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. Ernesto P. Santiago, Greece;
2. Pat Geyer, USA; 3. Dan Iulian, Romania; 4. Wiesłąw Karliński, Poland; 5. Daniela
Misso, Italy; 6. Ana Drobot, Romania; 7. Lucia Cardillo, Italy; 8. Paul David
Mena, USA; 9. Adjei Agyei-Baah, Ghana; 10. Tony Williams, UK; 11. Mona Iordan,
Romania.
FIRST PLACE
7
train from Kiev ...
in the old coat
sunflower seeds
VOTES: 124***
SCORE 17
COMMENTS:
very
topical given the war in Ukraine
SECOND PLACE
1
young sunflower
mother brings home
from the ruins
VOTES: 221*** SCORE 09
COMMENTS:
3
where sunflowers bloom
bees and wasps and drones share
the same colorful light
--Dan Iulian; Romania
VOTES: 221*** SCORE 09
COMMENTS:
THIRD PLACE
4
provincial train
I get off there
where sunflowers bloom
Wiesłąw Karliński; Namysłów,
Poland
VOTES: 2*2***
SCORE 08
COMMENTS:
RESULTS CONTINUE
2
brushed in rich pollen...
honey bee reflects the gold
of a sunflower
--Pat Geyer; East
Brunswick, NJ USA
VOTES: *2**** SCORE 04
5
leaving away ...
the path turns into
sunflowers
Daniela Misso; Italy
VOTES: 2*1*** SCORE 05
COMMENTS:
6
sunflowers bloom -
I am taught how to use
a Japanese fan
Ana Drobot; (Bucharest, Romania)
VOTES: *1**** SCORE 02
COMMENTS:
8
sunflower smile
how quickly
they grow up
--Paul David Mena; Centerville
(Cape Cod), Massachusetts, USA
VOTES: 13**** SCORE 07
COMMENTS:
9
rural wedding
the newlywed runs through
a field of sunflowers
Adjei Agyei-Baah; Kumasi,
Ghana
VOTES: 1***** SCORE 01
COMMENTS:
10
sunflower
the sum of summer’s
bronzing light
Tony Williams; Scotland,
UK
VOTES: *1**** SCORE 02
COMMENTS: extra credit for alliteration
11
blue-washed sky
the child picks up the brush
to paint a sunflower field
Mona Iordan; Romania
VOTES: 2***** SCORE 02
COMMENTS:
A HAPPY AND CREATIVE INTERNATIONAL HAIKU POETRY DAY 2022