Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #4, March 2014, Theme - Salt.

Namaste!

Many thanks to all you wonderful poets who contributed an entry to this edition of the Indian Kukai. 70 poets from 15 countries were part of this edition, one of the entries coming late, and after the ballots were sent out.

There were poets from Australia (2), Bhutan, Canada (2), England (3), India (44), Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lithuania (2), Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland (2), Romania (4), Scotland and USA (4).

We are glad to have you and listen to your wonderful verse.

The winner of edition 4 of Indian Kukai is Paresh Tiwari. Others in the top 5 are Akila Gopalakrishnan & Sonam Chhoki (2nd Place), Yesha Shah (3rd place), Adheip Rashada (4th place) and Samar Ghose (5th place).

Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.

Complete results are as below:

25 POINTS (1)
First Place, Entry #54

longest night...
the taste of sea breeze
and her absence

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.

(8,7,1)=25pts



20 POINTS (2)
Second Place
Entry #14

my wounds
licked by the sea breeze-
setting sun

Akila Gopalakrishnan
Hyderabad, India.

(8,3,2)=20pts

Entry #18

chemo . . .
she adds another pinch
of salt to her soup

Sonam Chhoki
Thimphu, Bhutan.

(8,3,2)=20pts



19 POINTS (1)
Third Place, Entry #16

sea mist --
reading the smudged words of
his last letter

Yesha Shah
Surat, India.

(9,2,2)=19pts



18 POINTS (1)
Fourth Place, Entry #1

the snail -
what has it done to deserve
this pinch of salt?

Adheip Rashada
Pune, India.

(3,0,5)=18pts



17 POINTS (1)
Fifth Place, Entry #12

autumn sunset
sharing sliced cucumbers
dipped in salt

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.

(7,2,2)=17pts



Results Continued:

16 POINTS (1)
Entry #21

grief-stricken widow
tasting the sea
in his clothes

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.

(3,2,3)=16pts



15 POINTS (1)
Entry #58

a pinch of salt -
the twirl of an earthworm
into nothingness

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.

(5,2,2)=15pts



14 POINTS (1)
Entry #25

breaking waves
the lingering taste
of my own tears

John McManus
Carlisle, England.

(5,3,1)=14pts



13 POINTS (2)
Entry #6

wolf moon
salting the slippery path
to your door

Devin Harrison
Vancouver, Canada.

(3,2,2)=13pts

Entry #35

dusty suitcase . . .
the faintest trace
of sea air

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.

(5,4,0)=13pts



12 POINTS (3)
Entry #8

salt in the wind…
sparkling with life
the sea inside and out

Anitha Varma
Kerala, India

(7,1,1)=12pts

Entry #27

first of April,
a spoonful of salt
in friend's tea

Prachi Bhutada
Pune, India.

(6,3,0)=12pts

Entry #62

freedom hangs
on a handful of salt
dandi march

Aashna Banerjee
Pune, India.

(7,1,1)=12pts



11 POINTS (2)
Entry #26

high blood pressure-
doctor tells me to take wife
with a pinch of salt

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India.

(4,2,1)=11pts

Entry #29

the traces
of the salt caravan –
milky way

Eduard Tara
Iași, Romania.

(7,2,0)=11pts



10 POINTS (3)
Entry #53

their echoes etch
the deserted shores ...
forgotten waves

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.

(4,3,0)=10pts

Entry #57

ancestral house
he pours salt
on termite hill

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines.

(2,1,2)=10pts

Entry #69

dinner alone—
salt runs off her cheeks
into the tasteless soup

Pranav Kodial
Dahanu, India.

(3,2,1)=10pts



9 POINTS (2)
Entry #19

sea salted breeze-
the shore becomes a sky
for starfish

Priyanka Sutaria
Nagpur, India.

(4,1,1)=9pts

Entry #45

angelus bells…
his lengthening shadow
leaves the salt bed

Alegria Imperial
Vancouver, Canada.

(3,0,2)=9pts



8 POINTS (3)
Entry #10

showery day
my child learns to gargle
with salt water

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.

(2,3,0)=8pts

Entry #11

grains of white in the sea...
thirsty sailors on a ship
not a drop to drink

Bhoomika Rahinj
Pune, India.

(1,2,1)=8pts

Entry #47

what the sea
and I, remain with -
salt

Poornima Laxmeshwar
Bangalore, India.

(2,3,0)=8pts




7 POINTS (3)
Entry #23

standing
in her own shadow...
Lot's Wife

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.

(3,2,0)=7pts

Entry #46

new widow
I don't hear him asking me
to pass the salt

Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, U.S.A.

(3,2,0)=7pts

Entry #61

it's the best babe
says a man who's just married...
the salty pasta

Tanvi Malhara
Pune, India.

(5,1,0)=7pts



6 POINTS (3)
Entry #32

beach music-
our salt encrusted bodies sink
once more into sand

Angelee Deodhar
Chandigarh, India.

(4,1,0)=6pts

Entry #38

salt
on her skin
my touch

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.

(2,2,0)=6pts

Entry #43

overcast morning...
she rubs salt
into the wound

Hema Ravi
Chennai, India.

(4,1,0)=6pts



5 POINTS (5)
Entry #4

back home ...
the round ceramic jar
still holds rock salt

Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.

