Live Encounters Poetry & Writing 16th Anniversary Volume Six
November- December 2025
Haiku, poems by Valentina Teclici.
Haiku
on the rain’s dress
strings of beads –
sky’s tears
sleepless night
harvest moon
inside her belly
on the chestnut’s candles
white symphony
moon’s gaze
two lovers
sharing the rainbow
after the storm
moonlight beams on search –
in the battlefield
hidden peace
new lace patterns
on the spinach leaves-
snail’s art session
sound of honeybees
into the scented flowers –
celestial music
sacred history –
on the rimu’s bark
fingerprints
crispy morning walk
sunrise shared
by lady and dog
survival shelter
in the rainforest –
hope stops by
fresh spring blossoms
young couple’s eyes
on cell phones
tall on its feet
a dead tree –
life’s lesson
© Valentina Teclici
Valentina Teclici, Romanian born, immigrated to New Zealand in 2002. In 1999, she completed a PhD in sociology at the University of Bucharest, with a thesis about street children. Her debut book, De la noi din gradiniţă (From our Kindergarden), Ion Creangă Publishing House,1986, was awarded a national prize. Poems and excerpts from her books for children are included in the bibliography and textbooks for primary and secondary education in Romania. She has published several books of sociology, poetry and stories for children in both Romanian and English. Her work has been translated into French, Te Reo and Spanish, and published in many magazines and anthologies in New Zealand and overseas. In 2016 and 2018, Valentina edited and translated the bilingual collection “Poetical Bridges – Poduri lirice” (Vol I & II), Scripta manent Publishing House, Ltd., Napier, that includes the work of 24 Romanian poets and 24 poets from New Zealand. Valentina has been a member of Writers’ Union of Romania since 1993, and of The Theosophical Society since 2022. Valentina enjoys playing the piano, painting, reading and traveling. She lives in Napier with her husband Robert.