Monday, December 07, 2015

Winners Certificates of Indian Kukai #14

Our top 5 winners get certificates. They are:

Winner: Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy.






2nd Place: Vidya S Venkatramani.




3rd Place: Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara.




4th Place (4-way tie):
Alexey Andreev, F. Florian, Paresh Tiwari and Pepa Odjakova.







5th Place: Ana Drobot.




Results of the Indian Kukai #14

Namaste! Greetings!

We conclude another edition of the Indian Kukai today, our fourteenth. November/December has been a torrid period so far, and we, along with the world, have had a few bumps along the way. For this edition, we aren’t withholding results of those who haven’t sent their votes.

93 participants graced our 14th Kukai, and they came from 26 different countries. The voting was quite close throughout and is reflected in our results as we have a 4-way tie for 4th place, and just 3 points separating 2nd to 5th place.

Our winner is Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy from Birmingham, England.

Vidya S Venkatramani from Chennai, India takes the runner-up slot, and Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara from Galaţi, Romania takes third place.

The 4-way tie for 4th place is between Paresh Tiwari (Mumbai, India), Pepa Odjakova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), Alexey Andreev (Moscow, Russia) and F. Florian (Botosani, Romania).

Ana Drobot of Bucharest makes it three from Romania in our top 5.

Congratulations to all of them, and to each of you who participated as well.

Complete results as below.
Points are indicated as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt + 1*3pt = 5+6+3 = 14pts.



WINNER

16

coffeehouse...
one more gulp
of gossip

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[Birmingham, England]
(12,6,1)=27pts



RUNNER UP

53

gossip column-
the coffee steam mists
my glasses

Vidya S Venkatramani
[Chennai, India]
(4,3,4)=22pts



THIRD PLACE

44

honeymoon -
only morning coffee
without sugar

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[Galaţi, Romania]
(5,5,2)=21pts



FOURTH PLACE (x4)

19

between
everything and nothing . . .
the lukewarm coffee

Paresh Tiwari
[Mumbai, India]
(5,6,1)=20pts

65

lazy weekend
circles of coffee
on the magazine

Pepa Odjakova
[Plovdiv, Bulgaria]
(5,3,3)=20pts

90

cold morning
in the bottom of her cup
my future

Alexey Andreev
[Moscow, Russia]
(7,5,1)=20pts

93

coffee in the trenches...
stirring the hunter's moon
anticlockwise

F. Florian
[Botosani, Romania]
(4,2,4)=20pts




FIFTH PLACE

83

morning coffee -
the fog lifts off
the town's name

Ana Drobot
[Bucharest, Romania]
(4,6,1)=19pts



SIXTH PLACE

68

breathing in -
the fading cream enso*
in my coffee

*Ensō (circle) is a sacred symbol in the Zen school of Buddhism and is one of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy.

Anitha Varma
[Kochi, India]
(2,6,1)=17pts



SEVENTH PLACE

35

black coffee
quietly I sip the last
remaining stars

Billy Antonio
[Laoac, Philippines]
(4,1,3)=15pts




EIGHTH PLACE

57

black coffee
white sugar
I stir the world into oneness

Adjei Agyei-Baah
[Kumasi, Ghana]
(4,2,2)=14pts



NINTH PLACE (x2)

27

last leaf has fallen -
he still brings two cup of coffee
to the empty bad

Tomasz Szymczak
[Chojnice, Poland]
(3,2,2)=13pts


89

chilly dawn...
the kitten finds the spot
where the coffee mug was

Sanaa Dayal
[Jaipur, India]
(2,1,3)=13pts



TENTH PLACE (x4)

4

winter…
the squirming sun
in my latte

Seshu Chamarty
[Hyderabad, India]
(6,3,0)=12pts

18

silence…
sp(l)ilt coffee
between us

Diana Teneva
[Haskovo, Bulgaria]
(1,1,3)=12pts


86

winter chill—
a homeless man curls both hands
around his coffee

Carole MacRury
[Point Roberts, USA]
(4,1,2)=12pts

87

dawn - the black
night condensing
into a cup

Francesco de Sabata
[Pescantina, Italy]
(2,2,2)=12pts



ELEVENTH PLACE

11

a date
coffee in cups
has cooled

Andrzej Dembonczyk
[Silesia, Poland]
(2,3,1)=11pts



TWELFTH PLACE (x3)

3

cold window
black coffee
& tax forms

Anna Cates
[Wilmington, USA]
(2,1,2)=10pts

33

morning coffee -
on the widow's table
two pair cups

Dan Iulian
[Bucharest, Romania]
(3,2,1)=10pts

62

old coffee stains
on the kitchen counter -
trying to read my future

Rivka Tzur
[Kfar Saba, Israel]
(2,1,2)=10pts



TWELFTH PLACE (x2)

39

crescent moon—
the sound of the cup
on the tip of the spoon

Edward Beach
[Bristol, England]
(1,4,0)=9pts

88

just one sip…
so many
fantasies

Ali Znaidi
[Redeyef, Tunisia]
(3,0,2)=9pts




THIRTEENTH PLACE

31

Just now they both
are wrapped in fog...
two steaming coffees

Vasile Moldovan
[Bucharest, Romania]
(2,3,0)=8pts



FOURTEENTH PLACE (x5)

5

silver wedding
fallen rose petals
in the cup of coffee

Lyudmila Hristova
[Sofia, Bulgaria]
(2,1,1)=7pts

48

another coffee -
woman in ethereal sari
at the next table

Krzysztof Kokot
[Nowy Targ, Poland]
(0,2,1)=7pts

49

monsoon scent
from wet earth the rise
of coffee blossom

Kala Ramesh
[Pune, India]
(3,2,0)=7pts

78

not even
three spoonfuls help . . .
scan results

Marion Clarke
[Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland]
(2,1,1)=7pts

80

morning that I like
the taste of coffee
in your kiss

Mary T. Stella
[Rome, Italy]
(0,2,1)=7pts



FIFTEENTH PLACE (x3)

36

valentines day
the barista swirls
a heart

Catherine Smith
[Sydney, Australia]
(3,0,1)=6pts


37

in my white coffee
dipping my croissant —
morning moon

Minh-Triêt Pham
[Paris, France]
(1,1,1)=6pts


72

sitting next to a beggar
my nostrils on high alert -
smell of coffee

Christiane Ranieri
[Wittenheim, France]
(1,1,1)=6pts




SIXTEENTH PLACE (x3)

23

smell of fresh coffee -
another perfusion
for breakfast today

Miruna Covor
[Bucharest, Romania]
(2,0,1)=5pts

25

coffee cloud
the faded strands
in her hairbun

G. Akila
[Hyderabad, India]
(3,1,0)=5pts

76

cafe bar terrace -
an express with migrants
rushing westward

Djurdja Vukelic Rozic
[Ivanic-Grad, Croatia]
(0,1,1)=5pts



SEVENTEENTH PLACE (x8)

6

distant shot-
coffee spills over
my shadow

Rita Odeh
[Haifa, Israel]
(2,1,0)=4pts

10

her lipstick
on empty coffee cup-
he treasures!

