Indian Kukai from IN haiku

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #10 - March 2015

Namaste! Hello!

We welcome you to the 10th edition of Indian Kukai.

Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.

The topic for Indian Kukai #10 is ANT.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

paper boats
the black ant clings
to its matchstick

— Johannes Manjrekar.
The haiku won sixth place in Shiki Kukai July 2003.

Submission Period:
SUN – 1st MAR. to SUN – 22nd MAR. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 23rd MAR. to WED – 1st APR. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: WED – 8th APR. 2015

Guidelines:

Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.

How to enter?

Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #10 (ANT) – My Entry”
Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

Guidelines for Voting Period:

Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
You will have 10 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 10 points must be used.
Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #10 (ANT) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your vote mail.
Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
Order your votes in the same order as in list.

For eg:

#01 -- 3 points

#06 -- 1 points

#25 -- 2 points

#55 -- 1 points

#92 -- 3 points
Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on blog via a mail as well.

Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

Cheers!

Organizer, Indian Kukai.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Results - Indian Kukai #9 - Onion

Dear haiku friends!

Namaste! Howdy! Bon jour! And hello!

Thank you for taking part in our 9th Indian Kukai.

Firstly, let me apologize for the delays that happened during the period of this kukai. It has been two torrid months for me, and I thank you for the patience you have shown. Since we are very late, as a way of thanks, all results are taken into consideration for just this edition, voted or otherwise.

We had 75 participants from 25 countries this time.

{Australia – 4, Bangladesh – 1, Belgium – 1, Bhutan – 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1, Bulgaria – 5, Canada – 3, Croatia – 2, England – 4, France – 4, Germany – 3, India – 18, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Italy – 1, Lithuania – 4, Macedonia – 1, Nepal – 1, New Zealand – 1, Nigeria – 1, Northern Ireland – 1, Philippines – 1, Poland – 1, Romania – 9, Scotland – 1, United States of America – 4.}

Our congratulations and thanks to you all.

The winner for this edition of the Indian Kukai is Urveez Kakalia, from Mumbai in India.

In second place, is Samar Ghose, from Perth in Australia.

Third place goes to Sanaa Dayal, from Jaipur in India.

In fourth place is Harshvardhan Sushant, from Pune in India.

And fifth place is shared by Marion Clarke, from Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland and Lavana Kray, from Iasi in Romania.

COMPLETE RESULTS AS BELOW:

8
onion rings...
a slum girl shows off
her bangles

Urveez Kakalia [ Mumbai, India ] ( 7 , 7 , 4 ) = 33 pts

12
digging onions--
the old man sniffs the air
for rain

Samar Ghose [ Perth, Australia ] ( 10 , 4 , 4 ) = 30 pts

74
wild onions...
the memories that won't
go away

Sanaa Dayal [ Jaipur, India ] ( 12 , 4 , 3 ) = 29 pts

1
onion rings
the dark circles
beneath my father's eyes

Harshvardhan Sushant [ Pune, India ] ( 8 , 4 , 4 ) = 28 pts

50
chopping onions -
my grandmother's
paper-thin skin

Marion Clarke [ Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ] ( 6 , 3 , 4 ) = 24 pts

69
silver wedding -
we share the rings
of a pickled onion

Lavana Kray [ Iasi, Romania ] ( 7 , 7 , 1 ) = 24 pts

29
family quarrel
she goes to the kitchen
to cut onions

Gergana Yaninska [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 11 , 6 , 0 ) = 23 pts

43
mother's words —
the aftertaste
of red onion

Carl Seguiban [ Vancouver, Canada ] ( 9 , 4 , 2 ) = 23 pts

45
satori—
at the core of the onion
nothingness

Gautam Nadkarni [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 3 ) = 19 pts

26
red onion skins -
the old gipsy woman still
colouring her hair

Miruna Covor [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 7 , 2 , 2 ) = 17 pts

59
winter morning...
from grandma's small kitchen
the scent of onion

Keith Simmonds [ Rodez, France ] ( 8 , 3 , 1 ) = 17 pts

10
noonday heat
a breeze peels
the onion seller's skirt

Ken Sawitri [ Blora, Indonesia ] ( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts

16
ripe onion—
the outer roundness
of her belly

Hansha Teki [ Wellington, New Zealand ] ( 4 , 6 , 0 ) = 16 pts

21
one after another
i remove my worries –
onion peelings

Diana Teneva [ Haskovo, Bulgaria ] ( 6 , 5 , 0 ) = 16 pts

5
our romance...
removing another layer
of the onion

Robert Kania [ Warsaw, Poland ] ( 5 , 3 , 1 ) = 14 pts

61
onion...
the layers of emotions
behind her smile

Dishika Iyer [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 4 , 0 ) = 14 pts

9
peeling onions–
i wipe mama's eyes
with my skirt

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [ Birmingham, England ] ( 4 , 3 , 1 ) = 13 pts
18
peeling the onion -
he loves me,he loves me not,
he loves me…

Yu Lian [ Corabia, Romania ] ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) = 13 pts

55
onion peels
what goes around
comes around

Mrunali Thakore [ Mumbai, India ] ( 5 , 4 , 0 ) = 13 pts

60
wild onions
infiltrate daffodils . . .
middle age

Julie Warther [ Dover, USA ] ( 2 , 1 , 3 ) = 13 pts

2
full of tears
the onion
and I

John McDonald [ Edinburgh, Scotland ] ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts

71
pregnant once more
I plant onions under
the gibbous moon

Cynthia Rowe [ Sydney, Australia ] ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts

41
cutting onion...
finding my way
through grief

Florin Florian [ Botosani, Romania ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts

63
my neighbour’s son
is getting better at the violin
the onion stew got burnt

Lyudmila Hristova [ Sofia, Bulgaria ] ( 2 , 3 , 1 ) = 11 pts

75
onion cutting -
every reason to have
a good cry

Janina Weidholz [ Wiesbaden, Germany ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts

