Greetings, participants of the Indian Kukai #10.
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 participation of 90 entrants from 27 countries this time!
Australia (4), Bangladesh (2), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (6), Canada (4), Croatia (2), England (3), France (5), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (25), Indonesia (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Lithuania (4), Nepal (1), Nigeria (1), Northern Ireland (1), Oman (1), Poland (2), Romania (9), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (6)
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Gautam Nadkarni (Mumbai, India)
Joint Second: Arvinder Kaur (Chandigarh, India), Sanaa Dayal (Jaipur, India)
Third: Laura Csilla (Brasov, Romania)
Joint Fourth: Julie Warther (Dover, USA), Christiane Ranieri (Wittenheim, France)
Fifth: Paresh Tiwari (Mumbai, 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:
42
missing...
only an anthill marks
the soldier's grave
Gautam Nadkarni [ Mumbai, India ] ( 7 , 8 , 3 ) = 32 pts
47
ant-line-
one after another
my thoughts
Vidya S Venkatramani [ Chennai, India ] ( 9 , 7 , 3 ) = 32 pts
34
house rubble -
the ants know
the way home
Arvinder Kaur [ Chandigarh, India ] ( 9 , 9 , 1 ) = 30 pts
71
morning news...
a lily darkens
ant by ant
Sanaa Dayal [ Jaipur, India ] ( 2 , 8 , 4 ) = 30 pts
13
Devi temple...
a beggar sharing his bread
with a few ants
Laura Csilla [ Brasov, Romania ] ( 10 , 5 , 3 ) = 29 pts
16
Puddle -
an ant clings on
the cloud
Christiane Ranieri [ Wittenheim, France ] ( 5 , 4 , 5 ) = 28 pts
43
adjusting the eyepiece
an ant
crosses the moon
Julie Warther [ Dover, USA ] ( 5 , 7 , 3 ) = 28 pts
36
winged ants . . .
when did i first wish
a life without you
Paresh Tiwari [ Mumbai, India ] ( 4 , 4 , 5 ) = 27 pts
9
a trail of ants
tumbling over each other
office rush
Jayashree Maniyil [ Melbourne, Australia ] ( 9 , 5 , 2 ) = 25 pts
77
dreamless . . .
a thread of ants
embroiders the night
Christine Villa [ Sacramento, USA ] ( 6 , 5 , 2 ) = 22 pts
17
a ripe pear
in the grass - black with
large ants
D V Rozic [ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ] ( 7 , 4 , 1 ) = 18 pts
5
white ants in a row…
her waist
tan line
Ali Znaidi [ Redeyef, Tunisia ] ( 3 , 4 , 2 ) = 17 pts
25
Fossilised in amber,
the ant and its foe
await victory
Reshmy Warrier [ Mumbai, India ] ( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts
61
marching ants
on my Sunday news..
chocolate Ad
Yesha Shah [ Surat, India ] ( 7 , 3 , 1 ) = 16 pts
74
on a park bench
two ants rub antennae . . .
childhood friend
Marion Clarke [ Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ] ( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts
11
a
..n
....t
......s
Freddy Ben-Arroyo [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 8 , 2 , 1 ) = 15 pts
20
in mourning
ants slowly open
her peonies
Meik Blottenberger [ Hanover, USA ] ( 3 , 3 , 2 ) = 15 pts
41
watching ants
moving in a row -
paperwork
Ana Drobot [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 10 , 2 , 0 ) = 14 pts
79
sweet stall...
a queue in
and a queue out
Aditya Ashribad [ Dehradun, India ] ( 8 , 3 , 0 ) = 14 pts
7
quietude...
