Caribbean Kigo #26 Results
(comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated)
Players: 1. Sakuo Nakamura, Japan; 2. Marleen Hulst, The Netherlands; 3. Diane Mayr, Salem, NH USA; 4. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 5. John McDonald, Scotland; 6. Patricia Lidia, Romania; 7. Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania; 8. Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland; 9. Irena Szewczyk, Poland; 10. John Daleiden: Phoenix, Arizona in The Sonoran Desert; 11. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland 12. Michael Andrew OBrien; 13. Keith A. Simmonds, T & T; 14.Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 15. Alegria Imperial; Canada; 16. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 17. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 18.Lena Pelowska, Gdansk, Poland. 19. Jennie Townsend, Missouri USA; 20Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India; 21. Jacek Margolak, Poland; 22. Ramona Linke, Germany 23. Cara Holman, USA; 24. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania
FIRST PLACE
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planting rice
the child on her back
soothed by song
Marleen Hulst; The Netherlands
Votes561*** Points: 20
Comment 1: This haiku presents a domestic scene of work and love; very tender.
Comment 2: Easy to picture and, for me, an open window onto our most basic relationship.
Comment 3:authentic
SECOND PLACE
24
after planting rice -
the stars fill the space
between seedlings
--Cezar F. Ciobîca
Votes:542*** Points: 19
Comments:
THIRD PLACE
21
planting rice
her bare legs get lost
in the blue
--Jacek Margolak; POLAND
Votes:431*** Points: 13
Comments:
RESULTS CONTINUE
1
disaster areas---
when can I plant rice
with all neighbor
Japanese & Roma-ji
saigaiti
itunohi minnade
taue yara
???
??????
?????
--Sakuo
Note: I am a man who was born in rice country, in Japan. I know well the custom of rice planting and rice culture. All poems joined to this event love rice. I am pleased very much.
Votes:****** Points: 00
Comments:
3
grandma's feet
doubly wrinkled
--rice planting
--Diane Mayr, USA
Votes:21**** Points: 04
Comments:The image of an elder who has done this task many times is rich with implication
4
God having a look
at the Great Wall of China:
- Huge rice planters'crops!
--GH.POSTELNICU STOPS
Note: For sure the Lord was the first admiring this wonder ...GWC's strength is sticky rice mortar. Ming emperors requisitioned the southern crops rice both to feed Wall workers & to make mortar.
Votes:****** Points: 00
Comments:
5
across
paddy fields
the rice planter's song
--John McDonald
Votes:5*2*** Points:11
Comments: simply and full of live
6
drops of light -
sprout at the window
a handful of rice
-- Patricia Lidia
Votes:22**** Points: 06
Comments:
7
Water blue field-
the rice roots planted
directly into sky.
--Dan Iulian
Votes:6***** Points: 06
Comments:
8
after the tsunami...
where do we plant our rice?
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland
Votes:21**** Points: 04
Comment: 1. A painful and life grabbing question after the devestation.
Comment: 2. Clean simplicity with not a word wasted.
9
under the water
soft hand touch of my lover -
rice plantation
-- Irena Szewczyk PL
Votes:23**** Points: 08
Comments:
10
rice planting
in the mountain shadows
children at play
--John Daleiden: Phoenix, Arizona in The Sonoran Desert
Votes:4*1*** Points: 07
Comments: "children at play" opens the sense of timelessness.
11
my haiku
short of syllables -
rice planting
--Tikkanen Juhani
Votes:****** Points: 00
Comments:
12
planting rice -
grass carp
brushes ankle
--Michael Andrew
Votes:24**** Points: 10
Comments: a good physical sensation evocation
13
jubilant voices
soaring on the morning wind
farmers planting rice
--Keith Simmonds
Votes:11**** Points: 03
Comments:
14
Great-granddad,
back bent, wrinkled hands
still planting rice
-- Franklin Magalhães; Rio de Janeiro
Votes:12**** Points: 05
Comments:
15
at first light
shadows thicken on paddies--
rice planting
--Alegria Imperial
Votes:1***** Points: 01
Comments:
16
baroque garden
an artist plants
rice
--Ralf Bröker
Votes:11**** Points: 03
Comments:
17
sunrise
climbing the paddy fields
rice planters
--Bouwe
Votes:3***** Points: 03
Comments:
18
planting rice on clouds
blue sky poured out
at our feet
--Lena Pelowska, Gdansk, Poland.
Votes:52**** Points: 09
Comments:
19
rice shoots --
midges in such numbers
the water swirls
--jennie townsend
Votes:****** Points: 00
Comments:
20
sown paddy field ...
the scent of turned earth,
the weight of dreams
--sanjuktaa
Votes:2***** Points: 02
Comments:
22
rustles and crackles
along the edge of moon
... rice seedlings
-- Ramona Linke, Germany
Votes:2*1*** Points: 05
Comments: would have more power without the first line
23
break time
the rice planter pauses
to wipe her brow
--Cara Holman
Votes:31**** Points: 05
Comments 1: This simple verse captures the intensive labor involved in rice planting.
Comments 2: for encouraging every kind of caress everywhere
#25 RECEIVED AFTER VOTING HAD ALREADY STARTED
the grandfather
dense planting of rice
birth year
--Tatjana Debeljacki
