Sunday, September 21, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #7 - Moon

Dear haiku friends!

Namaste! Howdy! Bon jour! And hello!

Thank you for taking part in our 7th Indian Kukai.

We had 129 participants from 28 countries this time.

{Australia – 6, Bangladesh – 1, Belgium – 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2, Bulgaria – 7, Canada – 4, Croatia – 2, England – 2, France – 4, Germany – 3, India – 51, Indonesia – 2, Israel – 1, Italy – 3, Japan – 1, Lithuania – 3, Macedonia – 2, Nepal – 1, Northern Ireland – 1, Oman – 1, Philippines – 2, Poland – 2, Romania – 8, Russia – 1, Scotland – 1, Serbia – 2, Trinidad and Tobago – 1, United States of America – 14.}

Our congratulations and thanks to you all.

The winner for this edition of the Indian Kukai is Shloka Shankar.

In second place, is Dan Iulian. Third place goes to Billy Antonio. In fourth place is Hana Masood. And fifth place is taken by John Mc Donald.


COMPLETE RESULTS AS BELOW:
Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.


First Place, 41 Points.
Entry # 100

three-quarters moon...
the missing pieces
of my life

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India. ( 11 , 6 , 6 ) = 41 pts


Second Place, 33 Points.
Entry # 7

night train-
with me travels
the moon

Dan Iulian
Bucharest, Romania. ( 13 , 7 , 2 ) = 33 pts



Third Place, 29 Points.
Entry # 27

quiet river -
a fish wrinkles
the face of the moon

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines. ( 13 , 2 , 4 ) = 29 pts



Fourth Place, 28 Points.
Entry # 1

still water...
sparrow nibbles on the
moon's reflection

Hana Masood
Pune, India. ( 15 , 5 , 1 ) = 28 pts



Fifth Place, 21 Points.
Entry # 23

full moon -
on cat's whisker
a bead of milk

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland. ( 8 , 5 , 1 ) = 21 pts


Results Continued...

19 Points (2)
Entry # 28

full moon-
the lost coin shines
in the pool

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel. ( 11 , 4 , 0 ) = 19 pts


Entry # 112

milk moon...
still trying
to get pregnant

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Untzani, Romania. ( 4 , 6 , 1 ) = 19 pts



18 Points (1)
Entry # 9

Cat on a roof
lifts the left paw to reach
the glowing Moon

Sonja Gavriloska Ljulkova
Ohrid, Macedonia. ( 6 , 3 , 2 ) = 18 pts



17 Points (1)
Entry # 24

a part of me
not with me -
waning moon

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India. ( 8 , 3 , 1 ) = 17 pts



16 Points (3)

Entry # 16

full moon..
I wipe away
her darkness

Dwarakanathan
Chennai, India. ( 5 , 4 , 1 ) = 16 pts

Entry # 35

every night
a new love story-
Taj Mahal and the Moon

Lina Tandel
Virginia, U.S.A. ( 3 , 5 , 1 ) = 16 pts


Entry # 74

hiding from the moon
between the haystacks –
first kiss

Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India. ( 12 , 2 , 0 ) = 16 pts


14 Points (3)

Entry # 11

Moonlight Sonata . . .
so many different sounds
under the stars

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. ( 2 , 3 , 2 ) = 14 pts

Entry # 82

the flutter
of this blue moth-
nomad moon

Sanjuktaa
Belgaum, India. ( 6 , 1 , 2 ) = 14 pts

Entry # 125

nascent moon-
a life twirls round my
umbilicus

Yesha Shah
Surat, India. ( 6 , 4 , 0 ) = 14 pts


13 Points (2)

Entry # 17

the dull throb
of your absence
waxing ... waning

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India. ( 6 , 2 , 1 ) = 13 pts

Entry # 118

late love—
borrowed light from
the moon

Sondra J. Byrnes
Santa Fe, U.S.A ( 6 , 2 , 1 ) = 13 pts


12 Points (9)
Entry # 2

supermoon’s new night-
only the old river breaks
the silver silence

Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh. ( 2 , 2 , 2 ) = 12 pts


Entry # 6

molting in moonlight the hard shell of my pride

Meik Blöttenberger
Hanover, U.S.A ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 14

after storm –
full moon hanging
in the cactus flower

Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi, Romania. ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts


Entry # 66

evening calm
her garden the color
of moonlight

Bill Kenney
New York, U.S.A ( 8 , 2 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 67

a full moon
every night –
my toddler’s butt

Susan Burch
Hagerstown, U.S.A. ( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts


Entry # 95

moonlit garden —
our weights shaping
the grassy patch

Carl Seguiban
Vancouver, Canada. ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 106

dusking sky
the summer moon brushed
by river reeds

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia. ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts


Entry # 111

new moon
the swan tips an egg
into the pond

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia. ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 124

reef moon
shadows shift through
swaying sea fans

Cynthia Rowe
Sydney, Australia. ( 0 , 3 , 2 ) = 12 pts


11 Points (2)
Entry # 63

Staircase landing -
the broken window
filled with the moon.

