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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. Pat Geyer, USA; 2. Eugeniusz Zacharski; 3.Wiesław Karliński,  Poland;  Poland; 3.  4. Ana Drobot, Romania;  5. Marina Bellini, Italy; 6. Dan Iulian, Romania; 7. Daniela Misso, Italy;  8. Lucia Cardillo, Italy; 9. Andrzej Dembończyk, Poland; 10. Cezar Florescu, Romania; 11. Cristina-Valeria Apetrei, Romania;

 

FIRST PLACE

11

Christmas lights

gazing at the stars

in her eyes

--Cristina-Valeria Apetrei

VOTES: 152*** SCORE 17

COMMENTS: Magical and romantic

SECOND PLACE

5

Christmas concert

outside the old church

first snowflakes

--Marina Bellini – Italy

VOTES: **4*** SCORE 12

COMMENT: well-captured moment when nature takes part in the humans' celebration.

COMMENT: A very simple moment that makes me look back to my childhood

THIRD PLACE

6

Christmas truce -

on the front line a fir tree

decorated with stars

--Dan Iulian, Romania

VOTES: 112*** SCORE 09

COMMENTS:

RESULTS CONTINUED

1

sparkling icicles

decorate the evergreens....

December magic

--Pat Geyer East Brunswick, NJ USA

VOTES: *1**** SCORE 02

COMMENTS:

 

2

wartime

the first star approaching us

too fast

--Eugeniusz Zacharski; Poland

 VOTES: 1***** SCORE 01

COMMENTS:

 

3

star of bethlehem

here there everywhere

white and merry

--Wiesław Karliński, Namysłów, Poland

VOTES: *1**** SCORE 02

COMMENTS:

 

 4

birthday party -

in the beggar's cart

a piece of moon

--Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

VOTES: 31**** SCORE 05

COMMENTS:

 

7

 wishing for peace ...

the gentle swaying

of a candle flame

--Daniela Misso, Italy

VOTES: 32**** SCORE 07

COMMENTS: The sad magic of a candle flame

8

Christmas eve ...

magically time goes back

you are with me again

--Lucia Cardillo – Italy

VOTES: *2**** SCORE 04

COMMENTS: A tender moment of love.

 

9

Christmas Eve -

on an empty table

letter from the war department

--Andrzej Dembończyk, Silesia, Poland

VOTES: 1***** SCORE 01

COMMENTS:

 

10

Christmas Eve...

I want my father to come

alive from the war

--Cezar Florescu

VOTES: **2*** SCORE 06

COMMENTS:

DEAR HAIKU FRIENDS: 

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

 

 

 

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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. Krzysztof Kokot, Poland; 2. Wiesław Karliński, Poland; 3. Marina Bellini, Italy; 4. Eugeniusz Zacharski, Poland; 5. Daniela Misso, Italy; 6. Willie R. Bongcaron, Philippines; 7. Pat Geyer, USA; 8. Nikolay Grankin, Russia; 9. Dan Iulian, Romania; 10. Lucia Cardillo, Italy; 11. Ana Drobot, Romania; 12. Andrzej Dembończyk, Poland; 13. Billy Antonio, Philippines; 14. Nazarena Rampini, Italy; 15. Cezar Florescu, Romania; 16. Cristina-Valeria Apetrei, Romania.


FIRST PLACE
16
Xmas carol
I place all my puppets
on the windowsill
--Cristina-Valeria Apetrei/ Romania
VOTES 232*** SCORE 14
COMMENTS:

 

SECOND PLACE
13
shop window
a beggar stares
at his Santa image
--Billy Antonio, Laoac,
Philippines
VOTES 113*** SCORE 12 

COMMENT 1: Christmas holidays are magical moments for some and a very sad time for many; I read stupor and loneliness in these verses

COMMENT 2: All the poems deserve a mention, but "shop window" has the true haiku spirit inside. Images clash. The silhouette of a homeless man and that of Santa Claus. The sizes of these two gentlemen's wallets are juxtaposed in the reader's head. Though probably their heart sizes are the same. This haiku is universal because it makes us aware of the mutual closeness of our human conditions, no matter who we are.

