CKK #47 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. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 2. Alegria Imperial, Canada; 3. Keith A. Simmonds T & T; 4. Zhanna P. Rader, USA; 5. Rita Odeh, Israel; 6. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 7. Bill Kenney, US; 8. Claudius Gottstein, Germany; 9. Kashinath Karmakar,India; 10. Ramesh Anand, India; 11. Yesha Shah,India; 12. Vinay Leo R.Bangalore, India; 13. Arvinder Kaur, India ; 14. Ajaya Mahala; 15. Paresh Tiwari, India; 16. Eduard TARA, Romania; 17. Angie Werren, USA; 18. Jayashree Maniyil, Australia; 19. Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad, India; 20. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 21. Robert Kania, Poland; 22. Diane Mayr, USA; 23. Sandi Pray USA



FIRST PLACE

13
early darkness-
on the wings of the egret
a hint of sunlight
--Arvinder Kaur,Chandigarh,India
Votes: 752*** Points: 23
Comments:


SECOND PLACE

12
unfinished
in early darkness
a robin's nest
--Vinay Leo R. Bangalore, India
Votes: 55**** Points: 15
Comments:


THIRD PLACE

16
Early darkness –
rereading a letter
in Braille
--Eduard TARA, Romania
Votes: 241*** Points: 13
Comments:



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
early darkness
children's laughter
flashing home
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments:


2
early darkness—
tin sounds
roll off a bread bin
--Alegria Imperial, Canada
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


3
early darkness...
farmers take advantage
of the moon
--Keith A. Simmonds,T & T
Votes: 221*** Points: 09
Comments:


4
Picture window -
the chrysanthemums swallowed
by early darkness.
--Zhanna P. Rader,Athens, Georgia, USA
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


5
early darkness-
the still sea erases
some footprints
--Rita Odeh
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments:


6
pregnant liquor -
gold cynidation
makes early darkness
--STOPS
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


7
early darkness
a neighborhood
of high fences
--Bill Kenney
Votes: 42**** Points: 08
Comments:


8
bikers' trip
early darkness
on the horizon
--Claudius Gottstein, Borgloh, Germany
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


9
early darkness--
a mad man talking to
a billboard girl
--kash poet (kashinath karmakar),Ind
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:


10
early darkness
the children dragging
back home
--Ramesh Anand Bangalore, India.
Votes: 23**** Points: 08
Comments:


11
early darkness
my guiding star shines through
the dense canopy
--Yesha
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:


14
early darkness lust
protests to be further black
night saturates...
--Ajaya Mahala
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


15
early darkness –
Deepawali lamps flicker
my memories
--Paresh Tiwari
Notes: Deepawali - literary translated to 'rows of lamps' is an Indian festival of lights, in which numerous lamps made of clay are lit all over the house. In the growing metro culture, these lamps have conveniently been replaced by electric garlands and yet, those clay lamps and the smell of burning mustard oil always makes us nostalgic.
Votes: 41**** Points: 06
Comments:


17
early darkness --
shadows beneath the trees
swirl
--Angie Werren USA
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:


18
early darkness . . .
how slowly the breathing
drifts
--Jayasree
Votes: 411*** Points: 09
Comments:


19
autumn evening --
the clouds veil the sun
early darkness
--Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad, India
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


20
early darkness
a yawn passes through
the waiting room
--Bouwe
Votes: 51**** Points: 07
Comments:


21
early darkness
road ends
at dawn
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:


22
annual search
for the timer instructions
...early darkness
--Diane Mayr, writer
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments:


23
only a shadow
where the old cat dreamed -
early darkness
--Sandi Pray USA
Votes: 12**** Points: 05

CKK #47

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Forty Seventh Kukai.
The Kigo is 'early darkness' Send one haiku using the kigo e-mail me

Example:-
October evenings
the Angelus bell shrouded
in early darkness
-- gillena cox, 2011
(first published at Lunch Break 8 October 2011)


