Results of The Indian Kukai # 24

Namaste! Vanakkam! Greetings!

We conclude the 24th edition of the Indian Kukai 

today.

75 participants took part in the 24th Indian Kukai, 

and they came from 22 different countries.,

The theme of this edition was FOREST

This time the winner is Andrius Luneckas from 

Vilnius, Lituania with 32 points.

Archana Kapoor Nagpal from Bengaluru, India 

takes the runner-up slot with 28 points.

Radka Mindova from Sliven city,Bulgaria is third 

with 24 points and Praniti Gulyani from New 

Delhi,India is fourth with 20 points.

The 5th place has been shared by Sandi Pray from 

North Carolina,USA and Tia Haynes from Cuyahoga 

Falls, USA with 16 points each.

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 = 14pts.

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1st place: 32 POINTS

#55

dead forest

even the silence here

is different

Andrius Luneckas

Vilnius, Lituania

(7,5,5)=32

*

2nd place: 28 POINTS

#46

a firefly

following another firefly ...

forest trail

Archana Kapoor Nagpal

Bengaluru, Karnataka

(3,8,3)=28

*

3rd place: 24 POINTS

#3

forest -

the child draws again

the same tree

Radka Mindova

Sliven city,Bulgaria,

(6,6,2)=24

*

4th place: 20 POINTS

#68

forest breeze...

the distant taste

of ripening berries

Praniti Gulyani

New Delhi, India

(5,3,3)=20

*

5th place(x2): 16 POINTS

#39

wingbeats

sometimes just knowing

i’m not alone

Sandi Pray

North Carolina

USA

(3,2,3)=16

AND

#56

cloudbathing

a hawk dips in and out

of the treetops

Tia Haynes

Cuyahoga Falls, USA

(2,4,2)=16

*

6th place : 15 POINTS

#13

strawberry glade

walking as if through

a minefield

Nikolay Grankin

Krasnodar, Russia

(1,1,4)=15

*

7th place(x3) : 13 POINTS

#9

rain forest

a king cobra claims

his tree

Mohammad Azim Khan,

Peshawar Pakistan

(3,2,2)=13

*

#10

birth and death --

this earthy fragrance

of the forest

Carol Raisfeld,

New York, USA

(1,3,2)=13

AND

#26

forest clearing

my bald spot draws

more attention

Billy Antonio

Laoac, Philippines

(2,1,3)=13

*

8th place: 12 POINTS

#40

midnight lullaby

twigs touching

the stars

Ajaya Mahala,

Pune, India

(3,3,1)=12

*

9th place (x3) : 11 POINTS

#51

sound of sun

on fallen leaves

softly the steps of a fawn

Sanjuktaa Asopa,

India 
(4,2,1)= 11

*

# 52

oak grove—

shadows harden

on the snow

Anna Cates,

Wilmington, OH. (USA)

(1,2,2) =11

AND

#73

pencil shavings

scent of resin from

an ancient forest

Cezar Florescu

Botosani, Romania

(3,1,2)=11

*

10th place : 9 POINTS

#36

the forest in March

in sunny crocuses

the precipice blooms

Stoianka Boianova,

Sofia, Bulgaria
(1,1,2)= 9

*

8 POINTS(x4)

#12

In the clearing

a well of life-giving water-

forest heartbeat

Don Basilio ,

Romania

(0,1,2)=8

*

#32

A chewed pencil

on the class windowsill

a forest far away

Richard Jodoin

Montréal, Canada

(4,2, 0)=8

 *

#67

ancient forest -

every sound is telling

a true story

Mihail Buraga

Bucharest,Romania 

(0,1,2)=8

 AND

#75

forest morning path

the unwanted company

of flies

Isaac Ofori-Okyere

Kumasi, Ghana
(2,3,0)=8

 *

7 POINTS(x5)

#16

rain forest

under the leaves -

so much life

Pepa Odjakova

Plovdiv, Bulgaria 

(2,1,1)=7

*

#17

forest snowflakes . . .

the silence fills

with whispered secrets

Ingrid Baluchi

Kampala,Uganda

(3,2,0)=7

*

#24

Deep forest -

I stop to listen

to the birds

Pasquale Asprea

Italy
(4,0,1)=7

*

#30

whisper of light

a patch of young aspens

deep in the forest

Sondra J. Byrnes

New Maxico

(4,0,1)=7

*

#59

forest trail...

following the squirrel I find

a path within a path

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad, India

(2,1,1)=7

*

6 POINTS(x7)

#21

Fir forest-

a ChristmasTree

in each home

Emil Marin

Romania

(1,1,1)=6

*

#29

deep forest -

I search thoroughly for you

on Google

Ana Drobot

Bucharest, Romania

(2,2,0)=6

*

#37

sunrise in the forest -

a black dog runs

in my shadow

Giovanna Restuccia

Messina (Italy)

(4,1,0)=6

*

#47

new moon

the bristlecone pines bow

with the Milky Way

Marilyn Ashbaugh

Edwardsburg, USA

(1,1,1)=6

*

#57

thick forest

in your eyes only

sunshine

Lyudmila Hristova,

Sofia, Bulgaria

(1,1,1)=6

*

#71

millennial forest

on the hundred years old tree

one day old nestling

Henryk Czempiel
Strzelce Opolskie,

Poland

(1,1,1)=6

*

# 76

forests greenery

earth delights to feel bare feet

of the citizens

lakshay gandotra

Jammu,India

(0,0,2)=6

 *

5 POINTS(x4)

#14

fumes above the forest

darkly smoked clouds

are predicting rain

Minko Tanev,

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

(0,1,1)=5

*

# 25

Before the rain

a thunder disturbs

the forest sleep

Constantin Stroe

Romania

(3,1,0)

