Results Of The Indian Kukai # 21

Namaste! Vanakkam! Greetings!

We conclude the 21st edition of the Indian Kukai today.

65 participants took part in the 21st Indian Kukai, and they came from 20 different countries.

The theme of this edition was HUMMINGBIRD.

Here are the complete results:

1st place: 36 POINTS

#33
hummingbird...
my thoughts come
and go

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz, Centerville, Ohio, USA
(8,8,4)=36

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2nd place: 23 POINTS

#10
speech therapy ...
too hard to pronounce
'hummingbird'

Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Bangalore, India
(7,2,4)=23

*

3rd place: 21 POINTS

#27
hummingbird...
waiting for
your email

Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania
(5,8,0)=21

*

4th place: 19 POINTS

#15
hummingbird...
I clean
room after room

Tia Haynes, Cuyahoga falls, USA
(3,5,2)=19

*

5th place: 15 POINTS

#2
hanging
hummingbird
holding my breath

John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland
(1,4,2)=15

*

6th place: 13 POINTS

#36
first date...
hummingbird fills
the awkward silence

Vandana Parashar, Chandimandir Cantt, India
(1,3,2)=13

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7th place: 12 POINTS

#63
hummingbirds
my heartbeats while I wait
outside the ICU

Anitha Varma, Kerala, India
(1,1,3)=12

*

8th place (3): 11 POINTS

#4
hummingbird feather
the brightest
in my dreams catcher

Jurate Norvaisiene, Mazeikiai, Lithuania
(4,2,1)=11

#9
spring greeting
in the ruins of Incas
hummingbird dances

Wiesław Karliński, Namysłów, Poland
(1,2,2)=11

#40
roadside shrine
a hummingbird fanning
the Jesus's forehead

Cezar Florescu, Botosani, Romania
(4,2,1)=11

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9th place: 10 POINTS

#57
the colours of the rainbow
in a little hummingbird
a new tattoo

Pepa Odjakova, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(0,5.0)=10

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10th place (2): 9 POINTS

#21
the rhythm of
hummingbird wings
garden wedding

Billy Antonio, Laoac, Philippines
(2,2,1)=9

#60
her one line mail...

the almostness of
a hummingbird
Sanjuktaa Asopa, India
(3,3,0)=9

*

8 POINTS

#19
spring morning
the words you don't say
hummingbird in the air

Marie Derley, Ath, Belgium
(2,0,2)=8

#28
abandoned house
even wallpaper hummingbirds
are gone

Lyudmila Hristova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(2,0,2)=8

#62
dewy morning glory
a hummingbird sucking
nectar from the moon

Cristina Apetrei, Botoșani, Romania
(2,0,2)=8

*

7 POINTS

#11
eternity
has stopped for a moment
in hummingbird wings

Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania
(1,0,2)=7

#16
White clouds -
the hummingbird floats
over the lotus

Pasquale Asprea, Genoa, Italy
(1,3,0)=7

#17
first hummingbird
the suck of garden mud
on rubber boots

Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
(0,2,1)=7

#55
her hundredth birthday
a hummingbird darts about
the hydrangeas

Michael H. Lester, Los Angeles, USA
(2,1,1)=7

*

6 POINTS

#14
our second date -
my heart beats as fast as
hummingbird wings

Marina Bellini, Bagnolo San Vito (MN), Italy
(1,1,1)=6

#45
abandoned cemetery ...
a hummingbird
on a hibiscus

Mohammad Azim Khan, Peshawar, Pakistan
(2,2,0)=6

#54
Valentine's day -
still searching for flowers
a hummingbird

Indra Neil Mekala, Rajamahendravaram, India
(0,3,0)=6

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5 POINTS

#3
hummingbird
lets a flower hear it
before giving a kiss

Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania
(0,1,1)=5

#48
thrum of wings
between the vines
a feral cat

Marion Clarke, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
(2,0,1)=5

#56
hovering midair
all of my dreams
on hummingbird wings

Debbi Antebi, London, UK
(0,1,1)=5

#61
ruby-throated --
the moving colour
of humming wings

James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK
(0,1,1)==5

#65
just enough warmth
for a clutch of tiny dreams
humming bird's nest

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Birmingham, UK
(2,0,1)=5

*

4 POINTS

#5
hummingbird
between us
heart flutter

Dorota Ocińska, Łódź, Poland
(2,1,0)=4

#6
a fallen hummingbird feather
adds
colour to my day!

Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(0,2,0)=4

#18
even when you
cannot see it, you know
trumpet vines

Sondra J. Byrnes, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
(0,2,0)=4

#26
In a green forest
flowers and hummingbirds.
A sense of paradise.

Stoianka BOIANOVA
(Стоянка Атанасова-Танева), Sofia, BULGARIA (0,2,0)=4

#42
resting
on the power line
a hummingbird
PHYLLIS Lee, Sebring, Ohio, USA
(2,1,0)=4

#58
rests in air
a humming bird and
a distant kite

Sudebi Singha, Kolkata, India (1,0,1)=4

#59
thunder rolling --
the beatings of
hummingbird's wings

Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France (1,0,1)=4

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3 POINTS

#29
withered flower -
hummingbird feather still
keeps nectar scent

Ana Baltė, Vilnius, Lithuania
(0,0,1)=3

#32
colorful hummingbird
swirling wings are fluttering
with metallic shine

Minko Tanev, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(0,0,1)=3

#37
a little hummingbird
colored brooch
on the green leaf

Ivanka Yankova, Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
(1,1,0)=3

#46
hummingbird
dreaming of everything
but staying in place

Christina Sng, Singapore)
(0,0,1)=3

#49
scarecrows...
hummingbirds
pass over a farm

Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire, Bolgatanga, Ghana
(0,0,1)=3

#1
bright white linen
scattering of bread crumbs
this hummingbird summer

Mark Gilfillan, London - UK
(2,0,0)=2

#7
wet sunlight
in the honeysuckle
hummingbird whirr

Anna Cates, Wilmington, Oh. USA
(2,0,0)=2

#12
the thing i share
i do not share
hummingbird wing beat

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Hyderabad, India
(2,0,0)=2

#31
tropical house
the turquoise-throated puffleg
tattooed on her arm

Eleonore Nickolay, Vaires sur Marne, France
(0,1,0)=2

#39
too late !
all pictures of hummingbirds
without hummingbird

Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont, Brussels, Belgium
(2,0,0)=2

#41
one silent morning
our cat gets a hummingbird...
honking fast food

Seshu Chamarty, Camp: Frisco, Texas (2,0,0)=2

#43
awarded patience -
the hummingbirds eat
from her hand

Tomislav Maretić, Gornje Vrapče, Croatia
(2,0,0)=2

1 POINT

#13
summer morning...
a hummingbird's reflection
on computer screen

Nancy Brady, Huron, USA
(1,0,0)=1

#20
love kiss
between flower and Hummingbird
will remain the secret

Christiane Ranieri, WITTENHEIM, FRANCE

#24
after rain shower
trembling drops of the rainbow
hummingbirds

Dainius Dirgela, Vilnius, Lithuania


#47
colourful morning-
a humming bird conference
at the feeder

Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India

#50
hummingbird . . .
reaching to every tier
of your love

Ajaya Mahala, Pune, India

SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME!

#8
thousands miles flying
haiku spartan poems -
with hummingbird soft

Gheorghe Postelnicu (Nicu Stopel), Bucharest, Romania

#23
hovering tip
approaches her pink tulips
the soft sweet hum

Mark Gilbert, Nottingham, UK

#25
In the heat of dawn
hummingbirds fly around
a flying saucer

Richard Jodoin, Montréal, Canada

#30
The first day dream
of any hummingbird:
to step on earth

Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

#34
flapping wings
faster than her heartbeats
humming bird!

Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

#38
straw beak
the hummingbird penetrating
pleasure

Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana

#44
graveyard stillness
the hummingbird's love
to get heard

Aparna Pathak, INDIA

#51
meditation space -
a rhythm of wing whistles
with the mantras

Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh, India

#53
morning date...
humming bird reaches out
to blue bells's heart

Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

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#52
tiny hummingbird…
emerald coloured flicker
in front of the sun!

Nijolė Kerušįauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

#22
summer challenge -

hummingbird almost finds
its nectar reward
Goran Gatalica, Zagreb, Croatia

#35
ruby throat shimmers
drones like didgeridoo ~
little hummingbird

Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, NJ USA

#64
Fallen
Yet exuberant
Colors of life

Nimi Arora, New Delhi, India

Congratulations to the winners, and to all who participated. We look forward to your participation in the 22nd Indian Kukai.