13
first day away from home-
on my fingers
the smell of mother’s onion sambar*

(sambar - a broth of lentils, tamarind paste and vegetables usually eaten by mixing with rice using the fingers)

Vidya Venkatramani [ Chennai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts

28
onion...
after tattoo removal
new skin layers
Ana Drobot [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 5 , 1 , 1 ) = 10 pts

24
onion rings
he forgets I know
when he's lying

Christine Villa [ North Highlands, USA ] ( 7 , 1 , 0 ) = 9 pts

34
onion field--
the worms and i
rejoicing

Meik Blottenberger [ Hanover, USA ] ( 2 , 2 , 1 ) = 9 pts

37
april fragrance
the onions flower
in a water jar

Ramesh Anand [ Bangalore, India ] ( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts

54
onion layers -
the unfathomable depths
of his heart

Arvinder Kaur [ Chandigarh, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts

25
farewell kiss –
finding herself in the kitchen
cutting an onion

Angelica Seithe [ Wettenberg, Germany ] ( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts

49
onion clouds
gathering the dusk
her puffed eyes

Akila G [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts

62
slicing onions
outside the window
a lone heron flies away

Billy Antonio [ Laoac, Philippines ] ( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts

67
hopeful onions
perceive the incoming spring
even in the fridge

Francisco de Sabata [ Pescantina, Italy ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts

36
the honey moon
onion soup and champagne
served to the bed

Arturas Silanskas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts

66
Onions cut-
white circles
under my eyes

Christiane Ranieri [ Wittenheim, France ] ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts

72
long-awaited wedding
in her handkerchief
onion flakes

Pepa Odjakova [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

6
two fullmoons
on the table
onions

Andrius Luneckas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

11
onion's last skin
the Godless sanctorum
of an old temple

Ajaya Mahala [ Pune, India ] ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts

20
in floods of tears
while peeling onions —
the wedding banquet

Minh Triet Pham [ Paris, France. ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

44
countless tender stars
take shape of summer snow ball
white blooming onion

Kirsten G. [ Goessweinstein, Germany ] ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts

53
A striptease
with tears and tears and tears –
peeling onions

Willy Cuvelier [ Gullegem, Belgium ] ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts

73
she cried as
she cut through it -
lifeless onion

Shubhangi Jagdev [ Pune, India ] ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

4
a sentimental scene
on TV -- fortunately I'm just
cutting the onion

Tomislav Maretic [ Zagreb, Croatia ] ( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

7
sparkles in the eyes
my little gardener brings a bouquet
of blooming onions

Goda V. Bendoraitiene [ Klaipeda, Lithuania ] ( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

14
Reading in
her misterious eyes...
I know my onions

Vasile Moldovan [ Romania ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

17
onion seedlings -
a blackbird is looking
for its place

Mihail Buraga [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

32
slicing the onion --
going deep within
ring by ring

Kumarendra Mallick [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

27
French onion soup
alone at the party
a grimace

Sylvain Gardet [ Bodeaux, France ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts

38
last goodbye-
for a moment，
i am an onion

Rita Odeh [ Nazareth, Israel ] ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

58
Community kitchen
peeling and cutting onions
laughs

Richard Jodoin [ Montreal, Canada ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts

15 snowy morning,on
a wall hangs a bundle of
frozen onions

Sonja Gavriloska Ljulkova [ Ohrid, Macedonia ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

19 knife and tears
he cries while chopping and sniffs--
not a murder

Ishita Blest [ Ghaziabad, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

22
layers of skin--
i cut in deep
my eyes bleed

Presh Thyblackpoet [ Warri, Nigeria ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

31
family reunion –
onion recipe
it reminds us of mother

Daniela Lacramioara [ Galati, Romania ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

35
onion sprouts
a tendency to be
self-serving

Ignatius Fay [ Ontario, Canada ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

42
to whom is angry
this small producer
of funny tears

Bozidar Skobic [ Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

47
peeled onions
concealing pain's melancholy
through different tears

Munia Khan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

51
Layer by layer
Crying
Not knowing what for

Iliyana Stoyanova [ St. Albans, England ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

52
to cry or not …
crocodile tears fall upon
smelly onion

Djurdja Rozic [ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

65
sliced raw onions
tears in the cooking gravy
no more seasoning

Tahera Mannan [ Nagpur, India ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

68
probing hands
layers peeling through
-tears of taste

Nimi Arora [ Navi Mumbai, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

3
tears of joy -
she's cutting an onion
finally for him

Tomasz Szymczak [ Chojnice, Poland ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

46
peeling onions
without ears
winter delight

Purush [ Noleansville, USA ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

57
long haul flight -
the captain draws himself
on a paper plane

Edward Beach [ Bristol, England ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

64
Cut onion head
the white rose
women's tears

Ruzha Vasileva [ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

23
onion rings -
the wok has room
for more

James Dobson [ Prudhoe, England ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

30
from madame’s mouth
strings of melting cheese
drip on onion soup

Barbara Taylor [ Mountain Top, Australia ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

33
the symbols of Wales...
I give away the last pound -
Empty pockets!

Nijole Kerusauskiene [ Kaunas, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

39
plain water
thick in fog; they are
rotten onions Kuheli [ Midnapur, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

40
onion soup
down the generations
mother to daughter

Simon Hanson [ Allendale, Australia ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

48
peeling onions
without tears
favorite soaps off the air

Seshu Chamarty [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

56
genuine teardrops -
green onion springing
and melting the snow

Nicu Stopel [ Dridu, Romania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

70
Thanks Onions !
Kiss me...
and cool my heart

Ram Sharan Maharjan [ Kathmandu, Nepal ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

Our next kukai is just on the horizon, in March 2015. And I can promise there won't be any huge delays in that edition. Thank you for the participation once again, and the patience as well! See you soon.

