Greetings, participants of the Indian Kukai #11.
Namaste! Bon jour! Alo!
We have completed another edition of the Indian Kukai, the thirteenth. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the participation and support that you have given us!
We had received entries from 97 haiku poets from 24 countries this time!
Australia (5), Bangladesh (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Bulgaria (4), Canada (2), Croatia (2), England (4), France (4), Germany (2), Ghana (3), India (31), Israel (1), Italy (3), Lithuania (4), Nepal (2), Northern Ireland (1), Philippines (1), Poland (6), Romania (10), Russia (1), Scotland (1), Ukraine (1), USA (6).
The winners of the Kukai this time are:
First: Ajaya Mahala (Pune, India)
Second: Adjei Agyei-Baah (Kumasi, Ghana)
Joint Third: Pepa Odjakova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) & Archana Kapoor Nagpal (Bangalore, India)
Joint Fourth: Sanaa Dayal (Jaipur, India) & Andrzej Dembonczyk (Silesia Poland)
Joint Fifth: Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy (Birmingham, England) & Kripa Anand (Pune, 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:
Winner (1)
Entry #6
winter wind
a spider web holds together
the swaying bamboos
Ajaya Mahala
[Pune, India]
(5,5,7)=36pts
Runner-up (1)
Entry #23
night reading
a hanging spider drops
into its shadow
Adjei Agyei-Baah
[Kumasi, Ghana]
(7,7,1)=24pts
Joint Third Place (2)
Entry #56
wrapped
in a spider's hammock
my first doll
Archana Kapoor Nagpal
[Bangalore, India]
(7,4,1)=18pts
Entry #81
penniless
sharing the room
with a spider
Pepa Odjakova
[Plovdiv, Bulgaria]
(7,4,1)=18pts
Joint Fourth Place (2)
Entry #9
autumn walk
in her long hair
small spider
Andrzej Dembonczyk
[Silesia, Poland]
(6,2,2)=16pts
Entry #30
lace doilies...
a spider crochets
the mist
Sanaa Dayal
[Jaipur, India]
(3,2,3)=16pts
Joint Fifth Place (2)
Entry #1
eyes open
to a sunlit spider's web-
dream catcher
Kripa Anand
[Pune, India]
(4,1,3)=15pts
Entry #29
wet dusk—
a spider rocking
its rainbow
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
[Birmingham, England]
(6,3,1)=15pts
RESULTS CONTINUED…
Sixth Place (1)
Entry #17
fractured enamel...
spiders knit
our wedding frame
Yesha Shah
[Surat, India]
(3,4,1)=14pts
Joint Seventh Place (4)
Entry #2
spider silk:
if only my grief
were as strong
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
[Mumbai, India]
(6,3,0)=12pts
Entry #42
a dandelion wisp
caught in a spider's web -
wish list
Arvinder Kaur
[Chandigarh, India]
(4,1,2)=12pts
Entry #72
destiny
a spider chooses lines
on my palm
Nadezhda Stanilova
[Stara Zagora, Bulgaria]
(2,2,2)=12pts
Entry #91
cobwebbed window-
few more scars on the
face of the moon
Kashinath Karmakar
[Durgapur, India]
(5,2,1)=12pts
Joint Eighth Place (2)
Entry #5
handcuffed
in gossamer silk
old friendship
Margaret Conley
[Hunters Hill, Australia]
(3,1,2)=11pts
Entry #64
an orb weaver
hangs from a thread ...
clap of thunder
Dawn Bruce
[Sydney, Australia]
(3,1,2)=11pts
Joint Ninth Place (5)
Entry #11
Dew diamonds
On web
Can I sell?
Shabbir Shaikh
[Partur, India]
(1,3,1)=10pts
Entry #12
first date
a piece of cobweb
on her shoulder
Alexey Andreev
[Moscow, Russia]
(1,3,1)=10pts
Entry #58
Gita chants...
how the spider struggles
in its own web
Gautam Nadkarni
[Mumbai, India]
(3,2,1)=10pts
Entry #80
the route
of my thoughts
spider's web
Gabriel Sawicki
[Wroclaw, Poland]
(6,2,0)=10pts
Entry #86
life and death -
warp and weft
of a spiderweb
Mary T Stella
[Rome, Italy]
(1,0,3)=10pts
Joint Tenth Place (3)
Entry #4
heartbeat quickens
eight legs crawling
up my spine
Naihan Nath
[Pune, India]
(0,3,1)=9pts
Entry #51
new season
in the middle of spiderweb
the moon
Alexander Shytkovskiy
[Energodar, Ukraine]
(3,3,0)=9pts
Entry #89
aerial act -
caught in the spider's web
a shooting star
Ana Drobot
[Bucharest, Romania]
(2,2,1)=9pts
Joint Eleventh Place (4)
Entry #39
distant explosion-
still weaving its web between
refugee tents
Rita Odeh
[Haifa, Israel]
(4,2,0)=8pts
Entry #49
slowly descending
a black speck unfolds
its legs
Anna Cates
[Wilmington, USA]
(1,2,1)=8pts
Entry #53
an abandoned home
the fishing net all covered
in cobwebs
Lyudmila Hristova
[Sofia, Bulgaria]
(3,1,1)=8pts
Entry #76
in my childhood home
only the spiders are many...
