10 points (x4)
20
flower shop —
focusing on the salesgirl
with a butterfly tattoo
- Minh-Triêt PHAM
[Paris,France ]
(1,3,1 ) =10 points
42
butterfly wing dust—
he lays his baby gently
in the little grave
-Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[Birmingham, UK]
( 2,1,2 ) = 10 points
63
flying high --
the butterfly strays
into rainbow
- Kumarendra Mallick
[ Hyderabad , India ]
( 1,3,1 ) = 10 points
70
my first flight-
a red butterfly flits
up and down
-Vani Sathyanarayan
[Bangalore,India]
( 3,2,1 ) = 10 points
9 points (x2)
25
a butterfly
to and fro
on her blouse
- Dorota Ocińska
[ Polska, Łódź ]
(3,0,2 ) = 9 points
67
yellow butterfly
the way it drifts into
Its own light
- Devin Harrison
[Vancouver Island - Canada ]
(0,0,3 ) = 9 points
8 points (x2)
6
child bride...
on the palanquin
a butterfly
- Mohammad Azim Khan
[ Peshawar, Pakistan ]
( 2,3,0 ) = 8 points
31
dainty butterfly
I tell my daughter to spread
her wings
-Vandana Parashar
[India]
(0,1,2) =8 points
7 points
41
dog days...
a butterfly stuck between
the shutters
- Diana Teneva
[ Haskovo, Bulgaria ]
( 4,0,1) = 7 points
6 points (x3)
5
the monarch’s wings
in constant twitch
orange asters
- Ignatius
[ Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ]
( 2,2,0 ) = 6 points
30
your wish -
butterflies
in my garden
- Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
[ Fairlawn, USA ]
( 0,0,2 ) = 6 points
35
On the streets
cell phones addiction
wandering butterflies
- Richard Jodoin
[ Montréal, Canada]
( 1,1,1 ) = 6 points
5 points ( x3 )
7
Reading in the palm,
a little blue butterfly
right on the life line
- Adina Enachescu
[ Bucharest,Romania ]
( 2,0,1 ) = 5 points
29
confetti . . .
suddenly, a blast
of butterflies
- Ajaya Mahala
[ Pune,India]
( 2,0,1 ) = 5 points
50
pathology test…
I have butterflies
in my stomach
- Seshu Chamarty
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 2,0,1 ) = 5 point
4 points (x7 )
9
little souls...
butterfly on my child's palm
listening to the pulse
- Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[Klaipeda, Lithuania ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
10
two halfs of apple
and a butterfly from train -
on the station bench
- Nicu Stopel
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
19
lunch break -
a butterfly throbbing
in the bird's beak
- Lavana Kray
[ Iasi - Romania ]
( 0,2,0 ) = 4 points
26
reading last pages in the sun a butterfly
- Sondra J. Byrnes
[ Santa Fe USA ]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
45
violet leaf--
in its shade
a monarch rests
- Jill Lange
[ Cleveland Heights, USA ]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
48
ear plugs in my ears
your frequently moving lips
silent butterfly
- Dainius Dirgela
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
62
drawing a musical staff
for the meadow's song
two cabbage whites
- Julie Warther
[ Dover, Ohio USA]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 points (x9)
2
demolished dancehall -
amongst the ruins
butterflies jiving
- John McDonald
[ Edinburgh Scotland ]
(1,1,0 ) = 3 points
34
summertime
widow gets
dress with butterflies
- Andrius Luneckas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
(3,0,0 ) = 3 points
39
butterfly throw
mother's unfinished crochet
in her craft bag
- Madhuri Pillai
[ Australia ]
(1,1,0) = 3 points
43
spring cleaning
the spider couldn't finish eating
his butterfly
- Lyudmila Hristova
[ Sofia, Bulgaria ]
(1,1,0) = 3 points
52
sticky wings unfurl
my granddaughter
turns thirteen
- Nancy Brady
[ Huron, USA ]
(3,0,0) = 3 points
53
A kid gapes
And
I just overlook...
