Results - Indian Kukai #5 Swing (May 2014)

Namaste!

Thank you, haiku poets and friends, for participating in this 5th edition of the Indian Kukai and sharing your poetic voices with us.

We had 68 poets from 20 countries who participated this time.

Australia (3), Bhutan (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2), Croatia (1), England (3), France (1), Germany (1), India (31), Israel (2), Lithuania (3), Northern Ireland (1), Oman (1), Philippines (1), Poland (1), Romania (5), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Trinidad & Tobago (1), United States of America (7).

Congratulations to all.

The winner of the 5th edition of Indian Kukai is Paresh Tiwari.

Others in the top 5 are Arvinder Kaur, Tomislav Maretic, Archana Kapoor Nagpal and Christine Villa.

Results are displayed as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt +1*3pt =5+6+3 = 14pts.

Results are as below:

First Place, Entry no. 8, 37 Points

summer swing
I tickle the clouds
with my toes

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.

(12,5,5)=37

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Second Place, Entry no. 13, 25 Points

how gently
the porch swing moves -
grandma's lullaby

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.

(4,9,1)=25

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Third Place, Entry no. 54, 21 Points

spring drizzle –
all swings speckled
with petals

Tomislav Maretic
Zagreb, Croatia.

(9,3,2)=21

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Fourth Place, Entry no. 14, 20 Points

a baby swings
in mother's womb --
midsummer lull

Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore, India.

(7,5,1)=20

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Fifth Place, Entry no. 3, 19 Points

just before we kiss . . .
the soundless swing
of a wind chime

Christine L. Villa
North Highlands, U.S.A.

(7,6,0)=19

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Other results follows:

18 Points, Entry no. 39

mood swings--
the silence before and
after the storm

Yesha Shah
Surat, India.

(8,5,0)=18

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17 Points, Entry no. 68

the worn spot
under the swing—
songlines

Sondra Byrnes
South Bend, USA.

(4,5,1)=17

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15 Points (2)

Entry no. 37

fruitless tree
the couple pushes
an empty swing

Billy Antonio
Laoac, Philippines.

(5,2,2)= 15

Entry no. 44

the time it takes
a swing to settle down...
night whispers

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.

(5,2,2)=15

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14 Points, Entry no. 28

children park --
the mother pushes the laughter
back and forth

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.

(7,2,1)=14

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12 Points, Entry no. 9

pendulum clock—
a fragment of memory
stored in each swing

Pranav Kodial
Dahanu, India.

(5,2,1)=12

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11 Points, Entry no. 65

the old wooden swing –
still scratched on it
"Dan loves Ann"

Daniela Lăcrămioara
Galaţi, Romania.

(11,0,0)=11

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10 Points (3)

Entry no. 6

evening breeze...
an empty swing stills
my mind

Shloka Shankar
Bangalore, India.

(5,1,1)=10

Entry no. 25

church bells -
fresh snow covering
the rusty swing

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă
Botoşani, Romania.

(5,1,1)=10

Entry no. 41

slow dance
after every swing
her shy smile

Poornima Laxmeshwar
Bangalore, India.

(3,2,1)=10

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9 Points (3)

Entry no. 19

giant swing
the rise and fall of
cherry blossoms

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.

(4,1,1)=9

Entry no. 24

neem tree...
i swing into my
memories

Tanvi Nishchal
New Delhi, India.

(7,1,0)=9

Entry no. 62

grey leaves
in still sea...
to and fro

Aditya Ashribad
Bhubaneswar, India.

(3,3,0)=9

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8 Points (5)

Entry no. 7

fireflies
around the swing
shortest night

Diana Teneva
Haskova, Bulgaria.

(3,1,1)=8

Entry no. 17

swinging in her sling
the only baby
that lived

Susan Burch
Hagerstown, USA.

(3,1,1)=8

Entry no. 20

first winter snow
my daughter’s warmth lingers
on the empty swing

Ingrid Jend
Cambridge, England.

(2,3,0)=8

Entry no. 42

dreaming sky...
a broken swing sunk
in the bluebells

Sanjuktaa Asopa
Belgaum, India.

(4,2,0)=8

Entry no. 53

day-time moon
on the other end of a swing
imaginary friend

Artūras Šilanskas
Vilnius, Lithuania

(3,1,1)=8

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7 Points (6)

Entry no. 5

leaving home . . .
the childhood swing
covered in snow

Sonam Chhoki
Thimphu, Bhutan.