fire ants climbing
the Wailing Wall
Florin C. Florian [ Botosani, Romania ] ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) = 13 pts
26
frozen
in amber
...an ant
Samar Ghose [ Perth, Australia ] ( 2 , 4 , 1 ) = 13 pts
85
ants crawl
on my skin
your fingers
Diana Petkova [ Dolna Banya, Bulgaria ] ( 3 , 2 , 2 ) = 13 pts
3
ants filing
in past the door jamb—
Trojan horse
Devin Harrison [ Vancouver Island, Canada ] ( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts
31
chinese lanterns -
a black ant soars across
new year's fireworks
Charishma Navneet Gupta [ Muscat, Oman ] ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts
67
from the sugar bowl
to the small crack in the wall
diamond necklace
Tahera Moiz Mannan [ Nagpur, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
88
an ant's journey
on the back of my hand
a faded scar
Bill Kenney [ Whitestone, USA ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
8
An ant writing
An haiku
And why not?
Sylvain Gardet [ Bordeaux, France ] ( 2 , 3 , 1 ) = 11 pts
10
spring dusk
in the eye of the violet
ant
Lyudmila Hristova [ Sofia, Bulgaria ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
51
at a crossroad -
an ant is carrying
its dead companion
Angelica Seithe [ Wettenberg, Germany ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
22
sugar convoy
-- from the bird feeder
to the fern-pot Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
53
baby ants
pulling strewn petals-
funeral parade
Vani Bangalore, India ( 2 , 1 , 2 ) = 10 pts
64
descending dusk-
an ant circles around
a dead moth
Kashinath Karmakar [ Durgapur, India ] ( 8 , 1 , 0 ) = 10 pts
70
abandoned house -
an ant byte proves me
I'm wrong
Mihail Buraga [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
87
in my shadow...
an ant dragging
another ant
Rita Odeh [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
28
history book –
an ant with a sandwich crumble
climbes on Keop's pyramid
Capota Daniela Lacramioara [ Galati, Romania ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
29
on a blade of grass
the ant following
the airplane trail
Minh-Triet Pham [ Paris, France ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
44
incessant mizzle ...
following an ant
another ant
Archana Kapoor Nagpal [ Bangalore, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts
57
an ant on her pen
running to the red inked words
of her love letter
Munia Khan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 1 , 1 , 2 ) = 9 pts
66
loud crack
the fallen palm frond
diverts an ant
Cynthia Rowe [ Sydney, Australia ] ( 3 , 0 , 2 ) = 9 pts
83
a winged ant
trapped between the doors—
your ultimatum
Ignatius Fay [ Sudbury, Canada ] ( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
89
missing cookies...
an ant trail runs straight
to the kids' room
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [ Birmingham, England ] ( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts
4
glistening dew drops
on acacia leaves--
a webbed ant
Presh Thyblackpoet [ Warri, Nigeria ] ( 2 , 3 , 0 ) = 8 pts
2
the scent of spring . .
a circle of ants
around something Sandi Pray [ Robbinsville, USA ] ( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
84
garden reading
a ripe mango drops
with a splash of red ants
Adjei Agyei-Baah [ Kumasi, Ghana ] ( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts
21
ant march...
so many red lights
at a traffic signal
Harshvardhan Sushant [ Pune, India ] ( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts
60
ant
in the amber
immortality
Andrius Luneckas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts
27
steady procession...
a worker ant toting
a yellow leaf
Keith A. Simmonds [ Rodez, France ] ( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
33
deadly red carpet
the ants march on
covering new grounds
Pravin Menon [ Bangalore, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
56
in tandem
carrying double their weight -
a long line of ants
Sandra Martyres [ Mumbai, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts
58
People follow too
the ants' road on the foothills
of Himalayas
Vasile Moldovan [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
90
my fears
my thoughts
ants in their haste
Iliyana Stoyanova [ St. Albans, England ] ( 2 , 2 , 0 ) = 6 pts
2
black ant
what your sweet love
does to me
Poornima Laxmeshwar [ Bangalore, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
48
closing an old museum
on the curtain Pharaoh ants
take down the moon
Ken Sawitri [ Jakarta, Indonesia ] ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
55
tiny ant
carries its burden into
the big world
Goda V. Bendoraitiene [ Klaipeda, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
50
a public bus ride
more painful than an ant's bite
the hand on her thighs
Quamrul Hassan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts
63
Blasting sun —
an ant creeping
up a twig
Marie-Alice Maire [ Rungis, France ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
12
bird picking ants
Shot dead..!
full of ants soon.
