Namaste! Greetings!
We conclude the fifteenth edition of the Indian Kukai today.
78 participants took part in 15th Indian Kukai, and they came from 25 different countries.
The theme of this edition was ASH.
This time the winner is Vandana Parashar from Sriganganagar,India with 33 points.
Ajaya Mahala from Pune,India takes the runner-up slot with 23 points, and Minh-Triêt PHAM from Paris,France takes the third place with 22 points.
Mihail Buraga from Bucharest, Romania is fourth with 21 points.
The fifth place has been shared by John McDonald from Edinburgh,Scotland and Madhuri Pillai from Melbourne,Australia (both 18 points ).
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
26
dad's funeral...
how I wish he was
a phoenix
-Vandana Parashar
[Sriganganagr,India]
( 3,6,6 ) = 33 points
RUNNER UP
34
mosquito coil . . .
a long night spirals
into a trail of ash
-Ajaya Mahala,
[Pune,India]
( 5,6,2 ) = 23 points
THIRD PLACE
25
ashen moon —
all these promises
I couldn't keep
-Minh-Triêt PHAM
[Paris,France]
FOURTH PLACE
64
fields of ash -
raindrops explodes
one by one
-Mihail Buraga
[ Bucharest,Romania]
( 3,3,4 ) = 21
points
FIFTH PLACE (x 2)
11
ash
on the Buddha
...still smiling
-John McDonald
[ Edinburgh,Scotland ]
( 5,2,3 ) = 18 points
59
letting go
the swirl of ash
on the incense tip
-Madhuri Pillai
[ Melbourne,Australia ]
(0,3,4 ) = 18 points
mother's ash..
how much
of her is there
-Mohammad Azim Khan
[ Peshawar,Pakistan ]
( 6,3,1 ) = 15 points
SEVENTH PLACE
9
morning newspaper
into evening fireplace
day into ashes
-Dainius Dirgela
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 4,2,2 ) = 14 points
EIGHTH PLACE
73
riverborne ashes-
so quietly now she becomes
the bottomless sky
- Sanjukta Asopa
[ Belgaum,India ]
( 4,2,1 ) =11 points
NINTH PLACE (X6)
2
crematorium …
he left many questions
unanswered
-Archana Kapoor Nagpal
[Bangalore,India ]
( 0,5,0 ) = 10 points
5
summer dusk
on the grill the ashes of
our burning days
-Angelica Seithe
[ Wettenberg ,Germany ]
( 0,2,2 ) = 10 points
6
the ashes
of a dream I planted —
forest fire
-Vinay Leo R
[ Bangalore,India ]
( 3,2,1 ) = 10 points
life support --
the ashes
of last night's bonfire
-Yesha Shah
[ Surat,Gujrat ]
( 2,1,2 ) =10 points
42
honeymoon
in the ashtray
used condom
-Andrius Luneckas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1,3,1 ) = 10 points
78
among the ashes
of last night’s fire
the moonset debris
-Ali Znaidi
[ Redeyef, Tunisia ]
( 2,1,2 ) = 10 points
Sky of ash -
for the friend who died
a sprig of lilac
-Marie-Alice MAIRE
[ Rungis, France ]
( 1,1,2 ) = 9 points
his ashes--
filling the emptiness
with emptiness
-Sondra J. Byrnes
[ Santa Fe,USA ]
( 4,1,1 ) = 9 points
35
green box of ashes
contrary to her last wish
jar of nutella
-Tomasz Szymczak
[ Chojnice, Poland ]
( 2,2,1 ) = 9 points
lengthening shadows
his cigar lessens in
drops of ash
-Kwaku Feni Adow
[ Akosombo, Ghana ]
( 3,3,0 ) = 9 points
47
dust to dust
an urn -
broken
-Tanja Cilia
[ Fleur de Lys,Malta ]
( 0,3,1 ) = 9 points
50
Under the cherry tree
falling asleep near you —
spring ashes
- RANIERI Christiane
[ WITTENHEIM,FRANCE ]