Munia Khan
[Dhaka, Bangladesh]
(1,0,1)=4pts

29

long corridor—
I halt in front of the office
with a coffee aroma

Tomislav Maretic
[Zagreb, Croatia]
(2,1,0)=4pts

40

roadside inn...
in a coffee can
tips collected

Arturas Silanskas
[Vilnius, Lithuania]
(0,2,0)=4pts

52

a blank sudoku
on the coffee table -
grandpa's monocle

Arvinder Kaur
[Chandigarh, India]
(2,1,0)=4pts

60

the first taste
of coffee after pregnancy:
a stark new life

Ingrid Jendrzejewski
[Cambridge, England]
(2,1,0)=4pts

63

receding waves
I curl my fingers around
the coffee mug

Vandana Parashar
[Sri-Ganganagar, India]
(2,1,0)=4pts

79

disposable cups -
a roofless child sipping
coffee leftovers

Lavana Kray
[Iasi, Romania]
(2,1,0)=4pts



EIGHTEENTH PLACE (x11)

2

downtown office -
a coffee cup connects me
with the nature

Mihail Buraga
[Bucharest, Romania]
(1,1,0)=3pts

8

monsoon kisses-
the taste of filter coffee
still lingers on

Vani Sathyanarayan
[Bangalore, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts

22

starved . . .
her unbathed body
smells coffee

Ajaya Mahala
[Pune, India]
(3,0,0)=3pts

30

black, no sugar —
the long night filled
with tar

Ernesto P. Santiago
[Athens, Greece]
(1,1,0)=3pts

42

huge coffee mug
smell of life is spreading -
new day of labour

Arik Benedek Chaviv
[Gyvataim, Israel]
(0,0,1)=3pts

45

college reunion
the lingering smell of coffee
in old-time gossip

Shalini Sunkuru
[Norwich, England]
(1,1,0)=3pts

51

warm fall colors --
matching his neckties
to a medium roast

Julie Warther
[Dover, USA]
(1,1,0)=3pts

55

bilingual
mixing cream
in my Kaffee

Meik Blottenberger
[Hanover, USA]
(0,0,1)=3pts

58

brightening -
an old friend popping in
for a cup of coffee

Angelica Seithe
[Wettenberg, Germany]
(1,1,0)=3pts

84

bubbles through coffee grounds
silence in between
the two of us

Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[Klaipeda, Lithuania]
(1,1,0)=3pts

91

yes
to become
morning
coffee

Sondra Byrnes
[Santa Fe, USA]
(0,0,1)=3pts



NINETEENTH PLACE (x9)

12

coffee
under his nose
a frothy smile

Dorota Ocińska - Karin
[Łódź, Poland]
(2,0,0)=2pts

15

kohl trails
through our conversation...
black coffee

Yesha Shah
[Surat, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts

34

morning coffee --
aroma of those faraway
thoughts

Kumarendra Mallick
[Hyderabad, India]
(2,0,0)=2pts

47

Porcelain shines
proud housewife -
does not see the stain.

Božidar Škobić - Čika Boško
[Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina]
(0,1,0)=2pts

61

In the kitchen
fresh smell of coffee
the moon invites itself

Richard Jodoin
[Montréal, Canada]
(0,1,0)=2pts

69

alumni meet ...
we share secrets
over a coffee cup

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
[Bangalore, India]
(2,0,0)=2pts

71

cold night
sitting by the radio
coffee song

Kwaku Feni Adow
[Akosombo, Ghana]
(2,0,0)=2pts

74

in the end of love
last kiss
with taste of coffee

Andrius Luneckas
[Vilnius, Lithuania]
(2,0,0)=2pts

81

mugs of strong coffee -
my only ammunition
to meet tight deadlines

Sandra Martyres
[Mumbai, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts



TWENTIETH PLACE (x9)

9

another morning
a whiff of coffee
instead of coins

Iliyana Stoyanova
[St. Albans, England]
(1,0,0)=1pts

13

rose sky -
on the coffee foam
first snowflakes

Steliana Voicu
[Ploiesti, Romania]
(1,0,0)=1pts

20

Long night dissapearing
from my sleepy eyes
smell of coffee

Ruzica Soldo
[Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina]
(1,0,0)=1pts

24

Holding the cup
- a frozen heart
in a barista

Reshmy Warrier
[Mumbai, India]
(1,0,0)=1pts

28

cloud on cloud-
I add another spoon of sugar
to my latte

Sreelatha Nair
[Chennai, India]
(1,0,0)=1pts

38

cold latte --
the summer morning
takes me away

James Dobson
[Prudhoe, England]
(1,0,0)=1pts

41

expecting snow...
the coffee-grounds in the bin
still hot

Adrian Bouter
[Gouda, The Netherlands]
(1,0,0)=1pts

70

coffee aroma
the rose garden
is teary

Rajeshwari Srinivasan
[Thane, India]
(1,0,0)=1pts

92

beckoning us
daily to the same place
coffee klatch

Devin Harrison
[Vancouver, Canada]
(1,0,0)=1pts




NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY. (x21)

1

bitter-sweet parting :
bidding farewell
to the fragrant coffee blooms

Chitra Rajappa
[Bangalore, India]

7

last coffee
he hides the fortune slip
out of habit

Radka Mindova
[Sliven City, Bulgaria]

14

heavy winter darkness
proving neutrinos' weight -
over my black coffee

Nicu Stopel
[Bucharest, Romania]

17

such calamity!
the dog's tail spills coffee
on her new white dress

Barbara A. Taylor
[Mountain Top, Australia]

21

sunday morning
in coffee grounds
your sour smile

Dainius Dirgela
[Vilnius, Lithuania]

26

Grandmother’s ritual
in the kettle black coffee
for waking up

Tatjana Debeljački
[Uzice, Serbia]

32

monday morning
before starting the car's engine
I chew a coffee bean

Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[Kaunas, Lithuania]

43

peaty waves
roll onto the beach
black coffee

Nancy Brady
[Huron, USA]

46

sidewalk café
I keep turning my head -
black hair bare shoulder

Freddy Ben-Arroyo
[Haifa, Israel]

50

Sunday coffee
all fortune slips at the betting point
with an inscription “Money”

Zornitza Harisanova
[Sofia, Bulgaria]

54

Birthday in the fall -
last sip coffee with friends
in a pool of blood

Marie Alice-Maire
[Rungis, France]

56

coffee -
steam swirls and sways
...sambas of Brazil

John McDonald
[Edinburgh, Scotland]

59

morning discussion -
from the hissing machine
a smell of coffee

Janina Weidholz
[Wiesbaden, Germany]

64

dense aroma of
the decocted and strong coffee
her wedded love

Purush
[Noleansville, USA]

66

smoke rising
from snow-capped chimneys...
scent of coffee

Keith A. Simmonds
[Rodez, France]

67

dry, cracked fingers
snag on sweater threads—
coffee aroma

Ignatius Fay
[Sudbury, Canada]

73

Café states mum
it's coffee argues dad
And child relishes sip

Shabbir Shaikh
[Selu, India]

75

cafe near the station
your cup
bottom up

Alexander Shytkovskiy
[Energodar, Ukraine]

77

beyond my reach
wandering mind
I sip my coffee

Pravin Menon
[Bangalore, India]

82

with sternness ...
the smell of coffee
smooths his brow

Martina Heinisch
[Oelde, Germany]

85

cup after cup
she does the jitterbug dance
with coffee

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
[Fairlawn, USA]



The certificates for the winners will be sent by Thursday, 10th December.

