Saturday, December 14, 2019

Results of the 30th Indian Kukai

We conclude the 30th edition of the Indian Kukai
today.

55 participants took part in the 30th Indian Kukai.

The theme was BONFIRE.

This time both Pepa Odjakova from Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Goran Gatalica from Zagreb, Croatia have shared the First Place with 22 points each.

Henryk Czempiel from Strzelce Opolskie, Poland takes  Second Place with 21 points.


Wiesław Karliński, Namysłów, Poland   takes the Third place with 19 points.

Cristina Apetrei Botosani, Romania is Fourth with 18 points.

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara from Galaţi,Romania is fifth with 16 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 

#21

bonfire
a homeless man reads slowly
last year's news 

Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 
(7,3,3)=22 points



 AND



#45

blazing bonfire —
my mother's wrinkles 
become sharper

Goran Gatalica,
Zagreb, Croatia
(5,7,1)=22 points



 *


 2nd place

#51

dying bonfire
neither of us
adds wood

Henryk Czempiel
Strzelce Opolskie, Poland
(4,4,3)=21 points



 *


 3rd place

 #14

scout camp
at the last bonfire
first love

Wiesław Karliński,
Namysłów, Poland
(5,4,2)=19 points



 *

4th place

 #55

bonfire
the heat
in her eyes

Cristina Apetrei
Botosani, Romania
(1,7,1)= 18 points



 *

5th place

# 15

bonfire in the night –
for a moment the sparks
become stars

Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi,Romania
(3,2,3)=16 points


 *

6th place

# 29

matchbox
a hundred sleeping bonfires
afraid to wake up 

Dainius Dirgela
Vilnius, Lithuania   
(2,2,3)= 15 points



 *

7th place

# 12

what
could never be...
bonfire

Ana Drobot
(3,2,2)= 13 points


 *

 8th place

 #37

all that’s left 
of grandpa’s stories —
ash on the pathway 

arvinder kaur, 
Chandigarh, India
(3,0,3)= 12 points


 *


 9th place(x2)

#33

bonfire ...
my poems become fireflies
then stars

sanjuktaa asopa
Belgaum, India
(0,1,3)= 11 points


#54

bonfire...
sparks flowing across
the gap between us

Kaiser v Kahn
Darmstadt, Germany
(3,1,2) = 11 points



 *

 10th place

 #38

in the bonfire . . .
junk I piled up
for sixty years

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Hyderabad ,India
(3,2,1)= 10 points


 *

 9 points(x2)

 #3

after a bonfire 
evening hush 
deepens

Teiichi Suzuki
Osaka, Japan 
(3,0,2)= 9



 AND


 #44

embers
chase each other-
hide-and-seek 

Vani Sathyanarayan
Bangalore, India
(1,1,2)= 9


 *

7 points(x4)

#20

smell of burning leaves
takes me to my childhood...
bonfire

Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(2,1,1)= 7


 *

#27

misty moon
I feed his last letter 
also to the fire

Anitha Varma
Kerala, India
(1,0,2)= 7


 *

#31

fiery sunset
throwing into the bonfire
all her resentments

Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, USA
(2,1,1) = 7


 *

#48

bonfire - 
our shadows 
embraced 

Mihail Buraga
Bucharest , Romania
(5,1,0) = 7


 *

6 points(x2)

#16

garden clearance
circling the bonfire
leaf smoke and I

Ingrid Baluchi
Ohrid, Macedonia
(1,1,1)= 6


 *

#40

bonfire -
flickers on an easel
autumn landscape

Krzysztof Kokot,
Nowy Targ, Poland
(1,1,1)= 6


 *

 5 points

#32

autumn clean . . .
the garden fills up
with sparks

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


 *

4 points(x3)

#10

A  campfire-
around it a crowd of kids but
only a few of puppies

STROE CONSTANTIN
Romania
(0,2,0)= 4


 *


#23

autumn garden ...
the old gardener
lights a bonfire

Mohammad Azim Khan,
Peshawar Pakistan
(2,1,0)= 4


 *

 # 42

Guy Fawkes Night
the affair that blew up
their marriage

Nancy Brady
Huron, Ohio, USA
(1,0,1)= 4


*

3 points(x6)