Zhanna P Rader
Athens, U.S.A. ( 7 , 2 , 0 ) = 11 pts

Entry # 107

through the window
inviting itself at home
the winter moon

Minh-Triêt Pham
Paris, France. ( 3 , 1 , 2 ) = 11 pts


10 Points (2)
Entry # 83

full moon...
the fireflies dance
into the night

Tanvi Nischal
New Delhi, India. ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts


Entry # 92

she plucks the lemon
from her glass of cola
moonless night

Aruna Rao
Noida, India. ( 3 , 2 , 1 ) = 10 pts


9 Points (6)
Entry # 15

Within the scars
I see beauty
A radiant night

Reshmy Warrier
Mumbai, India. ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 19

full moon
at the window a girl
reads love story

Gergana Yaninska
Plovdiv, Bulgaria ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 57

night time
stories around a bon fire-
winter moon

Radhika Mohite
Pune, India. ( 2 , 2 , 1 ) = 9 pts


Entry # 69

summer night -
a child shines his torch
at the pond moon

Charishma Navneet Gupta
Muscat, Oman. ( 3 , 0 , 2 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 117

full moon
on the roofs of cars
in many colors

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland. ( 2 , 2 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 128

butterfly wing
a late summer moon
floats on by

Sandi Pray
Robbinsville, U.S.A. ( 1 , 4 , 0 ) = 9 pts


8 Points (7)
Entry # 42

shadow spreads
over the fallen leaves -
a full moon

Hideo Suzuki
Sanda, Japan. ( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 54

midnight chant
a silk gossamer entwines
the amber moon

Ken Sawitri
Jakarta, Indonesia. ( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 76

moonlit
blue iris...
the dead soldier's eyes

Lavana Kray
Iași, Romania. ( 8 , 0 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 86

first date...
our palms as one
save a drowning moon

Aditya Ashribad
Bhubaneshwar, India. ( 8 , 0 , 0 ) = 8 pts


Entry # 98

The moonlight
those secret paths
visible to all

Božidar Škobić
Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 104

alone –
the owl’s eyes double
the moon

Eduard Tara
Iași, Romania. ( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts


Entry # 116

Hunter's Moon--
large eyes
at the window

James Dobson
Prudhoe, England. ( 2 , 3 , 0 ) = 8 pts


7 Points (2)

Entry # 87

moonlight – the net
the fisherman took back
is full of silver

Francesco de Sabata
Pescantina, Italy. ( 7 , 0 , 0 ) = 7 pts

Entry # 123

midnight -
a lone wolf howls
at the hazy moon

Aashima Safi
Pune, India. ( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts


6 Points (7)
Entry # 37

she looks at the night sky
and sees two moons...
a widow's Karva Chauth

Gaarimma Mishra
Bhubaneshwar, India. ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 55

full moon
at the river mouth
flowing back

Martina Heinisch
Oelde NRW, Germany. ( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts


Entry # 58

blow of a wild wind
a swarm of stars above us –
the Moon shines

Pere Risteski
Ohrid, Macedonia ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 60

hard working schedule
at obesity clinic
she looks crescent now

Purush
Noleanseville, U.S.A ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 90

the flocks flew away
a late bird passes
over the moon

Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria. ( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 96

uneasy sleep…
the night heron’s wings
stretch over the moon

Anitha Varma
Kerala, India. ( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 102

full moon –
orchids bloom
by a broken swing

Ankita Datta
Pune, India. ( 6 , 0 , 0 ) = 6 pts


5 Points (9)
Entry # 3

skipping
but the few words--
moon talk

Neelam Dadhwal
Chandigarh, India. ( 2 , 0 , 1 ) = 5 pts


Entry # 13

out of messy alleys
cats eat-
hazy moon

Simone Liane Noronha
Pune, India. ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 30

super moon
haiku and Marc Chagall
in my dreams

Diana Teneva
Haskova, Bulgaria. ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 47

seaside fort
waves crash all over
the moon

Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.

( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 72

hazy moon-
on the same tree lightning
strikes twice

Nayaneeka Dutta Choudhury
Pune, India. ( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts


Entry # 73

fragile grass
between two stones
full moon

Diana Petkova
Dolnabanya, Bulgaria. ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 101

full moon night
the tides rush to wash
the dark spots

Vibha Rani Srivastava
Begusarai, India. ( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 105

above the lighthouse
a lop-sided moon
signals the sea

Julie Warther
Dover, U.S.A ( 2 , 0 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 120

double loneliness
a stroll
in the moonlight

Hristina Pandjaridis
Strasbourg, France. ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts


4 Points (6)
Entry # 29

child points
happy moon
face

Robert Henry Poulin
Sebastian, U.S.A ( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 49

Windy evening
a flame goes out -
the moon smiles

Christiane Ranieri
Wittenheim, France. ( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 59

Full moon of August
reflections on skyscrapers
high resolution

Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada. ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts


Entry # 81

a moon behind a cloud
from the wall vanishes
black cats shadow

Krzysztof Kokot
Nowy Targ, Poland. ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 94

A beggar drinks
Moon.....
With only water

Shabbir Shaikh
Selu, India. ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 99

Taliban...
slipping behind a veil
the moon too

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts


3 Points (12)
Entry # 5

Baby likes The Moon
Mother sings that song for him
Baby have own dream.

Ram Sharan Maharjan
Kathmandu, Nepal. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 20

moonless night...
a bunch of naked
seedlings ask light

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts



Entry # 34

death
of another romance
moon landing

Dawn Bruce
Sydney, Australia. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts


Entry # 41

last sounds of rain –
the sickle moon rises into
starless infinity

Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
Smederevo, Serbia. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 46

snow melts …
between the moon and a star
another purple crocus

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 50

midnight
under cloud scudded skies
the sea in flashes

Simon Hanson
Allendale, Australia. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 62

Moon scattered
In the stillness of the night
Pearls of silence

Anita Kapoor
Union City, U.S.A ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 64

a knock --
in this cube of darkness
a yellow moon

Zalina Gamat
New Delhi, India. ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 78

supermoon -
the street lamps
bowing

Angelica Seithe
Wettenberg, Germany. ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts


Entry # 109

yours or mine
we forgot to apportion
the coin of the moon

Vinita Agrawal,
Mumbai, India. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 115

At night light
large Moon above
an empty village

Evgeny Ivanov
Moscow, Russia. ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 129

My grandsons face
on his birthday party,
the full summer moon.

Willy Cuvelier
Gullegem, Belgium. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts


2 Points (11)
Entry # 8

etched on the moon
behind the clouds
my listless wandering

Mamta Madhavan
Kerala, India. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts


Entry # 32

planter’s moon
more like brie
than green cheese

Ignatius Fay
Sudbury, Canada. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts


Entry # 33

the moon
a half of donut left over
at breakfast

Vessislava Savova
Sofia, Bulgaria. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 38

crisp, clear night...
the moon, a second sun
lighting my way

Mihir Oak
Pune, India. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 53

the crack of dawn...
a day moon loitering
in the bustling clouds

Keith Simmonds
Rodez, France. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 61

forest road
shadows of trees rustle
with the light of moon

Janina Kołodziejczyk
Pavullo, Italy. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 70

full moon...
the clouds lit between
two darknesses

Tomislav Maretić
Zagreb, Croatia. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 75

colostrum moon -
the head count ritual
of stolen children

Rochelle Potkar
Mumbai, India. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 85

fireflies flit
over the flat lake:
harvest moon

Deborah Guzzi
Monroe, U.S.A ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 103

Quietly following
the passing Moon--
tidal wave.

Francesco Gonella
Padua, Italy. ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 127

paying homage
to the deceased--
waxing moon

Devin Harrison
Vancouver Island, Canada. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts


1 Point (16)
Entry # 4

moon under seven layers
seems rattled
- angry man stuttering.

