Monday, August 03, 2015
Results - Indian Kukai #12 - Boomerang
Dear participants of the Indian Kukai #12,
Namaste!
We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai. Congratulations are in order to each of you for participating.
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We had received entries from 66 haiku poets from 22 countries this time!
Australia (3), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (3), Croatia (1), England (5), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (3), India (16), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Lithuania (4), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (3), Romania (8), Russia (1), Serbia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (1)
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The winners of the Kukai this time are:
First: Nishant Mehrotra [Surat, India]
Second: Gautam Nadkarni [Mumbai, India]
Joint Third: Wiesław Karliński [Namysłów, Poland], Kwaku Feni Adow [Akosombo, Ghana]
Fourth: Goda V. Bendoraitiene [Klaipeda, Lithuania]
Fifth: cezar c. [Botosani, Romania]
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Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts
The complete results are below:
First place with 23 points
back home...
all the voices here
still mine
Nishant Mehrotra [Surat, India]
(4,5,3) = 23 pts
*
Second place with 22 points
lovers' point—
her name bounces back
from the hills
Gautam Nadkarni [Mumbai, India]
(8,4,2) = 22 pts
*
Third place with 21 points
incorrect address
a love letter
from me to me
Wiesław Karliński [Namysłów, Poland]
(5,5,2) = 21 pts
*
asphalt vapour. . .
afternoon raindrops
return to the sky
Kwaku Feni Adow [Akosombo, Ghana]
(5,5,2) = 21 pts
*
Fourth place with 19 points
short summer...
grannie is learning the language
of her grandchild
Goda V. Bendoraitiene [Klaipeda, Lithuania]
(5,4,2) = 19 pts
*
Fifth place with 16 points
father's day
still waiting for his return
from the war
cezar c. [Botosani, Romania]
(11,1,1) = 16 pts
*
14 points
moonlit night-
the moss scented echoes
from the old well
Vidya Venkatramani [Chennai, India]
(4,2,2) = 14 pts
*
half a dream—
my letter returns
unopened
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [Birmingham, UK]
(6,4,0) = 14 pts
*
12 points
after the storm--
his letters are returned
unopened
James Dobson [Prudhoe, UK]
(5,2,1) = 12 pts
*
nursery school van
my smile at the girl comes back
with a tongue tease
Ajaya Mahala [Pune, India]
(2,2,2) = 12 pts
*
11 points
into the morning
and out again
a church bell chime
Iliyana Stoyanova [St Albans, UK]
(6,1,1) = 11 pts
*
At the storks clattering
he remembers my first name -
Alzheimer
Christiane Ranieri [WITTENHEIM FRANCE]
(0,1,3) = 11 pts
*
old age home...
he gets the same room
as his father
Vandana Parashar [Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) India]
(6,1,1) = 11 pts
*
old photographs
she longs to revisit
her younger self
Marion Clarke [Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland]
(1,5,0) = 11 pts
*
10 points
boomerang...
the echo of mother's instructions
on my lips!
Shalini Sunkuru [Norwich, United Kingdom]
(3,2,1) = 10 pts
*
the boomerang
we dusted all these years --
crescent moon
Sheila Windsor [Bexhill-on-Sea, England]
(4,3,0) = 10 pts
*
spring morning
the stick comes back
dog attached
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [Thane, India]
(4,3,0) = 10 pts
*
old by lanes--
my childhood returns
to a new city
Rajeshwari Srinivasan [Thane, India ]
(1,0,3) = 10 pts
*
9 points
new moon
the waves brought back
an empty boat
Alexey Andreev [Moscow, Russia]
(7,1,0) = 9 pts
Voter’s comment: Would have been better using ‘bring’ instead of ‘brought’ on L2.
*
8 points
like in childhood –
the old dog tries
to fetch back the ball
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara [Galaţi ,Roumanie]
(2,0,2) = 8 pts
*
7 points
foreign moon
a broken boomerang
in my drawer
Billy Antonio [Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines]
(3,2,0) = 7 pts
*
mossy well...
startled doves echo
my loneliness
Yesha Shah [Surat, India]
(3,2,0) = 7 pts
*
6 points
city of childhood
over the house
new moon
Alexander Shytkovskiy [Energodar, Ukraine]
(0,0,2) = 6 pts
*
once and again
the horse cannot outrun the snail -
carousel
Lyudmila Hristova [Sofia, Bulgaria]
(6,0,0) = 6 pts
*
first flush of cherry -
'cause of too much beauty
returns every spring
Mary T. Stella [Rome, Italy]
(0,0,2) = 6 pts
*
5 points
sand fishing
the child throws back her catch
with a sob
Cynthia Rowe [Sydney, Australia]
(2,0,1) = 5 pts
*
in ancient caves
tall figures jesture
with boomerangs
Barbara Taylor [Mountain Top, Australia]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*
will she come back? -
in our park first time I see
boys with boomerangs
Tomasz Szymczak [Chojnice, Poland]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*
on the way
my bad thoughts return
to me
Pepa Odjakova [Plovdiv, Bulgaria]
(3,1,0) = 5 pts
*
boomerang
keeps coming back
like karma
Munia Khan [Dhaka, Bangladesh]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*
letter to grandma -
never return than
the memories
Dan Iulian [Bucharest-Romania ]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
*
4 points
I do not want
night cry comes back from darkness
want want want
Dainius Dirgėla [Vilnius, Lithuania]
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
*
the beggar shouts
at the almsgiver...
too much cholesterol
Seshu Chamarty [Hyderabad, India]
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
*
resting on cattle’s back
after their migratory escapade
white egrets
Adjei Agyei-Baah [Kumasi, Ghana]
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
*
Angry teens slams
The swinging door -
Mother feels her pain
Saikiran [ Hyderabad, India]
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
*
3 points
old age home —
the stepson returns
her spite
Vinay Leo R. [Bangalore, India]
(3,0,0) = 3 pts
*
birthday party -
behind the waves
sunset or sunrise
Ana Drobot [Bucharest, Romania]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
*
boomerang
he never came back
to her
Janina Weidholz [Wiesbaden Germany]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
*
boomerang --
again and again he tries
for a laugh
Julie Warther [Dover, Ohio USA]
(1,1,0) = 3 pts
*
windless night ...
her cries retreat
as the lullaby dims
Aditya Ashribad [Dehradun, India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
*
lean season
the goat returning from
the dried grass
kOJO TURKSON [Ghana ]
(1,1,0) = 3 pts
*
2 points
echoes of falling
winter shadows
chiaroscuro
Ignatius Fay [Sudbury, Ontario, Canada]
(2,0,0) = 2 pts
*
happy moment
once shared gets back
pen-pal's letter
Artūras Šilanskas [Vilnius, LITHUANIA]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
*
a true love
returns to a lover
like boomerang...
Božidar Škobić - Čika Boško [Višegrad , Bosnia and Herzegovina ]
(2,0,0) = 2 pts
*
sunset
my toddler reading sunbeam
a bedtime story
Ken Sawitri [Jakarta, Indonesia]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
*
Flapping, back here --
the boomerang,
the swallow.
Francesco Gonella [Padova, Italy]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
*
1 point
In the mailbox
a return love letter...
another boomerang
Vasile Moldovan [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
boomerang moon
being in a wax she makes him
mad at her
Angelica Seithe [Wettenberg Germany]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
this summer
a stranger is close
to me
Dorota Ocińska [Łódź, Polska]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
His estranged wife
returns for the second time…
a new beginning
Keith A Simmonds [Rodez, France]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
sunrise again
to nowhere
just widowed
Andrius Luneckas [Vilnius, Lithuania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
lunar eclipse -
in shaman's dream boomerang
thrown at the sun
Miruna Covor [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
oh, so silly...
after receiving a new boomerang
I threw my old one!