*

#45

forest in the spring

I find once again

new green shades

Jurate Norvaisiene

Mazeikiai, Lithuania

(1,2,0)=5

*

#62

forest rain . . .

your voice lulls me

to dream again

Christine L. Villa

North Highlands, USA

(1,2,0)=5

 *

4 POINTS(x3)

#8

spring -

walking

in the forest's green light

John McDonald

Edinburgh, Scotland

(2,1,0)=4

*

#19

a robin

on the pine

fo(r)est

Sudebi Singha

Kolkata,India

(1,0,1)=4

*

#69

planted forest -

catching the silence

of leaf transpiration

Goran Gatalica,

Zagreb, Croatia

(0,2,0)=4

*

3 POINTS(x10)

#20

forest sounds

I huddle up in a puddle

of moonlight

Vandana Parashar

Chandimandir

India

(1,1,0)=3

*

#22

in the magical wood

trills of nightingale-

my dear , where are you?

Adina Enachescu

Romania

(1,1,0)=3

*

#28

weathered

the raised perch

of our first kiss

Eleonore Nickolay

Vaires sur Marne

France

(0,0,1)=3

*

#31

the rainforest

loses a way in a sky

flock of birds

Wiesław Karliński,

Namysłów, Poland

(1,1,0)=3

*

#41

sunny glade . . .

the loud entrance

of a bee

Marion Clarke

Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland

(3,0,0)=3

*

#58

after storm -

the forest`s shade

floods the valley

Florin Golban,

Bucuresti, Romania

(1,1,0)=3

*

#61

the green way

under century-old trees

a deer is coming

Antoaneta Pavlova,

Bulgaria, Plovdiv

(0,1,1)=3

*

#65

harmattan breeze

embers from forest fire

visit us at home

Adjei Agyei-Baah

Kumasi, Ghana

(3,0,0)=3

*

#72

deep in the woods

the sound of lighting

on falling leaves

Cristina Apetrei

Botosani, Romania

(1,1,0)=3

*

2 POINTS(x6)

# 11

on the dead tree

white fungus...

or a butterfly

Phyllis Lee

Sebring, Ohio ,USA

(2,0,0) = 2

*

#35

a song thrush

in the forest competes with

the sound of rain

Tomislav Maretić

Zagreb,Croatia

(2,0,0)=2

*

#43

sunrise —

along with the chainsaw's song

the forest awakening

Minh-Triêt Pham

Paris, France

(2,0,0)=2

*

#49

the snarl of the hand-saw

uprooted trees

a stream of resin tears

Ivanka Yankova,

Asenograd, Bulgaria

(0,1,0)=2

 *

#70

forest silence -

the music of living

fills our street

James Dobson,

Prudhoe, UK.

(0,1,0)=2

*

#74

on the forest floor

trickle, trickle down

economics

Mark Gilbert

(2,0,0)=2

*

1 POINT(x5)

#1

rainforest ginko

a blood trail leads

to the hut's door

Barbara A. Taylor

Mountain Top, NSW

Australia

*

#23

rainforest

I cling to the lianas

the mosquitoes to my legs

RANIERI Christiane

France

*

 #42

in the woods I stand

among cyclamens - on each

hung a honey bee

D.V.Rozic Ivanic-Grad,

Croatia

*

 #44

no memory of

the tree under which she hid

her treasure box

Marcellin Dallaire

Beaumont Brussels, Belgium

*

SORRY, NO POINTS THIS TIME

#02

United Korea -

by denuclearization

of northern forests

Gheorghe Postelnicu,

Bucharest, Romania

*

#5

forest fire

the smell of death swirls to the sky

untamable

Marina Bellini

Bagnolo San Vito (MN) - Italy

*
#6
drought — roaring reds and yellows the forest fire

Ignatius Fay Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

*

#7

draped in darkness her resentment deepens— rainforest

Michael H. Lester Los Angeles USA

*

#15

no forest

on the body of my love

beginning of summer

Dainius Dirgela

Vilnius, Lithuania

*

#18

sunshine on first green...

my child running through the forest

calls mom, I am here

Goda V. Bendoraitiene

Klaipeda, Lithuania

*

# 33

the wheel marks in the forest

a small puppy wander

tied to a pine trunk

Nijolė Kerušauskienė

Kaunas, Lithuania

*

# 34

abandoned rail track

tusks log in nature forest

elephant hauling

Somayajulu Musunuri

Hyderabad, India

*

#48

limb to limb

united they remain-

forest!

Munia Khan

Dhaka, Bangladesh

*

 #50

Yosemite

rings of a giant Redwood

all these histories

Mark Gilfillan

London - England

*

 #53

peace with my hell...

white flower petal confetti

on the forest path

Dawn Apanius Hudson,

Ohio USA

*

 #54

night forest

I roam

in heartache

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Centerville, Ohio, USA

*

#60

octogenarian -

a speck of black forest

on her quivering lips

Arvinder kaur,

Chandigarh, India

*

#64

the winding path

through the leafy forest

road trip

Nancy Brady

Huron, USA

*

#66

birdsong

the verdant forest throbbing

with color

Gautam Nadkarni

Mumbai, India

*

**Haiku no.4,27 and 63 were cancelled as the votes

 were sent as a reply to the ballot mail.Please don't do this.

Congratulations to the winners, and to all who participated. We look forward to your participation in the 25th Indian Kukai.

Organizers,

Indian Kukai