Indian Kukai from IN haiku: 2014

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.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Indian Kukai #8 - November 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 8th edition of Indian Kukai.

Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.

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The topic for Indian Kukai #08 is DEW.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

dew web...
the feeble struggles
of a housefly

— Paresh Tiwari
The haiku is part of a haibun on Wordweavers 2014.

Submission Period:
SAT – 1st NOV. to SUN – 16TH NOV. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 17TH NOV. to SUN – 23RD NOV. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: SUN – 30TH NOV. 2014

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Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
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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.

Organizers, Indian Kukai from IN haiku.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Indian Kukai #7 - September 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 7th edition of Indian Kukai.

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Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.

The topic for Indian Kukai #07 is MOON.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

tucking her in
out I go...
summer moon

— Issa

Submission Period:
TUE – 26TH AUG. to SUN – 14TH SEPT. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 15TH SEPT. to MON – 22ND SEPT. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: SUN – 28TH SEPT. 2014

Guidelines:

Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.

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Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
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Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
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You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
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For eg:

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Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #6 Cloud (July 2014)

Namaste! Sat-Sri-Akal! Namaskara! Vanakkam! Bonjour! Khuda Hafiz! and of course Howdy!

Thank you, haiku poets and friends, for participating in this 6th edition of the Indian Kukai and sharing your different perspectives on what a cloud means to you.

We had 78 poets from 17 countries who participated this time.

Australia (3), Bulgaria (5), Canada (3), Croatia (1), England (2), France (2), India (35), Israel (2), Indonesia (1), Lithuania (3), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (2), Romania (6), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), and United States of America (9).

Our congratulations to you all.

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The winner of the 6th edition of Indian Kukai is Sondra J. Byrnes of South Bend, USA (35 points), followed very closely by Carl Seguiban of Vancouver, Canada (33 points).

Other top finishers are Eduard Tara (Iasi, Romania), Rita Odeh (Nazareth, Israel) and Susan Burch (Hagerstown, USA).

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

Results are as below:

First Place, Entry no. 8, 35 Points

broken clouds
the space between
you and me

Sondra J. Byrnes
(12,7,3)=35

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Second Place, Entry no. 64, 33 Points

overcast sky —
a field of daffodils
holding the sun

Carl Seguiban
(7,7,4)=33

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Third Place, Entry no. 12, 27 Points

rice field –
a farmer wading
through the clouds

Eduard Tara
(7,7,2)=27

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Fourth Place, Entry no. 5, 24 Points

late summer clouds-
a fisher man casts his line
into memories

Rita Odeh
(6,6,2)=24

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Fifth Place, Entry no. 45, 22 Points

cloudy night -
no stars to wish
his cancer away

Susan Burch
(6,5,2)=22

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18 Points (3)

Entry no. 1

summer idleness --
once again finding
shapes in clouds

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India
(8,2,2)

Entry no. 19

cloud cover...
I read her appointment letter
from the eye clinic

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
(5,5,1)

Entry no. 35

shifting clouds
my child sees the things
I used to see

Billy Antonio
Pangasinan, Philippines
(10,4,0)

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16 Points, Entry no. 69

cloudburst --
the sudden flood
of her memories

Vinay Leo R.
Bangalore, India
(9,2,1)

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14 Points, Entry no. 48

cloud break—
bursting through my window
a robin's song

Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, USA
(10,2,0)

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13 Points (3)

Entry no. 16

white clouds over blue sea lifeguard's whistle

Freddy Ben-Arroyo
Haifa, Israel
(4,3,1)

Entry no. 49

drifting clouds
will you carry my tears
over the mountain

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia
(5,4,0)

Entry no. 53

a swing -
my childhood reaching
the clouds

Diana Teneva
Haskovo, Bulgaria
(7,3,0)

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12 Points (3)

Entry no. 21

clouds passing by…
I track my thoughts
until hill’s edge

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India
(5,2,1)