(5,1,0)=7

Entry no. 29

A porch swing -
the old couple rocks
with feet on the ground.

Zhanna Rader
Athens, U.S.A.

(4,0,1)=7

Entry no. 35

no coin
for the Spring carnival --
father swings me

Deborah Guzzi
Monroe, USA.

(3,2,0)=7

Entry no. 36

storm of war-
a rusty swing balancing
for its self

Lavana Kray
Iași, Romania.

(3,2,0)=7

Entry no. 50

hometown visit . . .
sitting on Dad's swing
pushed by the wind

Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.

(3,2,0)=7

Entry no. 60

screaming children
and the same screeching swing -
orange sunset

SB Vadivelrajan
Chennai, India.

(2,1,1)=7

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6 Points, Entry no. 47

sitting on a swing
watching the sky-
I miss my young mother

Iqra Raza
New Delhi, India.

(2,2,0)=6

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5 Points (6)

Entry no. 11

a rope
and a rubber tyre...
tree wanted

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Thane, India.

(3,1,0)=5

Entry no. 16

the rush of wind
my sister's jhumkis
swing faster

Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
Birmingham, England.

(3,1,0)=5

Entry no. 22

pushing the earth
with my legs, I swing . . .
sheer blue sky

Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.

(2,0,1)=5

Entry no. 38

pendulum -
swings the room
from side to side

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.

(2,0,1)=5

Entry no. 55

in the air
my tulip painted nails-
wooden swing

Lina Tandel
Virginia, USA.

(1,2,0)=5

Entry no. 59

pendulum clock
today she uses
a walking cane

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany.

(3,1,0)=5

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4 Points (7)

Entry no. 2

the orangutan
swings between the trees —
going solo

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.

(2,1,0)=4

Entry no. 18

sun rays…
now there, now gone
on grandmother’s swing

Shobhana Kumar
Coimbatore, India.

(4,0,0)=4

Entry no. 23

enchanted bride...
smiles at the ocean
with every swing

Charishma Navneet Gupta
Muscat, Oman.

(2,1,0)=4

Entry no. 26

swinging hips -
smudged grease on the road
breaks the wolfgrin

Soumitra Saxena
Bhopal, India.

(1,0,1)=4

Entry no. 30

her plaits swing
as she skips in the sunlit park
wide horizon

Dawn Bruce
Sydney, Australia.

(1,0,1)=4

Entry no. 63

Sun and moon
Smiling in all senility
Mood swings

Reshmy Warrier
Mumbai, India.

(0,2,0)=4

Entry no. 64

sultry summer morn
under golden mangoes
swing silently stirs

Tahera Mannan
Nagpur, India.

(1,0,1)=4

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3 Points (6)

Entry no. 1

useless
the kid's swing
only birds sing on

Marie-Alice Maire
Rungis, France.

(1,1,0)=3

Entry no. 12

the Moon is new
jasmine under the pillow
swing in the sky

Tatjana Debeljački
Užice, Serbia.

(0,0,1)=3

Entry no. 27

laden sky...
swinging from a mere twig
the Chatak bird

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.

(1,1,0)=3

Entry no. 45

with one swing
the child throws out
a pail of rain

Alegria Imperial
Vancouver, Canada.

(0,0,1)=3

Entry no. 56

I move with swing
and
the existence stops. ..

Shabbir Shaikh
Selu, India.

(1,1,0)=3

Entry no. 57

springtime wind -
a girl sings a swing song
on a swing

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.

(3,0,0)=3

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2 Points(7)

Entry no. 4

the moon
now, swings on the roof…
children’s park

Akila G
Hyderabad, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 21

on a high again
the rock bottom fades afar
papa's gentle push

Vardhini NC
Mumbai, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 31

Swinging Pendulum-
With the dawning Realization
Heart Sighs

Manjusha M
Thrissur, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 32

stopped swinging -
a baby's cry wakes up
the sleepy mother

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 46

girls squat chattering
grandmother sits on the swing -
outdoor picnic

Gillena Cox
St. James, Trinidad & Tobago.

(2,0,0)=2

Entry no. 48

swinging between
delight and despair
my life see no surprises

Purush
Ellicott City, USA.

