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WINNER
end of holidays
the blue of the sea
in the rearview mirror
-Minh-Triêt PHAM
Paris, France(1,6,4)=25 points
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RUNNER UP
blue sky -
some things are never
on the map
-Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania
(6,4,3)=23 points
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THIRD PLACE
morning dew
on spiderweb
dots of blue sky
-Kwaku Feni Adow
Akosombo, Ghana(4,2,3)=17 points
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FOURTH PLACE(x2)
54
blue lake -
an empty boat links
two moons
-Cristina Apetrei
Botosani,Romania(2,4,2)= 16 points
58
fifty shades of blue
a long flight
across the ocean
-Lyudmila Hristova,
Sofia, Bulgaria
(3,2,3)= 16 points
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FIFTH PLACE
soundless sea -
the blue-eyed girl
in a wheelchair
-Ana Baltė
Vilnius
Lithuania(3,3,2)=15 points
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SIXTH PLACE(x2)
20
that empty feeling
the space between the clouds
just blue
-Mark Gilbert,
Nottingham, UK(7,2,1)=14 points
44
blue flowers...
the way he says
I'm sorry
-Tiffany Shaw-Diaz
Dayton, OH, USA
(4,2,2)=14 points
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SEVENTH PLACE
15
blues club
a saxophone note lingers
beyond closing time
-Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
(4,3,1)=13 points
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EIGHTH PLACE(x4)
13
waxwing whistles
caught in the bluebells
spring rain
-Anna Cates,
Wilmington, Oh. USA(5,2,1)=12 points
64
parchment...
the faded blue
of first love
-Vinay Leo R.
Bangalore, India
(1,4,1)= 12 points
69
spring tears
watering the bluebells
on my daughter's grave
-Celestine Nudanu
Accra, Ghana
(3,3,1)= 12 points
75
smoke-filled sky
every cloud shaping
into dad
-Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
UK
(5,2,1)= 12 points
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NINTH PLACE
39
uneven breathing
nearer and nearer
blue sky
-Dorota Ocińska
Łódź, Polska
(2,3,1)=11 points
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TENTH PLACE
63
bright sky
I breathe the color
of spring seas
-Adrian Bouter
Gouda ,Netherlands
(0,2,2)=10 points
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8 points (x5)
22
shades of blue
on the outer planet…
where life begins
- Barbara A. Taylor
Mountain Top, NSW
Australia(2,0,2)=8 points
30
predawn blue...
a bird‘s song is heard
in between pains
-Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania
(0,1,2)=8 points
35
water boatman
the distant silhouette
of a lone rower
-Mark Gilfillan
London
(0,1,2)=8 points
36
water puddle -
jumping both feet together
in the blue of the sky
-RANIERI Christiane
France
(3,1,1)=8 points
62
departing kiss
the silent curling
of a morning glory
-Ajaya Mahala,
Pune, India
(2,3,0)=8 points
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7 points(x3)
55
still pond
a water strider surfs
the blue sky
-Adjei Agyei-Baah
Ghana
(2,1,1)=7 points
57
childhood garden
i add a bluebell to
the old herbarium
-Vibeke Laier
Randers,Denmark
(2,1,1)=7 points
59
exhausted mother -
all the blue baby clothes
of no use
-Miruna Covor
Bucharest, Romania
(0,2,1)= 7 points
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6 points(x6)
21
blue-black...
did she really slip
in the bathroom?
-Vandana Parashar
Ambala Cantt,India(4,1,0)=6 points
26
her eyes -
the blue depths
of the sky
-Mohammad Azim Khan,
Peshawar, Pakistan
(1,1,1)= 6 points
43
long night...
trains rattling
the blue moon
-Nancy Brady
Huron, USA
(2,2,0)= 6 points
45
mother’s grave
bathed in sunlight
forget-me-nots
-Nika
Victoria, BC, Canada
(1,1,1)= 6 points
49
Small blue gleam
of a loving tweet
it could be a firefly
-Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada
(0,0,2)= 6 points
67
earth day -
my son uses a black crayon
more than blue
-INDRA NEIL MEKALA
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM, INDIA.
