Results Of The Indian Kukai # 18

Namaste! Greetings!

We conclude  the  18th edition of the Indian Kukai today.

68 participants took part in 18th Indian Kukai, and they came

from  22 different countries. 

The theme of this edition was PETAL.

This time the winner is Kumarendra Mallick
from Hyderabad, India with

 27 points.

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy from Birmingham, UK  takes the runner-up 

slot with 26 points, and Marina Bellini from Bagnolo San Vito , Italy

takes  the third place with 25 points.

The fourth place has been shared by Sanjuktaa Asopa
from Karnataka,India and Tomasz Szymczak from
Chojnice, Poland with 18 points each.

Cristina Apetrei from Botosani ,Romania is fifth with 16 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.

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WINNER 65 petals fall one by one ... colour of the wind -Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad, India (6,6,3)=27 points _________________________________________________________________ RUNNER UP 22 child marriage peeling off spring petal by petal -Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy Birmingham, UK (4,5,4)=26 points _____________________________________________________ THIRD PLACE 1 all the words said in the wind fallen petals -Marina Bellini Bagnolo San Vito, Italy (3,5,4)=25 points ____________________________________________________________________ FOURTH PLACE(x2) 18 petalled path... I step barefoot into autumn -Sanjuktaa Asopa Karnataka,India (6,3,2)=18 points 45 last day of chemo she hopes to wear again flowers in her hair -Tomasz Szymczak Chojnice, Poland (2,2,4)=18 points ____________________________________________________ FIFTH PLACE 59 sakura petals a young lady takes off her high heels shoes -Cristina Apetrei Botosani,Romania (3,2,3)=16 points _____________________________________________________ SIXTH PLACE 25 blood-red poppies all the stories of war he never told -NIka Victoria, BC, Canada (4,4,1)=15 points _____________________________________________________ SEVENTH PLACE(x3) 5 keeping all petals intact... winter frost -Ana Drobot Bucharest, Romania (3,4,1)=14 points 7 our breakup - the sound of two petals falling apart -Srinivasa Rao Sambangi Hyderabad,India (6,1,2)=14 points 20 i cannot see a reason falling petals -Sondra J. Byrnes Santa Fe, USA (7,2,1)=14 points _________________________________________________________________ EIGHTH PLACE(x2) 29 cherry blossom petal grazing my cheek your first kiss -RANIERI Christiane WITTENHEIM, FRANCE (3,2,2)=13 points 33 city park a homeless pair sleep on rose petals -Lyudmila Hristova Sofia, Bulgaria (4,3,1)=13 points ____________________________________________________ NINTH PLACE 68 the path leading to the altar ...strewn petals -nancy brady Huron, OHIO USA (1,1,3)=12 points ____________________________________________________ TENTH PLACE (x3) 12 my grandmother lying amidst the petals ... funeral rites -Archana Kapoor Nagpal Bangalore, India (2,3,1)=11 points 15 jasmine through your hair the moon -Pasquale Asprea Genova ,Italy (3,1,2)=11 points 67 wind trip cherry petals arrive at my door -Kwaku Feni Adow Akosombo, Ghana (3,1,2)=11 points ___________________________________________________________________ 10 points  50 roadside pool a wind-tossed petal lands on the supermoon - Barnabas I. Adeleke Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (2,1,2)=10 points ____________________________________________________ 9 points 61 strewn petals... why do flowers still love the wind -Vandana Parashar Ambala Cantt ,India (1,1,2)=9 points ____________________________________________________ 8 points 3 cat through the bushes a petal stuck to his nose -John McDonald Edinburgh Scotland (2,0,2)=8 points _____________________________________________________ 7 points 63 workday's end a few rose petals in my mailbag -Andy Burkhart Cincinnati, USA (2,1,1)=7 points _____________________________________________________ 6 points (x2) 16 imagining the size of the wind— ravished petals -Adjei Agyei-Baah Kumasi, Ghana (4,1,0)=6 points 58 Dried petals between pages of a dictionary the word spring -Richard Jodoin Montréal, Canada (1,1,1)=6 points _____________________________________________________ 5 points (x2) 14 old drawer in yellowed envelope dry petal -Wiesław Karliński Namysłów, Poland (3,1,0)=5 points 57 cancer ward— now only some petals remain of the rosebud -Gautam Nadkarni Mumbai, India (3,1,0)=5 points _____________________________________________________ 4 points (x4) 13 november wind — rose petals breaking into the silence of graves -Minh-Triêt PHAM Paris, France (4,0,0)=4 points 23 away from the shore and from each other — floating petals -AJAYA MAHALA Pune, India (2,1,0)=4 points 36 yet to bloom the unfolded petals wait for folded ones -Sudebi Singha Kolkata,India (1,0,1)=4 points 38 wedding's over petals curl into each other -Alexey Andreev Moscow, Russia (1,0,1)=4 points ____________________________________________________________________ 3 points (x9) 4 wet sky opening the yoshino cherry’s white blush -Anna Cates Wilmington, OH. USA (0,0,1)=3 points 6 Anniversary - She makes petal dessert with his gifted rose -Aziza Hena Dhaka, Bangladesh (3,0,0)=3 points 9 cloudless August sky naked after the hail wild roses -Ignatius Fay Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (3,0,0)=3 points 19 petal shower ... till death do us part -Azim Khan Peshawar, Pakistan (1,1,0)=3 points 24 dried petals — how home once felt like you -Vinay Leo R. Bangalore,India (1,1,0)=3 points 40 in poetry book preserved petals : ...more fragile -Neelam Sangwai Mumbai, India (0,0,1)=3 points 44 early winter... on the beach alone sand petals bloom -Pat Geyer USA (0,0,1)=3 points 47 petal drop all hopes in pink rescinded.... -Purushotham Rao Ravela Nolensville Tn(USA) (0,0,1)=3 points 51 cold drizzle – the petals seem to fall faster -Tomislav Maretić Zagreb,Croatia (1,1,0)=3 points __________________________________________________ 2 points(x9) 8 clock flower memories sweet breath of summer -Marion Clarke Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland (0,1,0)=2 points 31 artificial flowers under the old tree nameless grave -Jurate Norvaisiene Mazeikiai, Lithuania (0,1,0)=2 points 32 roadside glory escaped pawlonia in full bloom -Barbara A. Taylor Mountain Top, NSW,Australia (0,1,0)=2 points 35 my friend's baby I cover her with petals before the earth -Shabbir (0,1,0)=2 points 39 rhododendron curled in the bud a hint of pink -Madhuri Pillai Australia (2,0,0)=2 points 41 potpourri ... crowd around the faucet in the orphanage -Aparna Pathak India (0,1,0)=2 points 43 November drizzle crocheting a rose petal baby blanket -Eleonore Nickolay Vaires sur Marne,France (0,1,0)=2 points 54 withered petals I read the story in the my grandmother's eyes -Pepa Odjakova Plovdiv, Bulgaria (0,1,0)=2 points 64 three-volley salute fluttering cherry petals shift the grief -Cezar Ciobîcă Botosani,Romania (0,1,0)=2 points ____________________________________________________ 1 point (x5) 17 Halloween couple - eglantine eyelash petal on his savin eyebrow -Nicu Stopel Bucharest, Romania (1,0,0)=1 point 26 passionate night- unfolded petals dripping love -Munia Khan Dhaka, Bangladesh (1,0,0)=1 point 27 autumn breeze petals drift languorously onto my sleeping cat -Christina Sng Singapore (1,0,0)=1 point 42 a last smile poised on those lips- withered petals -Arvinder Kaur Chandigarh,India (1,0,0)=1 point 48 caught in a cob-web held in time with the spider a scarlet petal -Mark Gilfillan London, UK (1,0,0)=1 point ____________________________________________________ NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY 2 Life in the grip of death Only a few dried petals left Of a once vibrant flower -Tahera Mannan Nagpur,India 10 sparkling tears... cosmea petals on childish nails - a would-be lady -Goda V. Bendoraitiene Klaipeda, Lithuania 11 a round organ of yellow dandelion - the legs of a bee -Djurdja Vukelic Rozic Ivanic-Grad, Croatia 21 cemetery yard the visitor without a flower drops a petal -Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian Port Harcourt,Nigeria 34 wedding the same petals of red roses funeral -Andrius Luneckas Vilnius, Lithuania 37 Lightly snowing ... Ah, those of our meetings In blooming orchards .... -NIJOLĖ kERUŠAUSKIENĖ, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA 46 A hole in the stocks Bumblebee gets imprisoned in petalled Love does overstepped -Vibha Rani Shrivastava Patna,India 49 gray mother's hair on cracked threshold petals of cut apple orchard -Dainius Dirgela Vilnius, Lithuania 52 shitty work day - petals in my hair from the sky -Mihail Buraga Bucharest, Romania 53 all of us silent under the cherries we are tender petals -Božidar Škobić Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina 55 the petal... her bridal dress sheds more of stardust -Seshu Chamarty Hyderabad ,India 56 withered petals - the scorching sun spares none not even a rose -Sandra Martyres Mumbai, India 60 Cherry petals lie softly under my tired feet I keep motionless -Ruzica Soldo Bosnia and Herzegovina 62 gently she removes her rose's final petal -- he loves me, he loves ... -James Dobson Prudhoe, UK 66 falling petals on my lap- teardrops? -Vani Sathyanarayan Bangalore,India ___________________________________________________ Result Not Displayed as the Poets Didn't Cast Their Vote 28 petals in the wind my neighbors practice tai-chi -Bill Kenney Whitestone NY,USA 30 red fingernails petals between the pages of her diary -Marie Derley Ath, Belgium _____________________________________________________ Thank you for your participation! Kash Poet Organizer, Indian Kukai