The Kukai - a haiku contest, where each person submits a haiku, and then, becomes a judge. When all the poems are compiled in a list, the contestants comment, vote, and give scores to poems of their choice. One cannot comment on, nor vote for one’s own poem. At the end of the voting process winners emerge, the selection based on votes by the kukai’s contestants.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
CKK #26 Results
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
2
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
CKK welcomes Lena Pelowska, Gdansk, Poland; thank you for joining us; Caribbean Kigo Kukai is also at Facebook; archived at our very first kukai
ReplyDeleteAND thanks to all players for the success of another successuful and enjoyable kukai #26
My Commentary on the winning ku wil be posted to Kudos