Namaste! Greetings!
We conclude the sixteenth edition of the Indian Kukai today.
72 participants took part in 16th Indian Kukai, and they came from 22 different countries.
The theme of this edition was BUTTERFLY.
This time the winner is Gautam Nadkarni from Mumbai,India with 31 points.
Adjei Agyei-Baah from Ghana takes the runner-up slot with 30 points, and Archana Kapoor Nagpal from Bangalore,India takes the third place with 24 points.
Constantin Stroe from Bucharest, Romania is fourth with 23 points.
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara from Galaţi ,Romania is fifth with 19 points.
Congratulations to all of them, and to each of you who participated as well.
Complete results as below.
Points are indicated as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt + 1*3pt = 5+6+3 = 14pts.
WINNER
61
bomb ravaged—
only a crayon butterfly
on the wall
- Gautam Nadkarni
[Mumbai,India]
( 3,2,8 ) = 31 points
RUNNER UP
49
garden dew…
a butterfly rests
on silence
-Adjei Agyei-Baah
[Ghana]
( 6,9,2 ) = 30 points
THIRD PLACE
4
broken mirror ...
pieces of butterfly
here and there
-Archana Kapoor Nagpal
[Bangalore,India]
( 6,6,2 ) =24 points
FOURTH PLACE
1
Hot afternoon-
two butterflies ventilate
the bedroom
- Constantin Stroe
[ Bucharest,Romania]
( 5,3,4 ) = 23 points
FIFTH PLACE
16
butterfly wings –
her eyelashes
hiding blue
-Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[ Galaţi ,Roumanie ]
( 4,6,1 ) = 19 points
SIXTH PLACE
66
origami butterfly -
how I learnt
to get wings
-Arvinder Kaur
[ Chandigarh, India]
( 3,6,1 ) = 18 points
SEVENTH PLACE (x2)
32
tin-wall shanty
the fading smile of
a chalk butterfly
-Yesha Shah
[ Surat,India ]
( 4,1,3) = 15 points
51
butterfly...
what was never
mine
- Ana Drobot
[Bucharest, Romania ]
(6,3,1 ) =15 points
EIGHTH PLACE
71
how gently
she captures my heart
butterfly net
- Vinay Leo R.
[ Bangalore,India ]
(3,2,2 ) =13 Points
NINTH PLACE
46
butterfly garden
i capture one
in a selfie
-Billy Antonio
[Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines]
(6,3,0) = 12 Points
TENTH PLACE (x3)
17
where magnolia
petals drift . . .
yellow butterfly
-Anna Cates
[Wilmington, OH 45177 (USA)]
(5,3,0) = 11 Points
18
without a ticket
flutters in the tram
a butterfly
- Pepa Odjakova
[Plovdiv, Bulgaria ]
( 5,3,0) = 11 points
56
spring breeze -
in the convict cell
a vagrant butterfly
-Dan Iulian
[Bucharest-Romania]
(1,2,2 ) = 11 Points
10 points (x4)
20
flower shop —
focusing on the salesgirl
with a butterfly tattoo
- Minh-Triêt PHAM
[Paris,France ]
(1,3,1 ) =10 points
42
butterfly wing dust—
he lays his baby gently
in the little grave
-Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[Birmingham, UK]
( 2,1,2 ) = 10 points
63
flying high --
the butterfly strays
into rainbow
- Kumarendra Mallick
[ Hyderabad , India ]
( 1,3,1 ) = 10 points
70
my first flight-
a red butterfly flits
up and down
-Vani Sathyanarayan
[Bangalore,India]
( 3,2,1 ) = 10 points
9 points (x2)
25
a butterfly
to and fro
on her blouse
- Dorota Ocińska
[ Polska, Łódź ]
(3,0,2 ) = 9 points
67
yellow butterfly
the way it drifts into
Its own light
- Devin Harrison
[Vancouver Island - Canada ]
(0,0,3 ) = 9 points
8 points (x2)
6
child bride...
on the palanquin
a butterfly
- Mohammad Azim Khan
[ Peshawar, Pakistan ]
( 2,3,0 ) = 8 points
31
dainty butterfly
I tell my daughter to spread
her wings
-Vandana Parashar
[India]
(0,1,2) =8 points
7 points
41
dog days...
a butterfly stuck between
the shutters
- Diana Teneva
[ Haskovo, Bulgaria ]
( 4,0,1) = 7 points
6 points (x3)
5
the monarch’s wings
in constant twitch
orange asters
- Ignatius
[ Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ]
( 2,2,0 ) = 6 points
30
your wish -
butterflies
in my garden
- Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
[ Fairlawn, USA ]
( 0,0,2 ) = 6 points
35
On the streets
cell phones addiction
wandering butterflies
- Richard Jodoin
[ Montréal, Canada]
( 1,1,1 ) = 6 points
5 points ( x3 )
7
Reading in the palm,
a little blue butterfly
right on the life line
- Adina Enachescu
[ Bucharest,Romania ]
( 2,0,1 ) = 5 points
29
confetti . . .
suddenly, a blast
of butterflies
- Ajaya Mahala
[ Pune,India]
( 2,0,1 ) = 5 points
50
pathology test…
I have butterflies
in my stomach
- Seshu Chamarty
[ Hyderabad, India ]
( 2,0,1 ) = 5 point
4 points (x7 )
9
little souls...
