Namaste!
Many thanks to all you wonderful poets who contributed an entry to this edition of the Indian Kukai. 70 poets from 15 countries were part of this edition, one of the entries coming late, and after the ballots were sent out.
There were poets from Australia (2), Bhutan, Canada (2), England (3), India (44), Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lithuania (2), Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland (2), Romania (4), Scotland and USA (4).
We are glad to have you and listen to your wonderful verse.
The winner of edition 4 of Indian Kukai is Paresh Tiwari. Others in the top 5 are Akila Gopalakrishnan & Sonam Chhoki (2nd Place), Yesha Shah (3rd place), Adheip Rashada (4th place) and Samar Ghose (5th place).
Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.
Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.
Complete results are as below:
25 POINTS (1)
First Place, Entry #54
longest night...
the taste of sea breeze
and her absence
Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.
(8,7,1)=25pts
20 POINTS (2)
Second Place
Entry #14
my wounds
licked by the sea breeze-
setting sun
Akila Gopalakrishnan
Hyderabad, India.
(8,3,2)=20pts
Entry #18
chemo . . .
she adds another pinch
of salt to her soup
Sonam Chhoki
Thimphu, Bhutan.
(8,3,2)=20pts
19 POINTS (1)
Third Place, Entry #16
sea mist --
reading the smudged words of
his last letter
Yesha Shah
Surat, India.
(9,2,2)=19pts
18 POINTS (1)
Fourth Place, Entry #1
the snail -
what has it done to deserve
this pinch of salt?
Adheip Rashada
Pune, India.
(3,0,5)=18pts
17 POINTS (1)
Fifth Place, Entry #12
autumn sunset
sharing sliced cucumbers
dipped in salt
Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.
(7,2,2)=17pts
Results Continued:
16 POINTS (1)
Entry #21
grief-stricken widow
tasting the sea
in his clothes
John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.
(3,2,3)=16pts
15 POINTS (1)
Entry #58
a pinch of salt -
the twirl of an earthworm
into nothingness
Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.
(5,2,2)=15pts
14 POINTS (1)
Entry #25
breaking waves
the lingering taste
of my own tears
John McManus
Carlisle, England.
(5,3,1)=14pts
13 POINTS (2)
Entry #6
wolf moon
salting the slippery path
to your door
Devin Harrison
Vancouver, Canada.
(3,2,2)=13pts
Entry #35
dusty suitcase . . .
the faintest trace
of sea air
Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
(5,4,0)=13pts
12 POINTS (3)
Entry #8
salt in the wind…
sparkling with life
the sea inside and out
Anitha Varma
Kerala, India
(7,1,1)=12pts
Entry #27
first of April,
a spoonful of salt
in friend's tea
Prachi Bhutada
Pune, India.
(6,3,0)=12pts
Entry #62
freedom hangs
on a handful of salt
dandi march
Aashna Banerjee
Pune, India.
(7,1,1)=12pts
11 POINTS (2)
Entry #26
high blood pressure-
doctor tells me to take wife
with a pinch of salt
Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India.
(4,2,1)=11pts
Entry #29
the traces
of the salt caravan –
milky way
Eduard Tara
Iași, Romania.
(7,2,0)=11pts
10 POINTS (3)
Entry #53
their echoes etch
the deserted shores ...
forgotten waves
Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.
(4,3,0)=10pts
Entry #57
ancestral house
he pours salt
on termite hill
Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines.
(2,1,2)=10pts
Entry #69
dinner alone—
salt runs off her cheeks
into the tasteless soup
Pranav Kodial
Dahanu, India.
(3,2,1)=10pts
9 POINTS (2)
Entry #19
sea salted breeze-
the shore becomes a sky
for starfish
Priyanka Sutaria
Nagpur, India.
(4,1,1)=9pts
Entry #45
angelus bells…
his lengthening shadow
leaves the salt bed
Alegria Imperial
Vancouver, Canada.
(3,0,2)=9pts
8 POINTS (3)
Entry #10
showery day
my child learns to gargle
with salt water
Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.
(2,3,0)=8pts
Entry #11
grains of white in the sea...
thirsty sailors on a ship
not a drop to drink
Bhoomika Rahinj
Pune, India.
(1,2,1)=8pts
Entry #47
what the sea
and I, remain with -
salt
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Bangalore, India.
(2,3,0)=8pts
7 POINTS (3)
Entry #23
standing
in her own shadow...
Lot's Wife
Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.
(3,2,0)=7pts
Entry #46
new widow
I don't hear him asking me
to pass the salt
Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, U.S.A.
(3,2,0)=7pts
Entry #61
it's the best babe
says a man who's just married...
the salty pasta
Tanvi Malhara
Pune, India.
(5,1,0)=7pts
6 POINTS (3)
Entry #32
beach music-
our salt encrusted bodies sink
once more into sand
Angelee Deodhar
Chandigarh, India.
(4,1,0)=6pts
Entry #38
salt
on her skin
my touch
Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.
(2,2,0)=6pts
Entry #43
overcast morning...
she rubs salt
into the wound
Hema Ravi
Chennai, India.