(0,1,0)=2

Entry no. 49

summer afternoon...
my son wishes to go higher
on a park swing

Harshavardhan Sushant
Pune, India.

(2,0,0)=2

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1 Point (6)

Entry no. 34

face to face with serene –
acceptance of all
things as they are

Goda Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 43

from branch to branch
monkeys restlessly swing
no hidden mangoes

Sandra Martyres
Mumbai, India.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 52

swing one way
all seasons in my favor...
first time in love

Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad, India.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 61

the grandfather
swinging on the swing ~
where's the grandson?

Freddy Ben-Arroyo
Haifa, Israel.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 66

summer evening
swings in the street
tired rickshaw

Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania.

(1,0,0)=1

Entry no. 67

Safari luck --
staring at a tiger’s irises
the swing of breath

Rochelle Potkar
Mumbai, India.

(1,0,0)=1

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No Points This Time, Sorry! (5)

Entry no. 15

child's electronic kite -
swinging and catcalling this spring
too many tanks on border

Nicu Stopel
Bucharest, Romania.

Entry no. 33

the hour bell --
there's nothing else it can do,
it swings on and on

Kuheli
Midnapur, India.

Entry no. 40

the sway of
her porch light signals
a storm

Sara Winteridge
The New Forest, England.

Entry no. 51

hip hop
pivoting around the globe
swing dancing

Devin Harrison
Vancouver Island, Canada.

Entry no. 58

naive bond for land
sways, front- up- down- and up- back
stomach butterflies

Neelam Sangwai
Mumbai, India.

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Vote Unreceived (1)

Entry no. 10

childhood home...
garden snail mating
on the old swing

Gaby Csilla
Brașov, Romania.

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Thanks. Our next edition will be in July 2014. See you then.

Regards,


Organizers, Indian Kukai.

Indian Kukai #5 - May 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 5th 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.

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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.

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The topic for Indian Kukai #05 is SWING.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

autumn break -
a maple leaf's turn
on the school swing


Arvinder Kaur
NaHaiWriMo, February 2014.

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Submission Period: THU – 1ST MAY 2014 to SUN – 18TH MAY 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period: MON – 19TH MAY 2014 to SUN – 25TH MAY 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Results no later than: SAT – 31ST MAY 2014

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Guidelines:

• Participants may send no more than ONE 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.
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• 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?

1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
2. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #5 (Swing) – My Entry”
3. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
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5. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
6. We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

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• Only those who have submitted an entry to this edition of the kukai can vote.
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• You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
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• 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.

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Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

Cheers!



Organizers, Indian Kukai.

Results - Indian Kukai #4, March 2014, Theme - Salt.

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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17 POINTS (1)
Fifth Place, Entry #12

autumn sunset
sharing sliced cucumbers
dipped in salt

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.

(7,2,2)=17pts

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Results Continued:

16 POINTS (1)
Entry #21

grief-stricken widow
tasting the sea
in his clothes

John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland.

(3,2,3)=16pts

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15 POINTS (1)
Entry #58

a pinch of salt -
the twirl of an earthworm
into nothingness

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.

(5,2,2)=15pts

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14 POINTS (1)
Entry #25

breaking waves
the lingering taste
of my own tears

John McManus
Carlisle, England.

(5,3,1)=14pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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ENTRY RECEIVED LATE (1)
Entry #70

monkeys-
an empty bowl of salted peanuts
on the dining table

Vividha Bhasin
Pune, India.

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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,
Indian Kukai from IN haiku.

Indian Kukai #4 - March 2014 - Call for Entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the 4th 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.

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The topic for Indian Kukai #04 is SALT.

The word need not be used in the haiku, but the haiku should be showing the topic clearly.

father's day
we order the meal
with less salt


Kala Ramesh
Shiki Kukai, June 2007

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Submission Period: SAT – 1ST MAR 2014 to SUN – 16TH MAR 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period: MON – 17TH MAR 2014 to SUN – 23RD MAR 2014 (12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Results no later than: SAT – 29TH MAR 2014

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Guidelines:

• Participants may send no more than ONE 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.
• 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?

1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
2. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #04 – My Entry”
3. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
4. We will acknowledge your entry once we receive it.
5. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
6. We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

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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 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 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 #04 - My Votes".
• 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
• 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.

