Namaste! Vanakkam! Greetings!
We conclude the 22nd edition of the Indian Kukai today.
67 participants took part in the 22nd Indian Kukai, and they came from 19 different countries.
The theme of this edition was RIVER.
This time the winner is Christine L.Villa from North Highlands, USA with 23 points.
Sanjuktaa Asopa from Belgaum, India takes the runner-up slot with 20 points.
Stoianka BOIANOVA from Sofia, BULGARIA and Gautam Nadkarni Mumbai, India are joint 3rd with 19 points each.
Marion Clarke from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland is fourth with 17 points.
The fifth place has been shared by Minh-Triêt Pham from Paris,France and Vasile Moldovan from Bucharest, Romania with 16th points each.
Congratulations to all of them, and to each of you who participated as well.
Points are indicated as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt + 1*3pt = 5+6+3 = 14pts.
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1st place: 23 POINTS
#18
canoe ride the pulse of the river in my throat
Christine L.Villa North Highlands, USA
(6,4,3)=23
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2nd place: 20 POINTS
#62
dusk... the river meanders into its own murmur
Sanjuktaa Asopa, Belgaum, India
(4,2,4)=20
*
3rd place(x2): 19 POINTS
#6
a river pebble no one remembers its sharpened edges
Stoianka BOIANOVA, Sofia, BULGARIA
(2,1,5)=19
AND
#37
moonlit Ganges the soft undulations of a raga
Gautam Nadkarni Mumbai, India
(8,1,3)=19
*
4th place: 17 POINTS
#3
familiar tune my children's laughter follows the mountain stream
Marion Clarke Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
(0,4,3)=17
*
5th place(x2): 16 POINTS
#7
autumn mist — beyond the riverside half of the old bridge
Minh-Triêt Pham Paris, France
(1,3,3)=16
AND
#56
paper lanterns along the holy river the ancestors' souls
Vasile Moldovan Bucharest, Romania
(2,1,4)=16
*
6th place : 15 POINTS
#65
down the river scattering among stars my mom’s ashes
Cristina Apetrei Botosani,Romania
(4,1,3)=15
*
7th place(x2) : 13 POINTS
#29
noon heat – even a fish in the brook staying in a shadow
Tomislav Maretić Croatia
(2,1,3)=13
AND
#51
childhood - following the sun beyond the river
Mihail Buraga, Bucharest, Romania
(1,3,2)=13
*
8th place(x2): 12 POINTS
#1
river crossing too late to turn back she says, "I do"
Christina Sng
Singapore
(4,4.0)=12
AND
#28
autumn river-- the paddle swings into a sigh
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi Hyderabad India
(2,5,0)=12
*
9th place : 11 POINTS
#
19
stars in the river between them the lonely moon
Ivanka Yankova, Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
(3,1,2)= 11
*
10th place(x2) : 10 POINTS
#5
my tears means nothing for the river
Jūratė Norvaišienė Mažeikiai, Lithuania
(2,4,0)= 10
AND
#67
In her waters I drop words-ships ... And I travel with them.
Antoaneta Pavlova Bulgaria, Plovdiv
(3,2,1)=10
*
9 POINTS(x4)
#8
the river fork . . . after years of uncertainty she finally decides
Michael H. Lester Los Angeles USA
(3,3,0)=9
#17
dry riverbed— curled cottonwood leaves cup the snow
Sondra J. Byrnes Santa Fe New Mexico USA
(1,1,2)=9
#43
river... our shifting reflections
Tiffany Shaw-Diaz Centerville, Ohio, USA
(5,2,0)=9
#53
river bend the journey of a lone slipper
Billy Antonio Laoac, Philippines
(0,3,1)=9
*
8 POINTS(x5)
#4
skinny dipping river full of stars —little white lie
Ignatius Fay,
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
(0,1,2)=8
#13
dark river no beginning nor end of the night
Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lituania
(2,0,2)=8
#20
boat trip whispering we follow the kingfisher's flight
Eleonore Nickolay Vaires sur Marne, France
(0,1,2)=8
#21
spring flood more and more distant other shore
Dainius Dirgela Vilnius, Lithuania
(1,2,1)=8
#47
summer love she writes their names on a river rock
Phyllis Lee Ohio, USA
(4,2,0)=8
*
7 POINTS(x2)
#15
on peaceful waters rowing back in time ... Winter dawn
Marina Bellini,
Bagnolo San Vito (MN), Italy
(1,0,2)=7
#45
swollen river the thumbprint of my newborn
Tia Haynes Cuyahoga Falls, USA
(1,0,2)=7
*
6 POINTS
#11
horses to the river the horizon is racing in endless gallop
Minko TANEV, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(1,1,1)=6
*
5 POINTS(x5)
#23
calm river looking at my reflection I see a fighter
