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POEMS REMAIN THE COPYRIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL WRITERS

None of the comments during the kukai are from the kukai coordinator. Comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated.

Players: 1. Keith Simmonds, France;  2. Vasile Moldovan, Romania; 3. Marina Bellini, Italy; 4. Giovanna Restuccia, Italy;  5. Ana Drobot, Romania;  6. Nikolay Grankin, Russia;  7. Pasquale Asprea- Italy; 8. Billy Antonio, Philippines; 9. Pat Geyer; USA; 10. Nazarena Rampini, Italy;  11. Christine L. Villa, USA;  12. Lucia Cardillo, Italy; 13. Cezar Florescu, Romania;  14. Cristina Apetrei, Romania; 15. Henryk Czempiel, Poland;  16. Kaiser v Kahn, Germany

FIRST PLACE

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silent night

three little masked magi

watching the stars

--Cezar Florescu

VOTE: 233*** SCORE: 17

COMMENT 1: This is traditional in a new norm kind'a way.

COMMENT 2: The mask has become part of our lives and accompanies our winter holidays spirit. 

SECOND PLACE

10

take off the mask

to tell my deaf mother

wishes

--Nazarena Rampini, Italy

VOTE: 422*** SCORE: 14

COMMENT 1: This shows that loving is not easy these days.

COMMENT 2: A high sadness haiku. At the pandemic that obsesses us all add a severe comorbidity. How to endure the old mother both?!

THIRD PLACE

14

waiting for Santa

behind the children's masks

the same delight

--Cristina Apetrei

VOTE: 132*** SCORE: 13

COMMENT: 

RESULTS CONTINUES

1

Social distancing…

our first Christmas with masks   

among family 

--Keith Simmonds, France

 VOTE: ****** SCORE: 00

COMMENT: 

  

2

Santa”s mask –

I recognize it

from a distance

--Vasile Moldovan, Romania

VOTE: 1***** SCORE: 01

COMMENT: The mask serves as a kigo for our times. Even Santa Claus wears one, to set a good example for children. 

3

festive atmosphere—

a mask with Rudolph's nose

on the shopping list

--Marina Bellini, Bagnolo San Vito (MN) – Italy

VOTE: 21**** SCORE: 04

COMMENT: We accept the fact that we are during the pandemic, we respect the rules and wear masks, yet this does not mean that we cannot have fun. We become creative with the masks as they are here to stay. We turn to the Christmas spirit to help ease our tension and worries regarding the pandemic and the protection of our loved ones. 

4

Christmas lights-

eyes  above the mask  

they look  down

--Giovanna Restuccia; Modena, Italy

VOTE: 3***** SCORE: 03

COMMENT: 

5

together again -

under the Christmas tree

your mask

--Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

VOTE: 2***** SCORE: 02

COMMENT: An atypical Christmas. At the mask of Santa Clara is added, seen or just suspected, the anticovid mask. A very interesting company

6

Christmas masks

the hare chasing

the lion

--Nikolay Grankin.  Russia, Krasnodar.

VOTE: 31**** SCORE: 05

COMMENT: 

7

Misted glasses -

"beautiful the mask" says someone

with the flower design

--Pasquale Asprea- Italy

VOTE: ****** SCORE: 00

COMMENT: 

8

online shopping

even the masks

in holiday colors

--Billy Antonio, Philippines

VOTE: *2**** SCORE: 04

COMMENT: Thin humour. Online shopping  is pandemic specific. But even  in these circumstances, the masks have cheerfully colored, because Christmas is coming.

9

the old shopkeeper

gives his son a Santa mask...

hides it 'neath the tree

--Pat Geyer; East Brunswick, NJ USA

VOTE: ****** SCORE: 00

COMMENT: 

11.

getting more hellos

with my smiley mask

sunny winter

--Christine L. Villa, USA

VOTE: 32**** SCORE: 07

COMMENT: The mask with a smiley face becomes like an avatar on online social media, and no longer serves to hide ourselves but to express ourselves

12

snowflakes 

on her covered lips: 

"Merry Christmas!"

--Lucia Cardillo - Rodi Garganico (FG) Italy

VOTE: 131*** SCORE: 10

COMMENT: This haiku shows the ways in which we adapt our language of gestures to the conditions of the covid-19 pandemic. We adapt our facial expressions to our mask, our mask becomes a means to express ourselves. We use a snowflake on the mask to compensate for the smile hidden by the mask which says Happy Holidays. 

15

to see the mask

only on Jim Carrey's face

Christmas wishes

--Henryk Czempiel, Poland

VOTE: 23**** SCORE: 08

COMMENT: Funny in a new norm sad kind'a way.

16

Christmas Eve

red face masks filtering

old carols

--Kaiser v Kahn, Germany

VOTE: 2*2*** SCORE: 08

COMMENT: 

LETS MEET

AT 6:00 PM, Coordinated Universal Time  (UTC)  on December 24th 2020 TO read haiku and COMMENT on this year's Christmas Kukai

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SO SORRY

There were no gift pledges and usually i would then gift one of my books. But since i was told at the Post Office here in St James Trinidad that mail borders are closed there certainly will not be a prize given for this Christmas Kukai. So sorry that the Covid 19 pandemic is doing this to us this year.