Neelam Sangwai [ Mumbai, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
32
ant
second...third –
soldiers regiment
Krzysztof Kokot [ Nowy Targ, Poland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
39
ant trail
in the kitchen
biscuit crumbs
Gergana Yaninska [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
40
thunderstorm...
a lone mum nurtures
her pet ant
Urveez Kakalia [ Mumbai, India ] ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts
46
flying among the clouds
the ant-sized city
disappears from sight
Hana Masood Pune, India ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
49
with their leaf sails
on the river of themselves -
ants
John McDonald [ Edinburgh, Scotland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
73
ballooning moon...
in a closet all the ants
she feeds
Alegria Imperial [ Vancouver, Canada ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
76
work motivation
ant-hills never stay
empty
Diana Teneva [ Haskovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
78
sweets on the floor
and I wait
for her arrival. ...
Shabbir Shaikh [ Selu, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
81
The ant on my palm
all the Earth contained
in one soul
Ruzha Vasileva [ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
86
on the trail
string of ants
death bird
Pepa Odjakova [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
1
sand grains rise
to small hills between flagstones:
snow melts
Deborah Guzzi [ Monroe, USA ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
14
war -
morphing troops into ants fight
by computer
Lavana Kray [ Iasi, Romania ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
37
a haiku deep
inside the bits of my computer
…antantantantant…
Edward Beach [ Bristol, England ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
38
fruits of labor
Eats so disaster
Ant surprise.
Ram Sharan Maharjan [ Kathmandu, Nepal ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
45
antline—
journey of life so straight
sans those small detours
Ajaya Mahala [ Pune, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
52
Army ants
are climbing in phalanx
on the peace monument.
Willy Cuvelier [ Gullegem, Belgium ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
54
To wish to become
as big as the litlle ant
what a happiness
Ruzica Soldo [ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
59
black ants on–stream
cross the afternoon
– one missing Francesco de Sabata [ Pescantina, Italy ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
62
rainy days --
the ant merchant opens
the shop
Kumarendra Mallick [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
69
the family is most important
breaks off itself wings
queen ant
Alexander Shytkovskiy [ Energodar, Ukraine ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
82
after soaking rains
white ants spiralling
to azure skies
Barbara A. Taylor [ Mountain Top, Australia ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
15
man is not an ant
but he likes when people say-
diligent as the ant
Bozidar Skobic [ Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
18
what I'm living for
summer rain approaches
the destroyed anthill
Arturas Silanksas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
19
first signs of spring -
he knows every ant by name
she knows him by name
Tomasz Szymczak [ Chojnice, Poland ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
23
ritual strings of ants -
like haiku letters even
when invade buildings
Nicu Stopel [ Dridu, Romania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
24
the old hazelnut
tree is shivering with
ant chills
Tatjana Debeljacki [ Uzice, Serbia ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
30
wheelchair-bound –
an ant lugging a lot
three times its weight
Udo Mansfield [ Hamburg, Germany ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
35
breakfast ideas...
ants make a beeline
for my Diet Coke
Seshu Chamarty [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
80
Invasion of ants
at the Youth Centre
showing strictness
Richard Jodoin [ Montreal, Canada ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
6
Bite of Black
Resurgence
Deepening wound
Manju Mahipalan [ Thrissur, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
68
the giant ant - eater
step - by - step reversed
devastate the anthill
Nijole Kerusauskiene [ Kaunas, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
75
preach on compassion -
yet I am banishing the ants
from my chocolate bar
Miruna Covor [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
The next kukai will be in May 2015. See you then.
