetting
we'll soon have to part . . .
the priest in mist
Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada 2013
restless shadows
on the wall – my mother’s
breath behind
Honorable Mention Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2013
shaking horizon . . .
a flock of swallows enter
the floating world
Honorable Mention Mainichi Haiku Contest, Japan 2012
spring fever . . .
the cherry tree blooming
elsewhere
Sakura Award Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Canada 2013
silent and lonely . . .
a dewdrop brimming
with sunlight
cattails, January 2014
huddled
in its white feathers . . .
an owl's stillness
A Hundred Gourds 2:4, September 2013
fruit falling . . .
a roofless home
in heavens
Selected Yamadera Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2014
your shadow,
bluebird passes through me . . .
cloudy mountains
Selected Yamadera Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2014
Christmas morning . . .
following my breath
into the woods
Third Place Golden Triangle, USA 2015
my native village . . .
a chestnut leaf drifting
in midair
Honorable Mention Basho Haiku Festival, Japan 2015
back to my village . . .
more furrows twisted around
the chestnut's bark
Honorable Mention 17th HIA Haiku Contest, Japan 2015
light of dawn . . .
letting the warble
inside
2nd Place Iris Haiku Contest, Croatia 2015
thick fog . . .
even your voice, crow
lost to view
cattails, January 2016
broken bridge
through clouds of smoke
birds fly
Second Place Water, Lake and Sea, Japan 2001
there's nothing
my mind can come up with . . .
lime-scented air
Not previously published
promises . . .
too bright, the colors of
a swallow's world
Not previously published