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Welcome again, and we hope you enjoy this edition of Indian Kukai.

Cheers!



Organizers, Indian Kukai.

Results - The Indian Kukai #3 , January 2014 - Theme "Scent/fragrance"

Dear poets, 
Namaste and welcome to the results of Indian Kukai # 3.

First of all, we would like to thank all the participants for making this kukai contest such a success. 70 Poets from 19 countries participated in this edition.
 There were poets from Australia (4), Bhutan (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2), Croatia (1), England (4), India (30), Israel (2), Italia ( 1), Lithuania (2), New Zealand (1), Oman (1),
Philippines (1), Poland (3), Romania (5), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Trinidad & Tobago (1) and USA (8).

 We were happy to hear your unique voices and look forward to your continued participation in even greater numbers in the upcoming editions as well.
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CONGRATULATIONS  to Ajaya Mahala, winner of the third edition of Indian Kukai. Others in the top 5 are Carole Harrison, Sheila Windsor, Krzysztof Kokot and Jayashree Maniyil.
 Results are displayed as (5,3,1)=5*1pt votes + 3*2pt votes + 1*3pt votes = 5+6+3 = 14 pts


First place, Entry #14, 28 points

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mother’s scarf
a toddler wraps himself
in the fragrance

Ajaya Mahala, Pune, India

(10,6,2 =28)

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Second place, Entry #15, 22 points

15
petal memories
pressed between pages…
scent of summer

Carole Harrison,Jamberoo, Australia

 (7,3,3 = 22)



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Third place, Entry #21, 21 points

21
wind blown snow…
the fragrance of basmati
as I open the door

Sheila Windsor, Bexhill-on-sea, England

(6,3,3 =21)
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Fourth place, Entry # 51,19 points

51
fish market -
on the seller's shirt
"Old Spice"

Krzysztof Kokot, Nowy Targ, Poland

(7,3,2 =19)

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Fifth place, Entry #53, 18 points

53
rubbing sandalwood —
how easily he fills
my mind

Jayashree Maniyil, Australia

(7,4,1 =18)


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16 points
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27
father's closet -
the scent of weathered hands
from his empty gloves

Arvinder Kaur,Chandigarh, India

(8,4,0 =16)


_______________
15 points
_______________


64
at the temple-
the scent of sandalwood
brings me closer to myself

Sushma Nischal, New Delhi, India

(4,4,1 =15)


_________________

14 points
_________________


12.
golden champaks
for my mother’s long hair
last offering

Poornima Laxmeshwar, Bangalore, India

(6,1,2 =14)


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13 points ( 4)
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6.
a bulbul's
song barely heard...
lily scent

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel

(6,2,1 =13)





59
her son's funeral
the absence
of perfume

Roberta Beary,Bethesda, Maryland USA

(6,2,1 =13)





30
a butterfly…
hovers in the scent
of monk's pepper

Tomislav Maretić   Zagreb, Croatia

(1,3,2 =13 )





61
shellfire -
crossing the border
orange blossom

Sara Winteridge, The New Forest, Englad

( 5,1,2 =13 )


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11 points ( 3 )
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5
bhangra:
the air smells
of henna

Surbhi Grover
Noida, India

( 5,3,0 = 11 )




35
scented candle
the pervasive presence
in your absence

Angelo B Ancheta, Taytay, Rizal, Philippines

( 3,1,2 = 11 )


43
still in the books
from the library
someone's cologne

Susan Burch, Hagerstown, USA

( 7,2,0 = 11)


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10 points ( 3)
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20.

cold moon
the scent of her breath
warms me up

Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India

( 4,3,0 = 10)



36
December rain -
the scent of blue pines
on the old mule track

Sonam Chhoki, Thimphu, Bhutan

( 7,0,1 = 10)



50
visiting after years -
family home
full of forgotten scents

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland

( 6,2,0 = 10)

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9 points ( 3)
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33
salt
from an ancient seabed-
the rising waves

Kala Ramesh, Pune, India

( 1,4,0 = 9 )




46
 exploding
from behind the brick wall~
passion fruit

Freddy Ben-Arroyo, Haifa, Israel

( 4,1,1 = 9 )



57
moist earth
the smell of
first rain

Samar Ghose, Australia

( 3,0,2 = 9 )

