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1st Place
#24
mother's passing -
the river of heaven
brighter than ever
Arvinder Kaur,
Chandigarh,India
(1,3,6)=25 points
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2nd place
# 13
Milky Way
shoals of silvery fish
fill the sea
Marta Chocilowska,
Warsaw, Poland
(8,6,1)=23 points
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3rd place
#68
no blanket
but the Milky Way
a beggar dreams
Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines
(5,2,4)=21 points
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4th place(x3)
#21
Milky Way-
how soon will I be
dust?
Giovanna Restuccia
Italy
(4,4,2) = 18 points
#72
connecting dots...
where do I begin
and end
G.Akila
Hyderabad, India
(5,2,3)=18 points
#82
refugee camp
the expansive silence
of Milky Way
Kaiser v Kahn
Darmstadt,Germany
(3,3,3)= 18 points
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5th Place
#81
old pond...
the Milky Way makes room
for water lilies
Cezar Florescu
Botosani, romania
(1,2,4)= 17 points
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6th place
#69
Milky Way
before our son
was a stillborn
Pragya Vishnoi
Kanpur,India
(0,2,4)= 16 points
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7th place(x2)
#12
midnight muse -
painting my poems
with stardust
Teji Sethi,
Bangalore,India
(2,2,3)= 15 points
#29
skinny dipping
with every stroke
we catch a star
Marina Bellini
Bagnolo San Vito (MN)
Italy
(0,3,3)=15 points
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8th place(x2)
#73
childhood sky -
guessing stars
one by one
Florin Golban,
Bucuresti, Romania
(1,2,3)=14 points
#85
undulating
on a dark river -
oil lamps
Priti Aisola;
Hyderabad, India
(1,2,3)= 14 points
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9th place
#42
milky way the river makes space for me
Ashish Narain
Manila, Philippines
(1,3,2)=13 points
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10th place(x2)
#4
Milky Way
after the sleepless night
first tooth
Radka Mindova
Bulgaria
(2,2,2) = 12 points
#80
a koi's leap
the Milky way settles
over its sound
sanjuktaa asopa
Karnataka,India
(1,1,3)=12 points
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10 points(x2)
# 5
Milky Way
mother’s prayers
stir the stars
Marilyn Ashbaugh
Edwardsburg, USA
(2,1,2)= 10 points
#61
in the breath of space between us...milky way
Vandana Parashar
Panchkula,India
(2,1,2)= 10 points
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9 points(x3)
#36
Along the highway
a lost cow in the night
the Milky Way
Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada(2,2,1)= 9 points
#43
a puddle--
willing to jump over
the Milky Way
Teiichi Suzuki
Osaka, Japan(0,3,1) = 9 points
#67
Milky Way...
still looking at the stars
in my little girl's eyes
Gautam Nadkarni
Mumbai, India
(1,1,2)= 9 points
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8 points (X6)
#6
crossing
my insomnia...
Milky Way
Mirela Brăilean
Iași,România
(3,1,1)= 8 points
#53
a million sparkles
in a child's eyes
Diwali sky
Lakshmi Iyer
Kerala,India
(1,2,1) = 8 points
#59
the sound
of wild geese somewhere
milky way
Jurate Norvaisiene
Lithuania, Mazeikiai
(2,0,2)= 8 points
#63
the Milky Way...
imprints of our school bus
on damp sand
Goran Gatalica,
Zagreb, Croatia
(0,1,2)= 8 points
#77
milky way...
one by one snowflakes
kiss my feet
Archana Kapoor Nagpal,
Bengaluru, India
(0,1,2)= 8 points
#2
milky way...
a pregnant woman wishes
on a falling star
Ed Bremson
Raleigh, NC
USA
(0,1,2)= 8 points
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6 points(x5)
#1
moonless autumn -
mother in rags lullabies
about milk and stars
Tapan Mozumdar
Bangalore, India
(0,0,2) = 6 points
#15
just now a star falls
from the Milky Way...
is it mine?!
Vasile Moldovan
Bucharest, Romania
(0,0,2)= 6 points
#17
full moon
in the calm sea
Milky Way
Viktoriya Marinova
Bulgaria
(1,1,1)= 6 points
#20
clear night
slicing the milky way
bats
Andrius Luneckas,
Lituania, Vilnius
(0,3,0)= 6 points
#52
no telescop –
in grandparents'village
Milky Way
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Romania
(1,1,1) = 6 points
lockdown
from my balcony straight to
the Milky Way
Eleonore Nickolay
Vaires sur Marne,France
(2,0,1)= 5 points
#19
alone, sick...
I ask the stars in the Milky Way
assistance
Adina ENĂCHESCU
Rm. Vâlcea
România
(0,1,1) = 5 points
in her eyes ...
the secrets of
the galaxy
Surashree Joshi
Pune, India
(1,2,0) = 5 points
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4 points (x4)
# 28
all the light
our lives will ever need
Milky Way
Srinivas S
Rishi Valley, India
(0,2,0) =4 points
# 39
icy bay
a trail of dead mackerels
joins the Milky Way
Ajaya Mahala
Bhubaneswar, India
(0,2,0) = 4 points
# 51
The poets pass
one by one in immortality -
Milky Way
Constantin Stroe
Bucharest, Romania
(2,1,0)= 4 points
# 64
cosmic traveller -
all the stars are glittering
in my glass of wine
Mihail Buraga
Bucharest, Romania
(1,0,1)= 4 points
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3 points (x8)
# 23
Milky Way
telling grandson a bedtime story
from my childhood
Nikolay Grankin.