#2

Around the bonfire
kids and teenagers  listening to
stories of yesteryear

Vasile Moldovan
Bucharest, Romania
(0,0,1)= 3



#4

bonfire at dusk
crickets and fireflies—
summer concert

Ignatius Fay
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
(0,0,1)= 3



 #9

reunion's end
the last of our drinks
hisses in a cinder

Marta Chocilowska,
Warsaw, Poland
(1,1,0)= 3 


 #25

making love near the hearth
the glow of fire
on her face

Nikolay Grankin
Russia, Krasnodar.
(3,0,0) = 3


#17

pyre on the beach
a girl playing with fire
just a little

Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont
Brussels, Belgium
( 0,0,1) =3


# 49

cold night
in a little refugee eyes
all life bonfires

Andrius Luneckas,
Vilnius, Lituania
(1,1,0) =3


 *

 2 points (x7)

#13

engulfing
my vices-
Holi bonfire

Lakshmi Iyer
Chennai,India
(2,0,0) = 2


 # 18

first kiss
only stars saw
the fire dying 

Vandana Parashar 
Panchkula ,India 
(2,0,0) = 2



 # 39

the sparks of the bonfire
getting farther and farther away...
fireflies

Lyudmila Hristova,
Sofia, Bulgaria
(0,1,0)= 2


 #43

bonfire
her acid scarred face
bold and bright 

Sudebi Singha 
Kolkata ,India 
(0,1,0) = 2



# 47

autumn fog
I won't see fire today
from your home

Dorota Ocińska
Lodz, Poland
(0,1,0)= 2


 #50

Africa bonfire 
crossing into the new year 
in the warmth of a stranger 

Adjei Agyei-Baah 
Kumasi, Ghana 
(0,1,0)=2


# 52

bonfire sparks --
the starry sky
is lost

James Dobson,
Prudhoe, UK.
(0,1,0 )=2


*

1 point (x4)

#1

shooting stars shower
in the middle of pastures
a huge bonfire

Minh-Triêt Pham 
Paris, France


# 6

tamed fire
nestinars dancing over
a burning embers

Viktoriya Marinova
Pleven city, Bulgaria


# 30

bonfire ashes—
an empty can rides
the rolling waves

Marina Bellini
Bagnolo San Vito (MN) - Italy


# 34

big bonfire -
evil spirits vanish 
into the sky

Pasquale Asprea 
Italy



NO POINTS THIS TIME,SORRY



#7


woman body top secret - 
even burnt on stake  
was very well dressed  

Gheorghe Postelnicu,
Bucharest, Romania  


# 8


silhouette of man
enlightened loneliness
in front of bonfire

Goda V. Bendoraitienė
Klaipėda, Lithuania



#11


up into the night 
all these bright hot embers
night sky weaving

Mark Gilfillan
London - UK



# 19

smoldering flames
endless sounds of guitar and
original songs

Nijolė Kerušauskienė
Kaunas, Lithuania


# 22

star filled sky
stealing the full moon show
the  bonfire

RANIERI Christiane
France


# 24


in the bonfire
the logs crackle and pop
fight against pollution 

Seshu Chamarty,
Hyderabad, India



#28


fireside...
poor child's tattered blanket
to fight the chill

Kumarendra Mallick  
Hyderabad , India



# 35


walking the beach 
before they bounced in waves -
the first sunrise

Florin GOLBAN
București, România


# 36


A bonfire
melting snow around
an elderly couple

Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada


# 41

a bonfire of red tape
sparking the inevitable

Mark Gilbert
Nottingham, UK


#53

bonfire night 
a Bogong moth avoids
the waving flame 

Barbara A. Taylor
Mountain Top, NSW
Australia




 *Haiku#5,26 and 46 not shown in the final list as the contestants didn't send their votes.


We look forward to your participation in the 31st Indian Kukai .


Organizers,
Indian Kukai

























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