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8 points (3)
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13.
fruit of labour-
healing me the sweet scent
of my just born

Yesha Shah, Surat, India

( 6,1,0 = 8)



31
her cascading hair --
the heady scent
of jasmine

Shloka Shankar, Bangalore, India

( 2,3,0 = 8)




49
chilly night...
she wanders along
the smell of food

Pranjali Khera, New Delhi, India

( 0,4,0 = 8)

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7 points (3)
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9.
lingering seductive looks
fragrance of jasmine
smells of trouble

Praveen M, Bangalore, India

( 4,0,1 = 7)



16,
Christmas poinsettia…
my mother-in-law’s present
smells of heartdrops

Goda V Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda,Lithuania

( 0,2,1 = 7)



70
sleepless night
pretty woman wears
chanel no 5

Arturas Silanskas,Vilnius, Lithuania

( 5,1,0 = 7)

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6 points (4)
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2.
rain in my garden
the smell of  hot earth rises
childhood memory

Tahera Mannan,Nagpur,India

( 0,3,0 = 6 )



3.
hissing wind
trough the keyhole -
wild mint scent of you

Lavana kray - Romania

( 2,2,0 = 6 )



4.
first temple visit-
through the swirling mist
fragrance of jasmine incense

   Angelee Deodhar,Chandigarh,India

( 1,1,1 = 6 )



34
twilit morning...
a fallen jasmine carves
the scent of quiet

Paresh Tiwari, Hyderabad, India

( 4,1,0 = 6 )

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5 points ( 7)
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7.
passing shower
the world wears an
earthy perfume


Vinay Leo R.
Bangalore, India

( 5,0,0 = 5 )


26
garbage dump-
a whiff of her perfume
as she walks by

Iqra Raza, New Delhi, India

( 5,0,0 = 5 )



44   
on the platform
a blind beggar smiles -
familiar fragrance

S B Vadivel Rajan, Chennai, India

( 1,2,0 = 5 )


   
48
back garden-
the night air pregnant
with jasmine

Gautam Nadkarni
Mumbai, India

( 3,1,0 = 5 )



54
reminiscence-
in the wafting aroma of porridge
I feel my Ma

Akila G, Hyderabad, India

( 3,1,0 = 5 )



60
durian tree
in the night sky
batwings

Devin Harrison, Vancouver Island, Canada

( 3,1,0 = 5 )


69
waking my mother
from an induced coma -
lilac fragrance

Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă,Botosani, Romania

( 1,2,0 = 5 )

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4 points (7)
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8.
smell of ahuti--
burned into ashes
her body

Swaran Singh Nijhar
New Delhi, India

( 2,1,0 = 4 )



17.
school days friendship—
the unforgettable scent
of a fresh fruit

Diana Teneva,Haskovo, Bulgaria

( 2,1,0 = 4 )




37
strange neighbourhood-
a stray whiff of perfume
teases memory

Anitha Varma, Kochi, Kerala, India

( 4,0,0 = 4 )




41
frosted window
the scent of a midnight
serenade

Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, Canada

( 0,2,0 = 4 )



47
fallen rose:
the scent of becoming
darkens
   
Hansha Teki, Wellington, New Zealand

( 4,0,0 = 4 )



55
tea in paper cups -
the evening wind carries
jasmine scent

Charishma Navneet Gupta, Ruwi, Oman

( 2,1,0 = 4 )




68
Winter sunset,
The scent of your laughter,
Ripens the oranges

Kasturi Jadhav, Mumbai, India

( 2,1,0 = 4 )

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3 points ( 6)
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10.
adrenalized...
his bouquet
of red roses

Hema Ravi, Chennai, India

( 1,1,0 = 3 )



11.
bitter cold…
the tramp sighs
smelling some tea

Aditya Ashribad., Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

( 3,0,0 = 3 )



39
a house of mourning...
fragrance surrounds the pillow
where he lay his head

Karen Cesar, Tucson, Arizona, USA

( 1,1,0 = 3 )



42
basking
in the fragrance of her smile...
new love

Nandini Nair, Pune, India

( 1,1,0 = 3 )


52
diet after Christmas
only the smell of crescent
and coffee

Janina Kolodziejczyk
Pavullo, Italia

( 1,1,0 = 3 )


