Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #8 - Dew

Dear haiku friends!

Namaste! Howdy! Bon jour! And hello!

Thank you for taking part in our 8th Indian Kukai.

We had 113 participants from 34 countries this time.

{Australia – 6, Bangladesh – 1, Belgium – 1, Bhutan – 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2, Bulgaria – 3, Canada – 5, Croatia – 1, England – 2, France – 3, Germany – 2, India – 44, Indonesia – 2, Ireland – 1, Israel – 1, Italy – 2, Japan – 1, Lithuania – 4, Macedonia – 2, Mongolia – 1, Nepal – 1, New Zealand – 1, Northern Ireland – 1, Oman – 1, Philippines – 2, Poland – 2, Romania – 8, Russia – 1, Scotland – 1, Serbia – 1, Trinidad and Tobago – 1, United Arab Emirates – 1, United States of America – 14.}

Our congratulations and thanks to you all.

The winner for this edition of the Indian Kukai is C. Florian, from Botosani in Romania.

In second place, is Carole Harrison, from Jamberoo in Australia.

Third place goes to Urveez Kakalia, from Mumbai in India.

In fourth place is Julie Warther, from Dover in USA.

And fifth place is shared by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, from Birmingham in England & Akila G, from Hyderabad in India.


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

First Place - #104

Father's Day...
the path to his grave
wet with dew

C. Florian
Botosani, Romania.
( 8 , 8 , 3 ) = 33 pts



Second Place - #1

a heron
swallowing shadows --
dewdrop moon

Carole Harrison
Jamberoo, Australia.
( 7 , 7 , 3 ) = 30 pts



Third Place - #45

dew frost...
a beggar sharing a blanket
with the street dog

Urveez Kakalia
Mumbai, India.
( 8 , 8 , 0 ) = 24 pts



Fourth Place - #103

dewdrop . . .
a dragonfly sips
its reflection

Julie Warther
Dover, USA.
( 6 , 5 , 2 ) = 22 pts



Joint Fifth Place - #11

morning dew
on the farmer's brow
beads of sweat

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England.
( 11 , 2 , 2 ) = 21 pts

Joint Fifth Place - #32

morning walk...
on a window
a smiley

Akila G
Hyderabad, India.
( 10 , 1 , 3 ) = 21 pts



Other results follow:

#77
dew web...
a spider catches
the last star

Laura Csilla
Brasov, Romania.
( 7 , 5 , 1 ) = 20 pts



#84
beading the forest morning dew

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.
( 4 , 7 , 0 ) = 18 pts



#5
dewdrops...
the fading moon rests
on her shoulders

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.
( 8 , 3 , 1 ) = 17 pts



#6
old cemetery
on the gravestones -
dewdrops instead of letters

Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria.
( 7 , 3 , 1 ) = 16 pts

#9
if
dewfall had a sound...
faint cowbells

Sanaa Dayal
Jaipur, India.
( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts

#105
ankle-deep
in morning dew
my godchild

Meik Blottenberger
Pennsylvania, USA.
( 1 , 3 , 3 ) = 16 pts



#2
catching a cloud
beads of dew
in a spider web

Maximilian Markard
Hannover, Germany.
( 11 , 0 , 1 ) = 14 pts



#8
slow sunrise
the sound of dewdrops
falling

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines.
( 4 , 3 , 1 ) = 13 pts

#98
morning dew-
my cat's eyes
asking to come in

Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania.
( 6 , 2 , 1 ) = 13 pts



#61
chilly dawn —
even on the paper flowers
glistening dew

Gautam Nadkarni
Mumbai, India.
( 3 , 0 , 3 ) = 12 pts

#96
dew
the trail of a snail
to the leaf edge

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.
( 10 , 1 , 0 ) = 12 pts



#34
dewdrops on grass
the young cat splinters
the sun

Ken Sawitri
Blora, Indonesia.
( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts

#36
morning raga...
dew covered leaves
sway with the music

Hana Masood
Pune, India.
( 5 , 3 , 0 ) = 11 pts



#59
long drive -
she pins her heart
on my windshield

Aditya Ashribad
Dehradun, India.
( 4 , 3 , 0 ) = 10 pts

#60
departing train-
on a torn spider web,
some dew drops

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.
( 8 , 1 , 0 ) = 10 pts

#62
dew settled
on the bright, red roses-
a valentine gift

Karishma Sawlani
Pune, India.
( 2 , 1 , 2 ) = 10 pts



#12
sunset moon -
a beadwork of dew
on the razor wire

Sonam Chhoki
Thimphu, Bhutan.
( 7 , 1 , 0 ) = 9 pts

#21
On the spider web
each dew drop catches
the rising sun.