Max Babi
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 18

tidal wave
full moon behind
the midnight sun

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts



Entry # 25

half rain –
carrying the sky
warm moon

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 31

it is bitter cold —
only the moon walks by
the starving wolf

Miruna Covor
Bucharest, Romania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 39

the perfect light -
my heart full of love
in Taj Mahal colors

Steliana Cristina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts


Entry # 45

in a misty veil
companionless wanderer
slowly stalks the night

Tahera Moiz Mannan
Nagpur, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 48

iceberg in moonlight -
some warm meanings down there
under the water

Nicu Stopel
Bucharest, Romania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 51

wife's sister sleeping -
I watch slow-shift of the moon
to the upper lake

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts


Entry # 52

moonless night
over varanasi
fire reflections only

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts


Entry # 65

an autumn night gold
nestle up the neighbor's door
a homeless cat.

Nijolė Kerušauskienė
Kaunas, Lithuania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 77

biten Moon
a peace orange in the cocktail
of the Universe

Iliyana Deleva
Sofia, Bulgaria. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 79

moon shaded sky-
in a dusty playground
the empty swings

Rituparna Singh
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 88

the dark tranquil sky-
she gazes at the truth hidden
in the hazy moon

Aalisha Patil
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 114

hazy moon
the clouds crowd the sky
with their cries

Willie Bongcaron
Manila, Philippines. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 119

the night sky -
the lighthouse keeper turns on
a lantern and the moon

Nada Jačmenica
Sveti Kriz Zacretje, Croatia. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 126

moon at dawn...
I carve out eyes
for my dreams

Akila G
Hyderabad, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts


No Points This Time, Sorry! (12)
Entry # 26

the day after…
moonlight flickers
on his parched patch

Barbara A. Taylor
Mountain Top, Australia.

Entry # 36

illuminating
the blood moon
hidden ring of light

Purvi Edara
Pune, India.

Entry # 40

lulled to sleep
moon beams steer passage ways…
curve of dreams

Gillena Cox
St. James, Trinidad & Tobago

Entry # 43

on a tattered maple leaf
a worm cries -
summer moon

Shubhangi Jagdev
Pune, India.

Entry # 44

Ethereal moon
gold coin tinkle loving
in the lilac night

Ruzha Velcheva
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

Entry # 56

waxing moon —
immersed Ganpati idols decompose

(Note: myth has it that Ganpati cursed the moon to wax and wane because the moon laughed at him. Ganpati idols are immersed in the sea on Anant Chaturdashi, on the next day (Bhadrapadi Purnima), fragments of the idols are seen floating in the sea.)

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Mumbai, India.

Entry # 80

Winds,Sand Dunes,
Entwined hands-
Together a trip to Moon

Manjusha M
Trichur, India.

Entry # 91

The birds
Flew into the moon
Refreshing nights

Karishma Sawlani
Pune, India.


Entry # 93

wind chimes through mountain
chalet door let the moonlight in –
Silver Wedding

Goda Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Entry # 110

scent of the plum –
without being seen it transforms
night of a new moon

William Seltzer
Gwenydd, U.S.A

Entry # 113

Moonlight was showered
down the valley like an eternal perfume

Tatjana Debeljački
Užice, Serbia.

Entry # 121

cloudy sky…
chakor waiting for a glimpse
of the moon

Prachi Agrawal
Pune, India.


VOTES NOT RECEIVED / RESULTS HIDDEN (11)

Entry # 10

this cloudy night
seeking your hidden bits
my personal orb

Nimi Arora
Navi Mumbai, India.

Entry # 12

The cypress and the moon
whispering through the window
Golden threads over me

Ruzica Soldo
Siroci Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Entry # 21

moonbeam field
along this footpath-
heron song in silence

Shaestu Abida Bhirawasiwi
Jakarta, Indonesia.

Entry # 22

the immortal moon
in the ever changing sky
a wolf howls

Maulik Dabholkar
Pune, India.

Entry # 68

moon peaks
through snowy branches
moonbeams filter through-

Vedica Bajaj
Pune, India.

Entry # 71

empty playground -
the moon rests on the water
amidst turbulent ripples

Soumitra Saxena
Pune, India.

Entry # 84

silver orb
floating
on dark wine

Praveen Menon
Bangalore, India.

Entry # 89

A cloud garment
Is her mystic train
Steaming through nocturne

Marck Riggins
Temecula, U.S.A

Entry # 97

the little mouse
dreams cheesy dreams
full moon night

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.

Entry # 108

hunter's moon
a werewolf sprouts
in Nani's stories

*Nani- maternal grandmother in hindi*

Jhanvi Tiwari
Pune, India.

Entry # 122

beauty spot --
moon on the forehead of
a shy evening

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.


Our next kukai will be in November 2014. Thank you for the participation once again! See you soon.

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