Organizer, Indian Kukai from IN haiku.

Thursday, January 01, 2015

Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #9 - January 2015

Namaste! Indian Kukai wishes each of you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2015.

Indian Kukai, as a New Year gift to you, has changed slightly.

Our period for submissions is now 25 days. And voting, 10 days.
Also, we are increasing the number of points to 10, as the quality of your haiku makes it difficult with just 7, as was earlier.

We welcome you to the 9th edition of Indian Kukai.

We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/

Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.

The topic for Indian Kukai #9 is ONION.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

onions...
I feel her absence
cutting through

— Vinay Leo R.
The haiku won second place in Shiki Kukai July 2013.

Submission Period:
THU – 1st JAN. to SUN – 25TH JAN. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 26TH JAN. to WED – 4th FEB. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: SUN – 8TH FEB. 2015

Guidelines:

Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.

How to enter?

Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #9 (ONION) – My Entry”
Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
We will acknowledge your entry within 48 hours after we receive it.
Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

Guidelines for Voting Period:

Kindly note that the voting guidelines has changed slightly.

Some of our entrants had requested to increase the number of points.
So, as a New Year gift, from this 9th Edition, you are having 10 points to use.

Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
You will have 10 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 10 points must be used.
Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #9 (ONION) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
Order your votes in the same order as in list.

For eg:

#01 -- 3 points

#06 -- 1 points

#25 -- 2 points

#55 -- 1 points

#92 -- 3 points
Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on blog via a mail as well.

Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

Cheers!

Organizer, Indian Kukai.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #8 - Dew

Dear haiku friends!

Namaste! Howdy! Bon jour! And hello!

Thank you for taking part in our 8th Indian Kukai.

We had 113 participants from 34 countries this time.

{Australia – 6, Bangladesh – 1, Belgium – 1, Bhutan – 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2, Bulgaria – 3, Canada – 5, Croatia – 1, England – 2, France – 3, Germany – 2, India – 44, Indonesia – 2, Ireland – 1, Israel – 1, Italy – 2, Japan – 1, Lithuania – 4, Macedonia – 2, Mongolia – 1, Nepal – 1, New Zealand – 1, Northern Ireland – 1, Oman – 1, Philippines – 2, Poland – 2, Romania – 8, Russia – 1, Scotland – 1, Serbia – 1, Trinidad and Tobago – 1, United Arab Emirates – 1, United States of America – 14.}

Our congratulations and thanks to you all.

The winner for this edition of the Indian Kukai is C. Florian, from Botosani in Romania.

In second place, is Carole Harrison, from Jamberoo in Australia.

Third place goes to Urveez Kakalia, from Mumbai in India.

In fourth place is Julie Warther, from Dover in USA.

And fifth place is shared by Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, from Birmingham in England & Akila G, from Hyderabad in India.

COMPLETE RESULTS AS BELOW:
Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.

First Place - #104

Father's Day...
the path to his grave
wet with dew

C. Florian
Botosani, Romania.
( 8 , 8 , 3 ) = 33 pts

Second Place - #1

a heron
swallowing shadows --
dewdrop moon

Carole Harrison
Jamberoo, Australia.
( 7 , 7 , 3 ) = 30 pts

Third Place - #45

dew frost...
a beggar sharing a blanket
with the street dog

Urveez Kakalia
Mumbai, India.
( 8 , 8 , 0 ) = 24 pts

Fourth Place - #103

dewdrop . . .
a dragonfly sips
its reflection

Julie Warther
Dover, USA.
( 6 , 5 , 2 ) = 22 pts

Joint Fifth Place - #11

morning dew
on the farmer's brow
beads of sweat

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England.
( 11 , 2 , 2 ) = 21 pts

Joint Fifth Place - #32

morning walk...
on a window
a smiley

Akila G
Hyderabad, India.
( 10 , 1 , 3 ) = 21 pts

Other results follow:

#77
dew web...
a spider catches
the last star

Laura Csilla
Brasov, Romania.
( 7 , 5 , 1 ) = 20 pts

#84
beading the forest morning dew

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.
( 4 , 7 , 0 ) = 18 pts

#5
dewdrops...
the fading moon rests
on her shoulders

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.
( 8 , 3 , 1 ) = 17 pts

#6
old cemetery
on the gravestones -
dewdrops instead of letters

Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria.
( 7 , 3 , 1 ) = 16 pts

#9
if
dewfall had a sound...
faint cowbells

Sanaa Dayal
Jaipur, India.
( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts

#105
ankle-deep
in morning dew
my godchild

Meik Blottenberger
Pennsylvania, USA.
( 1 , 3 , 3 ) = 16 pts

#2
catching a cloud
beads of dew
in a spider web

Maximilian Markard
Hannover, Germany.
( 11 , 0 , 1 ) = 14 pts

#8
slow sunrise
the sound of dewdrops
falling

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines.
( 4 , 3 , 1 ) = 13 pts

#98
morning dew-
my cat's eyes
asking to come in

Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania.
( 6 , 2 , 1 ) = 13 pts

#61
chilly dawn —
even on the paper flowers
glistening dew

Gautam Nadkarni
Mumbai, India.
( 3 , 0 , 3 ) = 12 pts

#96
dew
the trail of a snail
to the leaf edge

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.
( 10 , 1 , 0 ) = 12 pts

#34
dewdrops on grass
the young cat splinters
the sun

Ken Sawitri
Blora, Indonesia.
( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts

#36
morning raga...
dew covered leaves
sway with the music

Hana Masood
Pune, India.
( 5 , 3 , 0 ) = 11 pts

#59
long drive -
she pins her heart
on my windshield

Aditya Ashribad
Dehradun, India.
( 4 , 3 , 0 ) = 10 pts

#60
departing train-
on a torn spider web,
some dew drops

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.
( 8 , 1 , 0 ) = 10 pts

#62
dew settled
on the bright, red roses-
a valentine gift

Karishma Sawlani
Pune, India.
( 2 , 1 , 2 ) = 10 pts

#12
sunset moon -
a beadwork of dew
on the razor wire

Sonam Chhoki
Thimphu, Bhutan.
( 7 , 1 , 0 ) = 9 pts

#21
On the spider web
each dew drop catches
the rising sun.