Willy Cuvelier
Gullegem, Belgium.
( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts

#26
dawn
a dewy meadow
ripples the sun

Shernaz Wadia
Pune, India.
( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts

#86
desert sightseeing
a lizard hasty licks
vanishing dew

Arturas Silanskas
Vilnius, Lithuania.
( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts

#90
winter dawn-
night sky empties
wet stars on my window

Kasturi Jadhav
Mumbai, India.
( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts

#102
dew drops. . .
bright pearls caught
in a spider’s web

Ankita Datta
Pune, India.
( 1 , 1 , 2 ) = 9 pts



#4 dew heart--
our names dripping the sun
on a misty pane

Yesha Shah
Surat, India.
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#10
spinning spiderweb –
jewel kaleidoscope rainbows
in each dewdrop

Mari Maxwell
Connemara, Ireland.
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

#30
whiskey dew . . .
if only his tears
were for me

Christine Villa
North Highlands, USA.
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#48
losing balance
on a web of silk...
a dew drop falls

Gaarimma Mishra
Bhubaneshwar, India.
( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts

#49
letting go-
dew fall from the tip
of the leave

Asma Khan
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#64
dew drops
on your long lashes-
suddenly I am thirsty

Lavana Kray
Iasi, Romania.
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#80
mother's kisses -
how the dew drops
fall from heaven

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

#88
daybreak . . .
daylight lengthens
in each dew

Carl Seguiban
Vancouver, Canada.
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts



#7
dewy grass...
the tickle of water
as children play

Dishika Iyer
Mumbai, India.
( 7 , 0 , 0 ) = 7 pts

#15
Dewdrop -
on a crazy grass
the world upside down

Christiane Ranieri
Welliton, France.
( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts

#29 soundless
a dewdrop at the edge
of consciousness

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India.
( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts

#101
early morning shift —
the sound of dew drops
on the car

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.
( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts



#3
Indian summer...
a hungry spider crawls out
of a dewy shelter

Nijole Kerusauskiene
Kaunas, Lithuania.
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts

#14
moonset…
my yoga mat stained
by the wet grass

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

#16
a blossom lands
on my locked gate
mountain dew

Cynthia Rowe
Sydney, Australia.
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

#87
barefoot walks
with my father
dew drops under the feet

Rituparna Singh
Pune, India.
( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

#112
a single drop of dew -
blackbird waits
beak open

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.
( 6 , 0 , 0 ) = 6 pts



#28
morning dew
on a spiderweb
the world around

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.
( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

#38
my cup is full--
he awakes with dew
on his spoon

James Dobson
Prudhoe, England.
( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

#42
autumn morning —
contemplating the Black Forest
in a dew

Minh-Triêt Pham
Paris, France.
( 2 , 0 , 1 ) = 5 pts

#82
no dew yet...
left with the last of
her jasmines

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India.
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

#95
dewdrops
on the morning glory -
scattered sunlight

Tomislav Maretic
Zagreb, Croatia.
( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts



#40
rainbow lights
disco dancing
on dew drops

Barbara A Taylor
Mountain Top, Australia.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#41
drops of dew quiver
on a hibiscus flower...
silk shafts of sunlight

Keith Simmonds
Rodez, France.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

#51
a pink drop of dew
sobers me from red wine
on my cracked lips

Sonja Gavriloska Ljulkova
Ohrid, Macedonia.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

53
agony to joy --
the early rays turn
dewdrops to gold

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.
( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#63
dawn – dew drops
microscoping the first
saguaro's flower

Francesco de Sabata
Pescantina, Italy.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

#66
spring rain ...
wrapped in the dew
a red hibiscus

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India.
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#74
a caterpillar watches
it's reflection-
dew drops

Nayaneeka Dutta Choudhury
Pune, India.
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#85
shimmering
on cherry-picked yellow blooms
tear drops?

Vani
Bangalore, India.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

#94
dew on windowpane
tremulous finger traces out
mom again...

Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#99
pearl of dew
on the autumn leaves -
a gift from rain

Hideo Suzuki
Sanda, Japan.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#100
dew laden
gossamer wings . . .
a dream unfolds

Veronica Zora Novak
Toronto, Canada.
( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#109
A morning after Halloween
cold dew is in the eye sockets
of pumpkins

Evgeny Ivanov
Moscow, Russia.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts



#13
my mourning past
evaporated
like morning dew

Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#18
sweat on a forehead
standing nearby
maternity home

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#25
dew drip
hanging on a window
his tail lights

Alegria Imperial
Vancouver, Canada.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#35
dewdrops...
the soft white petals
of a morning rose

Gillena Cox
St. James, Trinidad & Tobago.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#39
as a drop of dew
you fall onto my lashes
- you in my sight