Entry no. 23

night cloud
hanging above the city
an ink blot

Gergana Yaninska
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(4,1,2)

Entry no. 70

clear sky:
the moon is hidden
by my fingertip

Harshavardhan Sushant
Chennai, India
(3,0,3)

11 Points, Entry no. 22

whipped cream floats across
blue summer skies ~
the cat licks her lips

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India
(3,1,2)

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10 Points (4)

Entry no. 6

one
passing thought:
cloud

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland
(5,1,1)

Entry no. 15

tears
cloud my vision:
open casket

Deborah Guzzi
USA
(3,2,1)

Entry no. 27

murky clouds...
Basho's frog leaps
into itself

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India
(5,1,1)

Entry no. 36

dry land-
farmer’s child cuts out
paper clouds

Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi, Romania
(6,2,0)

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9 Points (3)

Entry no. 2

ringing bells...
through the clouds
sudden rain

Neelam Dadhwal
Chandigarh, India
(4,1,1)

Entry no. 54

the wind
ties up the kite
for the cloud

Hristina Pandzharidis
Bulgaria
(2,2,1)

Entry no. 58

sting of ginger tea...
a skein of geese gets lost
among the clouds

Anitha Varma
Kochi, India
(5,2,0)

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8 Points (5)

Entry no. 3

The sun is back -
cumulus clouds float
in the rain pool.

Zhanna P. Rader
Athens, USA
(2,0,2)

Entry no. 20

full of rain
bidding farewell at the airport
dark clouds in mother's eyes

Vinita Agrawal
Mumbai, India
(0,1,2)

Entry no. 28

parting clouds
a baby elephant follows
his mother

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India
(4,2,0)

Entry no. 33

mist in a mountain
inhale exhale
the cloud

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania
(4,2,0)

Entry no. 62

monsoon clouds
a silent prayer passes
a farmer

Poornima Laxmeshwar
Bangalore, India
(6,1,0)

*

7 Points, Entry no. 46

downy pillow –
my tired head sinking
into a cloud

Devin Harrison
Vancouver Island, Canada
(3,2,0)

*

6 Points, Entry no. 59

backlit clouds...
once again, believing

in the moon
Sanjuktaa
Belgaum, India
(6,0,0)

*

5 Points (6)

Entry no. 25

after the drizzle
the remnants of poetry
in a cloud's belly

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India
(3,1,0)

Entry no. 38

puffy clouds
above his head...
chain smoker

Dwarakanathan
Chennai, India
(3,1,0)

Entry no. 40

cycling through
the village – mackerel clouds
float in the puddles

Tomislav Maretić
Zagreb, Croatia
(3,1,0)

Entry no. 55

rain puddle-
a peacock's dance on
sun kissed clouds

Yesha Shah
Surat, India
(1,2,0)

Entry no. 72

clouds play
the flute's tune,
Radha aspray

Anita Kapoor
Union City, USA
(0,1,1)

Entry no. 73

lull in the rainfall—
clouds rest
atop a hill

Pranav Kodial
Dahanu, India
(3,1,0)

*

4 Points (2)

Entry no. 63

moving fast
they merged...
one big cloud

Glory Sasikala
Chennai, India
(0,2,0)

Entry no. 71

full moon
in the clouds
my dreams

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland
(0,2,0)

*

3 Points (7)

Entry no. 4

summer sky...

a restless cloud swimming

in a pool of water

Keith A. Simmonds

Rodez, France

(1,1,0)

Entry no. 17

twilight clouds -

hit by the first raindrop

riverside gossip

Ramesh Anand

Seattle, USA

(1,1,0)

Entry no. 29

a stormy sky

for my wedding...

tear on my cheek

Marie-Alice MAIRE

Rungis, France

(1,1,0)

Entry no. 30

the tears of dark clouds

fell on the hot thirsty Earth

new soft life began

Tahera Mannan

Nagpur, India

(1,1,0)