Our next Kukai is in January 2016.

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Organizers, Indian Kukai.

Friday, November 06, 2015

Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #14 - November 2015

Namaste! Hello!


We welcome you to the 14th 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.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

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 #14 is COFFEE.


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



Submission Period:
FRI – 6th NOV. to SUN – 29th NOV. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 30th NOV. to SUN – 6th DEC. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: FRI – 11th DEC. 2015



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.

How to enter?
  1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
  2. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
  3. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #14 (COFFEE) – My Entry”
  4. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
  5. The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
  6. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
  7. 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 6 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 6 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 #14 (COFFEE) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
  • The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your vote mail.
  • 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:
    #01 -- 3 points
    #06 -- 1 points
    #25 -- 2 points
  • 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.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Winners' Certificates - Indian Kukai #13 - Spider


Indian Kukai congratulates the eight poets who take the first five places in this edition.

First place:
Ajaya Mahala from Pune, India.






Second place:
Adjei Agyei-Baah from Kumasi, Ghana.





Joint third place:
Pepa Odjakova from Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Archana Kapoor Nagpal from Bangalore, India.







Joint fourth place:
Andrzej Dembonczyk from Silesia, Poland.
Sanaa Dayal from Jaipur, India.







Joint fifth place:
Kripa Anand from Pune, India.
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy from Birmingham England.




Results - Indian Kukai #13 - Spider

Greetings, participants of the Indian Kukai #11.

Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!

We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the thirteenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!



We had received entries from 97 haiku poets from 24 countries this time!

Australia (5), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Bulgaria (4), Canada (2), Croatia (2), England (4), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (3), India (31), Israel (1), Italy (3), Lithuania (4), Nepal (2), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (6), Romania (10), Russia (1), Scotland (1), Ukraine (1), USA (6).



The winners of the Kukai this time are:

First: Ajaya Mahala (Pune, India)
Second: Adjei Agyei-Baah (Kumasi, Ghana)
Joint Third: Pepa Odjakova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) & Archana Kapoor Nagpal (Bangalore, India)
Joint Fourth: Sanaa Dayal (Jaipur, India) & Andrzej Dembonczyk (Silesia Poland)
Joint Fifth: Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy (Birmingham, England) & Kripa Anand (Pune, India)



Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts

The complete results are below:

Winner (1)
Entry #6

winter wind
a spider web holds together
the swaying bamboos

Ajaya Mahala
[Pune, India]
(5,5,7)=36pts


Runner-up (1)
Entry #23

night reading
a hanging spider drops
into its shadow

Adjei Agyei-Baah
[Kumasi, Ghana]
(7,7,1)=24pts


Joint Third Place (2)
Entry #56

wrapped
in a spider's hammock
my first doll

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
[Bangalore, India]
(7,4,1)=18pts

Entry #81

penniless
sharing the room
with a spider

Pepa Odjakova
[Plovdiv, Bulgaria]
(7,4,1)=18pts


Joint Fourth Place (2)
Entry #9

autumn walk
in her long hair
small spider

Andrzej Dembonczyk
[Silesia, Poland]
(6,2,2)=16pts

Entry #30

lace doilies...
a spider crochets
the mist

Sanaa Dayal
[Jaipur, India]
(3,2,3)=16pts


Joint Fifth Place (2)
Entry #1

eyes open
to a sunlit spider's web-
dream catcher

Kripa Anand
[Pune, India]
(4,1,3)=15pts

Entry #29

wet dusk—
a spider rocking
its rainbow

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[Birmingham, England]
(6,3,1)=15pts



RESULTS CONTINUED…

Sixth Place (1)
Entry #17

fractured enamel...
spiders knit
our wedding frame

Yesha Shah
[Surat, India]
(3,4,1)=14pts


Joint Seventh Place (4)
Entry #2

spider silk:
if only my grief
were as strong

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
[Mumbai, India]
(6,3,0)=12pts

Entry #42

a dandelion wisp
caught in a spider's web -
wish list

Arvinder Kaur
[Chandigarh, India]
(4,1,2)=12pts

Entry #72

destiny
a spider chooses lines
on my palm

Nadezhda Stanilova
[Stara Zagora, Bulgaria]
(2,2,2)=12pts

Entry #91

cobwebbed window-
few more scars on the
face of the moon

Kashinath Karmakar
[Durgapur, India]
(5,2,1)=12pts


Joint Eighth Place (2)
Entry #5

handcuffed
in gossamer silk
old friendship

Margaret Conley
[Hunters Hill, Australia]
(3,1,2)=11pts

Entry #64

an orb weaver
hangs from a thread ...
clap of thunder

Dawn Bruce
[Sydney, Australia]
(3,1,2)=11pts


Joint Ninth Place (5)
Entry #11

Dew diamonds
On web
Can I sell?