- shabbir shaikh
[ Selu,India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 points
54
butterfly drifting
from flower to flower -
wandering mind
- Miruna Covor
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
(3,0,0) = 3 points
55
it hovers
over my cabbages...
white butterfly
- Catherine Smith
[ Sydney , Australia]
(3,0,0)= 3 points
57
butterfly
I work hard
for freedom
- Rajeshwari Srinivasan
[ Thane,India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 points
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 points (x7)
3
dozing cat -
on her white belly
an ocher butterfly
- Djurdja Vukelic Rozic
[Ivanic-Grad, Croatia]
(2,0,0) = 2 points
11
Distorted wings
splattered on my pane,
my life - fragile
-Reshmy Warrier
[Mumbai,India]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
14
reopening day
college campus
swarm with floral teens..
- Purushotham Rao Ravela
[ Ellicott city MD (usa) ]
(2,0,0) = 2 points
24
By street lamp light
a white butterfly's shadow
runs on the walkside
- Vasile Moldovan
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
47
midday fair
butterflies flaunting
their world of colours
- Kwaku Feni Adow
[ Akosombo, Ghana ]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
69
red admiral --
a fluttering shadow
crosses the decking
- James Dobson
[Prudhoe, UK.]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
72
spilled basket of poppies…
the little girl
chasing butterflies
- Steliana Cristina Voicu
[ Ploiesti, Romania ]
(2,0,0) = 2 points
1 point (x4)
8
a pine butterfly
glides gently through
snow flurries
- Barbara A. Taylor
[Mountain Top, NSW Australia ]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
22
skipping class in spring
shh! around the corner...
first butterflies
- Tomasz Szymczak
[Chojnice, Poland]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
37
candles on the first date
a dance of countless butterflies
in the stomach
- Artūras Šilanskas
[Vilnius, LITHUANIA]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
58
flutter of wings
causing storms
it rests
- Pravin Menon
[Bangalore,India]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY
12
A red butterfly
shimmering upon a rose
evanescent glow
-Keith A. SIMMONDS
[Rodez ,FRANCE]
13
taking me to
the sea`s farther side...
fluttering wings
- Rita Odeh
[Haifa, Israel]
15
The plain caterpillar
reborns to the colourful beauty
What a butterfly?!
- Ruzica Soldo
[Siroki Brijeg,Bosnia and Herzegovina]
21
floral gown-
butterfly hovers
flower to flower
- Sudebi Singha
[Kolkata, India]
23
me, my loneliness-
on a pink flower
the blue butterfly
- Munia Khan
[Dhaka, Bangladesh]
28
butterfly and a flower
the child doesn't want the net –
watches the drawing
- Božidar Škobić
[Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina]
33
butterfly looks back
chrysalis - mere empty shell
home, sweet home, no more
- Tanja Cilia
[Fleur de Lys, Malta]
36
mourning cloak
fluttering across the fields –
joy of the life
-Tomislav Maretić
[Zagreb,Croatia]
38
year after year...
I experience a short love story again
" Madame Butterfly"
- Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[Kaunas, LITHUANIA]
40
Ecstasy —
touching an everlasting flower
a butterfly
- RANIERI Christiane
[WITTENHEIM, FRANCE]
44
cheerful autumn
they wander through my room
last butterflies
-Wiesław Karlinski
[ Namysłów, Poland]
59
after the match-
colored butterfly
sat on the net
- Krzysztof Kokot
[Nowy Targ, Poland]
60
castle's buddleias
at the foot of the fortress –
butterflies besiege
- Marie Derley
[Ath city, Belgium]
64
curtain slits
afternoon sun butterflies
across the room
- Kasturi Jadhav
[Mumbai, India]
65
who are you butterfly
beyond
your color dust?
-Andrei C. Szava
[Cluj-Napoca, Romania]
68
a butterfly
in a glass case –
Snow White
- Susan Burch
[Hagerstown, MD, USA]
Haiku #27 was withdrawn from the contest.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for your participation!
Kash Poet
Organizer, Indian Kukai
