Sunday, December 16, 2018

Winners' Certificates of Indian Kukai #26


The certificates of top five winners  of 26th Indian Kukai are here :-

                                                       Theme-Fireplace

                                          WINNER-Henryk Czempiel



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RUNNER UP-Arvinder Kaur


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THIRD PLACE-Sanjuktaa Asopa


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FOURTH PLACE-Lucy Whitehead


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FIFTH PLACE(X2)

Teiichi Suzuki


Jurate Norvaisiene


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Organizers,Indian Kukai

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Results of the 26th Indian Kukai



We conclude the 26th edition of the Indian Kukai 

today.


73 participants took part in the 26th Indian Kukai.

The theme of this edition was Fireplace



This time the winner is   Henryk Czempiel from Poland  with 39 points. 

Arvinder kaur, from India takes the runner-up slot with 29 points.

Sanjuktaa Asopa from India is third with 20 points.

Lucy Whitehead,  takes the 4th place with 19 points.

5th place is shared by  Jurate Norvaisiene from Lithuania and Teiichi Suzuki from Japan with 14 points.




Congratulations to all of them, and to each of you 

who participated as well.



Here are the complete results:


Points are indicated as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt + 1*3pt = 5+6+3 = 14 pts.


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1st place: 39 POINTS


#73

fireplace
from love and divorce letters
the same gray ash

 Henryk Czempiel
 Strzelce Opolskie, Poland

(3,9,6) =39


*


2nd place: 29 POINTS

#43

cold fireplace -
the warmth of grandpa’s stories
long after


Arvinder kaur,Chandigarh , India

(3,4,6)=29


*


3rd place: 20 POINTS


#66

fireplace logs
the way his promises
crumbled


Sanjuktaa Asopa
India


(3,4,3)=20




*


4th place : 19 POINTS


#3
first snowfall
a dish of butter softens
beside the fire



Lucy Whitehead,
Essex, UK



(4,3,3)=19

*


5th place(X 2): 14 POINTS


#06

abandoned house-- 
setting sun through broken windows
lights a fireplace


Teiichi Suzuki
Osaka, Japan
 

(1,2,3)=14

AND

#58

evening fireplace
I exchange places with
my own shadow



Jurate Norvaisiene
Mazeikiai, Lithuania

(3,4,1)=14

*


6th place : 13 POINTS(x3)


#11

old fireplace –
so many shades of red
in the evening sky



Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)


(3,2,2)=13

*

#28
another log
in the fireplace ...
a promise to keep




Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines



(3,2,2)=13

*

#68

fireplace
folding sighs into
her kimono


Florin Florian
botosani, Romania



(5,4,0)=13




*


7th place : 12 POINTS


#8

crackling embers the way you leave me wanting for more

Christine L. Villa North Highlands, USA


(3,3,1)=12




*


8th place : 11 POINTS

# 67

fireplace an extra degree warmer in grandma's lap

Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad,India

(1,2,2)=11

*

9th place : 10 POINTS

*
#9
evening at the fireplace dancing shadows of the motionless things

Nikolay Grankin( Гранкин Николай) Russia, Krasnodar

(3,2,1)=10


#13

dancing light-- I remember the heat from his pyre

Ashish Narain Manila, Philippines

(3,2,1)=10

#55
dancing flames a satisfied hum from her armchair

Mark Gilbert Nottingham, UK



(4,3,0)= 10




10th place (X 5) : 9 POINTS


#07
drying herbs along the kitchen rafters …warm hearth

Ignatius Fay Sudbury, Ontario, Canada


(1,4,0)= 9




AND


#24

fireplace the trembling shadows of the souvenirs

Eleonore Nickolay Vaires sur Marne France


(4,1,1)= 9





AND

#35

lighting the fireplace with world news... old newspapers

Lyudmila Hristova,

Sofia, Bulgaria
(3,3,0)= 9

AND


# 51



winter blast— coals in the fireplace speaking softly

Sondra J. Byrnes Santa Fe, New Mexico


(3,0,2)= 9



AND


# 70


dying embers— just for a moment glowing more than her face

Rashmi Vesa Bengaluru,India.