(3,1,0)=5pts

Entry #5

a cup of tears
a glass of monsoon chai

Ranaita Shahani
Pune, India.

(5,0,0)=5pts

Entry #20

beach holiday...
white streaks on my clothes
two days after

Shobhana Kumar
Coimbatore, India.

(5,0,0)=5pts

Entry #52

A mouthful of sun
Hot, yellow and salty
A raw mango less in the pickle

Kasturi Jadhav
Mumbai, India.

(1,2,0)=5pts

Entry #66

homesick fish -
I put some salt
in her bowl

Manoj Arora
Palanpur, India.

(3,1,0)=5pts



4 POINTS (8)
Entry #3

new born baby :
she measures the salt
in milligrams

Harshavardhan Sushant
Pune, India.

(4,0,0)=4pts

Entry #7

where to vanish?
in a glass of water
one pinch salt

Kuheli
Midnapur, India.

(2,1,0)=4pts

Entry #13

the savour
of Basho's haiku...
salt of the earth

Keith A. Simmonds
Crayford, England.

(2,1,0)=4pts

Entry #22

a salt mine –
the childrens from a school trip
licking their fingers

Krzysztof Kokot
Nowy Targ, Poland.

(2,1,0)=4pts

Entry #40

dawn dew-
salty lilies of the valley
on my hospital pillow

Lavana Kray
Iași, Romania.

(2,1,0)=4pts

Entry #55

sand castle...
the taste of salt
in the breeze

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India.

(4,0,0)=4pts

Entry #60

high sun
raking the garden—
his salty skin

Sondra J. Byrnes
South Bend, U.S.A.

(4,0,0)=4pts

Entry #64

power outage –
my child finds no magic
in shadow play

Rochelle Potkar
Mumbai, India.

(1,0,1)=4pts



3 POINTS (4)
Entry #28

the bursting bubbles
of salted soda –
and her sudden silence

SB Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India.

(3,0,0)=3pts

Entry #34

teary eyes
swaying hips...
our song

Nikita Engineer
Pune, India.

(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #36

salty breeze...
cold beer and fried fish with a
side of warm sunlight

Chakshu Sharma
Pune, India.

(3,0,0)=3pts

Entry #48

just enough
to season my soup
a sweaty kiss

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England.

(3,0,0)=3pts



2 POINTS (5)
Entry #9

marching to dandi
behind the great mahatma
a handful of salt

Tahera Mannan
Nagpur, India.

(2,0,0)=2pts

Entry #15

looks like salt -
the poison sprinkled
on his french fries

Susan Burch
Hagerstown, U.S.A.

(2,0,0)=2pts

Entry #31

small talk
salt-laced
Michelada

Sanjuktaa Asopa
Karnataka, India.

(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #63

travelling once again
she forgot the customary
pinch of salt

Arnaz Mehta
Pune, India.

(2,0,0)=2pts

Entry #67

cold morning
daughter eating lentils
taste of the tears

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania.

(2,0,0)=2pts



1 POINT (5)
Entry #17

sweetened tea-
everything so brackish
including me

Dipalika Mohanty
Pune, India.

(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #41

beginning of spring…
all ears to old wisdom –
what cuts taste of salt

Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.

(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #49

boxing day --
salt brine welcomes
winter blizzards...

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India.

(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #51

longing for him...
the quilt still keeping
his salty sweat

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Botoșani, Romania.

(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #68

Dandi march --
many fold was the thirst for freedom
in millions

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.

(1,0,0)=1pts



NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY! (8)
Entry #2

bland diet ---
the yearn for briny flavour
gets stronger

Gracy d'Souza
Salmiya, Kuwait.

Entry #24

salt mounds
the icebergs float in
self-deprivation

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.

Entry #37

sweat and dust mix
a few metres to the goal
- taste of victory

Akanksha Mansukhani
Pune, India.

Entry #39

yoga - at dusk
light up interior
of salt lamp

Janina Kołodziejczyk
Pavullo, Italy.

Entry #42

back aliens' welcome -
bread and salt from
Indian Ocean

Nicu Stopel
Dridu, Romania.

Entry #50

Landless farmer brags
about the landlord’s salt he tastes
the old scarecrow laughs

Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India.

Entry #59

Gandhi's Dandi march
After blood, sweat and tears
Salt proves its worth

Vinita Agrawal
Mumbai, India.

Entry #65

bitter cold...
she wipes off her
saline tears

Tanvi Nishchal
New Delhi, India.



VOTES UNRECEIVED (4)
Entry #30

olive dressing...
he forgets to ask
for salt

Neelam Dadhwal
Chandigarh, India.

Entry #33

just a tiny pinch
makes tasteless soup tasty
the power of salt

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.

Entry #44

a little salt
changed the way
man cooked

Praveen Menon
Bangalore, India.

Entry #56

A Miracle
Mineral
NaCl

Revelle
Los Angeles, U.S.A.



ENTRY RECEIVED LATE (1)
Entry #70

monkeys-
an empty bowl of salted peanuts
on the dining table

Vividha Bhasin
Pune, India.



Thanks again to everyone who helped to make this edition of the Kukai a success.

The next edition of the Indian Kukai will be in May 2014.

Till then,



Organizers,
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