Barbara Anna Gaiardoni (Italy) won the 7th Basho Competition. Her poetry appears in 310 international journals, including The Mainichi, Modern Haiku, The Asahi Haikuist, seashores, and tsuri-doro, as well as The Mainichi Best and Haiku Euro Top 100 (2023–2026). She holds multiple Touchstone and Fujisan Tanka honors. Blog: barbaragaiardoni.altervista.org/blog/haikuco-2/ / Instagram: @barbaragaiardoni

Issue 03
“Five Monoku” (poetry)