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
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Second place with 22 points
lovers' point—
her name bounces back
from the hills
Gautam Nadkarni [Mumbai, India]
(8,4,2) = 22 pts
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Third place with 21 points
incorrect address
a love letter
from me to me
Wiesław Karliński [Namysłów, Poland]
(5,5,2) = 21 pts
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asphalt vapour. . .
afternoon raindrops
return to the sky
Kwaku Feni Adow [Akosombo, Ghana]
(5,5,2) = 21 pts
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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
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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
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14 points
moonlit night-
the moss scented echoes
from the old well
Vidya Venkatramani [Chennai, India]
(4,2,2) = 14 pts
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half a dream—
my letter returns
unopened
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy [Birmingham, UK]
(6,4,0) = 14 pts
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12 points
after the storm--
his letters are returned
unopened
James Dobson [Prudhoe, UK]
(5,2,1) = 12 pts
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nursery school van
my smile at the girl comes back
with a tongue tease
Ajaya Mahala [Pune, India]
(2,2,2) = 12 pts
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11 points
into the morning
and out again
a church bell chime
Iliyana Stoyanova [St Albans, UK]
(6,1,1) = 11 pts
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At the storks clattering
he remembers my first name -
Alzheimer
Christiane Ranieri [WITTENHEIM FRANCE]
(0,1,3) = 11 pts
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old age home...
he gets the same room
as his father
Vandana Parashar [Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) India]
(6,1,1) = 11 pts
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old photographs
she longs to revisit
her younger self
Marion Clarke [Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland]
(1,5,0) = 11 pts
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10 points
boomerang...
the echo of mother's instructions
on my lips!
Shalini Sunkuru [Norwich, United Kingdom]
(3,2,1) = 10 pts
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the boomerang
we dusted all these years --
crescent moon
Sheila Windsor [Bexhill-on-Sea, England]
(4,3,0) = 10 pts
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spring morning
the stick comes back
dog attached
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan [Thane, India]
(4,3,0) = 10 pts
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old by lanes--
my childhood returns
to a new city
Rajeshwari Srinivasan [Thane, India ]
(1,0,3) = 10 pts
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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.
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8 points
like in childhood –
the old dog tries
to fetch back the ball
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara [Galaţi ,Roumanie]
(2,0,2) = 8 pts
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7 points
foreign moon
a broken boomerang
in my drawer
Billy Antonio [Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines]
(3,2,0) = 7 pts
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mossy well...
startled doves echo
my loneliness
Yesha Shah [Surat, India]
(3,2,0) = 7 pts
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6 points
city of childhood
over the house
new moon
Alexander Shytkovskiy [Energodar, Ukraine]
(0,0,2) = 6 pts
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once and again
the horse cannot outrun the snail -
carousel
Lyudmila Hristova [Sofia, Bulgaria]
(6,0,0) = 6 pts
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first flush of cherry -
'cause of too much beauty
returns every spring
Mary T. Stella [Rome, Italy]
(0,0,2) = 6 pts
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5 points
sand fishing
the child throws back her catch
with a sob
Cynthia Rowe [Sydney, Australia]
(2,0,1) = 5 pts
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in ancient caves
tall figures jesture
with boomerangs
Barbara Taylor [Mountain Top, Australia]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
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will she come back? -
in our park first time I see
boys with boomerangs
Tomasz Szymczak [Chojnice, Poland]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
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on the way
my bad thoughts return
to me
Pepa Odjakova [Plovdiv, Bulgaria]
(3,1,0) = 5 pts
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boomerang
keeps coming back
like karma
Munia Khan [Dhaka, Bangladesh]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
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letter to grandma -
never return than
the memories
Dan Iulian [Bucharest-Romania ]
(0,1,1) = 5 pts
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4 points
I do not want
night cry comes back from darkness
want want want
Dainius Dirgėla [Vilnius, Lithuania]
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
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the beggar shouts
at the almsgiver...
