We conclude the 27th edition of the Indian Kukai
today.
80 participants took part in the 27th Indian Kukai.
The theme of this edition was COLOUR
This time the Top place has been shared by two Haijins.
Both Minh-Triêt Pham from Paris,France and Anna Cates from Wilmington, OH. USA are First with 26 points each.
Vandana Parashar from India is Second with 18 points.
Csanad Szava from Cluj-Napoca, Romania takes the Third place with 17 points.
Eleonore Nickolay from Vaires sur Marne , France is Fourth with 16 points.
And Christine L. Villa from North Highlands, USA is Fifth with 15 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 (x2) :- 26 points each
# 1
after the downpour
the rainbow disappears
into the chameleon
Minh-Triêt Pham
Paris, France
(2,6,4)=26
AND
# 8
autumn colors
a raven soaks up
the sunlight
Anna Cates,
Wilmington, OH. USA
(4,5,4)= 26
*
2nd place :18 points
# 31
muezzin's call
the colour of sunset sky
on her hennaed hands
Vandana Parashar
India
(4,1,4)= 18
*
3rd place: 17 points
# 68
coloring a mandala
he forgets the shadows
of life
Csanad Szava
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
(2,3,3)= 17 points
*
4th place: 16 points
# 35
winter journey
the white fields
of memory
Eleonore Nickolay
Varies sur Marne,France
(4,3,2)= 16 points
*
5th place: 15 points
# 80
monochromatic
a day without
a poem
Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, USA
(4,4,1)= 15 points
*
6th place(x2) : 14 points
# 20
rainbow...
her first moments
after divorce
Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania
(3,4,1)= 14 points
*
#22
flowering season
the red of her lips
on my cheek
Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont
Brussels, Belgium
(3,1,3)= 14 points
*
7th place (x3) : 12 points
#12
first light...
the changing colours
of holy water
Archana Kapoor Nagpal,
Bangalore, India
(4,1,2) =12 points
*
#16
winter's end
on a white piece of paper
the colored pencils
Nikolay Grankin
Russia, Krasnodar
(5,2,1)=12 points
*
#74
reading with delight
about Impressionism—
braille dots
Henryk Czempiel
Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
(3,0,3)=12 points
*
8th place : 11 points
#24
a kid's drawing
the sun
with Mom's face
Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv,Bulgaria
(4,2,1)=11 points
*
9th Place(x2) : 10 points
#3
wildflowers -
the bee doesn't do difference
of color
Pasquale Asprea
(1,3,1)=10 points
*
#44
Traffic jam
in a grey morning day
a green skirt suit on bike
Richard Jodoin
Montreal,Canada
(0,2,2)=10 points
*
10th place :9 points
#39
wielding the brush
I paint my life
a different color
Carol Raisfeld,
Atlantic Beach,NY,USA
(3,3,0)=9 Points
*
8 Points
#34
pink slip
the pockets on clothesline
inside out
Sudebi Singha
Kolkata,India
(3,1,1)=8 points
*
7 Points(x3)
#4
Breeze of spring-
my daughter paints
with warm colours
Vasile Moldovan
Bucharest, Romania
(3,2,0)=7 points
*
#56
red poppies
cover the field
once covered in blood
Nancy Brady
Huron, Ohio, USA
(3,2,0)=7 points
*
#66
The white sail divides
the blue sky from
the blue ocean
-Zdenko Cavar
Knespolje
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(1,0,2)=7 points
*
6 Points(x6)
#15
bright streams
colorful petals are raining
above the melted snow
Minko Tanev,
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(0,0,2)=6 points
*
#36
the old pond -
green circles
suddenly
Mihail Buraga
Bucharest ,Romania
(1,1,1)=6 points
*
# 42
forgotten words -
I try to memorise
the colour of your eyes
Yaeshona Sarkar
Pune, India
(2,2,0)=6 points
*
#65
On the dry branches
of yellow roses
the bunch of red fruits
Ruzica Soldo
Siroki Brijeg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(0,0,2)=6 points
*
#67
Under the neighbor´s
jasmine tree
yellow dandelion still asleep
Gabrijela Susak
Mokro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2,2,0)=6 points
*
#75
questioning
my skin color
burnt ground
Billy Antonio,
Laoac, Philippines
(1,1,1,)=6 points
*
5 Points(x10)
# 7
under the hoarfrost
red chrysanthemums-
their last prayer
Vasile COJOCARU
Pașcani, Romania
( 0,1,1)=5 points
*
#18
red nasturtium
a soft smile
holds my lips
Muskaan Ahuja
Chandigarh, India
(0,1,1)=5 points
*
#19
circus clown
infusing colour
to our lives
Mohammad Azim Khan,
Peshawar Pakistan
(1,2,0)=5 points
*
#27
blue glicinias
on the edge of the sunrise
rosily morning
Stoianka Boianova,
Sofia, Bulgaria
(0,1,1)=5 points
*
#28
yellowed leaf
it fell with a rain -
or maybe a butterfly
Wiesław Karliński
Namysłów, Poland
(0,1,1)= 5 points
*
#29
remaining dusk -
full opened beak
of a blackbird
Goran Gatalica,
Zagreb, Croatia
(0,1,1)=5 points
*
#37
white moon
the sky darkness
in cat's eyes
Ivanka Yankova,
Aenvgrad, Bulgaria
( 1,2,0)= 5 points
#49
spring blues -
sky
and crocuses
John McDonald
Edinburgh Scotland
(0,1,1)=5 points
*
#59
color-blind...
pulled over for jumping
a green light
Seshu Chamarty.