Willy Cuvelier
Gullegem, Belgium.
( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts

#26
dawn
a dewy meadow
ripples the sun

Shernaz Wadia
Pune, India.
( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts

#86
desert sightseeing
a lizard hasty licks
vanishing dew

Arturas Silanskas
Vilnius, Lithuania.
( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts

#90
winter dawn-
night sky empties
wet stars on my window

Kasturi Jadhav
Mumbai, India.
( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts

#102
dew drops. . .
bright pearls caught
in a spider’s web

Ankita Datta
Pune, India.
( 1 , 1 , 2 ) = 9 pts

#4 dew heart--
our names dripping the sun
on a misty pane

Yesha Shah
Surat, India.
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#10
spinning spiderweb –
jewel kaleidoscope rainbows
in each dewdrop

Mari Maxwell
Connemara, Ireland.
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

#30
whiskey dew . . .
if only his tears
were for me

Christine Villa
North Highlands, USA.
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#48
losing balance
on a web of silk...
a dew drop falls

Gaarimma Mishra
Bhubaneshwar, India.
( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts

#49
letting go-
dew fall from the tip
of the leave

Asma Khan
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#64
dew drops
on your long lashes-
suddenly I am thirsty

Lavana Kray
Iasi, Romania.
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#80
mother's kisses -
how the dew drops
fall from heaven

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.
( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts

#88
daybreak . . .
daylight lengthens
in each dew

Carl Seguiban
Vancouver, Canada.
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

#7
dewy grass...
the tickle of water
as children play

Dishika Iyer
Mumbai, India.
( 7 , 0 , 0 ) = 7 pts

#15
Dewdrop -
on a crazy grass
the world upside down

Christiane Ranieri
Welliton, France.
( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts

#29 soundless
a dewdrop at the edge
of consciousness

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India.
( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts

#101
early morning shift —
the sound of dew drops
on the car

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.
( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts

#3
Indian summer...
a hungry spider crawls out
of a dewy shelter

Nijole Kerusauskiene
Kaunas, Lithuania.
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts

#14
moonset…
my yoga mat stained
by the wet grass

Anitha Varma
Kerala, India.
( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

#16
a blossom lands
on my locked gate
mountain dew

Cynthia Rowe
Sydney, Australia.
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

#87
barefoot walks
with my father
dew drops under the feet

Rituparna Singh
Pune, India.
( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

#112
a single drop of dew -
blackbird waits
beak open

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.
( 6 , 0 , 0 ) = 6 pts

#28
morning dew
on a spiderweb
the world around

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.
( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

#38
my cup is full--
he awakes with dew
on his spoon

James Dobson
Prudhoe, England.
( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

#42
autumn morning —
contemplating the Black Forest
in a dew

Minh-Triêt Pham
Paris, France.
( 2 , 0 , 1 ) = 5 pts

#82
no dew yet...
left with the last of
her jasmines

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India.
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

#95
dewdrops
on the morning glory -
scattered sunlight

Tomislav Maretic
Zagreb, Croatia.
( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

#40
rainbow lights
disco dancing
on dew drops

Barbara A Taylor
Mountain Top, Australia.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#41
drops of dew quiver
on a hibiscus flower...
silk shafts of sunlight

Keith Simmonds
Rodez, France.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

#51
a pink drop of dew
sobers me from red wine
on my cracked lips

Sonja Gavriloska Ljulkova
Ohrid, Macedonia.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

53
agony to joy --
the early rays turn
dewdrops to gold

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.
( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#63
dawn – dew drops
microscoping the first
saguaro's flower

Francesco de Sabata
Pescantina, Italy.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

#66
spring rain ...
wrapped in the dew
a red hibiscus

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India.
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#74
a caterpillar watches
it's reflection-
dew drops

Nayaneeka Dutta Choudhury
Pune, India.
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#85
shimmering
on cherry-picked yellow blooms
tear drops?

Vani
Bangalore, India.
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

#94
dew on windowpane
tremulous finger traces out
mom again...

Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#99
pearl of dew
on the autumn leaves -
a gift from rain

Hideo Suzuki
Sanda, Japan.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#100
dew laden
gossamer wings . . .
a dream unfolds

Veronica Zora Novak
Toronto, Canada.
( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#109
A morning after Halloween
cold dew is in the eye sockets
of pumpkins

Evgeny Ivanov
Moscow, Russia.
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

#13
my mourning past
evaporated
like morning dew

Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#18
sweat on a forehead
standing nearby
maternity home

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#25
dew drip
hanging on a window
his tail lights

Alegria Imperial
Vancouver, Canada.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#35
dewdrops...
the soft white petals
of a morning rose

Gillena Cox
St. James, Trinidad & Tobago.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#39
as a drop of dew
you fall onto my lashes
- you in my sight

Pere Risteski
Ohrid, Macedonia.
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts

#52
dewdrops
shining on the steppe-
girls of the sun

Tuvshinzaya Nergui
Tsetserleg City, Mongolia.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#56
my face somewhere
in the clouded mirror
a dewdrop world

Bill Kenney
Whitestone, USA.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#65
the flamingo's flight
touch the virgin earth
as serene dewdrops

Mrunali Thakore
Mumbai, India.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#69
clear and clean
washing a leaf and flower
every morning

Bozidar Skobic
Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#79
her tear drops
mix with dew drops -
last night's row still rankles