Tomislav Maretić [Croatia]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
hurling their voices after the tour guide's Cooeeeee! in the gorge
* Cooee: used to attract attention, especially at a distance
Samar Ghose [Perth, Australia]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
just a peep -
her look smiled to me
like a train
Mihail Buraga [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
*
No points this time, sorry.
larger than life
temptations await
my return
Pravin Menon
[Bangalore, India]
*
Quo vadis Cartoon Art -
as too offensive pencil
bullet boomerang
Nicu Stopel
[Dridu, Romania]
*
dinner crumbs
the bouncing chat clears
my thoughts of him
Alegria Imperial
[Vancouver, Canada]
*
Neither in wood nor in carbon
My heart thrown
Dangerous boomerang
Sylvain Gardet
[Rouen, France]
*
Lazy summer days
all this time in the hammock
a nine months feeling
Richard Jodoin
[Montréal, Canada]
*
Tho echo of refugees´ cry
flys in cold-hearted emptiness
like boomerang in dry desert
Ruzica Soldo
[Bosnia and Herzegovina]
*
Returning boomerang
Teaches me
Karma. ...
Shabbir Shaikh [India]
*
shooting star —
my vow such a boomerang
of the moon
Minh-Triêt PHAM [Paris, France]
*
the lingering scent
on your red baby scarf-
home alone
Vani Sathyanarayan [Bangalore, India]
*
tom and jerry --
the pirates lose their way
in stormy night
Kumarendra Mallick [Hyderabad, India]
*
No votes received. Results hidden
IN TRANCE
RUNNING IS THE WITCH BEFORE
THE MOON
Tatjana Debeljacki
[Užice,Serbian ]
**
See you at the next kukai in September 2015.
Jayashree Maniyil
(for Indian Kukai)
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #12 - July 2015
Dear haiku friend,
We welcome you to the 12th edition of Indian Kukai.
Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.
We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/
The topic for this edition is BOOMERANG.
The word need not be used in the verse. Please feel free to interpret it as your muse desires.
An example:
distant village
an empty house awaits
my return
- - Samar Ghose
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Submission Period:
Now - 22 JULY 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period:
23 JULY 2015 - 1 AUG 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
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Submission Guidelines:
• Participants may send no more than ONE ENGLISH HAIKU ENTRY on the topic.
• No haiga entries please.
• Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites.
• Please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
• All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results. Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
• Once the submission period closes, a ballot mail with the anonymous entries will be sent only to those who have submitted. The e-mail will arrive to your email ids used during submission.
How to enter?
• Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
• The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) – My Entry”
• Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
• Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
• We will acknowledge the receipt of your entry.
A request: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL WITH YOUR ENTRY.
Voting Guidelines:
• Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
• We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
• You have six points to use in total, no more than three points to any one haiku entry. All six points must be used.
How to vote?
• Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) - My Votes".
• We will acknowledge the receipt of your votes.
• Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
• If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be listed without ranking points in the results.
• Order your votes in the same order as in list.
For eg:
#01 -- 3 points
#06 -- 1 points
#25 -- 2 points
• Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on the blog via email.
There will be e-certificates awarded for the top five winners of the kukai.
With much thanks for your support in the first eleven editions, and looking forward to your participation again. We hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.
Regards,
Jayashree Maniyil
Organiser, Indian Kukai.
We welcome you to the 12th edition of Indian Kukai.
Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.
We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/
The topic for this edition is BOOMERANG.
The word need not be used in the verse. Please feel free to interpret it as your muse desires.
An example:
distant village
an empty house awaits
my return
- - Samar Ghose
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Submission Period:
Now - 22 JULY 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period:
23 JULY 2015 - 1 AUG 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
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Submission Guidelines:
• Participants may send no more than ONE ENGLISH HAIKU ENTRY on the topic.
• No haiga entries please.
• Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites.
• Please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
• All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results. Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
• Once the submission period closes, a ballot mail with the anonymous entries will be sent only to those who have submitted. The e-mail will arrive to your email ids used during submission.
How to enter?
• Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
• The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) – My Entry”
• Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
• Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
• We will acknowledge the receipt of your entry.
A request: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL WITH YOUR ENTRY.
Voting Guidelines:
• Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
• If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
• We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
• You have six points to use in total, no more than three points to any one haiku entry. All six points must be used.
How to vote?
• Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #12 (BOOMERANG) - My Votes".
• We will acknowledge the receipt of your votes.
• Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
• If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be listed without ranking points in the results.
• Order your votes in the same order as in list.
For eg:
#01 -- 3 points
#06 -- 1 points
#25 -- 2 points
• Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on the blog via email.
There will be e-certificates awarded for the top five winners of the kukai.
With much thanks for your support in the first eleven editions, and looking forward to your participation again. We hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.
Regards,
Jayashree Maniyil
Organiser, Indian Kukai.
Friday, June 05, 2015
Winners Certificates - Indian Kukai #11 - Thunder
Indian Kukai wishes to congratulate its Top 5 entrants from its 11th Edition.
1st Place (Joint Winner)
Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania.
1st Place (Joint Winner)
Vidya S Venkatramani, Chennai, India.
2nd Place
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara, Galati, Romania.
3rd Place
Vani Sathyanarayan, Bangalore, India.
4th Place (Joint Winner)
Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India.
4th Place (Joint Winner)
Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania.
5th Place
Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania.
The design on the certificate was done by Shloka Shankar.
1st Place (Joint Winner)
Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania.
1st Place (Joint Winner)
Vidya S Venkatramani, Chennai, India.
2nd Place
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara, Galati, Romania.
3rd Place
Vani Sathyanarayan, Bangalore, India.
4th Place (Joint Winner)
Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India.
4th Place (Joint Winner)
Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania.
5th Place
Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania.
The design on the certificate was done by Shloka Shankar.
Results - Indian Kukai #11 - Thunder
Greetings, participants of the Indian Kukai #11.
Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!
We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the tenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!
We had received entries from 88 haiku poets from 23 countries this time!
Australia (4), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (3), Croatia (2), England (4), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (27), Israel (1), Italy (2), Lithuania (5), Nepal (1), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (5), Romania (8), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (4)
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)
Second: Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara (Galaţi, Romania)
Third: Vani Sathyanarayan (Bangalore, India)
Joint Fourth: Kashinath Karmakar (Durgapur, India), Dainius Dirgėla (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Fifth: Ana Drobot (Bucharest,Romania)
Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts
The complete results are below:
JOINT FIRST PLACE
TWENTY NINE POINTS
3
midnight thunder-
your side of the bed
empty
Vidya S Venkatramani
[ Chennai, India ]
( 7 , 5 , 4 ) = 29 pts
25
summer rain -
between two thunders
her heartbeat
Dan Iulian
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5 , 3 , 6 ) = 29 pts
SECOND PLACE
TWENTY TWO POINTS
47
summer thunder –
only her baby doll
with open eyes
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[ Galaţi, Romania ]
( 7 , 6 , 1 ) = 22 pts
THIRD PLACE
NINETEEN POINTS
58
claps of thunder-
the twins kick in my
womb
Vani Sathyanarayan
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 6 , 5 , 1 ) = 19 pts
JOINT FOURTH PLACE
SEVENTEEN POINTS
39
nothing more to say-
only distant thunder
breaks our silence
Kashinath Karmakar
[ Durgapur, India ]
( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts
41
aspen
between lightning and thunder
trembling darkness
Dainius Dirgėla
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 2 , 6 , 1 ) = 17 pts
FIFTH PLACE
SIXTEEN POINTS
29
after the thunderstorm -
trembling at my feet
a few stars
Ana Drobot
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5 , 4 , 1 ) = 16 pts
Results Continued…
FIFTEEN POINTS
33
rumbles of thunder
the dog not knowing
what to chase
Simon Hanson
[ Allendale, Australia ]
( 7 , 1 , 2 ) = 15 pts
FOURTEEN POINTS
5
after the thunder
how deep is the birds' silence
before the storm
Francesco de Sabata
[ Pescantina, Italy ]
( 4 , 2 , 2 ) = 14 pts
87
a thunder -
my brave watchdog
under the bed
Tomislav Maretić
[ Zagreb, Croatia ]
( 6 , 1 , 2 ) = 14 pts
TWELVE POINTS
10
dawn thunder...
staring at the empty
crib
Meik Blöttenberger
[ Hanover, USA ]
( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts
ELEVEN POINTS
31
Sound of thunder
gradually darkens the sky
painter's brushes
Richard Jodoin
[ Montréal, Canada ]
( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
TEN POINTS
2
thunders
my daughter quickly leaves
the tree house
Pepa Odjakova
[ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ]
( 4 , 0 , 2 ) = 10 pts
11
thunderclouds
lightning cuts into
our conversation
Cynthia Rowe
[ Sydney, Australia ]
( 4 , 3 , 0 ) = 10 pts
35
thunder
emptying
my mind
Laura Csilla
[ Brasov, Romania ]
( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
57
a street dweller
folds up his cardboard house...
