Tuesday, January 2, 2024

153

 


Dear Haiku Friends Caribbean Kigo Kukai is now officialy closed. Thank you for your participation. Wishing you all success in your future haiku endeavours

gillena cox; founder, coordinator

Friday, March 24, 2023

152

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

Players: 1. Milan Rajkumar, India; 2. Lucia Cardillo, Italy; 3. Ana Drobot, Romania; 4. Pat Geyer, USA; 5. Dan Iulian, Romania; 6. Adjei Agyei-Baah, Ghana; 7. Mona Iordan, Romania; 8. Cezar Florescu, Romania; 9. Cristina-Valeria Apetrei, Romania; 10. Daniela Misso, Italy; 11. Aleksandra Guzik, Poland.

 

FIRST PLACE

7

ashy sky

the bitter colour of

my thoughts

Mona Iordan, Romania

VOTES: *34***SCORE: 18

COMMENTS: Thought provoking. We have done wrong things in our lives. Sky has no colour, yet the poet sees the sky in an ashy colour ... his penitence maybe 


SECOND PLACE

5

deserted hermitage -

only the wind still rings

the old bell

Dan C. Iulian, Bucharest-Romania

VOTES: 222***SCORE: 12

COMMENT 1: Sometimes it's a struggle to be a hermit amid the chaos of life. The repentance is prominently pronounced in a few syllables. 

COMMENT 2:The haiku expresses a feeling of serene isolation and a link to a higher power beyond oneself.


THIRD PLACE

9

first crocus

changing the color

of my sins

Cristina Valeria Apetrei

VOTES: 131***SCORE: 10

COMMENTS: In one way, we are all in a penitentiary of our own. Here the poet is lamenting or changing himself into a better person ...who knows?


RESULTS CONTINUES

 1

journey's end – 

the wild flower I plucked 

and thrown away 

Milan Rajkumar, India 

VOTES: 22****SCORE: 06

COMMENTS: well captured feeling of human regret, maybe even penitence


2

March rain

the little snail climbs 

towards the sun

Lucia Cardillo - Italy

VOTES: 21****SCORE: 04

COMMENTS: an optimistic poem


3

penitent -

bowing and so red

a tulip

Ana Drobot (Bucharest, Romania)

VOTES: ******SCORE: 00

COMMENTS:


4

repenting my sins

i clense myself from evil...

a lenten rose blooms

Pat Geyer, USA

VOTES: ******SCORE: 00

COMMENTS:


6

kneeling in the dark,

heart lightens with peacefulness 

confession box refuge

Adjei Agyei-Baah; Kumasi, Ghana

VOTES: *1****SCORE: 02

COMMENTS:


8

fasting day...

the vending machine swallows

scent of hyacinth

Cezar Florescu

VOTES: 211***SCORE: 07

COMMENTS: the hunger of the fasting day is so palpable here


10

purple mountains 

the elongated shadow 

of a pilgrim's staff

Daniela Misso, Italy

VOTES: *21***SCORE: 07

COMMENTS: a beautful image of faith


11

pilgrimage-

Jacob's shells lead me

to repentance

Aleksandra Guzik, Poland

VOTES: ******SCORE: 00

COMMENTS:


Saturday, March 4, 2023

151

this haiga first appeared HERE

Dear haiku friends you are invited to The Caribbean Kigo  Lenten Kukai 2023 

The theme is penitent
SEND 
one haiku after you have pondered the theme. 
You do not have to use the exact words given.

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

Deadline for sending entries is March 14th 2023
Deadline for sending votes is March 24th 2023


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 March 31st 2023  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, and Comments  

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

150


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

 

 

 


Thursday, December 1, 2022

149

 Dear haiku friends you are invited to The Caribbean Kigo Christmas Kukai 2022

The theme is A magical Moment
SEND 
one haiku after you have pondered the theme. 
You do not have to use the exact words given.

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

EXAMPLE
satin bows wrap
Christmas presents large and small -
a time of wishes
gillena cox, Trinidad and Tobago.
This haiku first posted HERE

Deadline for sending entries is December 11th 2022
Deadline for sending votes is December 21st 2022


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 2022. 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, and Comments  

Saturday, April 16, 2022

148

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

Lucia Cardillo; Italy

VOTES: 124*** SCORE 17

COMMENTS: very topical given the war in Ukraine

 

 

SECOND PLACE

1

 

young sunflower

mother brings home

from the ruins

--Ernesto P. Santiago; Greece

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

COMMENTS:   

 

 

 

 

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

Saturday, March 19, 2022

147

haiga above first posted HERE 

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo 'International Haiku Poetry Day' Kukai 2022

The Theme is Where sunflowers bloom
SEND one haiku pertaining to this theme
Your entry should include your name, and location from where you are sending.

Deadline for sending entries is March 30th 2022
Deadline for sending votes is April 10th 2022


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 April 17th 2022. 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



INTERNATIONAL HAIKU POETRY DAY IS APRIL 17TH 2022


much love
gillena