Organizer, Indian Kukai.
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 participation of 90 entrants from 27 countries this time!
Australia (4), Bangladesh (2), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (6), Canada (4), Croatia (2), England (3), France (5), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (25), Indonesia (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Lithuania (4), Nepal (1), Nigeria (1), Northern Ireland (1), Oman (1), Poland (2), Romania (9), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (6)
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Gautam Nadkarni (Mumbai, India)
Joint Second: Arvinder Kaur (Chandigarh, India), Sanaa Dayal (Jaipur, India)
Third: Laura Csilla (Brasov, Romania)
Joint Fourth: Julie Warther (Dover, USA), Christiane Ranieri (Wittenheim, France)
Fifth: Paresh Tiwari (Mumbai, 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:
42
missing...
only an anthill marks
the soldier's grave
Gautam Nadkarni [ Mumbai, India ] ( 7 , 8 , 3 ) = 32 pts
47
ant-line-
one after another
my thoughts
Vidya S Venkatramani [ Chennai, India ] ( 9 , 7 , 3 ) = 32 pts
34
house rubble -
the ants know
the way home
Arvinder Kaur [ Chandigarh, India ] ( 9 , 9 , 1 ) = 30 pts
71
morning news...
a lily darkens
ant by ant
Sanaa Dayal [ Jaipur, India ] ( 2 , 8 , 4 ) = 30 pts
13
Devi temple...
a beggar sharing his bread
with a few ants
Laura Csilla [ Brasov, Romania ] ( 10 , 5 , 3 ) = 29 pts
16
Puddle -
an ant clings on
the cloud
Christiane Ranieri [ Wittenheim, France ] ( 5 , 4 , 5 ) = 28 pts
43
adjusting the eyepiece
an ant
crosses the moon
Julie Warther [ Dover, USA ] ( 5 , 7 , 3 ) = 28 pts
36
winged ants . . .
when did i first wish
a life without you
Paresh Tiwari [ Mumbai, India ] ( 4 , 4 , 5 ) = 27 pts
9
a trail of ants
tumbling over each other
office rush
Jayashree Maniyil [ Melbourne, Australia ] ( 9 , 5 , 2 ) = 25 pts
77
dreamless . . .
a thread of ants
embroiders the night
Christine Villa [ Sacramento, USA ] ( 6 , 5 , 2 ) = 22 pts
17
a ripe pear
in the grass - black with
large ants
D V Rozic [ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ] ( 7 , 4 , 1 ) = 18 pts
5
white ants in a row…
her waist
tan line
Ali Znaidi [ Redeyef, Tunisia ] ( 3 , 4 , 2 ) = 17 pts
25
Fossilised in amber,
the ant and its foe
await victory
Reshmy Warrier [ Mumbai, India ] ( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts
61
marching ants
on my Sunday news..
chocolate Ad
Yesha Shah [ Surat, India ] ( 7 , 3 , 1 ) = 16 pts
74
on a park bench
two ants rub antennae . . .
childhood friend
Marion Clarke [ Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ] ( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts
11
a
..n
....t
......s
Freddy Ben-Arroyo [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 8 , 2 , 1 ) = 15 pts
20
in mourning
ants slowly open
her peonies
Meik Blottenberger [ Hanover, USA ] ( 3 , 3 , 2 ) = 15 pts
41
watching ants
moving in a row -
paperwork
Ana Drobot [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 10 , 2 , 0 ) = 14 pts
79
sweet stall...
a queue in
and a queue out
Aditya Ashribad [ Dehradun, India ] ( 8 , 3 , 0 ) = 14 pts
7
quietude...
