Call for Entries-Indian Kukai # 27-February 2019

Namaste! Hello!

We welcome you to the 27th edition of Indian Kukai.

Indian Kukai 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.

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The topic for Indian Kukai #27 is COLOUR

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

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Submission Period: 
WEDNESDAY – 6th February to WEDNESDAY – 27th  February 2019 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

Voting Period: 
SUNDAY – 3rd March to SUNDAY – 10th March 2019(12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)

(Please note that INDIAN STANDARD TIME is 5:30 Hours ahead of GMT)

Results no later than: FRIDAY – 15th MARCH 2019

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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 leave extra gap between lines of the haiku.
• If you keep extra gap intentionally,please mention it. 
• 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?

1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
2. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
3. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #27 (COLOUR) – My Entry”
4. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
5. The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
6. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
7. We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

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Guidelines for Voting Period:

•  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 6 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 6 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 #27 (COLOUR) - 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

• 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.

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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

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 4^th place with 19 points.

5^th 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

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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

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#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

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#12

Fireside-
grandma is watching
a cat's sleep


Vasile Moldovan,(Don Basilio)
Romania
(2,2,0)=6

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#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

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#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

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#46

fireplace — the black winter sun making itself at home

Minh-Triêt Pham (Paris, France)

(0,1,0)=2

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#53

sitting alone by fireplace 10 hours full HD

Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lituania

(0,1,0)=2

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#60

fireplace. . . the ways rough weather brings us together

Ajaya Mahala Jaipur, India

(2,0,0)=2

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#62

old fireplace still half burnt woods crossed in hearth

Sudebi Singha City - Kolkata Country - India

(0,1,0)=2

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#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

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SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME

#1

effervescent sparks Brut Rosé Champagne and his warmth

Anna Cates, Wilmington, Ohio (USA)

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#2

lovely migrant girls and american task force - on the fireplace

Postelnicu, Bucharest, Romania

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#10

cold night treasure- born to perish to keep us warm

Munia Khan Country: Dhaka, Bangladesh

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#23

natal house reviving buried memories the flames of the old fireplace

RANIERI Christiane France

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#25

cutted down forest cool fireplace burning man between

Dainius Dirgela Vilnius, Lithuania

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#37

Biting cold FIREPLACE Kissing beloved's burnt palm

Vibha rani Shrivastava
India

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#44

fireplace corner burning my vices hatred pride anger

Lakshmi Iyer Chennai,India


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#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


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#50

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

Vandana Parashar Chandimandir India


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#52

I'm putting on a log already sparkling green eyes

Dorota Ocińska, Polska



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#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