CKK #45 Results

1. None of the comments during the kukai are from the kukai coordinator. Comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated
2. Poems remain the copyright of individual writers

Players: 1. Bill Kenney, US; 2. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Romania; 3. Vinay Leo R.Bangalore, India; 4. Keith A. Simmonds T & T; 5. Ramesh Anand, India; 6. Pravat Kumar, India; 7. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 8. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 9. Kashinath Karmakar, India; 10. Paresh Tiwari, India; 11. Angie Werren, USA; 12. Pat Geyer, USA; 13. Arvinder kaur, India; 14. Anitha Varma, India; 15. Jayashree Maniyil, Australia; 16. John McDonald, Scotland; 17 . Sanjuktaa Asopa,
India 18. Irena Szewczyk, Poland; 19. Claudius Gottstein, Germany; 20. Cezar-Florin Ciobîca, Romania; 21. Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia; 22. Robert Kania, Poland


FIRST PLACE

11
migrating birds --
all the colors of
my skin
--Angie Werren, Amelia, Ohio USA
Votes: 533*** Points: 20
Comments: A superb haiku that actually transcends the "Afro-centric" category, even while acknowledging it.


SECOND PLACE

18
visit to a zoo
she hides her bracelets
of ivory
--Irena Szewczyk
Votes: 433*** Points: 19
Comments:


THIRD PLACE

9
fancy dress day-
today my child is
nelson mandela
--kashinath karmakar(kash poet),Durgapur,India
Votes: 72**** Points: 11
Comments: More than another "cute child" ku, this resonates, without inflated rhetoric, with hope for the future.


15
reunion –
only my cousins
speak Swahili
--Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia
Votes: 72**** Points: 11
Comments: The everlasting mystery of the one and the many, within a family, within a group, within a culture; where, exactly, is the union in this reunion?



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
African-American
the long journey
from home to home
--Bill Kenney
Votes: 62**** Points: 10
Comments:



2
ivory trade ban -
upon new piano keys
"Lord Bless Africa"
--Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Romania
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:



3
soul sisters. . .
their colors forgotten
as they paint
--Vinay Leo R.Bangalore, India
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:



4
rastafari...
a river of peace
down freedom road
--Keith A. SimmondsT & T
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:



5
abandoned fort
the traces of its culture
in my beats
--Ramesh Anand Bangalore, India
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments:



6
fruit laden tree--
the earthly fragrance
rooted in Africa
--Pravat Kumar Padhy, India
Votes: *2**** Points: 04
Comments:



7
visiting
Wittenberg
I have a dream
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 41**** Points: 06
Comments: I wish I could give 3 points for multiple layers of meaning but so many excellent and intelligent haiku here (“Intelligence plus character…”)



8
Center of the WORLD -
when continents only ONE
should've been somewhere
--STOPS
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:



10
sunset boat -
rounding the vivid wake
of calypso beats
--Paresh Tiwari, India
Votes: 32**** Points: 07
Comments:



12
in a brier patch
spider and rabbit spin tales
threading old to new
--Pat
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:
Note: I loved the information so I based my ku on it. "Anansi the trickster is a West African God. He often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the god of all knowledge of stories. He is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore...(read the rest of this note at Comments)



13
lovemaking--
the heaving rain forest
beside the Congo
--Arvinder kaur,Chandigarh,India
Votes: 211*** Points: 07
Comments:



14
continent
dark with mystery-
throbbing drums
--Anitha Varma, Kerala, India
Votes: 42**** Points: 08
Comments:



16
walking tall
the cane cutter's daughter
...once barefoot
--John McDonald EDINBURGH SCOTLAND
Votes: *2**** Points: 04
Comments:



17
Rum and Coca- cola-
colors deepen in
an African dusk
--sanjuktaa
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:
Note: Rum and coca cola is a very old song I remember from my childhood. A friend's father, who was
in army, had this in his collection. I googled and dug out this song as i thought it fits with the theme and while being cheery on the surface, hints at something deeper on another level...(read the rest at Comments)