Entry no. 39

a lone cloud -

my mother's dupatta*

in scorching sun

* a long scarf worn by Indian women which they also use to protect/shield their children

Arvinder Kaur

Chandigarh, India

(1,1,0)

Entry no. 66

cloudburst!

field mice beat the farmer

to his hut

Samar Ghose

Australia

(0,0,1)

Entry no. 77

clouds over the dried pond

a nearly dead frog

stretching its legs

Florin Florian

Botosani, Romania

(1,1,0)

2 Points (7)

Entry no. 7

Moon river

in the hair the wind's

clouds of fireflies

Ruzha Velcheva

Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

((2,0,0)

Entry no. 18

cloud clusters

hide the blue-sky day...

valley of shadows

Dawn Bruce

Sydney, Australia

(2,0,0)

Entry no. 43

A cloudless sky

The rain still falls

On a withered rose

Kasturi Jadhav

Mumbai, India

(0,1,0)

Entry no. 47

grey, dark, ugly clouds

lightening-thunder!

beauty! peacock color-fan-spread

Neelam Sangwai

Mumbai, India

(0,1,0)

Entry no. 60

late november...

the moon plays ankhmicholi*

with clouds

*Hindi for hide and seek

Tanvi Nishchal

Delhi, India

(2,0,0)

Entry no. 65

fifty shades of grey

rain on an eternal smile

and a melting heart

B. Lal

Calcutta, India

(0,1,0)

Entry no. 78

sprinkling

with his leather bag —

cloud water-carrier

Rajiv Goel

New Delhi, India

(2,0,0)

1 Point (5)

Entry no. 10

A heavy burden

released in torrents

frogs venture out

Praveen Menon

Bangalore, India

(1,0,0)

Entry no. 11

dream drawings...

still keep me guessing –

ladder to a cloud

Goda V. Bendoraitiene

Klaipeda, Lithuania

(1,0,0)

Entry no. 56

drifting clouds-

melting scoops of

ice cream?

Vani

Bangalore, India

(1,0,0)

Entry no 68

hanging low

soft drizzles

melting souls

Neha Goyal

Jaipur, India

(1,0,0)

Entry no. 76

road is lost

ships of hidden Stars

terror of cloud

Vibha Rani Shrivastava

Begusarai, India

(1,0,0)

Sorry, no points this time

Entry no. 9

fluffy clouds

missing milk in her

roadside tumbler

Rochelle Potkar

Mumbai, India

Entry no. 13

gunpowder smell -

from the blackish clouds

over Black Sea coast

Gheorghe Postelnicu

DRIDIH550, Romania

Entry no. 14

pearls in circle

the threads of clouds are carried by

the mountain tops

Tatjana Debeljački

Serbia

Entry no. 24

white cloud...

