Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Results: Indian Kukai #10 - Ant

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.

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