63
on her sketch
a painter adds the pink tint...
scent of roses

Neelam Dadhwal, Chandigarh, India

(1,1,0 = 3 )

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2 points ( 5)
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1
smoke rising
from the bar-b-que
smell of hickory

--gillena cox, St James Trinidad and Tobago

( 2,0,0 = 2 )




19
wearing
his shirt to sleep-
boxed metals

Deborah Guzzi, , Monroe, CT,USA

( 2,0,0 = 2 )


25
snowflakes --
the crisp scent of this orange
on my fingers

Angie Werren, Amelia, Ohio, USA

( 2,0,0 = 2 )



32
winter tea
i stir in cinnamon
and orange honey

Sandi Pray, North Carolina, USA

( 2,0,0 = 2 )



58
spring tilled soil -
he touches her hair
with the back of his hand

Tzetzka Ilieva,Marietta, GA, USA

( 2,0,0 = 2 )


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1 point (8)
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22.

 lotus pond--
the rising sun paints each pollen
with golden fragrance

Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

( 1,0,0 = 1 )



23

chinese on night scent
for carpathian highways
in indian files

STOPS (Nicu Stopel), Bucharest, Romania

( 1,0,0 = 1 )



28
dried flowers
still spreads scents
my love to her

Purush, Nashville, TN,USA

( 1,0,0 = 1 )




38
the fragrance of rain
on mountain tops
colors of spring

Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia

( 1,0,0 = 1 )




56
anise scent
his shadow looms
larger

Stella Pierides
Neusaess, DE & London, UK

( 1,0,0 = 1 )


62
buddleia fragrance -
bees lie
besotted

John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland

( 1,0,0 = 1 )



65
unexpected spring
through the garden gate
the scent of my ex

Irena Szewczyk,
Warsaw, Poland

( 1,0,0 = 1 )


66
coquettish woman -
her fragrance filling
the beggar's bowl

Ailoaei Cristina, Botosani, Romania

(1,0,0 =1)

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Poems that didn't get any points, sorry:
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18.
passes by
a bundle of incense sticks…
she smiled too

Seshu Cnamarty, Hyderabad, India



24
mingled scents
from new perfume bottles...
Christmas service

Dawn Bruce, Sydney, Australia





29
I twist and turn
As night lengthens
Jasmines bloom and mock

Vinita Agrawal,Mumbai, India




40

crisp wintery air
first fragrance rises in plumes
caffeine soaked morning

Vardhini N C ,Mumbai


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Votes unreceived
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45
starry night
she asks why I smell
like her sister

John McManus, Carlisle, Cumbria, England



67
after break up-
the scent of his skin
still in my mind

G.Nadin, Botosani, Romania



The next edition of Indian Kukai will be held in March. Please watch this space for further notification. You will also be notified by mail.


THANK YOU.



Till next time


Organizers, Indian Kukai from IN haiku

INDIAN KUKAI # 3 - January 2014 - Call for entries

Namaste!

We welcome you to the third 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 a  few like-minded haiku poets at the Haiku Utsav, Pune in February, 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 @indiankukai.blogspot.in
Topics and results will be posted on this blog itself. We’ll send you the ballot to the mail ID you use to enter the kukai.



Theme:

The theme for the third edition of Indian Kukai is: SCENT/ FRAGRANCE

The word need not be used in the haiku, but it should be clearly imaged or implied.

Example:

autumn colors
the scent
of a match being lit

Michele L Harvey
(The Herons Nest editor’s choice winner,December.2012))

Submission Period : WEDNESDAY, – 1ST January, 2014 to SUNDAY, 12th January, 2014 (11:59PM INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Voting Period:  – TUESDAY- 14TH JAN 2014 to MONDAY 20th JAN 2014(12 NOON INDIAN STANDARD TIME)
Results no later than TUESDAY – 28th JAN 2014



Guidelines:

· *   Participants may send no more than ONE 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.

   * 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.

   * If you notice any similarity between, an entry and any haiku you might have read previously, please don’t hesitate to inform us. We promise to look into the matter.


How to enter:
 

1. Send one haiku to our email id: in.kukai@gmail.com
2. The subject for correspondence will be “Indian Kukai #03 – My Entry”
3. Please sign your haiku with your name and place of residence (city, country).
4. We will acknowledge your entry once we receive it.
5. Write your entry in the body of the mail, left aligned. Attachments will not be considered.
6. We will send a ballot mail with the entries to those who have entered, once the submission period closes.