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#81
mother earth decked
in a thousand bright jewels
midnight dew

Mihir Oak
Pune, India.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#91
Rain, rain
and rain again
overflowing dew

Richard Jodoin
Montreal, Canada.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#97
sun, sky, grass
neighbor's roses
globe in a dewdrop

Vinita Agrawal
Mumbai, India.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#107
tickling
my bare feet as i walk on
morning dew

Radhika Mohite
Pune, India.
( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#110
caught in my eye
the corollas of flowers--
dewdrops

Devin Harrison
Montreal, Canada.
( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

#20
dewdrop ...
this isness
become

Kuheli Santra
Midnapur, India.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#23
Shimmers on the winter glass
And the twinkling pearls on the grass
Kiss the fallen tears from the sky

Vibha Rani Srivastava
Begusarai, India.
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#33
patterns of dew drops
in the spider web-
beaded necklace

Kashinath Karmakar
Durgapur, India.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#54
summertime and she
runs with espresso barefoot
drops of freshness

Tomasz Szymczak
Chojnice, Poland.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#55
cold dawn
a damselfly awaits
dews to thaw

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#57
up close
daisies in their myriads
morning dew

Simon Hanson
Allendale, Australia.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#68
snow falls on dew
in our tea cups
tears

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#73
mountain path
crystal beads on leaves
stroke his jacket

Willie Bongcaron
Manila, Philippines.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#92
Midsummer Day -
maidens bathing
in the morning dew...

Zornitza Harisanova
Sofia, Bulgaria.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#111
river bank . . .
happy to catch
the morning dew

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#113
the sound of dew drops...
a sleepy sparrow's chicks hide
under her wing

Charishma Navneet Gupta
Muscat, Oman.
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

#31
birth of a star cluster -
burdening the dandelion
dewdrops

Steliana Cristina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#44
in the beauty of the dusk
with the morning dew
breathe me in

Tatjana Debeljacki
Uzice, Serbia.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#50
early winter...
a dew awaits to
be seen

Tanvi Nishchal
New Delhi, India.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#72
withered blade of grass
bends under the morning dew -
and the sun rises

Miruna Covor
Bucharest, Romania.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#75
dew drop settles
on a broken leaf…
hope

Prachi Agrawal
Pune, India.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#78
looking for spring
I find only
dew drops

Diana Petkova
Dolna Banya, Bulgaria.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#108
morning prayer,
mist of dew
on the diva...

Lina Tandel
Harrisonburg, USA.
( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

#24
I wipe
morning dew
& empty side mirror..

Shabbir Shaikh
Selu, India.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#37
Dew leaf
rolling down in water
heart bits faster and calm.

Ram Sharan Maharjan
Kathmandu, Nepal.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#43
silent pearls on grass
blessing from heavens above
dance with gentle breeze

Tahera Moiz Mannan
Nagpur, India.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#47
cold and clear -
on the edges of green grass
dew drops meditate

B. Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India. ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#58
over dew
the rising sun
of the future

Hansha Teki
Wellington, New Zealand
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#70
field with dew-
a spider drying it's canvas
in thistle flower

Daniela Lacramioara
Galati, Romania.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#76
surface tension holds
water to the statues cheek:
a frost blackened rose

Deborah Guzzi
Monroe, USA. ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#93
All Hallows Even's dew -
due to condensation
only one CRISp GOD

Nicu Stopel
Bucharest, Romania.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

#106
Autumn dew --
my cat lapping
at the droplets

Francesco Gonella
Pavulo, Italy.
( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts

Votes not received

#22
morning dew –
at the funeral
nobody moves

Harshavardhan Sushant
Pune, India.

#67
a dewdrop glistens
rivulets down her cheek
dawn seems distant

Vardhini
Mumbai, India.

#71
dew drops
on my bed room glass
her frigid response

Purush
Noleansville, USA.

#17
diamond drops
on a green bed
another beautiful day

Praveen Menon
Bangalore, India.

#89
in a forest of mist
the dew drops
unseen

Purvi Edara
Pune, India.

#27
beads of dew...
cling the petals
of a daisy

Vedica Bajaj
Pune, India.

#46
man over nature -
a dew unaware,
the sun its nemesis

Reshmy Warrier

#19
Town still asleep
The lacy dew blooms
over it

Ruzica Soldo
Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

#83
Earth dancing
Wear dew anklets
As chanting mantra

Anita Kapoor
Union City, USA.

Our next kukai will be in January 2015. Thank you for the participation once again! See you soon.

Organizer, Indian Kukai from IN haiku.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Indian Kukai #8 - November 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 8th edition of Indian Kukai.

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Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.

The topic for Indian Kukai #08 is DEW.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

dew web...
the feeble struggles
of a housefly

— Paresh Tiwari
The haiku is part of a haibun on Wordweavers 2014.

Submission Period:
SAT – 1st NOV. to SUN – 16TH NOV. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 17TH NOV. to SUN – 23RD NOV. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: SUN – 30TH NOV. 2014

Guidelines:

Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
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You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
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For eg:

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Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Results - Indian Kukai #7 - Moon

Dear haiku friends!

Namaste! Howdy! Bon jour! And hello!

Thank you for taking part in our 7th Indian Kukai.

We had 129 participants from 28 countries this time.

{Australia – 6, Bangladesh – 1, Belgium – 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2, Bulgaria – 7, Canada – 4, Croatia – 2, England – 2, France – 4, Germany – 3, India – 51, Indonesia – 2, Israel – 1, Italy – 3, Japan – 1, Lithuania – 3, Macedonia – 2, Nepal – 1, Northern Ireland – 1, Oman – 1, Philippines – 2, Poland – 2, Romania – 8, Russia – 1, Scotland – 1, Serbia – 2, Trinidad and Tobago – 1, United States of America – 14.}

Our congratulations and thanks to you all.