THIRD PLACE
3
the carrot at last...
the toddler smiles
at his first snowman
--Marina Bellini - Italy
VOTES 121*** SCORE 08
COMMENTS:

9
nativity scene -
she buys a new one
pregnancy test
--Dan Iulian, Romania
VOTES 311*** SCORE 08
COMMENTS:

 

RESULTS CONTINUES

1
Christmas Eve -
lonely...
star
--Krzysztof Kokot, Poland
VOTES 11**** SCORE 03
COMMENTS:


2
another Christmas
my granddaughter bakes
her first gingerbread
--Wiesław Karliński, Poland
VOTES 111*** SCORE 06
COMMENTS:


4
dance contest--
Venus and the moon
shine the brightest
--Eugeniusz Zacharski, Poland
VOTES **1*** SCORE 03
COMMENTS:


5
snow air –
the scent of a cake
freshly baked
--Daniela Misso, Italy
VOTES 51**** SCORE 07
COMMENTS:


6
singing out of tune...
a party of street children
with glints in their eyes
--Mr. Willie R. Bongcaron; Manila, Philippines
VOTES *11*** SCORE 05
COMMENTS:


7
mistletoe magic
neither here nor there...
kisses everywhere
--Pat Geyer; East Brunswick, NJ USA
VOTES *1**** SCORE 02
COMMENTS:


8
Christmas Eve
the first blooming
of my cactus
--Nikolay Grankin.
VOTES **1*** SCORE 03
COMMENTS:


10
grandma's old house ...
no empty chair
in Christmas photo
--Lucia Cardillo - Rodi G.co (FG) Italy
VOTES 111*** SCORE 06
COMMENTS:


11
Christmas guests -
knitting with granny
a spider
Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)
VOTES *21*** SCORE 07
COMMENTS: A sweet image


12
Midnight Mass
between the winter hat and the mask
her beautiful eyes
--Andrzej Dembończyk, Silesia
VOTES 1*2*** SCORE 07
COMMENTS:


14
Feast day
an impatient child
gives his poem
--Nazarena Rampini, Italy
VOTES ****** SCORE 00
COMMENTS:


15
the first snowflakes ...
the teacher dressed as Santa
postpones the test
--Cezar
VOTES 12**** SCORE 05
COMMENTS:



LATE ENTRIES NO VOTES

first babble
a warble alights
on the window tree
--Mona Iordan, Romania

the Christmas table
in the old woman's room
five empty chairs
--Henryk Czempiel Poland

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Dear haiku friends you are invited to The Caribbean Kigo Christmas Kukai 2020

The theme is A mask for Christmas?
SEND 

one haiku after you have pondered the question - A mask for Christmas? You do not have to use the exact words since the question given is the theme of this kukai. 

Your entry should include your name, and country from which you are sending.

EXAMPLE
scraps of fabric fall
from mother's cutting table -
chalk lines shape a mask
gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago.


Deadline for sending entries is December 11th 2020
Deadline for sending votes is December 21st 2020


A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

VOTING
Votes to be scored using a total of 6 points; voters must use all 6 points

EXAMPLE
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

The example given is just one of several ways you can allot your points


COMMENTS
Comments during voting are encouraged but must be limited to 3 lines [about forty words]. When published, these comments and votes will be given anonymous listings. Comments should be kept in the nature of encouraging the continued good haiku writing practice.

The Co-ordinator retains the right to not include a comment as anonymous and to ask the commenter to post his or her thoughts directly to the blog under Comments.


RESULTS
The results of this kukai will be published here at Caribbean Kigo Kukai on December 24th 2020. After results have been posted, I encourage your after- words as general comments, you can post directly here at the blog, just click on Comments at the end of the post.


CONTACT ME
e-mail your Submission, Vote, Comments and Gift Pledges

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

meet.google.com/oqv-xpkh-gya

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[this haiga first appeared at my blog Lunch Break December 2006]

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Christmas Kukai 2018

The Kigo is shopping
SEND one haiku which MUST include the word shopping. Your entry should include your name, and country from which you are sending.