(4,1,0)=6pts
5 POINTS (5)
Entry #4
back home ...
the round ceramic jar
still holds rock salt
Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.
(3,1,0)=5pts
Entry #5
a cup of tears
a glass of monsoon chai
Ranaita Shahani
Pune, India.
(5,0,0)=5pts
Entry #20
beach holiday...
white streaks on my clothes
two days after
Shobhana Kumar
Coimbatore, India.
(5,0,0)=5pts
Entry #52
A mouthful of sun
Hot, yellow and salty
A raw mango less in the pickle
Kasturi Jadhav
Mumbai, India.
(1,2,0)=5pts
Entry #66
homesick fish -
I put some salt
in her bowl
Manoj Arora
Palanpur, India.
(3,1,0)=5pts
4 POINTS (8)
Entry #3
new born baby :
she measures the salt
in milligrams
Harshavardhan Sushant
Pune, India.
(4,0,0)=4pts
Entry #7
where to vanish?
in a glass of water
one pinch salt
Kuheli
Midnapur, India.
(2,1,0)=4pts
Entry #13
the savour
of Basho's haiku...
salt of the earth
Keith A. Simmonds
Crayford, England.
(2,1,0)=4pts
Entry #22
a salt mine –
the childrens from a school trip
licking their fingers
Krzysztof Kokot
Nowy Targ, Poland.
(2,1,0)=4pts
Entry #40
dawn dew-
salty lilies of the valley
on my hospital pillow
Lavana Kray
Iași, Romania.
(2,1,0)=4pts
Entry #55
sand castle...
the taste of salt
in the breeze
Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India.
(4,0,0)=4pts
Entry #60
high sun
raking the garden—
his salty skin
Sondra J. Byrnes
South Bend, U.S.A.
(4,0,0)=4pts
Entry #64
power outage –
my child finds no magic
in shadow play
Rochelle Potkar
Mumbai, India.
(1,0,1)=4pts
3 POINTS (4)
Entry #28
the bursting bubbles
of salted soda –
and her sudden silence
SB Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India.
(3,0,0)=3pts
Entry #34
teary eyes
swaying hips...
our song
Nikita Engineer
Pune, India.
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #36
salty breeze...
cold beer and fried fish with a
side of warm sunlight
Chakshu Sharma
Pune, India.
(3,0,0)=3pts
Entry #48
just enough
to season my soup
a sweaty kiss
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England.
(3,0,0)=3pts
2 POINTS (5)
Entry #9
marching to dandi
behind the great mahatma
a handful of salt
Tahera Mannan
Nagpur, India.
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #15
looks like salt -
the poison sprinkled
on his french fries
Susan Burch
Hagerstown, U.S.A.
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #31
small talk
salt-laced
Michelada
Sanjuktaa Asopa
Karnataka, India.
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #63
travelling once again
she forgot the customary
pinch of salt
Arnaz Mehta
Pune, India.
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #67
cold morning
daughter eating lentils
taste of the tears
Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania.
(2,0,0)=2pts
1 POINT (5)
Entry #17
sweetened tea-
everything so brackish
including me
Dipalika Mohanty
Pune, India.
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #41
beginning of spring…
all ears to old wisdom –
what cuts taste of salt
Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #49
boxing day --
salt brine welcomes
winter blizzards...
Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India.
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #51
longing for him...
the quilt still keeping
his salty sweat
Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Botoșani, Romania.
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #68
Dandi march --
many fold was the thirst for freedom
in millions
Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.
(1,0,0)=1pts
NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY! (8)
Entry #2
bland diet ---
the yearn for briny flavour
gets stronger
Gracy d'Souza
Salmiya, Kuwait.
Entry #24
salt mounds
the icebergs float in
self-deprivation
Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.
Entry #37
sweat and dust mix
a few metres to the goal
- taste of victory
Akanksha Mansukhani
Pune, India.
Entry #39
yoga - at dusk
light up interior
of salt lamp
Janina Kołodziejczyk
Pavullo, Italy.
Entry #42
back aliens' welcome -
bread and salt from
Indian Ocean
Nicu Stopel
Dridu, Romania.
Entry #50
Landless farmer brags
about the landlord’s salt he tastes
the old scarecrow laughs
Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India.
Entry #59
Gandhi's Dandi march
After blood, sweat and tears
Salt proves its worth
Vinita Agrawal
Mumbai, India.
Entry #65
bitter cold...
she wipes off her
saline tears
Tanvi Nishchal
New Delhi, India.
VOTES UNRECEIVED (4)
Entry #30
olive dressing...
he forgets to ask
for salt
Neelam Dadhwal
Chandigarh, India.
Entry #33
just a tiny pinch
makes tasteless soup tasty
the power of salt
Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.
Entry #44
a little salt
changed the way
man cooked
Praveen Menon
Bangalore, India.
Entry #56
A Miracle
Mineral
NaCl
Revelle
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
ENTRY RECEIVED LATE (1)
Entry #70
monkeys-
an empty bowl of salted peanuts
on the dining table
Vividha Bhasin
Pune, India.
Thanks again to everyone who helped to make this edition of the Kukai a success.
The next edition of the Indian Kukai will be in May 2014.
Till then,
Organizers,
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