claps of thunder
Keith A. Simmonds
[ Rodez, France ]
( 4 , 0 , 2 ) = 10 pts
NINE POINTS
24
rippling grasses
the scent of thunder
in the breeze
Gautam Nadkarni
[ Mumbai, India ]
( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
79
heaven's mridang ...
each raindrop tripping down
with a moon
*mridang is an Indian barrel-shaped, two-headed drum
Kala Ramesh
[ Pune, India ]
( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
EIGHT POINTS
16
distant thunder
I found yellowed
act of divorce
Robert Kania
[ Warsaw, Poland ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
19
distant thunder-
reed shadows tremble
in the pond
Arvinder Kaur
[ Chandigarh, India ]
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts
20
peal of thunder
from an old oak hollow
a bristling tail
Marta Chocilowska
[ Warsaw, Poland ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
23
thunderbolt--
prayer flags flutter
in the quake ruins
Yesha Shah
[ Surat, India ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
49
waterfall
thundering silence
in us
Angelica Seithe
[ Wettenberg, Germany ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
51
distant thunder
the wind rattles
a loose window
Billy Antonio
[ Laoac, Philippines ]
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
86
spring thunder –
the tail of my cat
in zigzags
Radka Mindova
[ Sliven City, Bulgaria ]
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
SEVEN POINTS
1
faint thunder –
the hilltop waiting
for the Buddha moon
Ramesh Anand
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 4 , 0 , 1 ) = 7 pts
6
thundercloud-
herding the sheep back
their own tracks
Sreelatha
[ Chennai, India ]
( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts
22
thunder through my drumstick bones
Julie Warther
[ Dover, USA ]
( 4 , 0 , 1 ) = 7 pts
45
roll of thunder . . .
everyone grabbing
their beach towels
Marion Clarke
[ Warrenpoint, North Ireland ]
( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts
SIX POINTS
9
Spring thunder.
Cherry blossoms' rain
before the real storm...
Zornitza Harizanova
[ Sofia, Bulgaria ]
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
17
summer thunder --
the nightingale sings
to low clouds
James Dobson
[ Prudhoe, England ]
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
26
As the teacher
orders to keep silence...
distance thunder
Tania Trivedi
[ New Delhi, India ]
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
60
Thunderclap -
jump toad!
we’ll have water
Christiane Ranieri
[ Wittenheim, France ]
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
FIVE POINTS
52
receding storm
the scent of wet earth
in you . . . in me
Paresh Tiwari
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
62
high desert
the thunder
we don't hear
Bill Kenney
[ Whitestone, USA ]
( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts
72
A thunder!
My cat's eyes
searching for mine.
Francesco Gonella
[ Padova, Italy ]
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
FOUR POINTS
21
distant thunder
skinny horses facing
their cracked shadows
Florin C. Florian
[ Botosani, Romania ]
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts
48
a prayer
every thunder
gathers my hands
Nadezhda Stanilova
[ Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
55
thunder...
her clear face gives
no clue
Seshu Chamarty
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
66
a thunder storm
family dog barks
under the bed
Artūras Šilanskas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
77
from black sky
dazzling tree
convulses the night
Andrius Luneckas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
THREE POINTS
27
struck by lightning
night swimmer
anemia wave
Tatjana Debeljacki
[ Uzice, Serbia ]
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
84
summer thunderstorm —
the slate gray sky revealing
its rainbow necklace
Minh-Triêt Pham
[ Paris, France ]
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
TWO POINTS
4
clattering roof...
grandma's hand steadies
my heartbeat
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[ Birmingham, England ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
28
small rivulets of tears
sliding down cloudy cheeks
silent thunder
Tahera Mannan
[ Nagpur, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
37
near thunder…
a recruit is looking
unblinkingly
Alexander Shytkovskiy
[ Energodar, Ukraine ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
43
thunderous valley
his hand holds hers
under the rubble
Barbara A. Taylor
[ Mountain Top, Australia ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
50
final farewell
the thunderstorm within
breaks at last
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
[ Mumbai, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
64
"from the blue
a bolt-
her divorce!"
Munia Khan
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
65
heat lightening—
another terror attack
on the front page
Samar Ghose
[ Perth, Australia ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
68
on a dark day
much like this—
Noah raising the drawbridge
Edward Beach
[ Bristol, England ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
71
Thunderclap -
My pen suddenly
Dries
Nishant Mehrotra
[ Surat, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
75
as she runs
to close the windows-
a thunderclap
Ajaya Mahala
[ Pune, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
76
roaring
from the high Himalayas -
not thunder!
John McDonald
[ Edinburgh, Scotland ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
80
Sudden heated air
Deafening clap of thunder
Lightening of adolescence
Sylvain Gardet
[ Rouen, France ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
81
ant line
eggs in mouth
thunder
Dr. Rajiv Goel
[ Delhi, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
82
thunder -
rain on the gutter
I'm playing jazz
Dorota Ocińska
[ Łódź, Poland ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
ONE POINT
8
The wild daffodils
shaking under grey clouds
Thunder on the sky
Ruzica Soldo
[ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ]
12
unexpected thunder-
the dog`s reflection and mine
become one
Rita Odeh
[ Haifa, Israel ]
18
dozing
sudden thunder shower
my smeared poems
Ignatius Fay
[ Sudbury, Canada ]
34
late date
the heart throbs
in the rhythm of thunders
Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria
40
was it the thunder
or a glance of a girl
that struck my heart
Božidar Škobić
[ Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ]
73
In the distance
a flash of lightning...
but no thunder
Vasile Moldovan
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
NO POINTS THIS TIME. SORRY.
13
somewhere in the blue hills --
the lightning wakes up
a sleeping lion
Kumarendra Mallick
[ Hyderabad, India ]
14
roaring thunderclaps…
my cat and dog
at war
Gracy D'Souza
[ London, England ]
15
flash of lightning
scary rocks appear
on the seashore
Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[ Kaunas, Lithuania ]
30
marshmallow clouds...
the thunderous applause
fills her heart
Urveez Kakalia
[ Mumbai, India ]
36
stormy spring
from the depth of my mirror
the lightning
Janina Weidholz
[ Wiesbaden, Germany ]
42
rumbling thunder
the thought of God
being a rolling stone
Adjei Agyei-Baah
[ Kumasi, Ghana ]
44
labor day...
her first cry follows
the flash and the rumble
Aditya Ashribad
[ Dehradun, India ]
54
I show home to a friend
ants do the same
thunder. ....
Shabbir Shaikh
[ Partur, India ]
56
rumbling sky
I’ve heard one before
in my heart
Alegria Imperial
[ Vancouver, Canada ]
61
after the first storm -
her warm tears cut his silence
sharper than thunder
Tomasz Szymczak
[ Chojnice, Poland ]
63
distant thunder...
all that's broken receding
into the background
Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[ Klaipeda, Lithuania ]
69
Blue flashes
of lightning in your eyes
set me afire
Murali Raman
[ Mumbai, India ]
70
your face indistinct
in flashes of lightning -
popping bubble gum
Anitha Varma
[ Cochin, India ]
78
Lightning and thunder
the cosmic sky
fecundate the Earth
Ruzha Velcheva
[ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ]
83
To come and go
The thunder is it
Life-cycle.
Ram Sharan Maharjan
[ Kathmandu, Nepal ]
85
thunderbolt -
the blood of flowers
on my running legs
Lavana Kray
[ Iasi, Romania ]
88
spring sky full of jets -
flying pigs brand Thunderbolt
Ukraine to protect
Nicu Stopel
[ Dridu, Romania ]
VOTES UNRECEIVED
RESULTS HIDDEN
32
distant thunder
the birds fly--
hunter's gunshot
Ishita Blest
[ Ghaziabad, India ]
38
low rumble
yet again, she dreams
of a dragon
Akila G
[ Hyderabad, India ]
46
the roar of thunder-
a little mouse scurries
for shelter
Sandra Martyres
[ Mumbai, India ]
53
thunder struck
with howling sounds
of his laughter
Purush
[ Noleansville, USA ]
59
distant thunder-
earth and sky connected
with silence
D.V.Rozic
[ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ]
74
searching for cover
the birds scatter
thunder claps
Pravin Menon
[ Bangalore, India ]
TWO ENTRIES WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE KUKAI
The next Kukai will be in July 2015. Thanks for the support and participation this time.