Shabbir Shaikh
[Partur, India]
(1,3,1)=10pts

Entry #12

first date
a piece of cobweb
on her shoulder

Alexey Andreev
[Moscow, Russia]
(1,3,1)=10pts

Entry #58

Gita chants...
how the spider struggles
in its own web

Gautam Nadkarni
[Mumbai, India]
(3,2,1)=10pts

Entry #80

the route
of my thoughts
spider's web

Gabriel Sawicki
[Wroclaw, Poland]
(6,2,0)=10pts

Entry #86

life and death -
warp and weft
of a spiderweb

Mary T Stella
[Rome, Italy]
(1,0,3)=10pts


Joint Tenth Place (3)
Entry #4

heartbeat quickens
eight legs crawling
up my spine

Naihan Nath
[Pune, India]
(0,3,1)=9pts

Entry #51

new season
in the middle of spiderweb
the moon

Alexander Shytkovskiy
[Energodar, Ukraine]
(3,3,0)=9pts

Entry #89

aerial act -
caught in the spider's web
a shooting star

Ana Drobot
[Bucharest, Romania]
(2,2,1)=9pts


Joint Eleventh Place (4)
Entry #39

distant explosion-
still weaving its web between
refugee tents

Rita Odeh
[Haifa, Israel]
(4,2,0)=8pts

Entry #49

slowly descending
a black speck unfolds
its legs

Anna Cates
[Wilmington, USA]
(1,2,1)=8pts

Entry #53

an abandoned home
the fishing net all covered
in cobwebs

Lyudmila Hristova
[Sofia, Bulgaria]
(3,1,1)=8pts

Entry #76

in my childhood home
only the spiders are many...
I relock the door

Lavana Kray
[Iasi, Romania]
(1,2,1)=8pts


Joint Twelfth Place (7)
Entry #3

dusk
on a spider web
september rain

Dorota Ocińska - Karin
[Łódź, Poland]
(2,1,1)=7pts

Entry #26

autumn sunset...
a lonely fly is kicking
in a spiderweb

Nijolė Kerušauskiene
[Kaunas, Lithunia]
(1,3,0)=7pts

Entry #28

little fly, be careful!
there's a spider somewhere
in the world wide web

Tomasz Szymczak
[Chojnice, Poland]
(2,1,1)=7pts

Entry #65

under surveillance...
moonlight strikes
the spider's eyes

Barbara A. Taylor
[Mountain Top, Australia]
(0,2,1)=7pts

Entry #73

first hunting -
in the spider’s web
a star trembles

Dan Iulian
[Bucharest, Romania]
(3,2,0)=7pts


Entry #90

lacy spider’s web catches petals

Nancy Brady
[Huron, USA]
(2,1,1)=7pts

Entry #92

autumn dew
a spider catches the last sun rays
in his cobweb

Zornitza Harizanova
[Sofia, Bulgaria]
(1,3,0)=7pts


Joint Thirteenth Place (2)
Entry #8

sunshine spills
into iridescent circles-
a spider's web

Vidya S Venkatramani
[Chennai, India]
(2,2,0)=6pts

Entry #44

parlour games --
starting to believe
his compliments

Julie Warther
[Dover, USA]
(1,1,1)=6pts


Joint Fourteenth Place (5)
Entry #47

crevice. . .
a spider weaves its
world wide web

Pranav Chheda
[Pune, India]
(2,0,1)=5pts

Entry #50

the tiny spider –
.......................
scream from the kitchen

Krzysztof Kokot
[Nowy Targ, Poland]
(1,2,0)=5pts

Entry #57

gray attic...
I've seen some fly
without wings

Aditya Ashribad
[Dehradun, India]
(2,0,1)=5pts

Entry #62

roadside shrine
Jesus' body wrapped
in spider silk

Cezar Ciobîcă
[Botoşani, Romania]
(3,1,0)=5pts

Entry #63

end of a summer
in empty finches nest
spider’s family

Wiesław Karliński
[Namysłów, Poland]
(5,0,0)=5pts


Joint Fifteenth Place (6)
Entry #16

after the storm --
a spider's web
still waving in the wind

Chitra Rajappa
[Bengaluru, India]
(4,0,0)=4pts

Entry #34

reflections on the lake -
in the spider's web
sleeping moon

Steliana Cristina Voicu
[Ploiesti, Romania]
(2,1,0)=4pts

Entry #37

spider web
on zoo fence
captive animals

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
[Fairlawn, USA]
(1,0,1)=4pts

Entry #40

One legged spider
Trapped in its own web
Labyrinth

Jhanvi Tiwari
[Pune, India]
(2,1,0)=4pts

Entry #83

like a spider
contemplating the forest
in a dewdrop

Minh-Triêt Pham
[Paris, France]
(1,0,1)=4pts

Entry #88

spider leaving
the corner of the room
meteor shower

Laura Csilla
[Brasov, Romania]
(1,0,1)=4pts


Joint Sixteenth Place (12)
Entry #13

across the floor
the blur of eight legs
spring rains

Ignatius Fay
[Sudbury, Canada]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #18

spider's prey
wrapped in spider silk
mummy

Kwaku Feni Adow
[Akosombo, Ghana]
(0,0,1)=3pts

Entry #24

abandoned house
searching for its web
lone spider

Purush
[Noleansville, USA]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #25

morning sun
on dew-laced spider web
weaving thoughts

Glory Sasikala Franklin
[Chennai, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #33

intact wedding dress
in the deserted attic -
spider webs broken

Miruna Covor
[Bucharest, Romania]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #36

the morning sun lit
a sparkling diamond necklace
on the spider's web

Tahera Moiz Mannan
[Nagpur, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #48

cicada haze ---
a drift of webs reflecting
sunset dreams

Carole Harrison
[Jamberoo, Australia]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #71

midnight rain-
she kissed her
spider goodnight.

Precious Oboh
[Warri, Nigeria]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #82

frozen spider web-
my thoughts run around
in circles

Vani Sathyanarayan
[Bangalore, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #94

Widow spider
at the end of her thread
lustful lace

Richard Jodoin
[Montréal, Canada]
(0,0,1)=3pts

Entry #95

racing to catch
the incoming call -
spider

John McDonald
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
(1,1,0)=3pts

Entry #97

my thoughts
shining through
a spider's web

Shalini Sunkuru
[Norwich, England]
(1,1,0)=3pts


Joint Seventeenth Place (12)
Entry #10

A greedy fly
doing gymnastics
in a spider’s web

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

Entry #14

Silence
Spider waiting for
The next victim

Astha Dadhich
[Pune, India]
(2,0,0)=2pts

Entry #15

Quaint company:
a frail fly and the fool moon
togeher in a web

Vasile Moldovan
[Bucharest, Romania]
(2,0,0)=2pts

Entry #19

entangled in
his web of deceit
the spider dies

Sandra Martyres
[Mumbai, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #21

Spider's web -
virtual grounds for divorce
only when XXX

Nicu Stopel
[Bucharest, Romania]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #31

The intricacies of her web
Enchanted all
But trapped none

Saroj Javeri
[Mumbai, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #35

thieves tiptoeing...
"don't make a-" crunch
went the spider

Bhumika Pravin
[Pune, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #46

Indian summer-
day wrapped by the silk
and the spiders

Nada Jacmenica
[Sveti Kriz Zacretje, Croatia]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #55

sprider webs
glistening satellites
after the rain

Iliyana Stoyanova
[St. Albans, England]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #68

burning afternoon –
the spider shelters itself
in the gutter-pipe

Francesco de Sabata
[Pescantina, Italy]
(2,0,0)=2pts

Entry #70

nightmare
I am frozen
spiderman

Andrius Luneckas
[Vilnius, Lithuania]
(0,1,0)=2pts

Entry #77

a spider waits --
the door
is left ajar

James Dobson
[Prudhoe, England]
(0,1,0)=2pts



Joint Eighteenth Place (6)
Entry#20

wedding ring binds:
within the spider's web
a fly flutters

Deborah Guzzi
[Monroe, USA]
(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #43

broken again
I urge the spider
to continue

Marion Clarke
[Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland]
(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #69

Full moon night —
a spider build its web
on dark balcony

Marie-Alice Maire
[Rungis, France]
(1,0,0)=1pts


Entry #84

summer come early
I scoop another funnelweb
from the pool

Cynthia Rowe
[Sydney, Australia]
(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #87

a web
glowing in the evening sun -
someone addicted

Angelica Seithe
[Wettenberg, Germany]
(1,0,0)=1pts

Entry #93

spinning jenny
abandoned spider web
shivers in the wind

Billy Antonio
[Laoac, Philippines]
(1,0,0)=1pts



No Points This Time. Sorry. (14)
Entry #7

silver threads ...
an inverted spider is seen
in the morning dew

Tanvi Shah
[Mumbai, India]

Entry #22

Staring ravished at the spiderweb
he calls out
the other children

Francesco Gonella
[Padova, Italy]

Entry #32

relatives reunite...
like a cobweb's waiting
for its prey

Maitreya Rolba
[Pune, India]

Entry #38

dripping tap –
the cobweb traps
the spider itself

Rohan Das
[Pune, India]

Entry #45

sun
in spider web floundering shines
last september’s fly

Dainius Dirgela
[Vilnius, Lithuania]

Entry #52

where is the spider
that went to spy
from the weaver's ceiling

Kojo Turkson
[Accra, Ghana]

Entry #54

Heat wave —
in the shower tray a spider
cling on to my wash glove

Christiane Ranieri
[Wittenheim, France]


Entry #61

artist
and greatest web designer-
spider!