( 0,0,3 ) = 9 points
52
trembling earth –
mother touching foreheads
of her children
- Božidar Škobić
[ Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina ]
( 2,2,1 ) = 9 points
68
his ashes
on the river --
gibbous moon
-James Dobson
[ Prudhoe, UK ]
( 2,2,1 ) = 9 points
8 points (x3)
13
ashes to ashes -
through a dusty window
broken light
-Adrian Bouter
[ Gouda,Netherlands ]
( 1,2,1 ) = 8 points
54
sunlit violets
on my mum’s grave…
ashes and wine
- Diana Teneva
[ Bulgaria ]
( 4,2,0 ) = 8 points
65
gunmetal sky
I empty the urn
of your memories
- Anitha Varma
[ Kerala, India ]
( 3,1,1 ) = 8 points
7 points
49
ash piles
hidden behind the clouds
a late sun
- Billy Antonio
[ Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines ]
( 1,3,0 ) = 7 points
6 points
39
he sprays her ashes
over the sacred river-
another wife gone
- Sandra Martyres
[ Mumbai,India ]
( 2,2,0 ) = 6 points
5 points (x6)
14
golden ripples
I scatter his ashes
into the lake
- Anna Cates
[ Wilmington, (USA) ]
( 1,2,0 ) = 5 points
16
ashes...
the history lessons
they know by heart
- Ana Drobot
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5,0,0 ) = 5 points
36
ashes
under the eyelids
of stones
- Janina Weidholz
[ Wiesbaden, Germany ]
( 0,1,1 ) = 5 points
37
praying Sherpa –
wind carriers torward the peaks
Juniper ashes
- Krzysztof Kokot
[ Nowy Targ, Poland ]
( 0,1,1 ) = 5 points
43
In a nice China vase
my grandpa instead of flowers
found his eternal peace
- Ruzica Soldo
[ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina ]
( 1, 2, 0 ) = 5 points
55
a handful of soil
and a white chrysanthemum
all I can do now
- Dorota Ocińska
[ Poland,( Łódź) ]
( 1,2,0 ) = 5 points
4 points (x6 )
3
first sunrise-
breathing out the ash
of memories
- Rita Odeh
[ Haifa, Israel ]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
19
prosperous marriage
in the fireplace ashes
foreign letters
- Pepa Odjakova
[ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
30
burnt down home
only ashes and tears
left behind
- munia khan
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
32
Her memories
Unsettled
In ash pot
- Purush
[ Ellicott cityMD. USA ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
44
Cutting down
the large ash tree
family mourning
- Richard Jodoin
[ Montréal, Canada ]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
56
My mother's body
only a handful of ash...
nothing else
- Vasile Moldovan
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 1, 0, 1 ) = 4 points
3 points (x7)
4
ash…
somewhere the nightly sound
of a leaking tap
- Seshu Chamarty
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 1,1,0 ) = 3 points
17
in the prayer house —
lots of flames
and no ashes
- Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[ Klaipeda, Lithuania ]
( 3,0,0 ) = 3 points
18
the fiery explosion
of his temper
ash in the air
- nancy brady
[ Huron, Ohio, USA ]
( 0,0,1 ) = 3 points
53
now all
the logs are burnt:
end of summer heat
- Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian
[ Port Harcourt,Nigeria ]
( 1, 1, 0 ) = 3 points
60
Unreceived call
He empties
Ash tray again.....