Regards,
Organizing Team,
Indian Kukai from IN haiku.
Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!
We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the tenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!
We had received entries from 88 haiku poets from 23 countries this time!
Australia (4), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (3), Croatia (2), England (4), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (27), Israel (1), Italy (2), Lithuania (5), Nepal (1), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (5), Romania (8), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (4)
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Dan Iulian (Bucharest, Romania)
Second: Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara (Galaţi, Romania)
Third: Vani Sathyanarayan (Bangalore, India)
Joint Fourth: Kashinath Karmakar (Durgapur, India), Dainius Dirgėla (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Fifth: Ana Drobot (Bucharest,Romania)
Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts
The complete results are below:
JOINT FIRST PLACE
TWENTY NINE POINTS
3
midnight thunder-
your side of the bed
empty
Vidya S Venkatramani
[ Chennai, India ]
( 7 , 5 , 4 ) = 29 pts
25
summer rain -
between two thunders
her heartbeat
Dan Iulian
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5 , 3 , 6 ) = 29 pts
SECOND PLACE
TWENTY TWO POINTS
47
summer thunder –
only her baby doll
with open eyes
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[ Galaţi, Romania ]
( 7 , 6 , 1 ) = 22 pts
THIRD PLACE
NINETEEN POINTS
58
claps of thunder-
the twins kick in my
womb
Vani Sathyanarayan
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 6 , 5 , 1 ) = 19 pts
JOINT FOURTH PLACE
SEVENTEEN POINTS
39
nothing more to say-
only distant thunder
breaks our silence
Kashinath Karmakar
[ Durgapur, India ]
( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts
41
aspen
between lightning and thunder
trembling darkness
Dainius Dirgėla
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 2 , 6 , 1 ) = 17 pts
FIFTH PLACE
SIXTEEN POINTS
29
after the thunderstorm -
trembling at my feet
a few stars
Ana Drobot
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 5 , 4 , 1 ) = 16 pts
Results Continued…
FIFTEEN POINTS
33
rumbles of thunder
the dog not knowing
what to chase
Simon Hanson
[ Allendale, Australia ]
( 7 , 1 , 2 ) = 15 pts
FOURTEEN POINTS
5
after the thunder
how deep is the birds' silence
before the storm
Francesco de Sabata
[ Pescantina, Italy ]
( 4 , 2 , 2 ) = 14 pts
87
a thunder -
my brave watchdog
under the bed
Tomislav Maretić
[ Zagreb, Croatia ]
( 6 , 1 , 2 ) = 14 pts
TWELVE POINTS
10
dawn thunder...
staring at the empty
crib
Meik Blöttenberger
[ Hanover, USA ]
( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts
ELEVEN POINTS
31
Sound of thunder
gradually darkens the sky
painter's brushes
Richard Jodoin
[ Montréal, Canada ]
( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
TEN POINTS
2
thunders
my daughter quickly leaves
the tree house
Pepa Odjakova
[ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ]
( 4 , 0 , 2 ) = 10 pts
11
thunderclouds
lightning cuts into
our conversation
Cynthia Rowe
[ Sydney, Australia ]
( 4 , 3 , 0 ) = 10 pts
35
thunder
emptying
my mind
Laura Csilla
[ Brasov, Romania ]
( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
57
a street dweller
folds up his cardboard house...
claps of thunder
Keith A. Simmonds
[ Rodez, France ]
( 4 , 0 , 2 ) = 10 pts
NINE POINTS
24
rippling grasses
the scent of thunder
in the breeze
Gautam Nadkarni
[ Mumbai, India ]
( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
79
heaven's mridang ...
each raindrop tripping down
with a moon
*mridang is an Indian barrel-shaped, two-headed drum
Kala Ramesh
[ Pune, India ]
( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
EIGHT POINTS
16
distant thunder
I found yellowed
act of divorce
Robert Kania
[ Warsaw, Poland ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
19
distant thunder-
reed shadows tremble
in the pond
Arvinder Kaur
[ Chandigarh, India ]
( 4 , 2 , 0 ) = 8 pts
20
peal of thunder
from an old oak hollow
a bristling tail
Marta Chocilowska
[ Warsaw, Poland ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
23
thunderbolt--
prayer flags flutter
in the quake ruins
Yesha Shah
[ Surat, India ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
49
waterfall
thundering silence
in us
Angelica Seithe
[ Wettenberg, Germany ]
( 1 , 2 , 1 ) = 8 pts
51
distant thunder
the wind rattles
a loose window
Billy Antonio
[ Laoac, Philippines ]
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
86
spring thunder –
the tail of my cat
in zigzags
Radka Mindova
[ Sliven City, Bulgaria ]
( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
SEVEN POINTS
1
faint thunder –
the hilltop waiting
for the Buddha moon
Ramesh Anand
[ Bangalore, India ]
( 4 , 0 , 1 ) = 7 pts
6
thundercloud-
herding the sheep back
their own tracks
Sreelatha
[ Chennai, India ]
( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts
22
thunder through my drumstick bones
Julie Warther
[ Dover, USA ]
( 4 , 0 , 1 ) = 7 pts
45
roll of thunder . . .
everyone grabbing
their beach towels
Marion Clarke
[ Warrenpoint, North Ireland ]
( 3 , 2 , 0 ) = 7 pts
SIX POINTS
9
Spring thunder.
Cherry blossoms' rain
before the real storm...
Zornitza Harizanova
[ Sofia, Bulgaria ]
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
17
summer thunder --
the nightingale sings
to low clouds
James Dobson
[ Prudhoe, England ]
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
26
As the teacher
orders to keep silence...
distance thunder
Tania Trivedi
[ New Delhi, India ]
( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
60
Thunderclap -
jump toad!
we’ll have water
Christiane Ranieri
[ Wittenheim, France ]
( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
FIVE POINTS
52
receding storm
the scent of wet earth
in you . . . in me
Paresh Tiwari
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
62
high desert
the thunder
we don't hear
Bill Kenney
[ Whitestone, USA ]
( 3 , 1 , 0 ) = 5 pts
72
A thunder!
My cat's eyes
searching for mine.
Francesco Gonella
[ Padova, Italy ]
( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
FOUR POINTS
21
distant thunder
skinny horses facing
their cracked shadows
Florin C. Florian
[ Botosani, Romania ]
( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts
48
a prayer
every thunder
gathers my hands
Nadezhda Stanilova
[ Stara Zagora, Bulgaria ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
55
thunder...
her clear face gives
no clue
Seshu Chamarty
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
66
a thunder storm
family dog barks
under the bed
Artūras Šilanskas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
77
from black sky
dazzling tree
convulses the night
Andrius Luneckas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1 , 0 , 1 ) = 4 pts
THREE POINTS
27
struck by lightning
night swimmer
anemia wave
Tatjana Debeljacki
[ Uzice, Serbia ]
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
84
summer thunderstorm —
the slate gray sky revealing
its rainbow necklace
Minh-Triêt Pham
[ Paris, France ]
( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
TWO POINTS
4
clattering roof...
grandma's hand steadies
my heartbeat
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[ Birmingham, England ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
28
small rivulets of tears
sliding down cloudy cheeks
silent thunder
Tahera Mannan
[ Nagpur, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
37
near thunder…
a recruit is looking
unblinkingly
Alexander Shytkovskiy
[ Energodar, Ukraine ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
43
thunderous valley
his hand holds hers
under the rubble
Barbara A. Taylor
[ Mountain Top, Australia ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
50
final farewell
the thunderstorm within
breaks at last
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
[ Mumbai, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
64
"from the blue
a bolt-
her divorce!"
Munia Khan
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
65
heat lightening—
another terror attack
on the front page
Samar Ghose
[ Perth, Australia ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
68
on a dark day
much like this—
Noah raising the drawbridge
Edward Beach
[ Bristol, England ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
71
Thunderclap -
My pen suddenly
Dries
Nishant Mehrotra
[ Surat, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
75
as she runs
to close the windows-
a thunderclap
Ajaya Mahala
[ Pune, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
76
roaring
from the high Himalayas -
not thunder!