Russia
( 0,0,1) = 3 points
# 26
me and mosquitoes
there is room for everyone
on the milky way
Wiesław Karliński,
Namysłów, Poland
(0,0,1) = 3 points
# 31
cloudless night -
childhood's fireflies
in the milky way
Christiane Ranieri
Wittenheim France
( 1,1,0)= 3 points
# 55
across the night sky
arching my new spiral thoughts
in the milky way
Kaa. Na. Kalyanasundaram
Chennai,India
(0,0,1) =3 points
# 76
starry dawn
the humming milkman
on his way
Henryk Czempiel
Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
(3,0,0) = 3 points
# 83
shallow water
children wallowing
in the Milky Way
Cristina Apetrei
Saveni ,Romania
(1,1,0)= 3 points
#84
traveling to
the milky way and back
my thoughts
quamrul hassan
dhaka, bangladesh
(3,0,0) = 3 points
# 16
stars at their feet
this young couple . . .
rice on the bridal path
Ingrid Baluchi
Ohrid, Macedonia
(1,1,0)= 3 points
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milky way
my gipsy lover and I
We took a walk
Damir Damir,
Kotor, Montenegro
(0,1,0)= 2 points
# 30
Milky way
I whisper my wishes
to my doll
Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(0,1,0) = 2 points
# 32
night flowers-
blooming above the spout
the milky way
Shalini Pattabiraman
Dundee, Scotland
(0,1,0) = 2 points
# 35
sketch of one bright star
falling
through dust
Radhamani sarma
Chennai ,India
(0,1,0) = 2 points
# 47
I count the stars-
a quiet, warm night…
lockdown
Krzysztof Kokot,
Nowy Targ, POLAND
(0,1,0) = 2 points
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1 point(x9)
# 3
the Universe is Me
getting smaller and smaller
alone on Milky Way
Goda V. Bendoraitienė
Klaipėda, Lithuania
#34
summer night sky . . .
with her flowing hair
river of heaven
Milan Rajkumar
Imphal , India
# 45
Milky Way -
the baby gives mom
clues for weaning
Dan Iulian,
Bucharest , Romania
# 46
milky way -
through his lens
she eyes venus
R.SURESH BABU
CHIKMAGALUR, INDIA
# 58
leaves falling down
on the Milky Way...
night over the river
Lyudmila Hristova,
Sofia, Bulgaria
# 65
Milky Way . . .
billions of stars spill
into the night
Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
# 66
waiting
for the old milkman
paddling the Milky Way
Mohammad Azim Khan,
Peshawar,Pakistan
# 71
Milky Way sky --
I follow a straight
and frosted path
James Dobson,
Prudhoe, UK.
# 79
vast canvas
along the cloud's bank
a narrow Milkyway
Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad,India
NO POINTS THIS TIME,SORRY
#7
cold autumn night —
above the street lights
the Milky Way
Minh-Triêt Pham
Paris, France
# 8
Kilifi Bay—
dog paddling around us paints
the Milky Way
Roy Duffield
Barcelona, Spain
#9
the milky way
me, a part or vice-versa—
my mind boggles
Subir Ningthouja,
Imphal, Manipur
# 11
zero mars
full mouth of milky way
cosmos of happy child
Dainius Dirgela
Vilnius, Lithuania
# 14
gushing waves
our imprints
get closer
Rajeshwari Srinivasan
India
# 22
milky band of light
in the night sky shown by stars...
our own galaxy
Pat Geyer
East Brunswick, NJ USA
# 25
Milky way -
dessert impressions made by cats.
vibha rani Shrivastava
Patna,India
#27
Milky Way -
the token I still keep
from you
Ana Drobot,
Bucharest, Romania
# 37
milky way
wishing to see myself
from outside
Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, USA
# 38
river of milk -
the ablutions
of the young monk
Pasquale Asprea
Italy
#41
Big Dipper
above the mountain lake
poetry underfoot
Christina Chin
Kuching, Malaysia
#44
that moment
two parallels cross
milky way
Richa Sharma
Ghaziabad, India
#48
milky way
the shinny sky
call me fly
Kamrun Nahar
Dhaka,Bangladesh
# 50
watering flowers –
the flowing of dreams
in the autumn sky
Daniela Misso
San Gemini (TR)
Italy
# 54
in the galaxy Diwali festive
at the telescope
crowd of people
Sushma Nayak
Bhubaneswar, India
# 70
murmuration ...
through the binoculars
a tiny galaxy
Sushama Kapur
Pune,India
# 74
stardust
the white band of light in the sky
guides the pilgrims
Tsanka Shishkova
Sofia, Bulgaria
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Haiku# 49 was withdrawn from the contest.
Haiku# 57 and # 75 were cancelled.
Haiku #56,62,33,40 and 60 were not shown in
the final list as participants did not send their votes.
Thank you all for your participation !
We look forward to your participation in the 35th Indian kukai.
Organizers,
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