- shabbir shaikh
[Selu, India ]
( 1,1,0 ) = 3 points
62
old cowboy in love –
wood ash stirred in water
for stomach burning
- Miruna Covor
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 1,1,0 ) = 3 points
72
ash sky waiting for sun speckled streetlamps
- G.Akila
[ Hyderabad,India ]
( 1,1,0 ) = 3 points
2 points ( x9 )
23
shining Sunday morning
embers are still glowing in the
warm campfire ash
- Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[ Kaunas, Lithuania ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
33
whining tourists
stranded in paradise…
volcanic ash
- Barbara A. Taylor
[ Mounain Top,NSW, Australia ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
41
spring wind –
she scatters the ash from
the last cig together
- Dan Iulian
[ Bucharest-Romania ]
( 2,0,0 ) = 2 points
58
desolate home
in the fireplace ashes -
snails
- Lyudmila Hristova
[ Sofia, Bulgaria ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
66
morning temple -
bit of ash on forehead
empowers her soul
- Anonymous
( 2,0,0 ) = 2 points
67
every stick I puffed
paved the way
to my ashes
- Pravin Menon
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
71
on the bank
waiting for the ashes
floating along
- Udo Mansfield
[ Flensburg ,Germany ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
75
sparks of bonfire
over the leafless garden
the Milky Way
- Alexander Shytkovskiy
[ Energodar,Ukraine ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
77
tidal waves
crash on crackling fire-
scattered ashes
- Vani Sathyanarayan
[ Bangalore,India ]
( 0,1,0 ) = 2 points
1 point (x7 )
7
Ash Wednesday mass…
carnival revelers at church
seeking atonement
- Keith A. SIMMONDS
[ Rodez, FRANCE ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
12
young girls
plus signs on their foreheads
Ash Wednesday
- Ignatius Fay
[ Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
20
Mount St. Helens:
stirring creamer and ash
into our tea.
- Ingrid Jendrzejewski
[ Cambridge, United Kingdom ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
63
crime investigation
nonsmoker cop exams
ashtray's content
- Artūras Šilanskas
[ Vilnius, LITHUANIA ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
69
day spa
birds dust bugs away
in cold wood ash
- Catherine Smith
[ Sydney – Australia ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
74
autumn leaf
falls off...
moist cinders
- Aditya Ashribad
[ Dehradun, India ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
76
howling winds ...
the township covered with
volcanic ash
- Jayashree Maniyil
[ Melbourne, Australia ]
( 1,0,0 ) = 1 point
NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY.
8
the Club of Rome -
global warming think tank full
of cigar ashes
- Nicu Stopel
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
15
bushfire—
the fruits from his labor
ashes and tears
- Adjei Agyei-Baah
[ Kumasi, Ghana ]
22
sputtering breath...
the cinders resettle
on mom's face
- Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[ Birmingham UK ]
27
from now on the words
as the ash –
breaking up letter
- Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[ Galaţi ,Romania ]
28
eruption
among the ashen clouds
a single ember
- Iliyana Stoyanova
[ St Albans, UK ]
29
The childish footprints of
civilisation, smudged
In the dust of ashes
- Reshmy Warrier
[ Mumbai,India ]
31
Ash Wednesday
neighbors gather for
her funeral mass
- Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
[ Fairlawn, USA ]
38
summer afternoon -
wind sweeps the ash
from our barbeque
- Tomislav Maretić
[ Zagreb,Croatia ]
40
smeared with ash
the brahmin's chants
spreads holiness
- Rajeshwari Srinivasan
[ Thane,India ]
46
immersion...
scattered ash drifts off
alone
- Arvinder Kaur
[ Chandigarh, India ]
48
men women ashes
scatter'd by the Northern wind
towards a grey sky
- Francesco de Sabata
[ Pescantina - Italy ]
51
holy fire -
white ash and
his white hair
- D.V.Rozic
[ Ivanić-Grad, Croatia ]
57
last rites
the yawning depth of night
seals over
- Devin Harrison
[ Vancouver Island - Canada ]
61
sacred ash smears
across Shiva's forehead....
contrails
- Vidya S Venkatramani
[ Chennai,INDIA ]
70
after transfusion
at a hospital cupboard
new brother’s photo
- Wiesław Karliński
[ Poland,( Łódź) ]
Thanks to all of you for your participation!
Organizers, Indian Kukai