I relock the door
Lavana Kray
[Iasi, Romania]
(1,2,1)=8pts
Joint Twelfth Place (7)
Entry #3
dusk
on a spider web
september rain
Dorota Ocińska - Karin
[Łódź, Poland]
(2,1,1)=7pts
Entry #26
autumn sunset...
a lonely fly is kicking
in a spiderweb
Nijolė Kerušauskiene
[Kaunas, Lithunia]
(1,3,0)=7pts
Entry #28
little fly, be careful!
there's a spider somewhere
in the world wide web
Tomasz Szymczak
[Chojnice, Poland]
(2,1,1)=7pts
Entry #65
under surveillance...
moonlight strikes
the spider's eyes
Barbara A. Taylor
[Mountain Top, Australia]
(0,2,1)=7pts
Entry #73
first hunting -
in the spider’s web
a star trembles
Dan Iulian
[Bucharest, Romania]
(3,2,0)=7pts
Entry #90
lacy spider’s web catches petals
Nancy Brady
[Huron, USA]
(2,1,1)=7pts
Entry #92
autumn dew
a spider catches the last sun rays
in his cobweb
Zornitza Harizanova
[Sofia, Bulgaria]
(1,3,0)=7pts
Joint Thirteenth Place (2)
Entry #8
sunshine spills
into iridescent circles-
a spider's web
Vidya S Venkatramani
[Chennai, India]
(2,2,0)=6pts
Entry #44
parlour games --
starting to believe
his compliments
Julie Warther
[Dover, USA]
(1,1,1)=6pts
Joint Fourteenth Place (5)
Entry #47
crevice. . .
a spider weaves its
world wide web
Pranav Chheda
[Pune, India]
(2,0,1)=5pts
Entry #50
the tiny spider –
.......................
scream from the kitchen
Krzysztof Kokot
[Nowy Targ, Poland]
(1,2,0)=5pts
Entry #57
gray attic...
I've seen some fly
without wings
Aditya Ashribad
[Dehradun, India]
(2,0,1)=5pts
Entry #62
roadside shrine
Jesus' body wrapped
in spider silk
Cezar Ciobîcă
[Botoşani, Romania]
(3,1,0)=5pts
Entry #63
end of a summer
in empty finches nest
spider’s family
Wiesław Karliński
[Namysłów, Poland]
(5,0,0)=5pts
Joint Fifteenth Place (6)
Entry #16
after the storm --
a spider's web
still waving in the wind
Chitra Rajappa
[Bengaluru, India]
(4,0,0)=4pts
Entry #34
reflections on the lake -
in the spider's web
sleeping moon
Steliana Cristina Voicu
[Ploiesti, Romania]
(2,1,0)=4pts
Entry #37
spider web
on zoo fence
captive animals
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
[Fairlawn, USA]
(1,0,1)=4pts
Entry #40
One legged spider
Trapped in its own web
Labyrinth
Jhanvi Tiwari
[Pune, India]
(2,1,0)=4pts
Entry #83
like a spider
contemplating the forest
in a dewdrop
Minh-Triêt Pham
[Paris, France]
(1,0,1)=4pts
Entry #88
spider leaving
the corner of the room
meteor shower
Laura Csilla
[Brasov, Romania]
(1,0,1)=4pts
Joint Sixteenth Place (12)
Entry #13
across the floor
the blur of eight legs
spring rains
Ignatius Fay
[Sudbury, Canada]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #18
spider's prey
wrapped in spider silk
mummy
Kwaku Feni Adow
[Akosombo, Ghana]
(0,0,1)=3pts
Entry #24
abandoned house
searching for its web
lone spider
Purush
[Noleansville, USA]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #25
morning sun
on dew-laced spider web
weaving thoughts
Glory Sasikala Franklin
[Chennai, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #33
intact wedding dress
in the deserted attic -
spider webs broken
Miruna Covor
[Bucharest, Romania]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #36
the morning sun lit
a sparkling diamond necklace
on the spider's web
Tahera Moiz Mannan
[Nagpur, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #48
cicada haze ---
a drift of webs reflecting
sunset dreams
Carole Harrison
[Jamberoo, Australia]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #71
midnight rain-
she kissed her
spider goodnight.
