Dear haiku friends!
Namaste! Howdy! Bon jour! And hello!
Thank you for taking part in our 9th Indian Kukai.
Firstly, let me apologize for the delays that happened during the period of this kukai. It has been two torrid months for me, and I thank you for the patience you have shown. Since we are very late, as a way of thanks, all results are taken into consideration for just this edition, voted or otherwise.
We had 75 participants from 25 countries this time.
{Australia – 4, Bangladesh – 1, Belgium – 1, Bhutan – 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1, Bulgaria – 5, Canada – 3, Croatia – 2, England – 4, France – 4, Germany – 3, India – 18, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Italy – 1, Lithuania – 4, Macedonia – 1, Nepal – 1, New Zealand – 1, Nigeria – 1, Northern Ireland – 1, Philippines – 1, Poland – 1, Romania – 9, Scotland – 1, United States of America – 4.}
Our congratulations and thanks to you all.
The winner for this edition of the Indian Kukai is
Urveez Kakalia, from Mumbai in India.
In second place, is
Samar Ghose, from Perth in Australia.
Third place goes to
Sanaa Dayal, from Jaipur in India.
In fourth place is
Harshvardhan Sushant, from Pune in India.
And fifth place is shared by
Marion Clarke, from Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland and
Lavana Kray, from Iasi in Romania.
COMPLETE RESULTS AS BELOW:
8
onion rings...
a slum girl shows off
her bangles
Urveez Kakalia [ Mumbai, India ] ( 7 , 7 , 4 ) = 33 pts
12
digging onions--
the old man sniffs the air
for rain
Samar Ghose [ Perth, Australia ] ( 10 , 4 , 4 ) = 30 pts
74
wild onions...
the memories that won't
go away
Sanaa Dayal [ Jaipur, India ] ( 12 , 4 , 3 ) = 29 pts
1
onion rings
the dark circles
beneath my father's eyes
Harshvardhan Sushant [ Pune, India ] ( 8 , 4 , 4 ) = 28 pts
50
chopping onions -
my grandmother's
paper-thin skin
Marion Clarke [ Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ] ( 6 , 3 , 4 ) = 24 pts
69
silver wedding -
we share the rings
of a pickled onion
Lavana Kray [ Iasi, Romania ] ( 7 , 7 , 1 ) = 24 pts
29
family quarrel
she goes to the kitchen
to cut onions
Gergana Yaninska [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 11 , 6 , 0 ) = 23 pts
43
mother's words —
the aftertaste
of red onion
Carl Seguiban [ Vancouver, Canada ] ( 9 , 4 , 2 ) = 23 pts
45
satori—
at the core of the onion
nothingness
Gautam Nadkarni [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 3 ) = 19 pts
26
red onion skins -
the old gipsy woman still
colouring her hair
Miruna Covor [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 7 , 2 , 2 ) = 17 pts
59
winter morning...
from grandma's small kitchen
the scent of onion
Keith Simmonds [ Rodez, France ] ( 8 , 3 , 1 ) = 17 pts
10
noonday heat
a breeze peels
the onion seller's skirt
Ken Sawitri [ Blora, Indonesia ] ( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts
16
ripe onion—
the outer roundness
of her belly
Hansha Teki [ Wellington, New Zealand ] ( 4 , 6 , 0 ) = 16 pts
21
one after another
i remove my worries –
onion peelings
Diana Teneva [ Haskovo, Bulgaria ] ( 6 , 5 , 0 ) = 16 pts
5
our romance...
removing another layer
of the onion
Robert Kania [ Warsaw, Poland ] ( 5 , 3 , 1 ) = 14 pts
61
onion...
the layers of emotions
behind her smile
Dishika Iyer [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 4 , 0 ) = 14 pts
9
peeling onions–
i wipe mama's eyes
with my skirt
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [ Birmingham, England ] ( 4 , 3 , 1 ) = 13 pts
18
peeling the onion -
he loves me,he loves me not,
he loves me…
Yu Lian [ Corabia, Romania ] ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) = 13 pts
55
onion peels
what goes around
comes around
Mrunali Thakore [ Mumbai, India ] ( 5 , 4 , 0 ) = 13 pts
60
wild onions
infiltrate daffodils . . .
middle age
Julie Warther [ Dover, USA ] ( 2 , 1 , 3 ) = 13 pts
2
full of tears
the onion
and I
John McDonald [ Edinburgh, Scotland ] ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts
71
pregnant once more
I plant onions under
the gibbous moon
Cynthia Rowe [ Sydney, Australia ] ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts
41
cutting onion...
finding my way
through grief
Florin Florian [ Botosani, Romania ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
63
my neighbour’s son
is getting better at the violin
the onion stew got burnt
Lyudmila Hristova [ Sofia, Bulgaria ] ( 2 , 3 , 1 ) = 11 pts
75
onion cutting -
every reason to have
a good cry
Janina Weidholz [ Wiesbaden, Germany ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
13
first day away from home-
on my fingers
the smell of mother’s onion sambar*
(sambar - a broth of lentils, tamarind paste and vegetables usually eaten by mixing with rice using the fingers)
Vidya Venkatramani [ Chennai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
28
onion...