Guidelines for voting period:

   * We will send you an e-mail with the entries numbered and made anonymous.
   * You will have 7 points to use in total, no more than 3 marks to any one haiku entry. All 7 points must be used.
   * 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
  *  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

Results - The Indian Kukai #02 - Theme "Light"

Namaste!

We thank all who entered for making this edition of the Kukai a successful one. This was the first edition that was thrown open to the International scene after checking for work to be done, how to manage the kukai etc. in the inaugural edition. We had entries from haijin from 12 countries, and we were happy to see that. We hope this continues over the upcoming editions as well.

Participants from: Australia (4), Bangladesh (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1), Germany (1), India (24), Israel (2), Poland (2), Romania (2), Singapore (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States of America (6).

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Congratulations to Paresh Tiwari, who wins this edition of the Indian Kukai. Others in the top 5 are Sanjuktaa, Sandi Pray, Angelee Deodhar & Nandini Nair, and Gautam Nadkarni.

Results displayed as (5,3,1)=5*1pt votes + 3*2pt votes + 1*3pt votes = 5+6+3 = 14 pts

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First Place, Entry #46, 37 POINTS

mustard fields –
a thimbleful of sun
in each blossom

Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India.

(8,7,5)=37pts

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Second Place, Entry #10, 22 POINTS

Margosa leaves
strumming the sunlight...
a poem I cannot write

Sanjuktaa
Belgaum, India.

(4,6,2)=22pts

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Third Place, Entry #29, 19 POINTS

a child's face
how the lotus turns
to moonlight

Sandi Pray
North Carolina, U.S.A.

(4,6,1)=19pts

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Fourth Place Tie, 18 POINTS (2)

Entry #1

uncertain light-
between us the distance
of your love affair

Angelee Deodhar
Chandigarh, India.

(5,2,3)=18pts


Entry #31

stray sunbeam...
a glimpse of grandma
in my newborn's smile

Nandini Nair
Pune, India.

(7,4,1)=18pts

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Fifth Place, Entry #39, 17 POINTS

loft cleaning —
this paper lantern of
my lost childhood

Gautam Nadkarni
Mumbai, India.

(7,5,0)=17pts

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16 POINTS (1)

Entry #27

Diwali night-
the lone lamp flickers by
his framed photo

Yesha Shah
Surat, India.

(9,2,1)=16pts

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14 POINTS (1)

Entry #12

first light
the swollen buds
stir with dreams

Kala Ramesh
Pune, India.

(8,3,0)=14pts

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13 POINTS (1)

Entry #17

reflected light
a neighbour compliments me
about my daughter

Dawn Bruce
Sydney, Australia.

(6,2,1)=13pts

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10 POINTS (2)

Entry #2

around the bonfire –
the words of the old man
passing through the light

Eduard Tara
Iași, Romania.

(3,2,1)=10pts

Entry #38

moonlit night ...
a distant howl creeping
under my skin

Jayashree Maniyil
Melbourne, Australia.

(5,1,1)=10pts

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08 POINTS (3)

Entry #30

star light -
the wisdom in a
newborn's eyes

Carole Harrison
Jamberoo, Australia.

(1,2,1)=8pts


Entry #32

silver string moon --
a spark from the horseshoe
flies off

Tzetzka Ilieva
Marietta, U.S.A.

(1,2,1)=8pts


Entry #41

morning light . . .
relief goods falling
from the sky

Christine Villa
North Highlands, U.S.A.

(4,2,0)=8pts

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07 POINTS (1)

Entry #44

blue sapphire shimmers
lucid softly sensual
between her white breasts

Tahera Mannan
Nagpur, India.

(2,1,1)=7pts

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06 POINTS (2)

Entry #4

headlights
through a gap in the clouds
a first blue

Claudius Gottstein
Borgloh, Germany.


(2,2,0)=6pts

Entry #40

bats crisscross the sky..
an oil lamp flickers
before the tulsi

Anitha Varma
Kochi, India.

(4,1,0)=6pts

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05 POINTS (6)

Entry #9

still life –
ray of the sun approaching
to the picture frame

Krzysztof Kokot
Nowy Targ, Poland.