Precious Oboh
[Warri, Nigeria]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #82
frozen spider web-
my thoughts run around
in circles
Vani Sathyanarayan
[Bangalore, India]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #94
Widow spider
at the end of her thread
lustful lace
Richard Jodoin
[Montréal, Canada]
(0,0,1)=3pts
Entry #95
racing to catch
the incoming call -
spider
John McDonald
[Edinburgh, Scotland]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Entry #97
my thoughts
shining through
a spider's web
Shalini Sunkuru
[Norwich, England]
(1,1,0)=3pts
Joint Seventeenth Place (12)
Entry #10
A greedy fly
doing gymnastics
in a spider’s web
Keith A. Simmonds
[Rodez, France]
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #14
Silence
Spider waiting for
The next victim
Astha Dadhich
[Pune, India]
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #15
Quaint company:
a frail fly and the fool moon
togeher in a web
Vasile Moldovan
[Bucharest, Romania]
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #19
entangled in
his web of deceit
the spider dies
Sandra Martyres
[Mumbai, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #21
Spider's web -
virtual grounds for divorce
only when XXX
Nicu Stopel
[Bucharest, Romania]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #31
The intricacies of her web
Enchanted all
But trapped none
Saroj Javeri
[Mumbai, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #35
thieves tiptoeing...
"don't make a-" crunch
went the spider
Bhumika Pravin
[Pune, India]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #46
Indian summer-
day wrapped by the silk
and the spiders
Nada Jacmenica
[Sveti Kriz Zacretje, Croatia]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #55
sprider webs
glistening satellites
after the rain
Iliyana Stoyanova
[St. Albans, England]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #68
burning afternoon –
the spider shelters itself
in the gutter-pipe
Francesco de Sabata
[Pescantina, Italy]
(2,0,0)=2pts
Entry #70
nightmare
I am frozen
spiderman
Andrius Luneckas
[Vilnius, Lithuania]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Entry #77
a spider waits --
the door
is left ajar
James Dobson
[Prudhoe, England]
(0,1,0)=2pts
Joint Eighteenth Place (6)
Entry#20
wedding ring binds:
within the spider's web
a fly flutters
Deborah Guzzi
[Monroe, USA]
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #43
broken again
I urge the spider
to continue
Marion Clarke
[Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland]
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #69
Full moon night —
a spider build its web
on dark balcony
Marie-Alice Maire
[Rungis, France]
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #84
summer come early
I scoop another funnelweb
from the pool
Cynthia Rowe
[Sydney, Australia]
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #87
a web
glowing in the evening sun -
someone addicted
Angelica Seithe
[Wettenberg, Germany]
(1,0,0)=1pts
Entry #93
spinning jenny
abandoned spider web
shivers in the wind
Billy Antonio
[Laoac, Philippines]
(1,0,0)=1pts
No Points This Time. Sorry. (14)
Entry #7
silver threads ...
an inverted spider is seen
in the morning dew
Tanvi Shah
[Mumbai, India]
Entry #22
Staring ravished at the spiderweb
he calls out
the other children
Francesco Gonella
[Padova, Italy]
Entry #32
relatives reunite...
like a cobweb's waiting
for its prey
Maitreya Rolba
[Pune, India]
Entry #38
dripping tap –
the cobweb traps
the spider itself
Rohan Das
[Pune, India]
Entry #45
sun
in spider web floundering shines
last september’s fly
Dainius Dirgela
[Vilnius, Lithuania]
Entry #52
where is the spider
that went to spy
from the weaver's ceiling
Kojo Turkson
[Accra, Ghana]
Entry #54
Heat wave —
in the shower tray a spider
cling on to my wash glove
Christiane Ranieri
[Wittenheim, France]
Entry #61
artist
and greatest web designer-
spider!
Munia Khan
[Dhaka, Bangladesh]
Entry #66
there has to be order! —
I wipe out a spider's web
with spider and fly
Goda V. Bendoraitiene
[Klaipeda, Lithuania]
Entry #67
movie night with spider-man –
even the spider on ceiling
stays still
Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara
[Galaţi, Romania]
Entry #74
the girls
weaving their love nets-
scared of a spider
Božidar Škobić
[Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Entry #79
Our civilization
as spider's web as
and ruled one spider.
Ram Sharan Maharjan
[Kathmandu, Nepal]
Entry #85
spider veins...
shining in the forked river
broken red moon
Vandana Parashar
[Jammu, India]
Entry #96
silk spiral
bracing the wind...
Charlotte’s Web
Azadé Y. Aria
[Pune, India]
Result Not Displayed as the Poet Didn't Cast Their Vote
Entry #27
eight pm.....
a wasp rumbles in fear
into the web
Suren SJB Rana
[Kathmandu, Nepal]
Entry #41
time
wrapping up my web…
wedding bells
Seshu Chamarty
[Hyderabad, India]
Entry #59
the spider waits
for its vitim
with an invite
Pravin Menon
[Bangalore, India]
Entry #60
big spider
in my bedroom -
you can stay
Janina Weidholz
[Wiesbaden, Germany]
Entry #75
looking from its corner –
the starry sky covered
with the spiderweb
Tomislav Maretić
[Zagreb, Croatia]
Entry #78
spider cobwebs...
still more distinct than
my thoughts
Dhruvi Lakhani
[Pune, India]
The next kukai will be in November 2015. See you then!
Organizers, Indian Kukai.