Hyderabad, India
(2,0,1)=5 points
*
#63
so many shades of blue
I draw myself
the horizon line
Lyudmila Hristova,
Sofia, Bulgaria
(0,1,1)=5 points
*
4 Points(x9)
# 5
aquamarine
meets ochre
the thin white strip
Mark Gilfillan
Hackney - London
(2,1,0)=4 points
#13
mimicking
the color of icicles—
blind man's eyes
-Michael H. Lester
Los Angeles USA
(0,2,0)=4 points
#30
rainy morning—
a violet-bluish feather
lands in the garden
-Marina Bellini
Bagnolo San Vito (MN) - Italy
(2,1,0)= 4 points
#38
office tower building –
only the blue sky is coloring
my life
-Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi ,Roumanie
(0,2,0)= 4 points
#43
morning bell
risen by the cloud of crows
white silence
-Dorota Ocińska
Poland, Łódź
(2,1,0)=4 points
#46
white on blue
a puffcloud
with a smiley face
-Mark Gilbert,
Nottingham, UK
(0,2,0)= 4 points
#72
autumn whiff -
I dye my hair
orange
-Ana Baltė, Kaunas
Lithuania
(2,1,0)= 4 points
#73
remaining snow --
a dropped white glove
is lost
-James Dobson,
Prudhoe, UK.
(1,0,1)=4 points
#79
winter dawn -
the whiteness
of a rooster's crow
-Cristina Apetrei
Botoșani/Romania
(2,1,0)= 4 points
*
3 Points(x10)
#10
sunshine
through his eyes
a blue sky
Florin Golban,
Bucuresti, Romania
(1,1,0)=3
*
#17
it's raining light
from golden leaves --
my new name Grandma
Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania
(0,0,1)=3
*
#25
grey hair
my grandson says do I need
to wait that long
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
City: Hyderabad
Country: India
(3,0,0)=3
*
#32
rainbows of flavor . . .
the light of mother’s
lentil soup
Marilyn Ashbaugh
Edwardsburg, USA
(1,1,0)=3
*
#45
foaming waves
the immaculate whiteness
from my Piña Colada
RANIERI Christiane
France
(1,1,0)=3
*
#47
twilight
my daughter painting with fingers
suns on the window
Radostina Dragostinova
Sofia, Bulgaria
(0,0,1)=3
*
#54
clear skies
the door to the lighthouse
a deeper blue than the sea
Lucy Whitehead,
Essex, UK
(1,1,0)=3
*
#57
spring rainbow –
heavenly kiss to
spring flowers
Antoaneta Pavlova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(0,0,1)=3
*
#77
Poppy Day
out of the mist
moss-covered years
Florin Ciobîcă
Botoșani/ Romania
(0,0,1)=3
*
#78
tender breeze...
the rush of colours
from my calendar
Praniti Gulyani,
New Delhi, India
(1,1,0)=3
*
2 Points(x5)
# 41
first shades that
Spring spills on me -
Blues?
Shalini Sunkuru
Norwich, UK
(2,0,0)=2
*
#53
before and after
her widowhood…
the waning spectrum
Rashmi Vesa
Bengaluru,India
(2,0,0)=2
*
# 62
autumn winds
undress the trees-
a burst of colour
Sandra Martyres
City - Mumbai
Country - India
(0,1,0)=2
*
# 64
Summer heat
An artistis is still painting
red poppies
Svetla Pacheva-Karabova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(2,0,0)=2
*
#76
worn jeans
the sea bay
from bird's view
Viktoriya Marinova
Westendorf, Austria
(0,1,0)=2
*
1 Point(x10)
#11
seagrass green
I choose for one evening
colour of eyes
Jurate Norvaisiene
Mazeikiai, Lithuania
*
#26
mango orchard
brushing in the colours
of peacock dance
Gautam Nadkarni
Mumbai, India
*
#40
sunlit prism -
kaleidoscopic rainbows
Sufi dancing
Ingrid Baluchi
Ohrid, Macedonia
*
#51
fogbow
dreaming to be
a rainbow
Lakshmi Iyer
Chennai
India
*
#52
funeral
alive and dead with the same
color of skin
Dainius Dirgela
Vilnius, Lithuania
*
#55
Forgot road!
hardship and fatigue
northern lights
Nijolė Kerušauskiene
Kaunas, Lithuania
*
#58
burning question-
the colours of the skin
or the skin of colours?
Munia Khan
Dhaka City, Bangladesh
*
# 60
the sky
through the green lake
still blue
Adjei Agyei-Baah
Ghana/New Zealand
*
#61
faded
can I paint in my sky
yesterday's rainbow
Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad India
*
# 71
mountain top
world spreads in shades of
prussian blue
Anitha Varma,
Cochin, India.
*
SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME
# 2
Alhambra’s lighting-up
through the hotel window--
winter sleepless night
Teiichi Suzuki
Osaka city, Japan
*
# 6
black crow scares the sun;
a seer mourns the season
no colour 'til spring
Pat Geyer
East Brunswick, NJ USA
*
#14
deepest red
the twisted knots
in basket cases
Barbara A. Taylor
Mountain Top, NSW
Australia 2480
*
# 21
Jesus Christ kidnapped -
Giotto's aliens angels
just in case coloured
Gheorghe Postelnicu,
Bucharest, Romania
*
# 48
pink dawn-
of different colors
the castaways’ clothes
Giovanna Restuccia
Modena, (Italy )
*
# 50
sakuras blooming-
all japanese not japanese
are japanese
Andrius Luneckas,
Vilnius, Lituania
*
# 70
green tomatoes
stealing red from the sun
tax form
Ignatius Fay
Sudbury, Canada
*Haiku #9 has been withdrawn from the contest.
*Haiku # 33 , #69 , #23 not shown in the final list as the contestants didn't send votes.
We look forward to your participation in the 28th Indian Kukai .
Organizers,
Indian Kukai
