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.