EXAMPLE
December shopping –
i pause to see in the creche
baby Jesus
--gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago.

Deadline for sending entries is December 11th 2018
Deadline for sending votes is December 21st 2018


A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

VOTING
Votes to be scored using a total of 6 points; voters must use all 6 points

EXAMPLE
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

The example given is just one of several ways you can allot your points


COMMENTS
Comments during voting are encouraged but must be limited to 3 lines [about forty words]. When published, these comments and votes will be given anonymous listings. Comments should be kept in the nature of encouraging the continued good haiku writing practice.

The Co-ordinator retains the right to not include a comment as anonymous and to ask the commenter to post his or her thoughts directly to the blog under Comments.


RESULTS
The results of this kukai will be published here at Caribbean Kigo Kukai on December 23rd 2018. After results have been posted, I encourage your after-words as general comments, you can post directly here at the blog, just click on Comments at the end of the post.


CONTACT ME
e-mail your Submission, Vote, Comments and Gift Pledges



Should anyone be interested in pledging, a copy of a book of haiku poems, to the first place winner of this kukai, please email me or Comment at the end of this post.

much love
gillena

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photo by gillena cox, West Mall, Trinidad 2015 Christmas decor

Poems remain the copyright of individual writers

PLAYERS: 1.Opie Houston, US; 2.Ana Drobot, Romania 3. Pat Geyer, US; 4. Sanaa Rizvi, Saudi Arabia; 5. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 6. Devin Harrison, Canada; 7. Vasile Moldovan, Romania; 8. Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, USA; Krzysztof Kokot, Poland; 10. Tomislav Maretic, Croatia; 11. Brendon Kent, UK; 12. Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia; 13. Anna Cates, USA; 14. Shrikaanth Krishamurthy, Birmingham UK; 15. Keith Simmonds, France

FIRST PLACE

13
Christmas lights
I put the shadows
behind me
--Anna Cates, Wilmington OH 45177 (USA)
Votes: 314*** Score:17
Comments:


SECOND PLACE

2
glad tidings -
getting out of the box
last year's paper cranes
--Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania
Votes: 341*** Score:14
Comments:


THIRD PLACE
6
swept up
into the language of light
a fallen angel
--Devin Harrison - Vancouver Island - Canada
Votes: 222*** Score:12
Comments:



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
Christmas morning sun--
reassuring blessings
and relief of pain
Opie Houston
Votes: 1***** Score:01
Comments:


3
small wisps of straw
our tokens of prayer...
the Child is born
--Pat Geyer
Votes: *1**** Score:02
Comments:


4
Adversity
can't resist the imperceptible
Bloom.
--Sanaa Rizvi
Votes: ****** Score:00
Comments:


5
free firework rock show -
true GOODBYE TO GRAVITY
insted of GLAD TIDINGS
--Stops
Votes: ****** Score:00
Comments:


7
Glad tidings-
foreshadowing the Christmas
the first snowfall
--Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania
Votes: 11**** Score:03
Comments:


8
holiday tidings
expectations inflating
and deflating
--Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Votes: 212*** Score:10
Comments:


9
eve-
lonely
star
--Krzysztof Kokot, Poland
Votes: 21**** Score:04
Comments:


10
glad tidings -
patients in the hallway decorate
the Christmas tree
--Tom
Votes: 11**** Score:03
Comments:


11
snowflakes
settling
our differences
--Brendon Kent, Southampton UK
Votes: 212*** Score:10
Comments:


12
bent old man
brings in the christmas tree
snowing in the town
--Tatjana Debeljacki
Votes: 3***** Score:03
Comments:


14
Christmas again…
the happy tidings
yet to come
--Shrikaanth Krishamurthy, Birmingham UK
Votes: 13**** Score:07
Comments:


15
The prince of peace
in a lowly manger…
glad tidings
--Keith Simmonds
Votes: 1*1*** Score:04
Comments:

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL CARIBBEAN KIGO KUKAI FRIENDS

Look for DETAILS for CHRISTMAS KUKAI 2015 here on DECEMBER 1st

much love
gillena