The winner for this edition of the Indian Kukai is Shloka Shankar.

In second place, is Dan Iulian. Third place goes to Billy Antonio. In fourth place is Hana Masood. And fifth place is taken by John Mc Donald.

COMPLETE RESULTS AS BELOW:
Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.

First Place, 41 Points.
Entry # 100

three-quarters moon...
the missing pieces
of my life

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India. ( 11 , 6 , 6 ) = 41 pts

Second Place, 33 Points.
Entry # 7

night train-
with me travels
the moon

Dan Iulian
Bucharest, Romania. ( 13 , 7 , 2 ) = 33 pts

Third Place, 29 Points.
Entry # 27

quiet river -
a fish wrinkles
the face of the moon

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines. ( 13 , 2 , 4 ) = 29 pts

Fourth Place, 28 Points.
Entry # 1

still water...
sparrow nibbles on the
moon's reflection

Hana Masood
Pune, India. ( 15 , 5 , 1 ) = 28 pts

Fifth Place, 21 Points.
Entry # 23

full moon -
on cat's whisker
a bead of milk

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland. ( 8 , 5 , 1 ) = 21 pts

Results Continued...

19 Points (2)
Entry # 28

full moon-
the lost coin shines
in the pool

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel. ( 11 , 4 , 0 ) = 19 pts

Entry # 112

milk moon...
still trying
to get pregnant

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Untzani, Romania. ( 4 , 6 , 1 ) = 19 pts

18 Points (1)
Entry # 9

Cat on a roof
lifts the left paw to reach
the glowing Moon

Sonja Gavriloska Ljulkova
Ohrid, Macedonia. ( 6 , 3 , 2 ) = 18 pts

17 Points (1)
Entry # 24

a part of me
not with me -
waning moon

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India. ( 8 , 3 , 1 ) = 17 pts

16 Points (3)

Entry # 16

full moon..
I wipe away
her darkness

Dwarakanathan
Chennai, India. ( 5 , 4 , 1 ) = 16 pts

Entry # 35

every night
a new love story-
Taj Mahal and the Moon

Lina Tandel
Virginia, U.S.A. ( 3 , 5 , 1 ) = 16 pts

Entry # 74

hiding from the moon
between the haystacks –
first kiss

Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India. ( 12 , 2 , 0 ) = 16 pts

14 Points (3)

Entry # 11

Moonlight Sonata . . .
so many different sounds
under the stars

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. ( 2 , 3 , 2 ) = 14 pts

Entry # 82

the flutter
of this blue moth-
nomad moon

Sanjuktaa
Belgaum, India. ( 6 , 1 , 2 ) = 14 pts

Entry # 125

nascent moon-
a life twirls round my
umbilicus

Yesha Shah
Surat, India. ( 6 , 4 , 0 ) = 14 pts

13 Points (2)

Entry # 17

the dull throb
of your absence
waxing ... waning

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India. ( 6 , 2 , 1 ) = 13 pts

Entry # 118

late love—
borrowed light from
the moon

Sondra J. Byrnes
Santa Fe, U.S.A ( 6 , 2 , 1 ) = 13 pts

12 Points (9)
Entry # 2

supermoon’s new night-
only the old river breaks
the silver silence

Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh. ( 2 , 2 , 2 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 6

molting in moonlight the hard shell of my pride

Meik Blöttenberger
Hanover, U.S.A ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 14

after storm –
full moon hanging
in the cactus flower

Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi, Romania. ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 66

evening calm
her garden the color
of moonlight

Bill Kenney
New York, U.S.A ( 8 , 2 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 67

a full moon
every night –
my toddler’s butt

Susan Burch
Hagerstown, U.S.A. ( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 95

moonlit garden —
our weights shaping
the grassy patch

Carl Seguiban
Vancouver, Canada. ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 106

dusking sky
the summer moon brushed
by river reeds

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia. ( 3 , 3 , 1 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 111

new moon
the swan tips an egg
into the pond

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia. ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts

Entry # 124

reef moon
shadows shift through
swaying sea fans

Cynthia Rowe
Sydney, Australia. ( 0 , 3 , 2 ) = 12 pts

11 Points (2)
Entry # 63

Staircase landing -
the broken window
filled with the moon.

Zhanna P Rader
Athens, U.S.A. ( 7 , 2 , 0 ) = 11 pts

Entry # 107

through the window
inviting itself at home
the winter moon

Minh-Triêt Pham
Paris, France. ( 3 , 1 , 2 ) = 11 pts

10 Points (2)
Entry # 83

full moon...
the fireflies dance
into the night

Tanvi Nischal
New Delhi, India. ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts

Entry # 92

she plucks the lemon
from her glass of cola
moonless night

Aruna Rao
Noida, India. ( 3 , 2 , 1 ) = 10 pts

9 Points (6)
Entry # 15

Within the scars
I see beauty
A radiant night

Reshmy Warrier
Mumbai, India. ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 19

full moon
at the window a girl
reads love story

Gergana Yaninska
Plovdiv, Bulgaria ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 57

night time
stories around a bon fire-
winter moon

Radhika Mohite
Pune, India. ( 2 , 2 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 69

summer night -
a child shines his torch
at the pond moon

Charishma Navneet Gupta
Muscat, Oman. ( 3 , 0 , 2 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 117

full moon
on the roofs of cars
in many colors

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland. ( 2 , 2 , 1 ) = 9 pts

Entry # 128

butterfly wing
a late summer moon
floats on by

Sandi Pray
Robbinsville, U.S.A. ( 1 , 4 , 0 ) = 9 pts

8 Points (7)
Entry # 42

shadow spreads
over the fallen leaves -
a full moon

Hideo Suzuki
Sanda, Japan. ( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 54

midnight chant
a silk gossamer entwines
the amber moon

Ken Sawitri
Jakarta, Indonesia. ( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 76

moonlit
blue iris...
the dead soldier's eyes

Lavana Kray
Iași, Romania. ( 8 , 0 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 86

first date...
our palms as one
save a drowning moon

Aditya Ashribad
Bhubaneshwar, India. ( 8 , 0 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 98

