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, February 23, 2012
CKK #31 Results
Players: 1.William Kenney, USA; 2. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 3. Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia; 4. Dan Iulian, Bucharest; 5. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 6. Alex Serban, Romania; 7.Cara Holman, USA; 8. Keith A. Simmonds,T & T; 9. Marleen Hulst, The Netherlands; 10. Quentin Clingerman, USA; 11. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands;12. John McDonald, Scotland; 13. Stella Pierides, DE and UK; 14. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland; 15. Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India; 16. Krzysztof Kokot PL; 17. Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland; 18. Irena Szewczyk, Poland; 19. Chitra Rajappa, India; 20. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania; 21. Ailoaei Cristina, Botosani City Romania; 22. Rusu Alisia, Romania; 23. Andronic Andra, Romania; 24. Diane Mayr, USA;
(1. none of comments are from the kukai coordinator 2. comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated)
FIRST PLACE #1
the sound
of my own footsteps . . .
winter dawn
--BILL KENNEY
Votes: 551*** Points: 18
Comments:
SECOND PLACE #9
sandcastle
a trail of footsteps
from and to the sea
--Marleen Hulst
Votes: 322*** Points: 13
Comments
THIRD PLACE #6 & #17
6
first snow-
two footsteps forward
and two back
--alex serban
Votes: 331*** Points: 12
Comments
17
one month after the funeral
I still hear her footsteps
on the stairs
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland
Votes: 521*** Points: 12
Comments
RESULTS CONTINUES
2
breaking news -
footsteps discovered on Moon
paparazzo's dream
GHEORGHE POSTELNICU STOPS
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments
3
a beggar
proceeds to heavily footsteps
before the moonlight sets
-- Tatjana Debeljacki
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments
4
Ocean of snow-
drops of blood behind
a deer footsteps.
--Dan Iulian
Votes: 31**** Points: 05
Comments
5
footsteps slurp
the bog meadow
father and son
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments
7
footsteps receding
in the distance
morning solitude
--Cara Holman
Votes: 22***** Points: 06
Comments: I like the way the poet has adapted the familiar "winter solitude" kigo to the theme of the kukai.
8
rhythmic footsteps ...
swaying and waving a flag
a pregnant reveller
--Keith A. Simmonds, T & T
Votes: *2***** Points: 04
Comments:
10
Waiting for a friend
Quiet footsteps on the porch
Bell shatters silence
--Quentin Clingerman
Votes: 1*1*** Points: 04
Comments
11
starry night -
our footsteps
in sleet
--Bouwe Brouwer
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments
12
first date -
we lie listening
for her footsteps
--john McDonald
Votes: 32**** Points: 07
Comment 1: I'm giving this a point for its intended meaning, but it desperately needs a "her" in line 1. Without it, you have a couple being naughty on their first date (!) and fearing that Mama is going to catch them.
Comment 2: This would read more smoothly if the word "awake" was inserted after "lie".
13
in your footsteps…
I take my time to find
the way
--Stella Pierides(DE and UK)
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments
14
Scarecrow's footstepts?
Just an old man crossing
the snowy field.
--Juhani Tikkanen
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments
15
footsteps
approach the arbour -
full moon rising
--sanjuktaa
Votes: 111**** Points: 06
Comments: A bit too vague to be fully persuasive, but in the haiku spirit.
16
footsteps in the dark-
from window to window
footprints in the snow
--Krzysztof Kokot PL
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments
18
after sunrise
footsteps of the carnival--
awoken stones
--Irena Szewczyk PL
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments
19
cascades of violets
dot the countryside:
footsteps of spring .....
-- Chitra Rajappa, India.
Votes: *3**** Points: 06
Comments
20
thaw -
my father's footprints
still in the concrete
--Cezar F. Ciobîca
Votes: 11***1Points: 09
Comments
21
fresh snow -
the little girl following
her mother's footprints
--Ailoaei Cristina
Votes: 411*** Points: 09
Comments
22
north wind -
wiping the deer footprints
in the snow
--Rusu Alisia,Romania
Votes:*2**** Points: 04
Comments
23
first snow -
the old man's footprints
going west
--Andronic Andra, Romania
Votes: 1*1**** Points: 04
Comments
24
my footsteps
squeak in the snow
...still so cold
--Diane
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comments
Our 31st Kukai and the 1st for this year ; we are off to a great start for year 2012; there were 24 players everyone sent in votes; no new players this round
ReplyDeleteThanks every one for your participation; thanks for your greetings and well wishes over the holiday season and for my birthday Feb 11th
much love
gillena cox
Caribbean Kigo Kukai - Founder/Co-ordinator
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