a kind of home where you are waiting

for me

Lavana Kray

Iasi, Romania

Entry no. 26

cottony clouds

obnubilate the suburb rush

the muazzin's call

Ken Sawitri

Jakarta, Indonesia

Entry no. 31

the cloudly morning –

crumpled bedclothes and lipstick

on the glas

Krzysztof Kokot

Nowy Targ, Poland

Entry no. 32

midsummer clouds

portals to stormy worlds

hidden behind the sky

Ingrid Jend

Cambridge, UK

Entry no. 37

Fluff of cloud

a sleeping baby

The rain

Reshmy Warrier

Mumbai, India

Entry no. 41

the flight home

long ago forgotten

shapes of clouds

Artūras Šilanskas

Vilnius, Lithuania

Entry no. 42

still cloudless day,

the air shimmering

as the traffic stands still

Arnaz Raioman Mehta

Pune, India

Entry no. 44

no silver lining

only her lined up smiles

rainy clouds

Purushotham Rao Ravela

Nolensville, USA

Entry no. 50

Frayed clouds

over a mango tree

young feet dangle

Richard Jodoin

Montréal, Canada

Entry no. 51

clouds caress the

meditating mountains –

cool crepescule

S.B.Vadivel Rajan

Chennai, India

Entry no. 52

pink cloud

creeps over trees

the street

Iliyana Deleva

Sofia, Bulgaria

Entry no. 57

lake view --

the hills watch the wigs

of cloud

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad, India

Entry no. 67

a poodle

waiting for me to blink

this patch of clouds

G. Akila

Hyderabad, India

Entry no. 75

fledglings-

i ride on a cloud

shuddering

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy

Birmingham, UK

Votes not received

Entry no. 34

a frog

plops in

muddying the cloud

Vishnu P Kapoor

Chennai, India

Entry no. 74

traffic jam-

nonchalantly passing

the clouds

Ailoaei Cristina

Romania

Entry no. 61

cloudless day

a raven turning

my sky so blue

Sandi Pray

USA

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

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

Till then,

Organizers,

Indian Kukai from IN haiku

Monday, June 30, 2014

Indian Kukai #6 - July 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 6th edition of Indian Kukai.

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Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.

The topic for Indian Kukai #06 is CLOUD

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

riverbank-
dipping my toes
in winter clouds

- Sanjuktaa Asopa

Submission Period: TUE – 1ST JULY 2014 to FRI – 18TH JULY 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period: SAT– 19TH JULY 2014 to FRI – 25TH JULY 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Results no later than: THU – 31ST JULY 2014

Guidelines:

Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please.
Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites.
All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results. Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule
If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.

How to enter?

Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #6 (Cloud) – My Entry”
Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
We will acknowledge your entry once we receive it.
Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

Guidelines for Voting Period:

Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #6(Cloud) - My Votes".
Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
Order your votes in the same order as in list.

For eg:

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#06 -- 1 points

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Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on blog via a mail as well.

Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

Cheers!

Organizers, Indian Kukai.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #5 Swing (May 2014)

Namaste!

Thank you, haiku poets and friends, for participating in this 5th edition of the Indian Kukai and sharing your poetic voices with us.

We had 68 poets from 20 countries who participated this time.

Australia (3), Bhutan (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2), Croatia (1), England (3), France (1), Germany (1), India (31), Israel (2), Lithuania (3), Northern Ireland (1), Oman (1), Philippines (1), Poland (1), Romania (5), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Trinidad & Tobago (1), United States of America (7).

Congratulations to all.

The winner of the 5th edition of Indian Kukai is Paresh Tiwari.

Others in the top 5 are Arvinder Kaur, Tomislav Maretic, Archana Kapoor Nagpal and Christine Villa.

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

Results are as below:

First Place, Entry no. 8, 37 Points

summer swing
I tickle the clouds
with my toes

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.

(12,5,5)=37

Second Place, Entry no. 13, 25 Points

how gently
the porch swing moves -
grandma's lullaby

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.

(4,9,1)=25

Third Place, Entry no. 54, 21 Points

spring drizzle –
all swings speckled
with petals

Tomislav Maretic
Zagreb, Croatia.

(9,3,2)=21

Fourth Place, Entry no. 14, 20 Points

a baby swings
in mother's womb --
midsummer lull

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India.

(7,5,1)=20

Fifth Place, Entry no. 3, 19 Points

just before we kiss . . .
the soundless swing
of a wind chime

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

(7,6,0)=19

Other results follows:

18 Points, Entry no. 39

mood swings--
the silence before and
after the storm

Yesha Shah
Surat, India.

(8,5,0)=18

17 Points, Entry no. 68

the worn spot
under the swing—
songlines

Sondra Byrnes
South Bend, USA.

(4,5,1)=17

15 Points (2)

Entry no. 37

fruitless tree
the couple pushes
an empty swing

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines.

(5,2,2)= 15

Entry no. 44

the time it takes
a swing to settle down...
night whispers

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.

(5,2,2)=15

14 Points, Entry no. 28

children park --
the mother pushes the laughter
back and forth

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.