Pere Risteski
Ohrid, Macedonia.
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts

#52
dewdrops
shining on the steppe-
girls of the sun

Tuvshinzaya Nergui
Tsetserleg City, Mongolia.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#56
my face somewhere
in the clouded mirror
a dewdrop world

Bill Kenney
Whitestone, USA.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#65
the flamingo's flight
touch the virgin earth
as serene dewdrops

Mrunali Thakore
Mumbai, India.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#69
clear and clean
washing a leaf and flower
every morning

Bozidar Skobic
Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#79
her tear drops
mix with dew drops -
last night's row still rankles

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#81
mother earth decked
in a thousand bright jewels
midnight dew

Mihir Oak
Pune, India.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#91
Rain, rain
and rain again
overflowing dew

Richard Jodoin
Montreal, Canada.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#97
sun, sky, grass
neighbor's roses
globe in a dewdrop

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

#107
tickling
my bare feet as i walk on
morning dew

Radhika Mohite
Pune, India.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#110
caught in my eye
the corollas of flowers--
dewdrops

Devin Harrison
Montreal, Canada.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts



#20
dewdrop ...
this isness
become

Kuheli Santra
Midnapur, India.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#23
Shimmers on the winter glass
And the twinkling pearls on the grass
Kiss the fallen tears from the sky

Vibha Rani Srivastava
Begusarai, India.
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#33
patterns of dew drops
in the spider web-
beaded necklace

Kashinath Karmakar
Durgapur, India.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#54
summertime and she
runs with espresso barefoot
drops of freshness

Tomasz Szymczak
Chojnice, Poland.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#55
cold dawn
a damselfly awaits
dews to thaw

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#57
up close
daisies in their myriads
morning dew

Simon Hanson
Allendale, Australia.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#68
snow falls on dew
in our tea cups
tears

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#73
mountain path
crystal beads on leaves
stroke his jacket

Willie Bongcaron
Manila, Philippines.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#92
Midsummer Day -
maidens bathing
in the morning dew...

Zornitza Harisanova
Sofia, Bulgaria.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#111
river bank . . .
happy to catch
the morning dew

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#113
the sound of dew drops...
a sleepy sparrow's chicks hide
under her wing

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



#31
birth of a star cluster -
burdening the dandelion
dewdrops

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

#44
in the beauty of the dusk
with the morning dew
breathe me in

Tatjana Debeljacki
Uzice, Serbia.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#50
early winter...
a dew awaits to
be seen

Tanvi Nishchal
New Delhi, India.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#72
withered blade of grass
bends under the morning dew -
and the sun rises

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

#75
dew drop settles
on a broken leaf…
hope

Prachi Agrawal
Pune, India.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#78
looking for spring
I find only
dew drops

Diana Petkova
Dolna Banya, Bulgaria.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#108
morning prayer,
mist of dew
on the diva...

Lina Tandel
Harrisonburg, USA.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts



#24
I wipe
morning dew
& empty side mirror..

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

#37
Dew leaf
rolling down in water
heart bits faster and calm.

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

#43
silent pearls on grass
blessing from heavens above
dance with gentle breeze

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

#47
cold and clear -
on the edges of green grass
dew drops meditate

B. Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India. ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#58
over dew
the rising sun
of the future

Hansha Teki
Wellington, New Zealand
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#70
field with dew-
a spider drying it's canvas
in thistle flower

Daniela Lacramioara
Galati, Romania.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#76
surface tension holds
water to the statues cheek:
a frost blackened rose

Deborah Guzzi
Monroe, USA. ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#93
All Hallows Even's dew -
due to condensation
only one CRISp GOD

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

#106
Autumn dew --
my cat lapping
at the droplets

Francesco Gonella
Pavulo, Italy.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts



Votes not received

#22
morning dew –
at the funeral
nobody moves

Harshavardhan Sushant
Pune, India.

#67
a dewdrop glistens
rivulets down her cheek
dawn seems distant

Vardhini
Mumbai, India.

#71
dew drops
on my bed room glass
her frigid response

Purush
Noleansville, USA.

#17
diamond drops
on a green bed
another beautiful day

Praveen Menon
Bangalore, India.

#89
in a forest of mist
the dew drops
unseen

Purvi Edara
Pune, India.

#27
beads of dew...
cling the petals
of a daisy

Vedica Bajaj
Pune, India.

#46
man over nature -
a dew unaware,
the sun its nemesis

Reshmy Warrier

#19
Town still asleep
The lacy dew blooms
over it

Ruzica Soldo
Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

#83
Earth dancing
Wear dew anklets
As chanting mantra

Anita Kapoor
Union City, USA.



Our next kukai will be in January 2015. Thank you for the participation once again! See you soon.


Organizer, Indian Kukai from IN haiku.