John McDonald
[ Edinburgh, Scotland ]
( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
80
Sudden heated air
Deafening clap of thunder
Lightening of adolescence
Sylvain Gardet
[ Rouen, France ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
81
ant line
eggs in mouth
thunder
Dr. Rajiv Goel
[ Delhi, India ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
82
thunder -
rain on the gutter
I'm playing jazz
Dorota Ocińska
[ Łódź, Poland ]
( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
ONE POINT
8
The wild daffodils
shaking under grey clouds
Thunder on the sky
Ruzica Soldo
[ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ]
12
unexpected thunder-
the dog`s reflection and mine
become one
Rita Odeh
[ Haifa, Israel ]
18
dozing
sudden thunder shower
my smeared poems
Ignatius Fay
[ Sudbury, Canada ]
34
late date
the heart throbs
in the rhythm of thunders
Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria
40
was it the thunder
or a glance of a girl
that struck my heart
Božidar Škobić
[ Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ]
73
In the distance
a flash of lightning...
but no thunder
Vasile Moldovan
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
NO POINTS THIS TIME. SORRY.
13
somewhere in the blue hills --
the lightning wakes up
a sleeping lion
Kumarendra Mallick
[ Hyderabad, India ]
14
roaring thunderclaps…
my cat and dog
at war
Gracy D'Souza
[ London, England ]
15
flash of lightning
scary rocks appear
on the seashore
Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[ Kaunas, Lithuania ]
30
marshmallow clouds...
the thunderous applause
fills her heart
Urveez Kakalia
[ Mumbai, India ]
36
stormy spring
from the depth of my mirror
the lightning
Janina Weidholz
[ Wiesbaden, Germany ]
42
rumbling thunder
the thought of God
being a rolling stone
Adjei Agyei-Baah
[ Kumasi, Ghana ]
44
labor day...
her first cry follows
the flash and the rumble
Aditya Ashribad
[ Dehradun, India ]
54
I show home to a friend
ants do the same
thunder. ....
Shabbir Shaikh
[ Partur, India ]
56
rumbling sky
I’ve heard one before
in my heart
Alegria Imperial
[ Vancouver, Canada ]
61
after the first storm -
her warm tears cut his silence
sharper than thunder
Tomasz Szymczak
[ Chojnice, Poland ]
63
distant thunder...
all that's broken receding
into the background
Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[ Klaipeda, Lithuania ]
69
Blue flashes
of lightning in your eyes
set me afire
Murali Raman
[ Mumbai, India ]
70
your face indistinct
in flashes of lightning -
popping bubble gum
Anitha Varma
[ Cochin, India ]
78
Lightning and thunder
the cosmic sky
fecundate the Earth
Ruzha Velcheva
[ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ]
83
To come and go
The thunder is it
Life-cycle.
Ram Sharan Maharjan
[ Kathmandu, Nepal ]
85
thunderbolt -
the blood of flowers
on my running legs
Lavana Kray
[ Iasi, Romania ]
88
spring sky full of jets -
flying pigs brand Thunderbolt
Ukraine to protect
Nicu Stopel
[ Dridu, Romania ]
VOTES UNRECEIVED
RESULTS HIDDEN
32
distant thunder
the birds fly--
hunter's gunshot
Ishita Blest
[ Ghaziabad, India ]
38
low rumble
yet again, she dreams
of a dragon
Akila G
[ Hyderabad, India ]
46
the roar of thunder-
a little mouse scurries
for shelter
Sandra Martyres
[ Mumbai, India ]
53
thunder struck
with howling sounds
of his laughter
Purush
[ Noleansville, USA ]
59
distant thunder-
earth and sky connected
with silence
D.V.Rozic
[ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ]
74
searching for cover
the birds scatter
thunder claps
Pravin Menon
[ Bangalore, India ]
TWO ENTRIES WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE KUKAI
The next Kukai will be in July 2015. Thanks for the support and participation this time.
Regards,
Organizing Team,
Indian Kukai from IN haiku.
Saturday, May 02, 2015
Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #11 - May 2015
Namaste! Hello!
After two editions of change, we've received some suggestions and accordingly, three changes from this edition.
- Many of you have told that the 10 point system is not very nice. And also sent votes tallying to 6 points as is the kukai norm. So we're shifting to kukai norms and from this edition, going to a 6 point total.
- We'll be doing e-certificates for the top five positions.
We welcome you to the 11th edition of Indian Kukai.
Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.
We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/
Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.
The topic for Indian Kukai #11 is THUNDER.
The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.
I know of bird calls
distant thunder
— Kala Ramesh.
The haiku was the winner of the 2nd Japan-Russia haiku contest.
Submission Period:
FRI – 1st MAY. to SUN – 24th MAY. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period:
MON – 25th MAY. to WED – 3rd JUNE. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Results no later than: WED – 10th JUNE. 2015
Guidelines:
- Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
- Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
- All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
- If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
- If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.
How to enter?
- Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
- Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
- The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #11 (THUNDER) – My Entry”
- Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
- The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
- Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
- We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.
Guidelines for Voting Period:
- Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
- We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
- You will have 6 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 6 points must be used.
- Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #11 (THUNDER) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
- The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your vote mail.
- Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
- Order your votes in the same order as in list.For eg:#01 -- 3 points#06 -- 1 points#25 -- 2 points
- Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on blog via a mail as well.
Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.
Cheers!
Organizers, Indian Kukai.
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
Results: Indian Kukai #10 - Ant
Greetings, participants of the Indian Kukai #10.
Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!
We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the tenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!
We had participation of 90 entrants from 27 countries this time!
Australia (4), Bangladesh (2), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (6), Canada (4), Croatia (2), England (3), France (5), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (25), Indonesia (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Lithuania (4), Nepal (1), Nigeria (1), Northern Ireland (1), Oman (1), Poland (2), Romania (9), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (6)
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Gautam Nadkarni (Mumbai, India)
Joint Second: Arvinder Kaur (Chandigarh, India), Sanaa Dayal (Jaipur, India)
Third: Laura Csilla (Brasov, Romania)
Joint Fourth: Julie Warther (Dover, USA), Christiane Ranieri (Wittenheim, France)
Fifth: Paresh Tiwari (Mumbai, India)
Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts
The complete results are below:
42
missing...
only an anthill marks
the soldier's grave
Gautam Nadkarni [ Mumbai, India ] ( 7 , 8 , 3 ) = 32 pts
47
ant-line-
one after another
my thoughts
Vidya S Venkatramani [ Chennai, India ] ( 9 , 7 , 3 ) = 32 pts
34
house rubble -
the ants know
the way home
Arvinder Kaur [ Chandigarh, India ] ( 9 , 9 , 1 ) = 30 pts
71
morning news...
a lily darkens
ant by ant
Sanaa Dayal [ Jaipur, India ] ( 2 , 8 , 4 ) = 30 pts
13
Devi temple...
a beggar sharing his bread
with a few ants
Laura Csilla [ Brasov, Romania ] ( 10 , 5 , 3 ) = 29 pts
16
Puddle -
an ant clings on
the cloud
Christiane Ranieri [ Wittenheim, France ] ( 5 , 4 , 5 ) = 28 pts
43
adjusting the eyepiece
an ant
crosses the moon
Julie Warther [ Dover, USA ] ( 5 , 7 , 3 ) = 28 pts
36
winged ants . . .
when did i first wish
a life without you
Paresh Tiwari [ Mumbai, India ] ( 4 , 4 , 5 ) = 27 pts
9
a trail of ants
tumbling over each other
office rush
Jayashree Maniyil [ Melbourne, Australia ] ( 9 , 5 , 2 ) = 25 pts
77
dreamless . . .
a thread of ants
embroiders the night
Christine Villa [ Sacramento, USA ] ( 6 , 5 , 2 ) = 22 pts
17
a ripe pear
in the grass - black with
large ants
D V Rozic [ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ] ( 7 , 4 , 1 ) = 18 pts
5
white ants in a row…
her waist
tan line
Ali Znaidi [ Redeyef, Tunisia ] ( 3 , 4 , 2 ) = 17 pts
25
Fossilised in amber,
the ant and its foe
await victory
Reshmy Warrier [ Mumbai, India ] ( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts
61
marching ants
on my Sunday news..