(7,2,1)=14

12 Points, Entry no. 9

pendulum clock—
a fragment of memory
stored in each swing

Pranav Kodial
Dahanu, India.

(5,2,1)=12

11 Points, Entry no. 65

the old wooden swing –
still scratched on it
"Dan loves Ann"

Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi, Romania.

(11,0,0)=11

10 Points (3)

Entry no. 6

evening breeze...
an empty swing stills
my mind

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India.

(5,1,1)=10

Entry no. 25

church bells -
fresh snow covering
the rusty swing

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Botoşani, Romania.

(5,1,1)=10

Entry no. 41

slow dance
after every swing
her shy smile

Poornima Laxmeshwar
Bangalore, India.

(3,2,1)=10

9 Points (3)

Entry no. 19

giant swing
the rise and fall of
cherry blossoms

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.

(4,1,1)=9

Entry no. 24

neem tree...
i swing into my
memories

Tanvi Nishchal
New Delhi, India.

(7,1,0)=9

Entry no. 62

grey leaves
in still sea...
to and fro

Aditya Ashribad
Bhubaneswar, India.

(3,3,0)=9

8 Points (5)

Entry no. 7

fireflies
around the swing
shortest night

Diana Teneva
Haskova, Bulgaria.

(3,1,1)=8

Entry no. 17

swinging in her sling
the only baby
that lived

Susan Burch
Hagerstown, USA.

(3,1,1)=8

Entry no. 20

first winter snow
my daughter’s warmth lingers
on the empty swing

Ingrid Jend
Cambridge, England.

(2,3,0)=8

Entry no. 42

dreaming sky...
a broken swing sunk
in the bluebells

Sanjuktaa Asopa
Belgaum, India.

(4,2,0)=8

Entry no. 53

day-time moon
on the other end of a swing
imaginary friend

Artūras Šilanskas
Vilnius, Lithuania

(3,1,1)=8

7 Points (6)

Entry no. 5

leaving home . . .
the childhood swing
covered in snow

Sonam Chhoki
Thimphu, Bhutan.

(5,1,0)=7

Entry no. 29

A porch swing -
the old couple rocks
with feet on the ground.

Zhanna Rader
Athens, U.S.A.

(4,0,1)=7

Entry no. 35

no coin
for the Spring carnival --
father swings me

Deborah Guzzi
Monroe, USA.

(3,2,0)=7

Entry no. 36

storm of war-
a rusty swing balancing
for its self

Lavana Kray
Iași, Romania.

(3,2,0)=7

Entry no. 50

hometown visit . . .
sitting on Dad's swing
pushed by the wind

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.

(3,2,0)=7

Entry no. 60

screaming children
and the same screeching swing -
orange sunset

SB Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India.

(2,1,1)=7

6 Points, Entry no. 47

sitting on a swing
watching the sky-
I miss my young mother

Iqra Raza
New Delhi, India.

(2,2,0)=6

5 Points (6)

Entry no. 11

a rope
and a rubber tyre...
tree wanted

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Thane, India.

(3,1,0)=5

Entry no. 16

the rush of wind
my sister's jhumkis
swing faster

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England.

(3,1,0)=5

Entry no. 22

pushing the earth
with my legs, I swing . . .
sheer blue sky

Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.

(2,0,1)=5

Entry no. 38

pendulum -
swings the room
from side to side

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.

(2,0,1)=5

Entry no. 55

in the air
my tulip painted nails-
wooden swing

Lina Tandel
Virginia, USA.

(1,2,0)=5

Entry no. 59

pendulum clock
today she uses
a walking cane

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany.

(3,1,0)=5

4 Points (7)

Entry no. 2

the orangutan
swings between the trees —
going solo

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.

(2,1,0)=4

Entry no. 18

sun rays…
now there, now gone
on grandmother’s swing

Shobhana Kumar
Coimbatore, India.

