Poet Profile

Nadezhda Stanilova

Nadezhda Stanilova works as an English teacher and has published two books of rhymes and tales for children. She's interested in short Japanese forms. She's been writing haiku since 2013 and her work has been published in World Haiku Review, Sharpening the Green Pencil, Sonic Boom Journal, Brass Bell: A Haiku Journal, Ershik, and other haiku journals. Her haiku have won awards in several international and local haiku contests.

Awards and Other Honors: First Prize, Liternet & Runs Magazine Flash Fiction Contest (Bulgaria, 2011); Honorable Mention, World Haiku Review (January 2015); 7th Place, Indian Kukai (September 2015).

Books Published:    Children's books: Sunny Bunny (Alfamarket, Stara Zagora, 2000); Little Clovers (KOTA, Stara Zagora, 2006).

human hope
long shadow between
sunrise and sunset

parliament
the children always play
dodge-ball

spring blossom
a bird and a petal
argue about a space

destiny
a spider chooses lines
on my palm

a bird drinks
from a human's step
its shadow

a prison
on my images
your shadow

Credits: "human hope" - World Haiku Review (January 2015); "spring blossom" - Sharpening the Green Pencil (2015); "a bird drinks" - Crosspoint.Mediabg.Eu (2014); "parliament" - Sonic Boom Journal (August 2014); "destiny" - Indian Kukai (September 2015); "a prison" - 8th National Contest for Haiku by the Haiku Club Sofia (2015).