chocolate Ad
Yesha Shah [ Surat, India ] ( 7 , 3 , 1 ) = 16 pts
74
on a park bench
two ants rub antennae . . .
childhood friend
Marion Clarke [ Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ] ( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts
11
a
..n
....t
......s
Freddy Ben-Arroyo [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 8 , 2 , 1 ) = 15 pts
20
in mourning
ants slowly open
her peonies
Meik Blottenberger [ Hanover, USA ] ( 3 , 3 , 2 ) = 15 pts
41
watching ants
moving in a row -
paperwork
Ana Drobot [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 10 , 2 , 0 ) = 14 pts
79
sweet stall...
a queue in
and a queue out
Aditya Ashribad [ Dehradun, India ] ( 8 , 3 , 0 ) = 14 pts
7
quietude...
fire ants climbing
the Wailing Wall
Florin C. Florian [ Botosani, Romania ] ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) = 13 pts
26
frozen
in amber
...an ant
Samar Ghose [ Perth, Australia ] ( 2 , 4 , 1 ) = 13 pts
85
ants crawl
on my skin
your fingers
Diana Petkova [ Dolna Banya, Bulgaria ] ( 3 , 2 , 2 ) = 13 pts
3
ants filing
in past the door jamb—
Trojan horse
Devin Harrison [ Vancouver Island, Canada ] ( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts
31
chinese lanterns -
a black ant soars across
new year's fireworks
Charishma Navneet Gupta [ Muscat, Oman ] ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts
67
from the sugar bowl
to the small crack in the wall
diamond necklace
Tahera Moiz Mannan [ Nagpur, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
88
an ant's journey
on the back of my hand
a faded scar
Bill Kenney [ Whitestone, USA ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
8
An ant writing
An haiku
And why not?
Sylvain Gardet [ Bordeaux, France ] ( 2 , 3 , 1 ) = 11 pts
10
spring dusk
in the eye of the violet
ant
Lyudmila Hristova [ Sofia, Bulgaria ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
51
at a crossroad -
an ant is carrying
its dead companion
Angelica Seithe [ Wettenberg, Germany ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
22
sugar convoy
-- from the bird feeder
to the fern-pot Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
53
baby ants
pulling strewn petals-
funeral parade
Vani Bangalore, India ( 2 , 1 , 2 ) = 10 pts
64
descending dusk-
an ant circles around
a dead moth
Kashinath Karmakar [ Durgapur, India ] ( 8 , 1 , 0 ) = 10 pts
70
abandoned house -
an ant byte proves me
I'm wrong
Mihail Buraga [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
87
in my shadow...
an ant dragging
another ant
Rita Odeh [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
28
history book –
an ant with a sandwich crumble
climbes on Keop's pyramid
Capota Daniela Lacramioara [ Galati, Romania ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
29
on a blade of grass
the ant following
the airplane trail
Minh-Triet Pham [ Paris, France ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
44
incessant mizzle ...
following an ant
another ant
Archana Kapoor Nagpal [ Bangalore, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts
57
an ant on her pen
running to the red inked words
of her love letter
Munia Khan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 1 , 1 , 2 ) = 9 pts
66
loud crack
the fallen palm frond
diverts an ant
Cynthia Rowe [ Sydney, Australia ] ( 3 , 0 , 2 ) = 9 pts
83
a winged ant
trapped between the doors—
your ultimatum
Ignatius Fay [ Sudbury, Canada ] ( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
89
missing cookies...
an ant trail runs straight
to the kids' room
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [ Birmingham, England ] ( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts
4
glistening dew drops
on acacia leaves--
a webbed ant
Presh Thyblackpoet [ Warri, Nigeria ] ( 2 , 3 , 0 ) = 8 pts
2
the scent of spring . .
a circle of ants
around something Sandi Pray [ Robbinsville, USA ] ( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
84
garden reading
a ripe mango drops
with a splash of red ants
Adjei Agyei-Baah [ Kumasi, Ghana ] ( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts
21
ant march...
so many red lights
at a traffic signal
Harshvardhan Sushant [ Pune, India ] ( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts
60
ant
in the amber
immortality
Andrius Luneckas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts
27
steady procession...
a worker ant toting
a yellow leaf
Keith A. Simmonds [ Rodez, France ] ( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
33
deadly red carpet
the ants march on
covering new grounds
Pravin Menon [ Bangalore, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
56
in tandem
carrying double their weight -
a long line of ants
Sandra Martyres [ Mumbai, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts
58
People follow too
the ants' road on the foothills
of Himalayas
Vasile Moldovan [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
90
my fears
my thoughts
ants in their haste
Iliyana Stoyanova [ St. Albans, England ] ( 2 , 2 , 0 ) = 6 pts
2
black ant
what your sweet love
does to me
Poornima Laxmeshwar [ Bangalore, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
48
closing an old museum
on the curtain Pharaoh ants
take down the moon
Ken Sawitri [ Jakarta, Indonesia ] ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
55
tiny ant
carries its burden into
the big world
Goda V. Bendoraitiene [ Klaipeda, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
50
a public bus ride
more painful than an ant's bite
the hand on her thighs
Quamrul Hassan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts
63
Blasting sun —
an ant creeping
up a twig
Marie-Alice Maire [ Rungis, France ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
12
bird picking ants
Shot dead..!
full of ants soon.
Neelam Sangwai [ Mumbai, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
32
ant
second...third –
soldiers regiment
Krzysztof Kokot [ Nowy Targ, Poland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
39
ant trail
in the kitchen
biscuit crumbs
Gergana Yaninska [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
40
thunderstorm...
a lone mum nurtures
her pet ant
Urveez Kakalia [ Mumbai, India ] ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts
46
flying among the clouds
the ant-sized city
disappears from sight
Hana Masood Pune, India ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
49
with their leaf sails
on the river of themselves -
ants
John McDonald [ Edinburgh, Scotland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
73
ballooning moon...
in a closet all the ants
she feeds
Alegria Imperial [ Vancouver, Canada ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
76
work motivation
ant-hills never stay
empty
Diana Teneva [ Haskovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
78
sweets on the floor
and I wait
for her arrival. ...
Shabbir Shaikh [ Selu, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
81
The ant on my palm
all the Earth contained
in one soul
Ruzha Vasileva [ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
86
on the trail
string of ants
death bird
Pepa Odjakova [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
1
sand grains rise
to small hills between flagstones:
snow melts
Deborah Guzzi [ Monroe, USA ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
14
war -
morphing troops into ants fight
by computer
Lavana Kray [ Iasi, Romania ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
37
a haiku deep
inside the bits of my computer
…antantantantant…
Edward Beach [ Bristol, England ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
38
fruits of labor
Eats so disaster
Ant surprise.
Ram Sharan Maharjan [ Kathmandu, Nepal ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
45
antline—
journey of life so straight
sans those small detours
Ajaya Mahala [ Pune, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
52
Army ants
are climbing in phalanx
on the peace monument.
Willy Cuvelier [ Gullegem, Belgium ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
54
To wish to become
as big as the litlle ant
what a happiness
Ruzica Soldo [ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
59
black ants on–stream
cross the afternoon
– one missing Francesco de Sabata [ Pescantina, Italy ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
62
rainy days --
the ant merchant opens
the shop
Kumarendra Mallick [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
69
the family is most important
breaks off itself wings
queen ant
Alexander Shytkovskiy [ Energodar, Ukraine ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
82
after soaking rains
white ants spiralling
to azure skies
Barbara A. Taylor [ Mountain Top, Australia ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
15
man is not an ant
but he likes when people say-
diligent as the ant
Bozidar Skobic [ Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
18
what I'm living for
summer rain approaches
the destroyed anthill
Arturas Silanksas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
19
first signs of spring -
he knows every ant by name
she knows him by name
Tomasz Szymczak [ Chojnice, Poland ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
23
ritual strings of ants -
like haiku letters even
when invade buildings
Nicu Stopel [ Dridu, Romania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
24
the old hazelnut
tree is shivering with
ant chills
Tatjana Debeljacki [ Uzice, Serbia ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
30
wheelchair-bound –
an ant lugging a lot
three times its weight
Udo Mansfield [ Hamburg, Germany ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
35
breakfast ideas...
ants make a beeline
for my Diet Coke
Seshu Chamarty [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
80
Invasion of ants
at the Youth Centre
showing strictness
Richard Jodoin [ Montreal, Canada ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
6
Bite of Black
Resurgence
Deepening wound
Manju Mahipalan [ Thrissur, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
68
the giant ant - eater
step - by - step reversed
devastate the anthill
Nijole Kerusauskiene [ Kaunas, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
75
preach on compassion -
yet I am banishing the ants
from my chocolate bar
Miruna Covor [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
The next kukai will be in May 2015. See you then.