fire ants climbing
the Wailing Wall
Florin C. Florian [ Botosani, Romania ] ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) = 13 pts
26
frozen
in amber
...an ant
Samar Ghose [ Perth, Australia ] ( 2 , 4 , 1 ) = 13 pts
85
ants crawl
on my skin
your fingers
Diana Petkova [ Dolna Banya, Bulgaria ] ( 3 , 2 , 2 ) = 13 pts
3
ants filing
in past the door jamb—
Trojan horse
Devin Harrison [ Vancouver Island, Canada ] ( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts
31
chinese lanterns -
a black ant soars across
new year's fireworks
Charishma Navneet Gupta [ Muscat, Oman ] ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts
67
from the sugar bowl
to the small crack in the wall
diamond necklace
Tahera Moiz Mannan [ Nagpur, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
88
an ant's journey
on the back of my hand
a faded scar
Bill Kenney [ Whitestone, USA ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
8
An ant writing
An haiku
And why not?
Sylvain Gardet [ Bordeaux, France ] ( 2 , 3 , 1 ) = 11 pts
10
spring dusk
in the eye of the violet
ant
Lyudmila Hristova [ Sofia, Bulgaria ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
51
at a crossroad -
an ant is carrying
its dead companion
Angelica Seithe [ Wettenberg, Germany ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
22
sugar convoy
-- from the bird feeder
to the fern-pot Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
53
baby ants
pulling strewn petals-
funeral parade
Vani Bangalore, India ( 2 , 1 , 2 ) = 10 pts
64
descending dusk-
an ant circles around
a dead moth
Kashinath Karmakar [ Durgapur, India ] ( 8 , 1 , 0 ) = 10 pts
70
abandoned house -
an ant byte proves me
I'm wrong
Mihail Buraga [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
87
in my shadow...
an ant dragging
another ant
Rita Odeh [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
28
history book –
an ant with a sandwich crumble
climbes on Keop's pyramid
Capota Daniela Lacramioara [ Galati, Romania ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
29
on a blade of grass
the ant following
the airplane trail
Minh-Triet Pham [ Paris, France ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
44
incessant mizzle ...
following an ant
another ant
Archana Kapoor Nagpal [ Bangalore, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts
57
an ant on her pen
running to the red inked words
of her love letter
Munia Khan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 1 , 1 , 2 ) = 9 pts
66
loud crack
the fallen palm frond
diverts an ant
Cynthia Rowe [ Sydney, Australia ] ( 3 , 0 , 2 ) = 9 pts
83
a winged ant
trapped between the doors—
your ultimatum
Ignatius Fay [ Sudbury, Canada ] ( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
89
missing cookies...
an ant trail runs straight
to the kids' room
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [ Birmingham, England ] ( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts
4
glistening dew drops
on acacia leaves--
a webbed ant
Presh Thyblackpoet [ Warri, Nigeria ] ( 2 , 3 , 0 ) = 8 pts
2
the scent of spring . .
a circle of ants
around something Sandi Pray [ Robbinsville, USA ] ( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
84
garden reading
a ripe mango drops
with a splash of red ants
Adjei Agyei-Baah [ Kumasi, Ghana ] ( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts
21
ant march...
so many red lights
at a traffic signal
Harshvardhan Sushant [ Pune, India ] ( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts
60
ant
in the amber
immortality
Andrius Luneckas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts
27
steady procession...
a worker ant toting
a yellow leaf
Keith A. Simmonds [ Rodez, France ] ( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
33
deadly red carpet
the ants march on
covering new grounds
Pravin Menon [ Bangalore, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
56
in tandem
carrying double their weight -
a long line of ants
Sandra Martyres [ Mumbai, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts
58
People follow too
the ants' road on the foothills
of Himalayas
Vasile Moldovan [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
90
my fears
my thoughts
ants in their haste
Iliyana Stoyanova [ St. Albans, England ] ( 2 , 2 , 0 ) = 6 pts
2
black ant
what your sweet love
does to me
Poornima Laxmeshwar [ Bangalore, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
48
closing an old museum
on the curtain Pharaoh ants
take down the moon
Ken Sawitri [ Jakarta, Indonesia ] ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
55
tiny ant
carries its burden into
the big world
Goda V. Bendoraitiene [ Klaipeda, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
50
a public bus ride
more painful than an ant's bite
the hand on her thighs
Quamrul Hassan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts
63
Blasting sun —
an ant creeping
up a twig
Marie-Alice Maire [ Rungis, France ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
12
bird picking ants
Shot dead..!
full of ants soon.