(2,0,1)=5pts


Entry #28

typhoon shelter …
the light of the sun
somewhere

Asni Amin
Singapore.

(3,1,0)=5pts


Entry #34

to caress the ground
rays struggled
through dense foliage

Vardhini N C
Mumbai, India.

(2,0,1)=5pts


Entry #36

predawn light
in my bedroom window-
Venus fades

Arvinder Kaur
Chandigarh, India.

(5,0,0)=5pts


Entry #43

first light
it's for the birds ~
back to my dreams

Freddy Ben-Arroyo
Haifa, Israel.

(3,1,0)=5pts


Entry #47

such is a place
where the sun never sets -
cyber monday

William Sorlien
Minnesota, U.S.A.

(1,2,0)=5pts

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04 POINTS (5)

Entry #6

sunbeams -
bare brown cliffs
turn red-gold

Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
Mumbai, India.

(4,0,0)=4pts


Entry #8

almost dusk . . .
from the ground to the cloud
fireworks

Ramesh Anand
Bangalore, India.

(2,1,0)=4pts


Entry #14

dawn light-
a leaf falls from the top
of an Okaliptus

Rita Odeh
Nazareth, Israel.

(0,2,0)=4pts


Entry #20

like an oasis. . .
my home shimmers
in autumn sun

Carole MacRury
Washington, U.S.A.

(2,1,0)=4pts


Entry #45

on the pavement...
distant temple light
brings cheer

Hema Ravi
Chennai, India.

(4,0,0)=4pts

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03 POINTS (2)

Entry #13

headlight beams
through hedges across the road -
movie on my wall

Ajaya Mahala
Pune, India.

(1,1,0)=3pts


Entry #21

autumn night
even the streetlights gets
foggy

Neelam Dadhwal
Chandigarh, India.

(1,1,0)=3pts

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02 POINTS (5)

Entry #3

illumination-
dark shadows disintegrate
in oblivion

Akila G
Hyderabad, India.

(2,0,0)=2pts


Entry #11

my
Koh-i-Noor*
you

* The diamond. The name means "mountain of light" in Persian.

Samar Ghose
Perth, Australia.

(2,0,0)=2pts


Entry #26

slicing through darkness --
an express train
zips past .....

Chitra Rajappa
Bangalore, India.

(2,0,0)=2pts


Entry #35

edge of night . . .
aurora borealis dances
me outside

Veronika Zora Novak
Toronto, Canada.

(0,1,0)=2pts


Entry #37

light in her eyes
lightning stroke in her voice
i hug sheer silence

Purush
Nashville, U.S.A.

(2,0,0)=2pts

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01 POINTS (4)

Entry #19

dark tunnel
distant beam
salvation or end?

Praveen M
Bangalore, India.

(1,0,0)=1pt


Entry #23

the painter applies
a bright flame to a deya
with his broad paint brush

Keith A Simmonds
Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago.

(1,0,0)=1pt


Entry #24

Mind-numbing mist
Rays pierce through
My heart sings

Murli Raman
Mumbai, India.

(1,0,0)=1pt


Entry #42

blue moon –
the dreamcatcher filtering
jazz for me

Diana Teneva
Haskovo, Bulgaria.

(1,0,0)=1pt

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NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY! (6)

Entry #5

diwali night sky
each house forms own milky way
with joyous big bangs

Aasif Shah
Mumbai, India.


Entry #15

silence on the sea
moonlight goes out

Robert Kania
Warsaw, Poland.


Entry #16

bridal night
she pleads him
to switch off the light

Quamrul Hassan
Dhaka, Bangladesh


Entry #18

young hearts..
burn like summer
monsoon prophecy

Reshmy Warrier
Mumbai, India.


Entry #22

another sunrise --
a day closer to hear
the faraway songs

Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India.


Entry #33

by haiku poems
traveling to India -
with the speed of light

Gheorghe POSTELNICU STOPS
Bucharest, Romania.

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VOTE UNRECEIVED (2)

Entry #7

sunny day…
intricate bamboo props
bent for deyas

Gillena Cox
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.


Entry #25

dancing motes...
light through a narrow chink
in the attic

Shernaz Wadia
Pune, India.

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Call for entries for Edition #3 will be in the last week of December. We are happy to have had you for this edition.

Till next time,


Organizers,
Indian Kukai from IN haiku.