Organizer, Indian Kukai.
Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!
We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the tenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!
We had participation of 90 entrants from 27 countries this time!
Australia (4), Bangladesh (2), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Bulgaria (6), Canada (4), Croatia (2), England (3), France (5), Germany (2), Ghana (1), India (25), Indonesia (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Lithuania (4), Nepal (1), Nigeria (1), Northern Ireland (1), Oman (1), Poland (2), Romania (9), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), USA (6)
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
Joint First: Vidya S Venkatramani (Chennai, India), Gautam Nadkarni (Mumbai, India)
Joint Second: Arvinder Kaur (Chandigarh, India), Sanaa Dayal (Jaipur, India)
Third: Laura Csilla (Brasov, Romania)
Joint Fourth: Julie Warther (Dover, USA), Christiane Ranieri (Wittenheim, France)
Fifth: Paresh Tiwari (Mumbai, India)
Votes displayed as ( 7, 4, 5 ) = 7 x 1pt votes + 4 x 2pt votes + 5 x 3pt votes = 7 + 8 + 15 = 30 pts
The complete results are below:
42
missing...
only an anthill marks
the soldier's grave
Gautam Nadkarni [ Mumbai, India ] ( 7 , 8 , 3 ) = 32 pts
47
ant-line-
one after another
my thoughts
Vidya S Venkatramani [ Chennai, India ] ( 9 , 7 , 3 ) = 32 pts
34
house rubble -
the ants know
the way home
Arvinder Kaur [ Chandigarh, India ] ( 9 , 9 , 1 ) = 30 pts
71
morning news...
a lily darkens
ant by ant
Sanaa Dayal [ Jaipur, India ] ( 2 , 8 , 4 ) = 30 pts
13
Devi temple...
a beggar sharing his bread
with a few ants
Laura Csilla [ Brasov, Romania ] ( 10 , 5 , 3 ) = 29 pts
16
Puddle -
an ant clings on
the cloud
Christiane Ranieri [ Wittenheim, France ] ( 5 , 4 , 5 ) = 28 pts
43
adjusting the eyepiece
an ant
crosses the moon
Julie Warther [ Dover, USA ] ( 5 , 7 , 3 ) = 28 pts
36
winged ants . . .
when did i first wish
a life without you
Paresh Tiwari [ Mumbai, India ] ( 4 , 4 , 5 ) = 27 pts
9
a trail of ants
tumbling over each other
office rush
Jayashree Maniyil [ Melbourne, Australia ] ( 9 , 5 , 2 ) = 25 pts
77
dreamless . . .
a thread of ants
embroiders the night
Christine Villa [ Sacramento, USA ] ( 6 , 5 , 2 ) = 22 pts
17
a ripe pear
in the grass - black with
large ants
D V Rozic [ Ivanic Grad, Croatia ] ( 7 , 4 , 1 ) = 18 pts
5
white ants in a row…
her waist
tan line
Ali Znaidi [ Redeyef, Tunisia ] ( 3 , 4 , 2 ) = 17 pts
25
Fossilised in amber,
the ant and its foe
await victory
Reshmy Warrier [ Mumbai, India ] ( 5 , 3 , 2 ) = 17 pts
61
marching ants
on my Sunday news..
chocolate Ad
Yesha Shah [ Surat, India ] ( 7 , 3 , 1 ) = 16 pts
74
on a park bench
two ants rub antennae . . .
childhood friend
Marion Clarke [ Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland ] ( 6 , 2 , 2 ) = 16 pts
11
a
..n
....t
......s
Freddy Ben-Arroyo [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 8 , 2 , 1 ) = 15 pts
20
in mourning
ants slowly open
her peonies
Meik Blottenberger [ Hanover, USA ] ( 3 , 3 , 2 ) = 15 pts
41
watching ants
moving in a row -
paperwork
Ana Drobot [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 10 , 2 , 0 ) = 14 pts
79
sweet stall...
a queue in
and a queue out
Aditya Ashribad [ Dehradun, India ] ( 8 , 3 , 0 ) = 14 pts
7
quietude...
fire ants climbing
the Wailing Wall
Florin C. Florian [ Botosani, Romania ] ( 0 , 5 , 1 ) = 13 pts
26
frozen
in amber
...an ant
Samar Ghose [ Perth, Australia ] ( 2 , 4 , 1 ) = 13 pts
85
ants crawl
on my skin
your fingers
Diana Petkova [ Dolna Banya, Bulgaria ] ( 3 , 2 , 2 ) = 13 pts
3
ants filing
in past the door jamb—
Trojan horse
Devin Harrison [ Vancouver Island, Canada ] ( 4 , 1 , 2 ) = 12 pts
31
chinese lanterns -
a black ant soars across
new year's fireworks
Charishma Navneet Gupta [ Muscat, Oman ] ( 6 , 3 , 0 ) = 12 pts
67
from the sugar bowl
to the small crack in the wall
diamond necklace
Tahera Moiz Mannan [ Nagpur, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
88
an ant's journey
on the back of my hand
a faded scar
Bill Kenney [ Whitestone, USA ] ( 5 , 2 , 1 ) = 12 pts
8
An ant writing
An haiku
And why not?
Sylvain Gardet [ Bordeaux, France ] ( 2 , 3 , 1 ) = 11 pts
10
spring dusk
in the eye of the violet
ant
Lyudmila Hristova [ Sofia, Bulgaria ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
51
at a crossroad -
an ant is carrying
its dead companion
Angelica Seithe [ Wettenberg, Germany ] ( 4 , 2 , 1 ) = 11 pts
22
sugar convoy
-- from the bird feeder
to the fern-pot Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [ Mumbai, India ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
53
baby ants
pulling strewn petals-
funeral parade
Vani Bangalore, India ( 2 , 1 , 2 ) = 10 pts
64
descending dusk-
an ant circles around
a dead moth
Kashinath Karmakar [ Durgapur, India ] ( 8 , 1 , 0 ) = 10 pts
70
abandoned house -
an ant byte proves me
I'm wrong
Mihail Buraga [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
87
in my shadow...
an ant dragging
another ant
Rita Odeh [ Haifa, Israel ] ( 6 , 2 , 0 ) = 10 pts
28
history book –
an ant with a sandwich crumble
climbes on Keop's pyramid
Capota Daniela Lacramioara [ Galati, Romania ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
29
on a blade of grass
the ant following
the airplane trail
Minh-Triet Pham [ Paris, France ] ( 4 , 1 , 1 ) = 9 pts
44
incessant mizzle ...
following an ant
another ant
Archana Kapoor Nagpal [ Bangalore, India ] ( 5 , 2 , 0 ) = 9 pts
57
an ant on her pen
running to the red inked words
of her love letter
Munia Khan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 1 , 1 , 2 ) = 9 pts
66
loud crack
the fallen palm frond
diverts an ant
Cynthia Rowe [ Sydney, Australia ] ( 3 , 0 , 2 ) = 9 pts
83
a winged ant
trapped between the doors—
your ultimatum
Ignatius Fay [ Sudbury, Canada ] ( 3 , 3 , 0 ) = 9 pts
89
missing cookies...
an ant trail runs straight
to the kids' room
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [ Birmingham, England ] ( 6 , 0 , 1 ) = 9 pts
4
glistening dew drops
on acacia leaves--
a webbed ant
Presh Thyblackpoet [ Warri, Nigeria ] ( 2 , 3 , 0 ) = 8 pts
2
the scent of spring . .