after tattoo removal
new skin layers
Ana Drobot [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 5 , 1 , 1 ) = 10 pts
24
onion rings
he forgets I know
when he's lying
Christine Villa [ North Highlands, USA ] ( 7 , 1 , 0 ) = 9 pts
34
onion field--
the worms and i
rejoicing
Meik Blottenberger [ Hanover, USA ] ( 2 , 2 , 1 ) = 9 pts
37
april fragrance
the onions flower
in a water jar
Ramesh Anand [ Bangalore, India ] ( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
54
onion layers -
the unfathomable depths
of his heart
Arvinder Kaur [ Chandigarh, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts
25
farewell kiss –
finding herself in the kitchen
cutting an onion
Angelica Seithe [ Wettenberg, Germany ] ( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts
49
onion clouds
gathering the dusk
her puffed eyes
Akila G [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts
62
slicing onions
outside the window
a lone heron flies away
Billy Antonio [ Laoac, Philippines ] ( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts
67
hopeful onions
perceive the incoming spring
even in the fridge
Francisco de Sabata [ Pescantina, Italy ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts
36
the honey moon
onion soup and champagne
served to the bed
Arturas Silanskas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
66
Onions cut-
white circles
under my eyes
Christiane Ranieri [ Wittenheim, France ] ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts
72
long-awaited wedding
in her handkerchief
onion flakes
Pepa Odjakova [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
6
two fullmoons
on the table
onions
Andrius Luneckas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts
11
onion's last skin
the Godless sanctorum
of an old temple
Ajaya Mahala [ Pune, India ] ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts
20
in floods of tears
while peeling onions —
the wedding banquet
Minh Triet Pham [ Paris, France. ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
44
countless tender stars
take shape of summer snow ball
white blooming onion
Kirsten G. [ Goessweinstein, Germany ] ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts
53
A striptease
with tears and tears and tears –
peeling onions
Willy Cuvelier [ Gullegem, Belgium ] ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts
73
she cried as
she cut through it -
lifeless onion
Shubhangi Jagdev [ Pune, India ] ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
4
a sentimental scene
on TV -- fortunately I'm just
cutting the onion
Tomislav Maretic [ Zagreb, Croatia ] ( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts
7
sparkles in the eyes
my little gardener brings a bouquet
of blooming onions
Goda V. Bendoraitiene [ Klaipeda, Lithuania ] ( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
14
Reading in
her misterious eyes...
I know my onions
Vasile Moldovan [ Romania ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
17
onion seedlings -
a blackbird is looking
for its place
Mihail Buraga [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
32
slicing the onion --
going deep within
ring by ring
Kumarendra Mallick [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
27
French onion soup
alone at the party
a grimace
Sylvain Gardet [ Bodeaux, France ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
38
last goodbye-
for a moment，
i am an onion
Rita Odeh [ Nazareth, Israel ] ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts
58
Community kitchen
peeling and cutting onions
laughs
Richard Jodoin [ Montreal, Canada ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
15 snowy morning,on
a wall hangs a bundle of
frozen onions
Sonja Gavriloska Ljulkova [ Ohrid, Macedonia ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
19 knife and tears
he cries while chopping and sniffs--
not a murder
Ishita Blest [ Ghaziabad, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
22
layers of skin--
i cut in deep
my eyes bleed
Presh Thyblackpoet [ Warri, Nigeria ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
31
family reunion –
onion recipe
it reminds us of mother
Daniela Lacramioara [ Galati, Romania ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
35
onion sprouts
a tendency to be
self-serving
Ignatius Fay [ Ontario, Canada ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
42
to whom is angry
this small producer
of funny tears
Bozidar Skobic [ Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
47
peeled onions
concealing pain's melancholy
through different tears
Munia Khan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
51
Layer by layer
Crying
Not knowing what for
Iliyana Stoyanova [ St. Albans, England ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
52
to cry or not …
crocodile tears fall upon
smelly onion
Djurdja Rozic [ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
65
sliced raw onions
tears in the cooking gravy
no more seasoning
Tahera Mannan [ Nagpur, India ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
68
probing hands
layers peeling through
-tears of taste
Nimi Arora [ Navi Mumbai, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
3
tears of joy -
she's cutting an onion
finally for him
Tomasz Szymczak [ Chojnice, Poland ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
46
peeling onions
without ears
winter delight
Purush [ Noleansville, USA ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
57
long haul flight -
the captain draws himself
on a paper plane
Edward Beach [ Bristol, England ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
64
Cut onion head
the white rose
women's tears
Ruzha Vasileva [ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
23
onion rings -
the wok has room
for more
James Dobson [ Prudhoe, England ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
30
from madame’s mouth
strings of melting cheese
drip on onion soup
Barbara Taylor [ Mountain Top, Australia ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
33
the symbols of Wales...
I give away the last pound -
Empty pockets!
Nijole Kerusauskiene [ Kaunas, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
39
plain water
thick in fog; they are
rotten onions Kuheli [ Midnapur, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
40
onion soup
down the generations
mother to daughter
Simon Hanson [ Allendale, Australia ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
48
peeling onions
without tears
favorite soaps off the air
Seshu Chamarty [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
56
genuine teardrops -
green onion springing
and melting the snow
Nicu Stopel [ Dridu, Romania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
70
Thanks Onions !
Kiss me...
and cool my heart
Ram Sharan Maharjan [ Kathmandu, Nepal ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
Our next kukai is just on the horizon, in March 2015. And I can promise there won't be any huge delays in that edition. Thank you for the participation once again, and the patience as well! See you soon.
Organizer, Indian Kukai from IN haiku.