butterfly on my child's palm
listening to the pulse
- Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[Klaipeda, Lithuania ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
10
two halfs of apple
and a butterfly from train -
on the station bench
- Nicu Stopel
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
19
lunch break -
a butterfly throbbing
in the bird's beak
- Lavana Kray
[ Iasi - Romania ]
( 0,2,0 ) = 4 points
26
reading last pages in the sun a butterfly
- Sondra J. Byrnes
[ Santa Fe USA ]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
45
violet leaf--
in its shade
a monarch rests
- Jill Lange
[ Cleveland Heights, USA ]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
48
ear plugs in my ears
your frequently moving lips
silent butterfly
- Dainius Dirgela
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
( 1,0,1 ) = 4 points
62
drawing a musical staff
for the meadow's song
two cabbage whites
- Julie Warther
[ Dover, Ohio USA]
( 2,1,0 ) = 4 points
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3 points (x9)
2
demolished dancehall -
amongst the ruins
butterflies jiving
- John McDonald
[ Edinburgh Scotland ]
(1,1,0 ) = 3 points
34
summertime
widow gets
dress with butterflies
- Andrius Luneckas
[ Vilnius, Lithuania ]
(3,0,0 ) = 3 points
39
butterfly throw
mother's unfinished crochet
in her craft bag
- Madhuri Pillai
[ Australia ]
(1,1,0) = 3 points
43
spring cleaning
the spider couldn't finish eating
his butterfly
- Lyudmila Hristova
[ Sofia, Bulgaria ]
(1,1,0) = 3 points
52
sticky wings unfurl
my granddaughter
turns thirteen
- Nancy Brady
[ Huron, USA ]
(3,0,0) = 3 points
53
A kid gapes
And
I just overlook...
- shabbir shaikh
[ Selu,India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 points
54
butterfly drifting
from flower to flower -
wandering mind
- Miruna Covor
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
(3,0,0) = 3 points
55
it hovers
over my cabbages...
white butterfly
- Catherine Smith
[ Sydney , Australia]
(3,0,0)= 3 points
57
butterfly
I work hard
for freedom
- Rajeshwari Srinivasan
[ Thane,India ]
(0,0,1) = 3 points
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2 points (x7)
3
dozing cat -
on her white belly
an ocher butterfly
- Djurdja Vukelic Rozic
[Ivanic-Grad, Croatia]
(2,0,0) = 2 points
11
Distorted wings
splattered on my pane,
my life - fragile
-Reshmy Warrier
[Mumbai,India]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
14
reopening day
college campus
swarm with floral teens..
- Purushotham Rao Ravela
[ Ellicott city MD (usa) ]
(2,0,0) = 2 points
24
By street lamp light
a white butterfly's shadow
runs on the walkside
- Vasile Moldovan
[ Bucharest, Romania ]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
47
midday fair
butterflies flaunting
their world of colours
- Kwaku Feni Adow
[ Akosombo, Ghana ]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
69
red admiral --
a fluttering shadow
crosses the decking
- James Dobson
[Prudhoe, UK.]
(0,1,0) = 2 points
72
spilled basket of poppies…
the little girl
chasing butterflies
- Steliana Cristina Voicu
[ Ploiesti, Romania ]
(2,0,0) = 2 points
1 point (x4)
8
a pine butterfly
glides gently through
snow flurries
- Barbara A. Taylor
[Mountain Top, NSW Australia ]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
22
skipping class in spring
shh! around the corner...
first butterflies
- Tomasz Szymczak
[Chojnice, Poland]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
37
candles on the first date
a dance of countless butterflies
in the stomach
- Artūras Šilanskas
[Vilnius, LITHUANIA]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
58
flutter of wings
causing storms
it rests
- Pravin Menon
[Bangalore,India]
(1,0,0) = 1 point
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NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY
12
A red butterfly
shimmering upon a rose
evanescent glow
-Keith A. SIMMONDS
[Rodez ,FRANCE]
13
taking me to
the sea`s farther side...
fluttering wings
- Rita Odeh
[Haifa, Israel]
15
The plain caterpillar
reborns to the colourful beauty
What a butterfly?!
- Ruzica Soldo
[Siroki Brijeg,Bosnia and Herzegovina]
21
floral gown-
butterfly hovers
flower to flower
- Sudebi Singha
[Kolkata, India]
23
me, my loneliness-
on a pink flower
the blue butterfly
- Munia Khan
[Dhaka, Bangladesh]
28
butterfly and a flower
the child doesn't want the net –
watches the drawing
- Božidar Škobić
[Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina]
33
butterfly looks back
chrysalis - mere empty shell
home, sweet home, no more
- Tanja Cilia
[Fleur de Lys, Malta]
36
mourning cloak
fluttering across the fields –
joy of the life
-Tomislav Maretić
[Zagreb,Croatia]
38
year after year...
I experience a short love story again
" Madame Butterfly"
- Nijolė Kerušauskienė
[Kaunas, LITHUANIA]
40
Ecstasy —
touching an everlasting flower
a butterfly
- RANIERI Christiane
[WITTENHEIM, FRANCE]
44
cheerful autumn
they wander through my room
last butterflies
-Wiesław Karlinski
[ Namysłów, Poland]
59
after the match-
colored butterfly
sat on the net
- Krzysztof Kokot
[Nowy Targ, Poland]
60
castle's buddleias
at the foot of the fortress –
butterflies besiege
- Marie Derley
[Ath city, Belgium]
64
curtain slits
afternoon sun butterflies
across the room
- Kasturi Jadhav
[Mumbai, India]
65
who are you butterfly
beyond
your color dust?
-Andrei C. Szava
[Cluj-Napoca, Romania]
68
a butterfly
in a glass case –
Snow White
- Susan Burch
[Hagerstown, MD, USA]
Haiku #27 was withdrawn from the contest.
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Thank you for your participation!
Kash Poet
Organizer, Indian Kukai