The moonlight
those secret paths
visible to all

Božidar Škobić
Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 104

alone –
the owl’s eyes double
the moon

Eduard Tara
Iași, Romania. ( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts

Entry # 116

Hunter's Moon--
large eyes
at the window

James Dobson
Prudhoe, England. ( 2 , 3 , 0 ) = 8 pts

7 Points (2)

Entry # 87

moonlight – the net
the fisherman took back
is full of silver

Francesco de Sabata
Pescantina, Italy. ( 7 , 0 , 0 ) = 7 pts

Entry # 123

midnight -
a lone wolf howls
at the hazy moon

Aashima Safi
Pune, India. ( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts

6 Points (7)
Entry # 37

she looks at the night sky
and sees two moons...
a widow's Karva Chauth

Gaarimma Mishra
Bhubaneshwar, India. ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 55

full moon
at the river mouth
flowing back

Martina Heinisch
Oelde NRW, Germany. ( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 58

blow of a wild wind
a swarm of stars above us –
the Moon shines

Pere Risteski
Ohrid, Macedonia ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 60

hard working schedule
at obesity clinic
she looks crescent now

Purush
Noleanseville, U.S.A ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 90

the flocks flew away
a late bird passes
over the moon

Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria. ( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 96

uneasy sleep…
the night heron’s wings
stretch over the moon

Anitha Varma
Kerala, India. ( 4 , 1 , 0 ) = 6 pts

Entry # 102

full moon –
orchids bloom
by a broken swing

Ankita Datta
Pune, India. ( 6 , 0 , 0 ) = 6 pts

5 Points (9)
Entry # 3

skipping
but the few words--
moon talk

Neelam Dadhwal
Chandigarh, India. ( 2 , 0 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 13

out of messy alleys
cats eat-
hazy moon

Simone Liane Noronha
Pune, India. ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 30

super moon
haiku and Marc Chagall
in my dreams

Diana Teneva
Haskova, Bulgaria. ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 47

seaside fort
waves crash all over
the moon

Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.

( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 72

hazy moon-
on the same tree lightning
strikes twice

Nayaneeka Dutta Choudhury
Pune, India. ( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 73

fragile grass
between two stones
full moon

Diana Petkova
Dolnabanya, Bulgaria. ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 101

full moon night
the tides rush to wash
the dark spots

Vibha Rani Srivastava
Begusarai, India. ( 5 , 0 , 0 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 105

above the lighthouse
a lop-sided moon
signals the sea

Julie Warther
Dover, U.S.A ( 2 , 0 , 1 ) = 5 pts

Entry # 120

double loneliness
a stroll
in the moonlight

Hristina Pandjaridis
Strasbourg, France. ( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts

4 Points (6)
Entry # 29

child points
happy moon
face

Robert Henry Poulin
Sebastian, U.S.A ( 0 , 2 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 49

Windy evening
a flame goes out -
the moon smiles

Christiane Ranieri
Wittenheim, France. ( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 59

Full moon of August
reflections on skyscrapers
high resolution

Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada. ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 81

a moon behind a cloud
from the wall vanishes
black cats shadow

Krzysztof Kokot
Nowy Targ, Poland. ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 94

A beggar drinks
Moon.....
With only water

Shabbir Shaikh
Selu, India. ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

Entry # 99

Taliban...
slipping behind a veil
the moon too

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts

3 Points (12)
Entry # 5

Baby likes The Moon
Mother sings that song for him
Baby have own dream.

Ram Sharan Maharjan
Kathmandu, Nepal. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 20

moonless night...
a bunch of naked
seedlings ask light

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 34

death
of another romance
moon landing

Dawn Bruce
Sydney, Australia. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 41

last sounds of rain –
the sickle moon rises into
starless infinity

Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
Smederevo, Serbia. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 46

snow melts …
between the moon and a star
another purple crocus

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 50

midnight
under cloud scudded skies
the sea in flashes

Simon Hanson
Allendale, Australia. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 62

Moon scattered
In the stillness of the night
Pearls of silence

Anita Kapoor
Union City, U.S.A ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 64

a knock --
in this cube of darkness
a yellow moon

Zalina Gamat
New Delhi, India. ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 78

supermoon -
the street lamps
bowing

Angelica Seithe
Wettenberg, Germany. ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 109

yours or mine
we forgot to apportion
the coin of the moon

Vinita Agrawal,
Mumbai, India. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 115

At night light
large Moon above
an empty village

Evgeny Ivanov
Moscow, Russia. ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts

Entry # 129

My grandsons face
on his birthday party,
the full summer moon.

Willy Cuvelier
Gullegem, Belgium. ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts

2 Points (11)
Entry # 8

etched on the moon
behind the clouds
my listless wandering

Mamta Madhavan
Kerala, India. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 32

planter’s moon
more like brie
than green cheese

Ignatius Fay
Sudbury, Canada. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 33

the moon
a half of donut left over
at breakfast

Vessislava Savova
Sofia, Bulgaria. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 38

crisp, clear night...
the moon, a second sun
lighting my way

Mihir Oak
Pune, India. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 53

the crack of dawn...
a day moon loitering
in the bustling clouds

Keith Simmonds
Rodez, France. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 61

forest road
shadows of trees rustle
with the light of moon

Janina Kołodziejczyk
Pavullo, Italy. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 70

full moon...
the clouds lit between
two darknesses

Tomislav Maretić
Zagreb, Croatia. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 75

colostrum moon -
the head count ritual
of stolen children

Rochelle Potkar
Mumbai, India. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 85

fireflies flit
over the flat lake:
harvest moon

Deborah Guzzi
Monroe, U.S.A ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 103

Quietly following
the passing Moon--
tidal wave.