(1,1,2)= 9




*


8 POINTS(x3)


#16
nightly window in the fire of the fireplace constellations shine

Minko Tanev, Plovdiv, Bulgaria


(2,0,2)=8



*


#47

ember rain
the remains of our home
a fireplace



Marilyn Ashbaugh
Edwardsburg, USA



(1,2, 1)=8


 *


#59
what’s left of me
after you’re gone -
dying embers



Susan Burch,
Hagerstown, USA


(3,1,1)=8


 *

7 POINTS(x2)



# 17
firewood neatly stored
the hearth empty and cold
since he has gone



Marina Bellini
Bagnolo San Vito (MN) - Italy

(3,2,0)=7


AND


#32



dislodged log
sudden sparkles
in her eyes



Barbara A. Taylor
Mountain Top, NSW
Australia



(3,2,0)=7


*


6 POINTS(x4)


#04

sitting round the fire
they watch the dramas
in the flames



John McDonald
Edinburgh Scotland



(1,1,1)=6



*


#12
Fireside-
grandma is watching
a cat's sleep



Vasile Moldovan,(Don Basilio)
Romania

(2,2,0)=6




*
#19
open fire
a burning smell
in the cat's fur


Marie Derley

(1,1,1)=6



*


#27

forbidden love
hiding the secrets
the burning fireplace



Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 


(1,1,1)=6





*


5 POINTS(x7)


#20

ashes in fireplace…
somewhere deep inside
left poetry



Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania




(1,2,0)=5


*


# 22
hissing in water
extinguishing on embers 
removes phobias
Stoianka BOIANOVA,
Sofia, BULGARIA

(0,1,1) =5


*


#30
midwinter -
grandfather lights his pipe
ember glow


Mohammad Azim Khan,
Peshawar Pakistan

(2,0,1)=5


*


#34

abandoned house –
just the sun
warms up the fireplace



Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi
Roumanie



(2,0,1)=5

*

#42


firelight . . .
eyes closed he sips tea
from her favorite cup



Carol Raisfeld,
New York, USA



(0,1,1)=5



 *

#54

electric fireplace
how you held me
from a distance



Tia Haynes
Lakewood, USA

(0,1,1)=5



*

#63


fireplace -
drinking wine
slowly



Mihail Buraga
Bucharest
Romania 

(0,1,1)=5






4 POINTS(x5)


#18
bitter cold -
beside stranger's fireplace
a small refugee  



Goran Gatalica,
Zagreb, Croatia

(2,1,0)=4

*


#38


empty fireplace
my heart
after you



Radostina Dragostinova
(4, 0, 0)=4



*


#56

fireplace-
softly the snow
and your hands



Giovanna Restuccia
Modena
Italy 

(2,1,0)=4




*
#57

alone in the dark
over the fireplace
fireflies dancе



Antoaneta Pavlova,
Plovdiv, Bulgaria


(1,0,1)=4


*


#69


lighting the fireplace
your halo
regains strength


Cristina Apetrei
Botoșani, Romania

(1,0,1)=4



*





3 POINTS(x4)


#14

warmed
by the place where the fire is
his eyes



Kath Abela Wilson
Pasadena, California
USA  


(0,0,1)=3



*


#15

christmas eve-
tiny socks hanging above the fireplace
are filled secretly by parents



Shruti Manurkar
Pune, Maharashtra. 

(1,1,0)=3






*


#39
sunny winter day
old cat’s dilemma
fireplace or roof



Wiesław Karliński(Carley)
(1,1,0)=3


*

#45


home for good comfort of shifting coals


Marion Clarke Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland


(0,0,1)=3


*

2 POINTS(X13)



5

sad puppy—
kitty gets the best spot
by the fireplace



Michael H. Lester
Los Angeles USA

(2,0,0)= 2



*

#21


near the fireplace - are thawing the relationships with my mother-in-law


Dan Iulian, Bucharest-Romania


(0,1,0)=2


*


#26


insomnia - rising shadows at the mouth of the stove


Florin Golban, Bucuresti, Romania


(2,0,0)=2


*


#29


Snowbeds over the village- cracking in the old fireplace some dry woods

Alexandru-Emil MĂRIN, Bucharest, ROMÂNIA.


(0,1,0)=2



*


#33

undying ember... the moment's thought of a firefly


Adjei Agyei-Baah


(0,1,0)=2



*


#36


huddled over embers in the mud refugee kids’ cheerful smiles


Ingrid Baluchi


(2,0,0)=2


*


#41


embers trees are worshiping low on the wind


Ivanka Yankova


(0,1,0)=2


*


#46


fireplace — the black winter sun making itself at home


Minh-Triêt Pham (Paris, France)


(0,1,0)=2


*


#53


sitting alone by fireplace 10 hours full HD


Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lituania


(0,1,0)=2


*


#60


fireplace. . . the ways rough weather brings us together


Ajaya Mahala Jaipur, India


(2,0,0)=2


*


#62


old fireplace still half burnt woods crossed in hearth


Sudebi Singha City - Kolkata Country - India


(0,1,0)=2


*


#65


old fireplace... the little boy shoos lizards out of Santa’s way


Seshu Chamarty, Hyderabad, India.


(2,0,0)=2


*


#72


warmth of the cinder – between me and her unspoken words reverberate


B.Vadivelrajan Chennai, India


(2,0,0)=2


*


1 POINT(x2)


#40


late autumn the cat sleeps illuminated by the fireplace flame


Nijolė Kerušauskienė




*


#64


too frozen to speak - they move to the fireplace to resume fighting


Sandra Martyres Mumbai - India


*


SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME

#1


effervescent sparks Brut Rosé Champagne and his warmth


Anna Cates, Wilmington, Ohio (USA)


*


#2


lovely migrant girls and american task force - on the fireplace


Postelnicu, Bucharest, Romania


*

#10

cold night treasure- born to perish to keep us warm


Munia Khan Country: Dhaka, Bangladesh


*


#23


natal house reviving buried memories the flames of the old fireplace


RANIERI Christiane France


*


#25


cutted down forest cool fireplace burning man between


Dainius Dirgela Vilnius, Lithuania


*


#37


Biting cold FIREPLACE Kissing beloved's burnt palm


Vibha rani Shrivastava

India

*


#44


fireplace corner burning my vices hatred pride anger


Lakshmi Iyer Chennai,India



*


#48


moon before yule.. twigs of the old year kindle hearth burning logs


Pat Geyer, USA


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#49


A cord of wood stacked in a dry place cheeks on fire


Richard Jodoin Montréal, Canada



*


#50


cold hearth ...if only the grown-ups had learnt to talk, too


Vandana Parashar Chandimandir India



*


#52


I'm putting on a log already sparkling green eyes


Dorota Ocińska, Polska




*


#61


autumn evening she is mesmerized by the writhing flames


Nancy Brady, Huron, USA


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#71


bright fireplace -- nearby logs are safe from the night chill


James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK.



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*Haiku#31 not shown in the final list as the contestant didn't send votes.


 We look forward to your participation in the 27th Indian Kukai .



Organizers,


Indian Kukai