Vandana Parashar Chandimandir Cantt India
(3,1,0)=5
#27
Kaveri in a palmful my village
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy Birmingham, UK
(3,1,0)=5
#36
river flows so many offerings at no return point
Sudebi Singha Kolkata,India
(2,0,1)=5
#50
Along the river fishers and water ouzel in rivality
Constantin Stroe Bucharest, Romania
(1,2,0)=5
#54
a river for his paper boat. . . rain puddle
Kwaku Feni Adow Akosombo, Ghana
(1,2,0)=5
*
4 POINTS(x2)
#22
along the river - paper boats summer vacation
Pepa Odjakova Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(2,1,0)=4
#38
just after love with the murmur of the river falling asleep
RANIERI Christiane France
(1,0,1)=4
*
3 POINTS(x6)
#30
Ganges dawn ... a sadhu waist deep in water
Mohammad Azim Khan, Peshawar Pakistan
(3,0,0)=3
#40
gathering tourists-- the sound of the river in the soloist's voice
Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian Port Harcourt,Nigeria
(1,1,0)=3
#57
Only a fulcrum on the life river: the life itself]
Adina Enachescu, Romania
(1,1,0)=3
#61
along the river - through quiet tents and horses travelling sun
Miruna Covor, Bucharest, Romania
(0,0,1)=3
#63
the river trickles -- I cross with the shortest of leaps
James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK.
(3,0,0)=3
#64
the Salmon River carrying to the ocean the Milky Way
Florin Florian Botoșani,Romania
(1,1,0)=3
*
2 POINTS(x7)
#10
in the silence the river runs ...a passing jogger
John McDonald Edinburgh Scotland
(0,1,0)=2
#14
a pair of shoes outside river temple the sound of a bell
Vibeke Laier Randers,Denmark
(0,1,0)=2
#31
river... what lies ahead after retirement
Ana Drobot Bucharest, Romania
(0,1,0)=2
#32
flowing river - noise of the turbines repels the Gypsies
Goran Gatalica, Zagreb, Croatia
(0,1,0)=2
#34
the sunset sank in the river ducks turned into firebirds
Lyudmila Hristova,
Sofia, Bulgaria
(0,1,0)=2
#55
twilight falling over the river the ping of sleet
Anna Cates, Wilmington, OH. USA
(0,1,0)=2
#66
rain shadow... in every Sahara a Nile
Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad,India
(0,1,0)=2
*
1 POINT(x9)
#2
danubian wolf -
war flag of european motherland
Gheorghe Postelnicu Bucharest, Romania
#25
morning sunrise a torn up letter drifts away down the stream
Nijolė Kerušauskienė. Kaunas, Lithuania
#33
Swimming days how was daddy's youth river a smell of chlorine
Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada
#39
Downriver two gulls are chatting on a top os mast
Emil Marin Bucharest, Romania
#41
windy day the spring is trying to chase the murmur of the brook
Dorota Ocińska Poland, Łódź
#44
Full moon -- I and you hidden among the rushes
Pasquale Asprea
Italy
#46
dormant yet aware I sit on its bank
Madhuri Pillai Melbourne,Australia
#58
frosty day - in the middle of river red scarf
Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland
#59
embracing you - a clash of floes in the muddy river
Alexey Andreev Moscow, Russia
*
SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME
#9
still waters beneath the river... her true colour of eyes facing the sky
#12
a man on the bridge sunny flow of river cleanses the shadow
Audreole Pivore Lithuania
#16
Gold Star family... a river of mother’s tears
Nancy Brady Huron, USA
#24
lone fisher by the bend in the river— cerulean streak
Ingrid Baluch Kampala,Uganda
#26
river flood the fisherman missed his boat
Adjei Agyei-Baah Kumasi,Ghana
#35
slup kerplup caramel syrup — the river’s meander
Mark Gilbert Nottingham,UK
#42
now and then thrush lowers her head... river gorge
Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, USA
#49
riverbed... the past passed by on top as clear as mud
Seshu Chamarty, Frisco, Texas
#52
symphony of peace the murmuring sound - heavenly river !
Munia Khan Dhaka, Bangladesh
#60
sailing
over the starry night daughter's origami
Archana Kapoor Nagpal,
Bangalore, India
*Entry no. 48 was withdrawn from the contest.
Congratulations to the winners, and to all who participated. We look forward to your participation in the 23rd Indian Kukai.
*Entry no. 48 was withdrawn from the contest.
Congratulations to the winners, and to all who participated. We look forward to your participation in the 23rd Indian Kukai.
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