19
thistlefield
first day at highschool
wearing a Kanga
--Claudius Gottstein Borgloh, Germany
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:



20
on Kwanzaa -
opening again the book
,,To kill a mockingbird"
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:



21
Afrocentric book
variegrated colours and
a butterfly resting
--Tatjana Debeljacki
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:



22
blues
far away from home
close to your heart
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:

CKK #45

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Forty fifth Kukai The theme is afrocentric Send one haiku on this theme e-mail to

Example:-
generations...
woven into a fabric
callled freedom
-- gillena cox
first posted at Lunch Break August 2011

Deadline for sending entries is August 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is August 20th 2013

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting:
Votes to be scored using a total of 6points; 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 during voting are encouraged but must be limited to 3 lines. When published, these comments and votes will be given anonymous listings.

Ballots:(votes and comments) to be sent by e-mail to

The results will be published here at Caribbean Kigo Kukai. After results have been posted, any comments you wish to make can be posted directly here at the blog just click on comments at the end of the post

much love
gillena

CKK #44 Results

1. None of the comments during the kukai are from the kukai coordinator. Comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated
2. Poems remain the copyright of individual writers


Players: 1. Pat Geyer, USA; 2. Rita Odeh, Israel; 3. Eduard TARA, Romania; 4. Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 5. Keith A. Simmonds,T & T; 6. Vinay Leo R. Bangalore, India; 7. Stella Pierides, DE and UK; 8. Robert Kania, Poland; 9. Lavana Kray, Romania; 10. Bill Kenney USA; 11. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 12. Dan Iulian, Romania; 13. Marleen Hulst,The Netherlands; 14. Kashinath Karmakar, India; 15. Angie Werren, USA; 16. Anna Goluba, Poland; 17. Andrzej Dembonczyk, Poland; 18. John Daleiden, USA; 19. Catherine J.S. Lee; 20. Angelee Deodhar, India; 21. Paresh Tiwari, India; 22. Arvinder Kaur,India; 23. Sanjukta, Asopa, India; 24. Cezar F. Ciobîca, Romania; 25. Lucacs Sebastian, Romania; 26. Alegria Imperial, Canada


FIRST PLACE

2
moonless sky-
military raincoats hung
on a bamboo fence
--Rita
Votes: 661*** Points: 21
Comments: the "bamboo fence" used for hanging "military raincoats" suggest an impromptu arrangement


SECOND PLACE

24
Father's Day -
his raincoat still smells
of pipe tobacco
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca
Votes: 831*** Points: 17
Comments: conveys a fine sense of the lingering scent of Father's pipe tobacco on his raincoat--the haiku suggests the scent lingers after his passing-on.


THIRD PLACE

6
between him
and the grey sky...
tattered raincoat
--Vinay Leo R. Bangalore, India.
Votes: 222*** Points: 12
Comments:



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
bands of heavy rain
play music with the wind...
raincoat chorus drips
-- Pat
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


3
Alone on the street –
it’s time to listen again
to my old raincoat
--Eduard TARA, Romania
Votes: 321**** Points: 10
Comments:


4
rainy day today -
at highest quotation
raincoats' quote
--STOPS
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


5
rivers burst their banks ~
two young lovers share
the same raincoat
--Keith A. Simmonds; T & T
Votes: 42***** Points: 08
Comments: I almost didn't vote for this one because the tilde is not a legitimate mark of punctuation, but in the end, I like this haiku better than most of the others.


7
summer blues
the cyclist’s raincoat adds
a splash of red
-- Stella PieridesNeusaess, DE and London, UK
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


8
it’s raining
Famous Blue Raincoat
on-air again
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments: Famous blue raincoat-beautiful song!