Munia Khan
[Dhaka, Bangladesh]

Entry #66

there has to be order! —
I wipe out a spider's web
with spider and fly

Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[Klaipeda, Lithuania]

Entry #67

movie night with spider-man –
even the spider on ceiling
stays still

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[Galaţi, Romania]

Entry #74

the girls
weaving their love nets-
scared of a spider

Božidar Škobić
[Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina]

Entry #79

Our civilization
as spider's web as
and ruled one spider.

Ram Sharan Maharjan
[Kathmandu, Nepal]

Entry #85

spider veins...
shining in the forked river
broken red moon

Vandana Parashar
[Jammu, India]

Entry #96

silk spiral
bracing the wind...
Charlotte’s Web

Azadé Y. Aria
[Pune, India]




Result Not Displayed as the Poet Didn't Cast Their Vote
Entry #27

eight pm.....
a wasp rumbles in fear
into the web

Suren SJB Rana
[Kathmandu, Nepal]

Entry #41

time
wrapping up my web…
wedding bells

Seshu Chamarty
[Hyderabad, India]

Entry #59

the spider waits
for its vitim
with an invite

Pravin Menon
[Bangalore, India]

Entry #60

big spider
in my bedroom -
you can stay

Janina Weidholz
[Wiesbaden, Germany]

Entry #75

looking from its corner –
the starry sky covered
with the spiderweb

Tomislav Maretić
[Zagreb, Croatia]

Entry #78

spider cobwebs...
still more distinct than
my thoughts

Dhruvi Lakhani
[Pune, India]



The next kukai will be in November 2015. See you then!

Organizers, Indian Kukai.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #13 - September 2015

Namaste! Hello!


We welcome you to the 13th 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.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

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 #13 is SPIDER.


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



Submission Period:
MON – 24th AUG. to SUN – 13th SEP. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 14th SEP. to SUN – 20th SEP. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: WED – 30th SEP. 2015



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.

How to enter?
  1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
  2. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
  3. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #13 (SPIDER) – My Entry”
  4. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
  5. The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
  6. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
  7. 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 6 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 6 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 #13 (SPIDER) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
  • The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your vote mail.
  • 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:
    #01 -- 3 points
    #06 -- 1 points
    #25 -- 2 points
  • 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.

Monday, August 03, 2015

Winners Certificates - Top 5 - Indian Kukai #12

Indian Kukai wishes to congratulate its Top 5 winners from its 12th edition.

1st Place Winner
Nishant Mehrotra from Surat, India




2nd Place Winner
Gautam Nadkarni from Mumbai, India




3rd Place Winners
Wieslaw Karlinski from Namislaw, Poland
Kwaku Feni Adow from Akosombo, Ghana





4th Place Winner
Goda V. Bendoraitiene from Klaipeda, Lithuania




5th Place Winner
Cezar C. from Botosani, Romania




Please click on the image to enlarge. Thank you for the participation and congratulations once again!


Results - Indian Kukai #12 - Boomerang


Dear participants of the Indian Kukai #12,

Namaste!

We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai. Congratulations are in order to each of you for participating.
_______________________________________________________________________

We had received entries from 66 haiku poets from 22 countries this time!

Australia (3), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (3), Croatia (1), England (5), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (3), India (16), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Lithuania (4), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (3), Romania (8), Russia (1), Serbia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (1)
________________________________________________________________________

The winners of the Kukai this time are:

First: Nishant Mehrotra [Surat, India]
Second: Gautam Nadkarni [Mumbai, India]
Joint Third: Wiesław Karliński [Namysłów, Poland], Kwaku Feni Adow [Akosombo, Ghana]
Fourth: Goda V. Bendoraitiene [Klaipeda, Lithuania]
Fifth: cezar c. [Botosani, Romania]
________________________________________________________________________

Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts

The complete results are below:

First place with 23 points

back home...
all the voices here
still mine

Nishant Mehrotra [Surat, India]
(4,5,3) = 23 pts
*

Second place with 22 points

lovers' point—
her name bounces back
from the hills

Gautam Nadkarni [Mumbai, India]
(8,4,2) = 22 pts
*

Third place with 21 points

incorrect address
a love letter
from me to me

Wiesław Karliński [Namysłów, Poland]
(5,5,2) = 21 pts
*

asphalt vapour. . .
afternoon raindrops
return to the sky

Kwaku Feni Adow [Akosombo, Ghana]
(5,5,2) = 21 pts
*

Fourth place with 19 points

short summer...
grannie is learning the language
of her grandchild

Goda V. Bendoraitiene [Klaipeda, Lithuania]
(5,4,2) = 19 pts
*

Fifth place with 16 points


father's day
still waiting for his return
from the war

cezar c. [Botosani, Romania]
(11,1,1) = 16 pts
*



14 points


moonlit night-
the moss scented echoes
from the old well

Vidya Venkatramani [Chennai, India]
(4,2,2) = 14 pts
*

half a dream—
my letter returns
unopened

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [Birmingham, UK]
(6,4,0) = 14 pts
*



12 points

after the storm--
his letters are returned
unopened

James Dobson [Prudhoe, UK]
(5,2,1) = 12 pts
*

nursery school van
my smile at the girl comes back
with a tongue tease

Ajaya Mahala [Pune, India]
(2,2,2) = 12 pts
*



11 points

into the morning
and out again
a church bell chime

Iliyana Stoyanova [St Albans, UK]
(6,1,1) = 11 pts
*

At the storks clattering
he remembers my first name -
Alzheimer

Christiane Ranieri [WITTENHEIM FRANCE]
(0,1,3) = 11 pts
*

old age home...
he gets the same room
as his father

Vandana Parashar [Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) India]
(6,1,1) = 11 pts
*

old photographs
she longs to revisit
her younger self

Marion Clarke [Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland]
(1,5,0) = 11 pts
*



10 points

boomerang...
the echo of mother's instructions
on my lips!