too much cholesterol
Seshu Chamarty [Hyderabad, India]
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
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resting on cattle’s back
after their migratory escapade
white egrets
Adjei Agyei-Baah [Kumasi, Ghana]
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
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Angry teens slams
The swinging door -
Mother feels her pain
Saikiran [ Hyderabad, India]
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
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3 points
old age home —
the stepson returns
her spite
Vinay Leo R. [Bangalore, India]
(3,0,0) = 3 pts
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birthday party -
behind the waves
sunset or sunrise
Ana Drobot [Bucharest, Romania]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
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boomerang
he never came back
to her
Janina Weidholz [Wiesbaden Germany]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
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boomerang --
again and again he tries
for a laugh
Julie Warther [Dover, Ohio USA]
(1,1,0) = 3 pts
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windless night ...
her cries retreat
as the lullaby dims
Aditya Ashribad [Dehradun, India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 pts
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lean season
the goat returning from
the dried grass
kOJO TURKSON [Ghana ]
(1,1,0) = 3 pts
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2 points
echoes of falling
winter shadows
chiaroscuro
Ignatius Fay [Sudbury, Ontario, Canada]
(2,0,0) = 2 pts
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happy moment
once shared gets back
pen-pal's letter
Artūras Šilanskas [Vilnius, LITHUANIA]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
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a true love
returns to a lover
like boomerang...
Božidar Škobić - Čika Boško [Višegrad , Bosnia and Herzegovina ]
(2,0,0) = 2 pts
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sunset
my toddler reading sunbeam
a bedtime story
Ken Sawitri [Jakarta, Indonesia]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
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Flapping, back here --
the boomerang,
the swallow.
Francesco Gonella [Padova, Italy]
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
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1 point
In the mailbox
a return love letter...
another boomerang
Vasile Moldovan [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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boomerang moon
being in a wax she makes him
mad at her
Angelica Seithe [Wettenberg Germany]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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this summer
a stranger is close
to me
Dorota Ocińska [Łódź, Polska]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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His estranged wife
returns for the second time…
a new beginning
Keith A Simmonds [Rodez, France]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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sunrise again
to nowhere
just widowed
Andrius Luneckas [Vilnius, Lithuania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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lunar eclipse -
in shaman's dream boomerang
thrown at the sun
Miruna Covor [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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oh, so silly...
after receiving a new boomerang
I threw my old one!
Tomislav Maretić [Croatia]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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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
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just a peep -
her look smiled to me
like a train
Mihail Buraga [Bucharest, Romania]
(1,0,0) = 1 pts
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No points this time, sorry.
larger than life
temptations await
my return
Pravin Menon
[Bangalore, India]
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Quo vadis Cartoon Art -
as too offensive pencil
bullet boomerang
Nicu Stopel
[Dridu, Romania]
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dinner crumbs
the bouncing chat clears
my thoughts of him
Alegria Imperial
[Vancouver, Canada]
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Neither in wood nor in carbon
My heart thrown
Dangerous boomerang
Sylvain Gardet
[Rouen, France]
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Lazy summer days
all this time in the hammock
a nine months feeling
Richard Jodoin
[Montréal, Canada]
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Tho echo of refugees´ cry
flys in cold-hearted emptiness
like boomerang in dry desert
Ruzica Soldo
[Bosnia and Herzegovina]
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Returning boomerang
Teaches me
Karma. ...
Shabbir Shaikh [India]
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shooting star —
my vow such a boomerang
of the moon
Minh-Triêt PHAM [Paris, France]
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the lingering scent
on your red baby scarf-
home alone
Vani Sathyanarayan [Bangalore, India]
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tom and jerry --
the pirates lose their way
in stormy night
Kumarendra Mallick [Hyderabad, India]
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No votes received. Results hidden
IN TRANCE
RUNNING IS THE WITCH BEFORE
THE MOON
Tatjana Debeljacki
[Užice,Serbian ]
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See you at the next kukai in September 2015.
Jayashree Maniyil
(for Indian Kukai)