9
your raincoat -
one year together
from the day we shared it
--Lavana, Romania
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comments:


10
out of the mist
a red raincoat
headed this way
--Bill Kenney,USA
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comments:


11
first day at school
I will be famous once
the blue raincoat says
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


12
endless autumn -
from a raincoat in hanger
the loneliness trickles
--Dan Iulian, Bucharest-Romania
Votes: 321*** Points: 10
Comments:


13
summer storm
the sound of raincoats dripping
in the kitchen
--Marleen Hulst,The Netherlands
Votes: 211*** Points: 07
Comments:


14
long raincoat--
the child's short steps become
even shorter
--kashinath karmakar(kash poet),Durgapur,India
Votes: 511*** Points: 10
Comments:


15
wind change --
we leave our raincoats
in the car
--Angie Werren;Amelia, Ohio,USA
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


16
Being in your arms...
I can finally take off
My raincoat
--Anna Goluba, Warsaw, Poland.
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:


17
rainy night -
in my hotel room I listen to
famous blue raincoat*
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:
Note: blue raincoat


18
in this monsoon
my raincoat useless--
the scent of wet earth
--John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona
Votes: 23**** Points: 08
Comments:


19
sudden downpour—
without raincoats or boots
we play in the puddles
--Catherine J.S. Lee
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments:


20
shoes in hand-
a transparent rain coat
all eyes on her
--angelee deodhar (India)
Votes: **1*** Points: 03
Comments:


21
sudden downpour
the slish-slosh of raincoats fill
our conversation
--Paresh Tiwari, Hyderabad India
Votes: 41**** Points: 06
Comments:


22
under the raincoat
drenched in farewell tears--
another monsoon
--Arvinder Kaur,Chandigarh,India
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


23
a puddle
below the raincoat--
how the day went
--sanjuktaa, Karnataka, India
Votes: 32**** Points: 07
Comments:


25
two years later...
in my father's old raincoat
a strand of blonde hair
--Seby L. Dorohoi, Romania.
Votes: 34**** Points: 11
Comments:


26
gusts
into my raincoat
a rain bath
--Alegria Imperial, Canada
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:

CKK 44

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Forty fourth Kukai The kigo is raincoat Send one haiku using raincoat e-mail to

Example:-
fashion statement
raincoats are back...
caladium in bloom
-- gillena cox
(first posted at Lunch Break July 2008)

Deadline for sending entries is July 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is July 20th 2013

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting:
Votes to be scored using a total of 6points; 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 during voting are encouraged but must be limited to 3 lines. When published, these comments and votes will be given anonymous listings.

Ballots (votes and comments) to be sent by e-mail to

The results will be published here at Caribbean Kigo Kukai. After results have been posted, any comments you wish to make can be posted directly here at the blog just click on comments at the end of the post

much love
gillena

CKK #43 Results

1. None of the comments during the kukai are from the kukai coordinator. Comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated
2. Poems remain the copyright of individual writers


Players: 1. Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 2. Tomislav Maretic, Croatia; 3. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 4. Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines; 5. Keith A. Simmonds,T & T; 6. Pat Geyer, USA; 7. Robert Kania, Poland; 8. Donald Carlock,USA; 9. Tony Valenzuela, Mexico; 10. A.D. Jaden, USA; 11. B.S. Richards, USA; 12. S.E. Herrin, USA; 13. Eduardo Rojas, USA; 14. Charles Werdenhoff, USA; 15. Franklin Magalhães, Brazil; 16. Rita Odeh, Israel; 17. Bill Kenney USA;18. Irena Szewczyk Warsaw, Poland ; 19. Lavana Kray, Romania; 20. Marie-Alice Maire, France; 21. Kashinath Karmakar, India; 22. Angie Werren, USA; 23. Dan Iulian, Romania; 24. Cezar F. Ciobîca, Romania; 25. Ailoaei Cristina


FIRST PLACE

16
fallen petals...
drops of wetness gleam
on the stalk
Rita Odeh Nazareth, Israel
Votes: 232*** Points: 14
Comments:


SECOND PLACE
14
summer wetness
scents our rose garden--
your empty chair . . .
--Charles Werdenhoff, Joliet, Illinois
Votes: 431*** Points: 13
Comments:


18
wetness
of the painter's brush …
The birth of Venus
--Irena Szewczyk Warsaw, Poland
Votes: 132*** Points: 13
Comments:


THIRD PLACE

24
scorching day -
enjoying the wetness
of my dog's nose
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca
Votes: 222*** Points: 12
Comments:



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
wetness' witnesses
blody minded
mosquitos
--STOPS
Votes: **1*** Points: 03
Comments:



2
snažni vjetar –
jedrimo kroz mokrinu
u kabanicama


strong wind –
sailing through the wetness
in our raincoats
--Tomislav Maretic
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments:



3
fixing stars
the wetness
of grass
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 31**** Points: 05
Comments:



4
of the paint
the wetness he confirms—
his last will
--Ernesto P. Santiago,Philippines
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:



5
ominous black clouds
hover over the village...
endless wetness
--Keith A. Simmonds, T & T
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:



6
pigeons dip
in the wetness
of street runoff
--Pat
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:



7
mountain hut
wetness
and I
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:



8
wetness on my shirt--
your passionate lip imprint
betrays us
--Donald Carlock, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:



9
morning wetness
dampens the scarecrow--
his straw hair droops
--Tony Valenzuela: Mexico City, Mexico
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:



10
my son’s handprint
wetness drips down window glass--
the playroom
--A.D. Jaden, Des Moines, Iowa
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


11
erotic memories--
the wetness of our love
haunts my dreams
--B.S. Richards, Sun City, Arizona
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:



12
on the bathroom floor
the wetness of your foot prints--
domestic bliss
--S.E. Herrin, Des Moines, Iowa
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments:



13
monsoon wetness
drenches our outdoor wedding--
bliss among raindrops
--Eduardo Rojas, Wheaton, Illinois
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:







15
Alongside the road
wetness shines on the stones.
Green moss and ferns.
--Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Votes: **1*** Points: 03
Comments:






17
low tide
we leave our footsteps
to the wetness
--Bill Kenney
Votes: 13**** Points: 07
Comments:




19
a man cutting down a tree -
on the wetness of his t-shirt
Sahara map
--Lavana Kray
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:



20
atoll's sand
vanilla beans braided
wrist's wetness
--Marie-Alice MAIRE
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:



21
misty morning---
pine leaves dripping
wetness
--kashinath karmakar (kash poet),Durgapur,India.
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:


22
wetness in the grass grackles test new wings
--Angie Werren;Amelia, Ohio,USA
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:



23
tombstone
engraved by wetness
of so many tears
--Dan Iulian, Bucharest-Romania
Votes: *11*** Points: 05
Comments:



25
no news-
the wetness
in her eyes
-- Ailoaei Cristina
Votes: 31**** Points: 05
Comments:




APOLOGY: this poem was sent before voting started; however, i only picked it up after Steliana emailed me asking for a list. Steliana i'm sorry i really did not see your submission before; at the time you prompted me already more thank half the number of players had already voted, so i could not add your poem; i do hope this will not deter you from entering subsequent kukai here at CKK

26
Watercolors spilled –
In the floor wetness
Tulips bloom again
--Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploieşti, Romania

CKK#43

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Forty third Kukai; the kigo is 'wetness' Send one haiku using this word 'wetness' in your poem; e-mail to


Example:-
early morning
the leaves glisten with
an acute wetness
--gillena cox, 2008

first published at Lunch Break 2008

Deadline for sending entries is June 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is June 20th 2013

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting:
Votes to be scored using a total of 6points; 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 during voting are encouraged but must be limited to 3 lines. When published, these comments and votes will be given anonymous listings.