(1,1,1)= 6 points
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5 points(x8)
1
lost in
her blue eyes
lost kitten
-Christina Sng
Singapore
(2,0,1)= 5 points
18
town fish market
a blue eyed black cat
crossing the street
-D.V.Rozic,
Croatia
(0,1,1)= 5 points
31
cockcrow
the sky adjusts back
to the blue
-Aparna Pathak
India
(1,2,0)= 5 points
37
prairie grasses we wear the sky
-Sondra J. Byrnes
Santa Fe New Mexico USA
(3,1,0)= 5 points
42
hyacinth buds
the long wait for
the first kiss
-Eleonore Nickolay
Vaires sur Marne, France
(2,0,1)= 5 points
53
cloudless sky
the sea turns
sky blue
-Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire
Bolgatanga, Ghana
(0,1,1)= 5 points
56
first time
and forever -
the blueberry stain
-Alexey Andreev
Moscow, Russia
(0,1,1)= 5 points
66
almost sunset
bluebird singing
on a land mine
-Cezar Florescu
Botosani Romania
(2,0,1)= 5 points
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4 points (x7)
9
early morning
rooster
...farmyard blues
-John McDonald
Edinburgh Scotland
(0,2,0)= 4 points
10
in my palm
the color of palm
blue ocean
-Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Hyderabad,India
(2,1,0) = 4 points
24
gloomy sky
though in a distance
a blue dove
-Vasile Moldovan,
Romania
(1,0,1)= 4 points
29
a metalic blue fly...
merges with the bonnet
of a new limousine
-Tomislav Maretić
Gornje Vrapče, Croatia
(1,0,1)= 4 points
41
on my desk
many forget-me-not
I remember everything
-Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(4,0,0)=4 points
50
walking on the clouds -
my child explores the sky
of each rain puddle
-Dan Iulian,
Bucharest-Romania
(1,0,1)=4 points
68
blue cave -
the way dolphin hears
my diving
-Goran Gatalica,
Zagreb, Croatia
(0,2,0)= 4 points
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3 points (x11)
2
prayers ...
the vast blue
so silent
-Arvinder Kaur,
Chandigarh , India
(3,0,0)=3 points
5
high flock of cranes -
there's a new profume
in this breeze
-Pasquale Asprea
Genoa - Italy
(0,0,1)=3 points
14
young bather
lips and kneecaps blue
breezy beach
-Ignatius Fay
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
(0,0,1)=3 points
17
at every turn
reminiscence of your eyes
blue jeans
-Dainius Dirgela
Vilnius, Lithuania
(1,1,0)=3 points
28
road accident-
she kisses
on his skin’s blue patch
-Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(1,1,0)=3 points
33
On the other side
two blue birds of happyness.
Please, God, keep them!
-Stoianka Boianova,
Sofia, BULGARIA
(1,1,0)=3 points
34
cobalt blue sunsets
from the whirlwind emerge
archipelagos
-Minko Tanev,
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(0,0,1)=3 points
48
the sky was blue
on his childhood pictures
and also the sea
-Marie Derley
Ath ,Belgium
(0,0,1)=3 points
52
blue sky
the horse chewing grass,
chews its shadow
-Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian
Port Harcourt,Nigeria
(1,1,0)=3 points
60
Early morning
My blues streak . . .
the sky.
-Shalini Sunkuru
Norwich, UK
(0,0,1)=3 points
72
something blue
for happily ever after
Wedding day rain
-Nimi Arora
New Delhi, India
(0,0,1)=3 points
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2 points (x5)
6
blue…
midwife on the other side
of the voyage
-Seshu Chamarty,
Hyderabad,India
(2,0,0)=2 points
7
Blue Whale Game -
challenger of
North korean apocalypse
-Nicu Stopel,
Bucharest, Romania
(0,1,0)=2 points
12
blue tinge
in a daylily leaf...
spring sky
-Pat Geyer,
East Brunswick, NJ USA
(2,0,0)=2 points
23
Pitiless time-
the statues on the golden sands
listen to the sea
-Adina Enachescu
Romania
(0,1,0)=2 points
25
I dreamt a nightmare-
facebook was red
-Andrius Luneckas,
Vilnius, Lithuania
(2,0,0)=2 points
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1 point (x5)
3
pair of sunglasses ...
jasmine in the backyard
appear blue
-Archana Kapoor Nagpal,
Bangalore, India
(1,0,0)=1 point
38
deep blue -
between sky & sea
summer trip
-Mihail Buraga,
Bucharest,Romania
(1,0,0)=1 point
61
Spring mirror.
In the dew-drop-
sapphire sky.
-Ivanka Yankova
Bulgaria,Asenovgrad
(1,0,0)=1 point
70
a smidgen of sadness...
clinging to the window
the blue clematis
-sanjuktaa asopa
Belgaum, India
(1,0,0)=1 point
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Congratulations to Minh-Triêt PHAM and well done to all the other contestants. i enjoy these contests and would like to thank you for organising them.
ReplyDeleteMark
I would like to echo Marks words. I loved rereading all the entries to find out the location of each author. Despite the vast distances between us, we have been all brought together by haiku!
ReplyDeleteThank you ��
marion