Shalini Sunkuru [Norwich, United Kingdom]
(3,2,1) = 10 pts
*

the boomerang
we dusted all these years --
crescent moon

Sheila Windsor [Bexhill-on-Sea, England]
(4,3,0) = 10 pts
*

spring morning
the stick comes back
dog attached

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [Thane, India]
(4,3,0) = 10 pts
*

old by lanes--
my childhood returns
to a new city

Rajeshwari Srinivasan [Thane, India ]
(1,0,3) = 10 pts
*



9 points

new moon
the waves brought back
an empty boat

Alexey Andreev [Moscow, Russia]
(7,1,0) = 9 pts

Voter’s comment: Would have been better using ‘bring’ instead of ‘brought’ on L2.
*



8 points

like in childhood –
the old dog tries
to fetch back the ball

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara [Galaţi ,Roumanie]
(2,0,2) = 8 pts
*



7 points

foreign moon
a broken boomerang
in my drawer

Billy Antonio [Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines]
(3,2,0) = 7 pts
*

mossy well...
startled doves echo
my loneliness

Yesha Shah [Surat, India]
(3,2,0) = 7 pts
*


6 points


city of childhood
over the house
new moon

Alexander Shytkovskiy [Energodar, Ukraine]
(0,0,2) = 6 pts
*

once and again
the horse cannot outrun the snail -
carousel

Lyudmila Hristova [Sofia, Bulgaria]
(6,0,0) = 6 pts
*

first flush of cherry -
'cause of too much beauty
returns every spring

Mary T. Stella [Rome, Italy]
(0,0,2) = 6 pts
*



5 points

sand fishing
the child throws back her catch
with a sob

Cynthia Rowe [Sydney, Australia]
(2,0,1) = 5 pts
*

in ancient caves
tall figures jesture
with boomerangs

Barbara Taylor [Mountain Top, Australia]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*

will she come back? -
in our park first time I see
boys with boomerangs

Tomasz Szymczak [Chojnice, Poland]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*

on the way
my bad thoughts return
to me

Pepa Odjakova [Plovdiv, Bulgaria]
(3,1,0) = 5 pts
*

boomerang
keeps coming back
like karma

Munia Khan [Dhaka, Bangladesh]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*

letter to grandma -
never return than
the memories

Dan Iulian [Bucharest-Romania ]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*



4 points

I do not want
night cry comes back from darkness
want want want

Dainius Dirgėla [Vilnius, Lithuania]
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
*

the beggar shouts
at the almsgiver...
too much cholesterol

Seshu Chamarty [Hyderabad, India]
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
*

resting on cattle’s back
after their migratory escapade
white egrets

Adjei Agyei-Baah [Kumasi, Ghana]
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
*

Angry teens slams
The swinging door -
Mother feels her pain

Saikiran [ Hyderabad, India]
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
*



3 points


old age home —
the stepson returns
her spite

Vinay Leo R. [Bangalore, India]
(3,0,0) = 3 pts
*

birthday party -
behind the waves
sunset or sunrise

Ana Drobot [Bucharest, Romania]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
*

boomerang
he never came back
to her

Janina Weidholz [Wiesbaden Germany]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
*

boomerang --
again and again he tries
for a laugh

Julie Warther [Dover, Ohio USA]
(1,1,0) = 3 pts
*

windless night ...
her cries retreat
as the lullaby dims

Aditya Ashribad [Dehradun, India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
*

lean season
the goat returning from
the dried grass

kOJO TURKSON [Ghana ]
(1,1,0) = 3 pts
*



2 points


echoes of falling
winter shadows
chiaroscuro

Ignatius Fay [Sudbury, Ontario, Canada]
(2,0,0) = 2 pts
*

happy moment
once shared gets back
pen-pal's letter

Artūras Šilanskas [Vilnius, LITHUANIA]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
*

a true love
returns to a lover
like boomerang...

Božidar Škobić - Čika Boško [Višegrad , Bosnia and Herzegovina ]
(2,0,0) = 2 pts
*

sunset
my toddler reading sunbeam
a bedtime story

Ken Sawitri [Jakarta, Indonesia]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
*

Flapping, back here --
the boomerang,
the swallow.

Francesco Gonella [Padova, Italy]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
*



1 point

In the mailbox
a return love letter...
another boomerang

Vasile Moldovan [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

boomerang moon
being in a wax she makes him
mad at her

Angelica Seithe [Wettenberg Germany]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

this summer
a stranger is close
to me

Dorota Ocińska [Łódź, Polska]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

His estranged wife
returns for the second time…
a new beginning

Keith A Simmonds [Rodez, France]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

sunrise again
to nowhere
just widowed

Andrius Luneckas [Vilnius, Lithuania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

lunar eclipse -
in shaman's dream boomerang
thrown at the sun

Miruna Covor [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

oh, so silly...
after receiving a new boomerang
I threw my old one!

Tomislav Maretić [Croatia]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

hurling their voices after the tour guide's Cooeeeee! in the gorge

* Cooee: used to attract attention, especially at a distance

Samar Ghose [Perth, Australia]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*

just a peep -
her look smiled to me
like a train

Mihail Buraga [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*



No points this time, sorry.


larger than life
temptations await
my return

Pravin Menon
[Bangalore, India]
*

Quo vadis Cartoon Art -
as too offensive pencil
bullet boomerang

Nicu Stopel
[Dridu, Romania]
*

dinner crumbs
the bouncing chat clears
my thoughts of him

Alegria Imperial
[Vancouver, Canada]
*

Neither in wood nor in carbon
My heart thrown
Dangerous boomerang

Sylvain Gardet
[Rouen, France]
*

Lazy summer days
all this time in the hammock
a nine months feeling

Richard Jodoin
[Montréal, Canada]
*

Tho echo of refugees´ cry
flys in cold-hearted emptiness
like boomerang in dry desert

Ruzica Soldo
[Bosnia and Herzegovina]
*

Returning boomerang
Teaches me
Karma. ...

Shabbir Shaikh [India]
*

shooting star —
my vow such a boomerang
of the moon

Minh-Triêt PHAM [Paris, France]
*

the lingering scent
on your red baby scarf-
home alone

Vani Sathyanarayan [Bangalore, India]
*

tom and jerry --
the pirates lose their way
in stormy night

Kumarendra Mallick [Hyderabad, India]
*


No votes received. Results hidden

IN TRANCE
RUNNING IS THE WITCH BEFORE
THE MOON

Tatjana Debeljacki
[Užice,Serbian ]
**


See you at the next kukai in September 2015.


Jayashree Maniyil
(for Indian Kukai)


Thursday, July 02, 2015

Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #12 - July 2015

Dear haiku friend,

We welcome you to the 12th 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.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

The topic for this edition is BOOMERANG.
The word need not be used in the verse. Please feel free to interpret it as your muse desires.

An example:

distant village
an empty house awaits
my return

- - Samar Ghose
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Submission Period:
Now - 22 JULY 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
23 JULY 2015 - 1 AUG 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
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Submission Guidelines:

• Participants may send no more than ONE ENGLISH 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.

• 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.

• Once the submission period closes, a ballot mail with the anonymous entries will be sent only to those who have submitted. The e-mail will arrive to your email ids used during submission.



How to enter?

• Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com

• The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) – My Entry”

• Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).

• Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.

• We will acknowledge the receipt of your entry.


A request: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL WITH YOUR ENTRY.



Voting Guidelines:


• Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.

• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.

• We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.

• You have six points to use in total, no more than three points to any one haiku entry. All six points must be used.


How to vote?

• Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) - My Votes".

• We will acknowledge the receipt of your votes.

• Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.

• If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be listed without ranking points in the results.

• Order your votes in the same order as in list.
For eg:
#01 -- 3 points
#06 -- 1 points
#25 -- 2 points

• Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on the blog via email.


There will be e-certificates awarded for the top five winners of the kukai.


With much thanks for your support in the first eleven editions, and looking forward to your participation again. We hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.



Regards,
Jayashree Maniyil
Organiser, Indian Kukai.


Friday, June 05, 2015

Winners Certificates - Indian Kukai #11 - Thunder

Indian Kukai wishes to congratulate its Top 5 entrants from its 11th Edition.

1st Place (Joint Winner)
Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania.




1st Place (Joint Winner)
Vidya S Venkatramani, Chennai, India.




2nd Place
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara, Galati, Romania.




3rd Place
Vani Sathyanarayan, Bangalore, India.




4th Place (Joint Winner)
Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India.




4th Place (Joint Winner)
Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania.




5th Place
Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania.




The design on the certificate was done by Shloka Shankar.

Results - Indian Kukai #11 - Thunder

Greetings, participants of the Indian Kukai #11.

Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!

We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the tenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!



We had received entries from 88 haiku poets from 23 countries this time!

Australia (4), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (3), Croatia (2), England (4), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (27), Israel (1), Italy (2), Lithuania (5), Nepal (1), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (5), Romania (8), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (4)



The winners of the Kukai this time are:

Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)
Second: Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara (Galaţi, Romania)
Third: Vani Sathyanarayan (Bangalore, India)
Joint Fourth: Kashinath Karmakar (Durgapur, India), Dainius Dirgėla (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Fifth: Ana Drobot (Bucharest,Romania)



Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts

The complete results are below:

JOINT FIRST PLACE
TWENTY NINE POINTS


3
midnight thunder-
your side of the bed
empty

Vidya S Venkatramani
[ Chennai, India ]
( 7 , 5 , 4 ) = 29 pts

25
summer rain -
between two thunders
her heartbeat

Dan Iulian
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5 , 3 , 6 ) = 29 pts



SECOND PLACE
TWENTY TWO POINTS


47
summer thunder –
only her baby doll
with open eyes

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[ Galaţi, Romania ]
( 7 , 6 , 1 ) = 22 pts



THIRD PLACE
NINETEEN POINTS


58
claps of thunder-
the twins kick in my
womb

Vani Sathyanarayan
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 6 , 5 , 1 ) = 19 pts



JOINT FOURTH PLACE
SEVENTEEN POINTS


39
nothing more to say-
only distant thunder
breaks our silence

Kashinath Karmakar
[ Durgapur, India ]
( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts

41
aspen
between lightning and thunder
trembling darkness

Dainius Dirgėla
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 2 , 6 , 1 ) = 17 pts



FIFTH PLACE
SIXTEEN POINTS


29
after the thunderstorm -
trembling at my feet
a few stars

Ana Drobot
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5 , 4 , 1 ) = 16 pts



Results Continued…

FIFTEEN POINTS


33
rumbles of thunder
the dog not knowing
what to chase

Simon Hanson
[ Allendale, Australia ]
( 7 , 1 , 2 ) = 15 pts



FOURTEEN POINTS

5
after the thunder
how deep is the birds' silence
before the storm

Francesco de Sabata
[ Pescantina, Italy ]
( 4 , 2 , 2 ) = 14 pts

87
a thunder -
my brave watchdog
under the bed

Tomislav Maretić
[ Zagreb, Croatia ]
( 6 , 1 , 2 ) = 14 pts



TWELVE POINTS

10
dawn thunder...
staring at the empty
crib

Meik Blöttenberger
[ Hanover, USA ]
( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts



ELEVEN POINTS

31
Sound of thunder
gradually darkens the sky
painter's brushes

Richard Jodoin
[ Montréal, Canada ]
( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts



TEN POINTS

2
thunders
my daughter quickly leaves
the tree house

Pepa Odjakova
[ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ]
( 4 , 0 , 2 ) = 10 pts

11
thunderclouds
lightning cuts into
our conversation

Cynthia Rowe
[ Sydney, Australia ]
( 4 , 3 , 0 ) = 10 pts

35
thunder
emptying
my mind

Laura Csilla
[ Brasov, Romania ]
( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts

57
a street dweller
folds up his cardboard house...
claps of thunder

Keith A. Simmonds
[ Rodez, France ]
( 4 , 0 , 2 ) = 10 pts



NINE POINTS

24
rippling grasses
the scent of thunder
in the breeze

Gautam Nadkarni
[ Mumbai, India ]
( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts

79
heaven's mridang ...
each raindrop tripping down
with a moon

*mridang is an Indian barrel-shaped, two-headed drum

Kala Ramesh
[ Pune, India ]
( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts



EIGHT POINTS

16
distant thunder
I found yellowed
act of divorce

Robert Kania
[ Warsaw, Poland ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

19
distant thunder-
reed shadows tremble
in the pond

Arvinder Kaur
[ Chandigarh, India ]
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

20
peal of thunder
from an old oak hollow
a bristling tail

Marta Chocilowska
[ Warsaw, Poland ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

23
thunderbolt--
prayer flags flutter
in the quake ruins

Yesha Shah
[ Surat, India ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

49
waterfall
thundering silence
in us

Angelica Seithe
[ Wettenberg, Germany ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

51
distant thunder
the wind rattles
a loose window

Billy Antonio
[ Laoac, Philippines ]
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts

86
spring thunder –
the tail of my cat
in zigzags

Radka Mindova
[ Sliven City, Bulgaria ]
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts



SEVEN POINTS
1
faint thunder –
the hilltop waiting
for the Buddha moon

Ramesh Anand
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 4 , 0 , 1 ) = 7 pts

6
thundercloud-
herding the sheep back
their own tracks

Sreelatha
[ Chennai, India ]
( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts

22
thunder through my drumstick bones

Julie Warther
[ Dover, USA ]
( 4 , 0 , 1 ) = 7 pts

45
roll of thunder . . .
everyone grabbing
their beach towels

Marion Clarke
[ Warrenpoint, North Ireland ]
( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts



SIX POINTS

9
Spring thunder.
Cherry blossoms' rain
before the real storm...

Zornitza Harizanova
[ Sofia, Bulgaria ]
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

17
summer thunder --
the nightingale sings
to low clouds

James Dobson
[ Prudhoe, England ]
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts

26
As the teacher
orders to keep silence...
distance thunder

Tania Trivedi
[ New Delhi, India ]
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts

60
Thunderclap -
jump toad!
we’ll have water

Christiane Ranieri
[ Wittenheim, France ]
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts



FIVE POINTS

52
receding storm
the scent of wet earth
in you . . . in me

Paresh Tiwari
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

62
high desert
the thunder
we don't hear

Bill Kenney
[ Whitestone, USA ]
( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts

72
A thunder!
My cat's eyes
searching for mine.

Francesco Gonella
[ Padova, Italy ]
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts



FOUR POINTS

21
distant thunder
skinny horses facing
their cracked shadows

Florin C. Florian
[ Botosani, Romania ]
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

48
a prayer
every thunder
gathers my hands

Nadezhda Stanilova
[ Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

55
thunder...
her clear face gives
no clue

Seshu Chamarty
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

66
a thunder storm
family dog barks
under the bed

Artūras Šilanskas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

77
from black sky
dazzling tree
convulses the night

Andrius Luneckas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts



THREE POINTS

27
struck by lightning
night swimmer
anemia wave

Tatjana Debeljacki
[ Uzice, Serbia ]
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts

84
summer thunderstorm —
the slate gray sky revealing
its rainbow necklace

Minh-Triêt Pham
[ Paris, France ]
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts



TWO POINTS

4
clattering roof...
grandma's hand steadies
my heartbeat

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[ Birmingham, England ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

28
small rivulets of tears
sliding down cloudy cheeks
silent thunder

Tahera Mannan
[ Nagpur, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

37
near thunder…
a recruit is looking
unblinkingly

Alexander Shytkovskiy
[ Energodar, Ukraine ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

43
thunderous valley
his hand holds hers
under the rubble

Barbara A. Taylor
[ Mountain Top, Australia ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

50
final farewell
the thunderstorm within
breaks at last

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
[ Mumbai, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

64
"from the blue
a bolt-
her divorce!"

Munia Khan
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

65
heat lightening—
another terror attack
on the front page

Samar Ghose
[ Perth, Australia ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

68
on a dark day
much like this—
Noah raising the drawbridge

Edward Beach
[ Bristol, England ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

71
Thunderclap -
My pen suddenly
Dries

Nishant Mehrotra
[ Surat, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

75
as she runs
to close the windows-
a thunderclap

Ajaya Mahala
[ Pune, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

76
roaring
from the high Himalayas -
not thunder!

John McDonald
[ Edinburgh, Scotland ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

80
Sudden heated air
Deafening clap of thunder
Lightening of adolescence

Sylvain Gardet
[ Rouen, France ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

81
ant line
eggs in mouth
thunder

Dr. Rajiv Goel
[ Delhi, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

82
thunder -
rain on the gutter
I'm playing jazz

Dorota Ocińska
[ Łódź, Poland ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts



ONE POINT

8
The wild daffodils
shaking under grey clouds
Thunder on the sky

Ruzica Soldo
[ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ]

12
unexpected thunder-
the dog`s reflection and mine
become one

Rita Odeh
[ Haifa, Israel ]

18
dozing
sudden thunder shower
my smeared poems

Ignatius Fay
[ Sudbury, Canada ]

34
late date
the heart throbs
in the rhythm of thunders

Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria

40
was it the thunder
or a glance of a girl
that struck my heart

Božidar Škobić
[ Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ]

73
In the distance
a flash of lightning...
but no thunder

Vasile Moldovan
[ Bucharest, Romania ]



NO POINTS THIS TIME. SORRY.

13
somewhere in the blue hills --
the lightning wakes up
a sleeping lion

Kumarendra Mallick
[ Hyderabad, India ]

14
roaring thunderclaps…
my cat and dog
at war

Gracy D'Souza
[ London, England ]

15
flash of lightning
scary rocks appear
on the seashore

Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[ Kaunas, Lithuania ]

30
marshmallow clouds...
the thunderous applause
fills her heart

Urveez Kakalia
[ Mumbai, India ]

36
stormy spring
from the depth of my mirror
the lightning

Janina Weidholz
[ Wiesbaden, Germany ]

42
rumbling thunder
the thought of God
being a rolling stone

Adjei Agyei-Baah
[ Kumasi, Ghana ]

44
labor day...
her first cry follows
the flash and the rumble

Aditya Ashribad
[ Dehradun, India ]

54
I show home to a friend
ants do the same
thunder. ....

Shabbir Shaikh
[ Partur, India ]

56
rumbling sky
I’ve heard one before
in my heart

Alegria Imperial
[ Vancouver, Canada ]

61
after the first storm -
her warm tears cut his silence
sharper than thunder

Tomasz Szymczak
[ Chojnice, Poland ]

63
distant thunder...
all that's broken receding
into the background

Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[ Klaipeda, Lithuania ]

69
Blue flashes
of lightning in your eyes
set me afire

Murali Raman
[ Mumbai, India ]

70
your face indistinct
in flashes of lightning -
popping bubble gum

Anitha Varma
[ Cochin, India ]

78
Lightning and thunder
the cosmic sky
fecundate the Earth

Ruzha Velcheva
[ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ]

83
To come and go
The thunder is it
Life-cycle.

Ram Sharan Maharjan
[ Kathmandu, Nepal ]

85
thunderbolt -
the blood of flowers
on my running legs

Lavana Kray
[ Iasi, Romania ]

88
spring sky full of jets -
flying pigs brand Thunderbolt
Ukraine to protect

Nicu Stopel
[ Dridu, Romania ]



VOTES UNRECEIVED
RESULTS HIDDEN


32
distant thunder
the birds fly--
hunter's gunshot

Ishita Blest
[ Ghaziabad, India ]

38
low rumble
yet again, she dreams
of a dragon

Akila G
[ Hyderabad, India ]

46
the roar of thunder-
a little mouse scurries
for shelter

Sandra Martyres
[ Mumbai, India ]

53
thunder struck
with howling sounds
of his laughter

Purush
[ Noleansville, USA ]

59
distant thunder-
earth and sky connected
with silence

D.V.Rozic
[ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ]

74
searching for cover
the birds scatter
thunder claps

Pravin Menon
[ Bangalore, India ]



TWO ENTRIES WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE KUKAI



The next Kukai will be in July 2015. Thanks for the support and participation this time.

Regards,
Organizing Team,
Indian Kukai from IN haiku.

Saturday, May 02, 2015

Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #11 - May 2015

Namaste! Hello!

After two editions of change, we've received some suggestions and accordingly, three changes from this edition.

  1. Many of you have told that the 10 point system is not very nice. And also sent votes tallying to 6 points as is the kukai norm. So we're shifting to kukai norms and from this edition, going to a 6 point total.
  2. We'll be doing e-certificates for the top five positions.

We welcome you to the 11th 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.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

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 #11 is THUNDER.


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

how little
I know of bird calls
distant thunder

— Kala Ramesh.
The haiku was the winner of the 2nd Japan-Russia haiku contest.


Submission Period:
FRI – 1st MAY. to SUN – 24th MAY. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 25th MAY. to WED – 3rd JUNE. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: WED – 10th JUNE. 2015



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.

How to enter?
  1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
  2. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
  3. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #11 (THUNDER) – My Entry”
  4. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
  5. The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
  6. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
  7. 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 6 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 6 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 #11 (THUNDER) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
  • The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your vote mail.
  • 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:
    #01 -- 3 points
    #06 -- 1 points
    #25 -- 2 points
  • 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.