Ballots:(votes and comments) to be sent by e-mail to

The results will be published here at Caribbean Kigo Kukai
After results have been posted, any comments you wish to make can be posted directly here at the blog just click on comments at the end of the post

much love
gillena

CKK #42 Results

1. None of the comments during the kukai are from the kukai coordinator. Comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated
2. Poems remain the copyright of individual writers


Players: 1. Ernesto P. Santiago, Philippines; 2. Keith A. Simmonds,T & T; 3. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 4. Sandi Pray, USA; 5. John Daleiden, USA; 6. Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 7. Franklin Magalhães, Brazil; 8. Ana-MariaTrandafir, Romania; 9. S.E. Herrin, USA; 10. John McDonald, Scotland; 11. Lavana Kray, Romania 12. Rita Odeh, Israel; 13. Robert Kania, Poland; 14. Eduard Tara, Romania; 15. Vinay Leo R, Bangalore, India; 16. Krzysztof Kokot, Poland; 17. Cezar F. Ciobîca, Romania; 18. Seby Lucacs, Romania ; 19. Dragan J. Ristic, Serbia; 20. Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia; 21. Pat Geyer, USA.



FIRST PLACE

9
in her hair
a white gardenia--
the thrill of tango
S.E. Herrin: Des Moines, Iowa
Votes:272*** Points: 22
Comments :


SECOND PLACE

13
the ruins of the castle -
wild flowers
in the ballroom
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes:63**** Points: 12
Comments :


THIRD PLACE

11
dried twig -
origami flowers
bring it to life
--lavana kray -Iasi-Romania
Votes:43**** Points: 10
Comments :



RESULTS CONTINUES


1
privacy hedge
striking in a small globe--
star shaped florets
--Ernesto P. Santiago,Philippines
Votes:****** Points: 00
Comments:


2
A waft of perfume
floating above the village …
weeping plum blossoms
--Keith A. Simmonds,T & T
Votes:11**** Points: 03
Comments :


3
abdominal
operation -- I listen to
ficus elastica
--Ralf Bröker
Votes:2***** Points: 02
Comments :


4
just me -
the sound of hibiscus
at midnight
--Sandi Pray; Robbinsville, NC USA
Votes:411*** Points: 09
Comments :


5
desert wildflowers
a brief blaze of color--
distant mountains
--John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert
Votes:*2**** Points: 04
Comments:


6
House of stone -
red flowers and a lamp
enlightening love path
--STOPS
Votes:1***** Points: 01
Comments :


7
Scent of gardenia
evening in the garden.
The other flowers sleep.
--Franklin Magalhães. Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Votes:*21*** Points: 07
Comments :


8
rosehip blossom -
resting with no memories
in the sunlight
--Ana-Maria
Votes:41**** Points: 06
Comments :


10
hugging the hot stone -
a lone rose
dying of thirst
--John McDonald Edinburgh Scotland
Votes:211*** Points: 07
Comments :


12
fading song-
the rose petal settles
on a fig leaf
-- Rita OdehNazareth, Israel
Votes:33**** Points: 09
Comments :


14
Endless lullaby –
the scarlet pimpernel
closing its petals
--Eduard TARA, Romania
Votes:311*** Points: 08
Comments :


15
spring festival...
only paper flowers now
in a concrete forest
--Vinay Leo R, Bangalore, India
Votes:12**** Points: 05
Comments :


16
after facelift
will never whiter
the paper flower
--Krzysztof Kokot PL
Votes:****** Points: 00
Comments:


17
baby's breath flower ...
the spinster still dreaming of
a white wedding dress
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca, Boto?ani/Romania
Votes:2*2*** Points: 08
Comments :


18
gust of wind -
cherry tree flowers wrap
her coffin
--Seby Lucacs, Dorohoi, Romania.
Votes:42**** Points: 08
Comments :


19
bending and trembling
of flowers so wonderful:
on the parasol
--Dragan J. Ristic, Niš, Serbia
Votes:*1**** Points: 02
Comments:


20
dancing to the drum
mischevious gypsy girl
rose is in her hair
--Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia
Votes:1***** Points: 01
Comments :


21
piece of eggshell
under the dogwood blooms....
the wait is over
--Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, NJ
Votes:11**** Points: 03
Comments :



---LATER ENTRY--- received while voting was in process---

life in pink ...
the wind passing
in the cherry tree
--Hélène Duc, France