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
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
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
*
#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
*
#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,
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