a circle of ants
around something Sandi Pray [ Robbinsville, USA ] ( 6 , 1 , 0 ) = 8 pts
84
garden reading
a ripe mango drops
with a splash of red ants
Adjei Agyei-Baah [ Kumasi, Ghana ] ( 3 , 1 , 1 ) = 8 pts
21
ant march...
so many red lights
at a traffic signal
Harshvardhan Sushant [ Pune, India ] ( 5 , 1 , 0 ) = 7 pts
60
ant
in the amber
immortality
Andrius Luneckas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 2 , 1 , 1 ) = 7 pts
27
steady procession...
a worker ant toting
a yellow leaf
Keith A. Simmonds [ Rodez, France ] ( 3 , 0 , 1 ) = 6 pts
33
deadly red carpet
the ants march on
covering new grounds
Pravin Menon [ Bangalore, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
56
in tandem
carrying double their weight -
a long line of ants
Sandra Martyres [ Mumbai, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 2 ) = 6 pts
58
People follow too
the ants' road on the foothills
of Himalayas
Vasile Moldovan [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) = 6 pts
90
my fears
my thoughts
ants in their haste
Iliyana Stoyanova [ St. Albans, England ] ( 2 , 2 , 0 ) = 6 pts
2
black ant
what your sweet love
does to me
Poornima Laxmeshwar [ Bangalore, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
48
closing an old museum
on the curtain Pharaoh ants
take down the moon
Ken Sawitri [ Jakarta, Indonesia ] ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) = 5 pts
55
tiny ant
carries its burden into
the big world
Goda V. Bendoraitiene [ Klaipeda, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 1 , 1 ) = 5 pts
50
a public bus ride
more painful than an ant's bite
the hand on her thighs
Quamrul Hassan [ Dhaka, Bangladesh ] ( 4 , 0 , 0 ) = 4 pts
63
Blasting sun —
an ant creeping
up a twig
Marie-Alice Maire [ Rungis, France ] ( 2 , 1 , 0 ) = 4 pts
12
bird picking ants
Shot dead..!
full of ants soon.
Neelam Sangwai [ Mumbai, India ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
32
ant
second...third –
soldiers regiment
Krzysztof Kokot [ Nowy Targ, Poland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
39
ant trail
in the kitchen
biscuit crumbs
Gergana Yaninska [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
40
thunderstorm...
a lone mum nurtures
her pet ant
Urveez Kakalia [ Mumbai, India ] ( 3 , 0 , 0 ) = 3 pts
46
flying among the clouds
the ant-sized city
disappears from sight
Hana Masood Pune, India ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
49
with their leaf sails
on the river of themselves -
ants
John McDonald [ Edinburgh, Scotland ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
73
ballooning moon...
in a closet all the ants
she feeds
Alegria Imperial [ Vancouver, Canada ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
76
work motivation
ant-hills never stay
empty
Diana Teneva [ Haskovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
78
sweets on the floor
and I wait
for her arrival. ...
Shabbir Shaikh [ Selu, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 1 ) = 3 pts
81
The ant on my palm
all the Earth contained
in one soul
Ruzha Vasileva [ Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
86
on the trail
string of ants
death bird
Pepa Odjakova [ Plovdiv, Bulgaria ] ( 1 , 1 , 0 ) = 3 pts
1
sand grains rise
to small hills between flagstones:
snow melts
Deborah Guzzi [ Monroe, USA ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
14
war -
morphing troops into ants fight
by computer
Lavana Kray [ Iasi, Romania ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
37
a haiku deep
inside the bits of my computer
…antantantantant…
Edward Beach [ Bristol, England ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
38
fruits of labor
Eats so disaster
Ant surprise.
Ram Sharan Maharjan [ Kathmandu, Nepal ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
45
antline—
journey of life so straight
sans those small detours
Ajaya Mahala [ Pune, India ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
52
Army ants
are climbing in phalanx
on the peace monument.
Willy Cuvelier [ Gullegem, Belgium ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
54
To wish to become
as big as the litlle ant
what a happiness
Ruzica Soldo [ Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
59
black ants on–stream
cross the afternoon
– one missing Francesco de Sabata [ Pescantina, Italy ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
62
rainy days --
the ant merchant opens
the shop
Kumarendra Mallick [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
69
the family is most important
breaks off itself wings
queen ant
Alexander Shytkovskiy [ Energodar, Ukraine ] ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) = 2 pts
82
after soaking rains
white ants spiralling
to azure skies
Barbara A. Taylor [ Mountain Top, Australia ] ( 2 , 0 , 0 ) = 2 pts
15
man is not an ant
but he likes when people say-
diligent as the ant
Bozidar Skobic [ Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
18
what I'm living for
summer rain approaches
the destroyed anthill
Arturas Silanksas [ Vilnius, Lithuania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
19
first signs of spring -
he knows every ant by name
she knows him by name
Tomasz Szymczak [ Chojnice, Poland ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
23
ritual strings of ants -
like haiku letters even
when invade buildings
Nicu Stopel [ Dridu, Romania ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
24
the old hazelnut
tree is shivering with
ant chills
Tatjana Debeljacki [ Uzice, Serbia ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
30
wheelchair-bound –
an ant lugging a lot
three times its weight
Udo Mansfield [ Hamburg, Germany ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
35
breakfast ideas...
ants make a beeline
for my Diet Coke
Seshu Chamarty [ Hyderabad, India ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
80
Invasion of ants
at the Youth Centre
showing strictness
Richard Jodoin [ Montreal, Canada ] ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) = 1 pts
6
Bite of Black
Resurgence
Deepening wound
Manju Mahipalan [ Thrissur, India ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
68
the giant ant - eater
step - by - step reversed
devastate the anthill
Nijole Kerusauskiene [ Kaunas, Lithuania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
75
preach on compassion -
yet I am banishing the ants
from my chocolate bar
Miruna Covor [ Bucharest, Romania ] ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) = 0 pts
The next kukai will be in May 2015. See you then.
Organizer, Indian Kukai.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Call for Entries - Indian Kukai #10 - March 2015
Namaste! Hello!
We welcome you to the 10th edition of Indian Kukai.
Indian Kukai, which will be held once every two months, comes to you from IN haiku group, which was formed by few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav in February of 2013 – for exploring, promoting, enjoying and sinking deeper into the intricacies of this beautiful art form.
We request you to bookmark or follow our blog, Indian Kukai @ http://indiankukai.blogspot.com/
Topics and results will be posted to this blog only. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.
The topic for Indian Kukai #10 is ANT.
The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.
the black ant clings
to its matchstick
— Johannes Manjrekar.
The haiku won sixth place in Shiki Kukai July 2003.
Submission Period:
SUN – 1st MAR. to SUN – 22nd MAR. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period:
MON – 23rd MAR. to WED – 1st APR. 2015 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Results no later than: WED – 8th APR. 2015
Guidelines:
- Participants may send no more than ONE HAIKU ENTRY on the topic. No haiga entries please. Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
- Please do not enter any previously published haiku. Publication includes personal blogs, journals, facebook, print or websites. Also, please do not use any obscene words in your haiku. We wish to keep the Indian Kukai free of such words.
- All haiku entries are to remain anonymous till we publish the results.Any shared information or discussion about your entries in any group or forum, will be considered a violation of the rule.
- If you submit a haiku to the kukai, then voting is mandatory.
- If you fail to vote during the voting period, then your haiku will be shown without ranking points in the results.
How to enter?
- Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
- Only haiku in English shall be accepted.
- The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #10 (ANT) – My Entry”
- Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
- The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your entry.
- Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
- We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.
Guidelines for Voting Period:
- Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
- We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
- You will have 10 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 10 points must be used.
- Send all your votes in one e-mail to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com with the subject for correspondence as "Indian Kukai #10 (ANT) - My Votes". We request you not to reply to the ballot mail itself, as it will help us to tally your votes easily.
- The acknowledgement for the same will come at most by the weekend after we receive your vote mail.
- Please do not vote for your own entry. Such votes will result in all your votes being rejected.
- Order your votes in the same order as in list.For eg:#01 -- 3 points#06 -- 1 points#25 -- 2 points#55 -- 1 points#92 -- 3 points
- Once voting period closes, the results will be published on this blog. We will intimate the publishing of results on blog via a mail as well.
Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.
Cheers!
Organizer, Indian Kukai.
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