Neelam Sangwai [ Mumbai, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
32
ant
second...third –
soldiers regiment
Krzysztof Kokot [ Nowy Targ, Poland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
39
ant trail
in the kitchen
biscuit crumbs
Gergana Yaninska [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
40
thunderstorm...
a lone mum nurtures
her pet ant
Urveez Kakalia [ Mumbai, India ] ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts
46
flying among the clouds
the ant-sized city
disappears from sight
Hana Masood Pune, India ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
49
with their leaf sails
on the river of themselves -
ants
John McDonald [ Edinburgh, Scotland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
73
ballooning moon...
in a closet all the ants
she feeds
Alegria Imperial [ Vancouver, Canada ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
76
work motivation
ant-hills never stay
empty
Diana Teneva [ Haskovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
78
sweets on the floor
and I wait
for her arrival. ...
Shabbir Shaikh [ Selu, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
81
The ant on my palm
all the Earth contained
in one soul
Ruzha Vasileva [ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
86
on the trail
string of ants
death bird
Pepa Odjakova [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
1
sand grains rise
to small hills between flagstones:
snow melts
Deborah Guzzi [ Monroe, USA ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
14
war -
morphing troops into ants fight
by computer
Lavana Kray [ Iasi, Romania ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
37
a haiku deep
inside the bits of my computer
…antantantantant…
Edward Beach [ Bristol, England ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
38
fruits of labor
Eats so disaster
Ant surprise.
Ram Sharan Maharjan [ Kathmandu, Nepal ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
45
antline—
journey of life so straight
sans those small detours
Ajaya Mahala [ Pune, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
52
Army ants
are climbing in phalanx
on the peace monument.
Willy Cuvelier [ Gullegem, Belgium ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
54
To wish to become
as big as the litlle ant
what a happiness
Ruzica Soldo [ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
59
black ants on–stream
cross the afternoon
– one missing Francesco de Sabata [ Pescantina, Italy ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
62
rainy days --
the ant merchant opens
the shop
Kumarendra Mallick [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
69
the family is most important
breaks off itself wings
queen ant
Alexander Shytkovskiy [ Energodar, Ukraine ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
82
after soaking rains
white ants spiralling
to azure skies
Barbara A. Taylor [ Mountain Top, Australia ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
15
man is not an ant
but he likes when people say-
diligent as the ant
Bozidar Skobic [ Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
18
what I'm living for
summer rain approaches
the destroyed anthill
Arturas Silanksas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
19
first signs of spring -
he knows every ant by name
she knows him by name
Tomasz Szymczak [ Chojnice, Poland ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
23
ritual strings of ants -
like haiku letters even
when invade buildings
Nicu Stopel [ Dridu, Romania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
24
the old hazelnut
tree is shivering with
ant chills
Tatjana Debeljacki [ Uzice, Serbia ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
30
wheelchair-bound –
an ant lugging a lot
three times its weight
Udo Mansfield [ Hamburg, Germany ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
35
breakfast ideas...
ants make a beeline
for my Diet Coke
Seshu Chamarty [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
80
Invasion of ants
at the Youth Centre
showing strictness
Richard Jodoin [ Montreal, Canada ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
6
Bite of Black
Resurgence
Deepening wound
Manju Mahipalan [ Thrissur, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
68
the giant ant - eater
step - by - step reversed
devastate the anthill
Nijole Kerusauskiene [ Kaunas, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
75
preach on compassion -
yet I am banishing the ants
from my chocolate bar
Miruna Covor [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
The next kukai will be in May 2015. See you then.
Organizer, Indian Kukai.