Francesco Gonella
Padua, Italy. ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts

Entry # 127

paying homage
to the deceased--
waxing moon

Devin Harrison
Vancouver Island, Canada. ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts

1 Point (16)
Entry # 4

moon under seven layers
seems rattled
- angry man stuttering.

Max Babi
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 18

tidal wave
full moon behind
the midnight sun

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 25

half rain –
carrying the sky
warm moon

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 31

it is bitter cold —
only the moon walks by
the starving wolf

Miruna Covor
Bucharest, Romania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 39

the perfect light -
my heart full of love
in Taj Mahal colors

Steliana Cristina Voicu
Ploiesti, Romania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 45

in a misty veil
companionless wanderer
slowly stalks the night

Tahera Moiz Mannan
Nagpur, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 48

iceberg in moonlight -
some warm meanings down there
under the water

Nicu Stopel
Bucharest, Romania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 51

wife's sister sleeping -
I watch slow-shift of the moon
to the upper lake

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 52

moonless night
over varanasi
fire reflections only

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 65

an autumn night gold
nestle up the neighbor's door
a homeless cat.

Nijolė Kerušauskienė
Kaunas, Lithuania. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 77

biten Moon
a peace orange in the cocktail
of the Universe

Iliyana Deleva
Sofia, Bulgaria. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 79

moon shaded sky-
in a dusty playground
the empty swings

Rituparna Singh
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 88

the dark tranquil sky-
she gazes at the truth hidden
in the hazy moon

Aalisha Patil
Pune, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 114

hazy moon
the clouds crowd the sky
with their cries

Willie Bongcaron
Manila, Philippines. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 119

the night sky -
the lighthouse keeper turns on
a lantern and the moon

Nada Jačmenica
Sveti Kriz Zacretje, Croatia. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

Entry # 126

moon at dawn...
I carve out eyes
for my dreams

Akila G
Hyderabad, India. ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts

No Points This Time, Sorry! (12)
Entry # 26

the day after…
moonlight flickers
on his parched patch

Barbara A. Taylor
Mountain Top, Australia.

Entry # 36

illuminating
the blood moon
hidden ring of light

Purvi Edara
Pune, India.

Entry # 40

lulled to sleep
moon beams steer passage ways…
curve of dreams

Gillena Cox
St. James, Trinidad & Tobago

Entry # 43

on a tattered maple leaf
a worm cries -
summer moon

Shubhangi Jagdev
Pune, India.

Entry # 44

Ethereal moon
gold coin tinkle loving
in the lilac night

Ruzha Velcheva
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

Entry # 56

waxing moon —
immersed Ganpati idols decompose

(Note: myth has it that Ganpati cursed the moon to wax and wane because the moon laughed at him. Ganpati idols are immersed in the sea on Anant Chaturdashi, on the next day (Bhadrapadi Purnima), fragments of the idols are seen floating in the sea.)

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Mumbai, India.

Entry # 80

Winds,Sand Dunes,
Entwined hands-
Together a trip to Moon

Manjusha M
Trichur, India.

Entry # 91

The birds
Flew into the moon
Refreshing nights

Karishma Sawlani
Pune, India.

Entry # 93

wind chimes through mountain
chalet door let the moonlight in –
Silver Wedding

Goda Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Entry # 110

scent of the plum –
without being seen it transforms
night of a new moon

William Seltzer
Gwenydd, U.S.A

Entry # 113

Moonlight was showered
down the valley like an eternal perfume

Tatjana Debeljački
Užice, Serbia.

Entry # 121

cloudy sky…
chakor waiting for a glimpse
of the moon

Prachi Agrawal
Pune, India.

VOTES NOT RECEIVED / RESULTS HIDDEN (11)

Entry # 10

this cloudy night
seeking your hidden bits
my personal orb

Nimi Arora
Navi Mumbai, India.

Entry # 12

The cypress and the moon
whispering through the window
Golden threads over me

Ruzica Soldo
Siroci Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Entry # 21

moonbeam field
along this footpath-
heron song in silence

Shaestu Abida Bhirawasiwi
Jakarta, Indonesia.

Entry # 22

the immortal moon
in the ever changing sky
a wolf howls

Maulik Dabholkar
Pune, India.

Entry # 68

moon peaks
through snowy branches
moonbeams filter through-

Vedica Bajaj
Pune, India.

Entry # 71

empty playground -
the moon rests on the water
amidst turbulent ripples

Soumitra Saxena
Pune, India.

Entry # 84

silver orb
floating
on dark wine

Praveen Menon
Bangalore, India.

Entry # 89

A cloud garment
Is her mystic train
Steaming through nocturne

Marck Riggins
Temecula, U.S.A

Entry # 97

the little mouse
dreams cheesy dreams
full moon night

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.

Entry # 108

hunter's moon
a werewolf sprouts
in Nani's stories

*Nani- maternal grandmother in hindi*

Jhanvi Tiwari
Pune, India.

Entry # 122

beauty spot --
moon on the forehead of
a shy evening

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.

Our next kukai will be in November 2014. Thank you for the participation once again! See you soon.

Organizers, Indian Kukai from IN haiku.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Indian Kukai #7 - September 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 7th edition of Indian Kukai.

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Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.

The topic for Indian Kukai #07 is MOON.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

tucking her in
out I go...
summer moon

— Issa

Submission Period:
TUE – 26TH AUG. to SUN – 14TH SEPT. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period:
MON – 15TH SEPT. to MON – 22ND SEPT. 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Results no later than: SUN – 28TH SEPT. 2014

Guidelines:

Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.

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The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #7 (Moon) – My Entry”
Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
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Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
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You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
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For eg:

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#06 -- 1 points

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Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

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