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Антоан Александър Асенов

( Antoine Alexander Asenov )

Bulgaria, Rousse／14歳

第19回The 19th 2025-2026年2025-2026 ブルガリア大会Bulgaria Contest

テーマ「おと」 Theme "Sound" 入賞作品 JAL Prize winner

The short phrases typical for haiku and the lack of punctuation create a sense of a stream of consciousness or a moment that has stopped in time. A wonderful, simultaneously realistic and metaphorical haiku in which haiku and drawing perfectly complement each other to express one of the most natural and intimate feelings (the love between mother and child) and one of the most extraordinary and mystical connections (between Heaven and Earth, between man and the universe). The global scale of the universe (the night starry sky) meets the intimacy of the moment (the mother's whisper). Indeed, what could be more soothing than the starry sky above us and the quiet maternal whisper from which children's dreams and hopes are born. These dreams can be anything, trivial or extraordinary, but the presence of maternal love and support always remains, regardless of age and circumstances.