(4,0,0)=4

Entry no. 23

enchanted bride...
smiles at the ocean
with every swing

Charishma Navneet Gupta
Muscat, Oman.

(2,1,0)=4

Entry no. 26

swinging hips -
smudged grease on the road
breaks the wolfgrin

Soumitra Saxena
Bhopal, India.

(1,0,1)=4

Entry no. 30

her plaits swing
as she skips in the sunlit park
wide horizon

Dawn Bruce
Sydney, Australia.

(1,0,1)=4

Entry no. 63

Sun and moon
Smiling in all senility
Mood swings

Reshmy Warrier
Mumbai, India.

(0,2,0)=4

Entry no. 64

sultry summer morn
under golden mangoes
swing silently stirs

Tahera Mannan
Nagpur, India.

(1,0,1)=4

3 Points (6)

Entry no. 1

useless
the kid's swing
only birds sing on

Marie-Alice Maire
Rungis, France.

(1,1,0)=3

Entry no. 12

the Moon is new
jasmine under the pillow
swing in the sky

Tatjana Debeljački
Užice, Serbia.

(0,0,1)=3

Entry no. 27

laden sky...
swinging from a mere twig
the Chatak bird

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.

(1,1,0)=3

Entry no. 45

with one swing
the child throws out
a pail of rain

Alegria Imperial
Vancouver, Canada.

(0,0,1)=3

Entry no. 56

I move with swing
and
the existence stops. ..

Shabbir Shaikh
Selu, India.

(1,1,0)=3

Entry no. 57

springtime wind -
a girl sings a swing song
on a swing

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.

(3,0,0)=3

2 Points(7)

Entry no. 4

the moon
now, swings on the roof…
children’s park

Akila G
Hyderabad, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 21

on a high again
the rock bottom fades afar
papa's gentle push

Vardhini NC
Mumbai, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 31

Swinging Pendulum-
With the dawning Realization
Heart Sighs

Manjusha M
Thrissur, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 32

stopped swinging -
a baby's cry wakes up
the sleepy mother

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 46

girls squat chattering
grandmother sits on the swing -
outdoor picnic

Gillena Cox
St. James, Trinidad & Tobago.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 48

swinging between
delight and despair
my life see no surprises

Purush
Ellicott City, USA.

(0,1,0)=2

Entry no. 49

summer afternoon...
my son wishes to go higher
on a park swing

Harshavardhan Sushant
Pune, India.

(2,0,0)=2

1 Point (6)

Entry no. 34

face to face with serene –
acceptance of all
things as they are

Goda Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 43

from branch to branch
monkeys restlessly swing
no hidden mangoes

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 52

swing one way
all seasons in my favor...
first time in love

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 61

the grandfather
swinging on the swing ~
where's the grandson?

Freddy Ben-Arroyo
Haifa, Israel.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 66

summer evening
swings in the street
tired rickshaw

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 67

Safari luck --
staring at a tiger’s irises
the swing of breath

Rochelle Potkar
Mumbai, India.

(1,0,0)=1

No Points This Time, Sorry! (5)

Entry no. 15

child's electronic kite -
swinging and catcalling this spring
too many tanks on border

Nicu Stopel
Bucharest, Romania.

Entry no. 33

the hour bell --
there's nothing else it can do,
it swings on and on

Kuheli
Midnapur, India.

Entry no. 40

the sway of
her porch light signals
a storm

Sara Winteridge
The New Forest, England.

Entry no. 51

hip hop
pivoting around the globe
swing dancing

Devin Harrison
Vancouver Island, Canada.

Entry no. 58

naive bond for land
sways, front- up- down- and up- back
stomach butterflies

Neelam Sangwai
Mumbai, India.

Vote Unreceived (1)

Entry no. 10

childhood home...
garden snail mating
on the old swing

Gaby Csilla
Brașov, Romania.

Thanks. Our next edition will be in July 2014. See you then.

Regards,

Organizers, Indian Kukai.