Deadline for sending entries is October 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is October 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 #46 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. John McDonald, Scotland; 3. Jayashree Maniyil, Australia; 4. Arvinder Kaur, India; 5. Sandi Pray USA; 6. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Romania; 7. Diane Mayr, USA; 8. Claudius Gottstein, Germany; 9. Anitha Varma, India; 10. Vinay Leo R.Bangalore, India; 11. Paresh Tiwari, India; 12. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 13. Keith A. Simmonds T & T; 14. Kashinath Karmakar,India; 15. Bill Kenney, US; 6.Kumarendra Mallick , India; 17. Krzysztof Kokot, Poland; 18. Lavana Kray, Romania; 19. Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia; 20. Marie-Alice Maire, France; 21. Catherine J.S. Lee, USA; Robert Kania, Poland; 23. Pat Geyer, USA; 24. Angie Werren, USA;


FIRST PLACE

4
action film--
my baby's kick
in the sonogram
--Arvinder Kaur,Chandigarh,India
Votes: 173*** Points: 24
Comments: Direct, funny, and "sonogram" in line 3 is a nice twist.


SECOND PLACE

14
dark movie hall-
in my popcorn pack
someone else's hand
--kashinath karmakar(kash poet),India
Votes: 28**** Points: 18
Comments: A more straightforward word order in lines 2-3 would improve this.


THIRD PLACE

5
frames of war -
the color of blood
in black and white
--Sandi Pray USA
Votes: 251*** Points: 15
Comments:


RESULTS CONTINUES

1
PORUMBOIU -
european filmmaker
with big corn vitamins
STOPS
Note:"corn" in romanian is PORUMB, big corn = PORUMBOI.
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


2
adventures
in light and shadow
...all for a jam-jar
-- JOHN McDONALD EDINBURGH SCOTLAND
Note: (a jam-jar: price of entry to the local flea-pit in the 40's)
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


3
full moon ...
his eccentricities
on the screen
--Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia
Votes: 13**** Points: 07
Comments: Suggests the magnifying effect of cinema. Identifying a specific eccentricity might have made this stronger.


6
outdoor cinema -
storm clouds
gone with the wind
--Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Romania
Votes: 4*1*** Points: 07
Comments:


7
lights come up...
popcorn butter stains
on both our pants
--Diane Mayr, Salem, NH USA
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:


8
peacekeeping force
movie night under
the camo net
--Claudius Gottstein, Borgloh, Germany
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:The meaning of line 1 deepens as the poem unfolds: the movie as a peacekeeping force.


9
undeveloped roll
in the old camera-
a sepia world
--Anitha Varma Kerala India
Votes: *31**** Points: 09
Comments:


10
photo album —
behind a film of dust
smiles innocence
--Vinay Leo R. Bangalore, India
Votes: 23**** Points: 08
Comments:


11
wilting irises -
I turn up the volume
in an empty house
--Paresh Tiwari India
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:


12
installing VOD
I try to explain
huckleberry friend
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: **1*** Points: 03
Comments:


13
a film unfolds
on the station of the cross...
agony of Christ
--Keith A. Simmonds T & T
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


15
the black lips
of the femme fatale
film noir
--Bill Kenney
Votes: 241*** Points: 13
Comments:


16
mad mad mad world --
man wages war to
win peace
--Kumarendra Mallick Hyderabad, India
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


17
3D glasses –
dinosaurs already occupied
the first rows
--Krzysztof Kokot, Nowy Targ, Poland
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:


18
season end -
the film star poster
buried in leaves
--Lavana Kray-Iasi-Romania
Votes: 24**** Points: 10
Comments: "Season's end" for line 1. The poster isn't buried, since it's visible; simply "under the leaves" would work


19
in the Old Town
Selling the violets
Indian movie
--Tatjana Debeljacki
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


20
red carpet -
my life's movie
flashback
-- Marie-Alice MAIRE
Votes: 22**** Points: 06
Comments:


21
nothing but pixels—
those Super 8 home movies
we used to show
--Catherine J.S. Lee Maine, USA
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


22
Harvest moon -
Shall We Dance
a Dirty Dancing?
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 12**** Points: 05
Comments:


23
still images
move 'cross the screen...
a critic is born
--Pat
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


24
blackbirds
in fidgety rows, movie-goers wait
for the lights to dim
--Angie Werren Amelia, OH USA
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:

CKK 46

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

Example:-
semi dark hall
pin lights on the stairway
i stumble anyway
-- gillena cox
first published at Sketchbook September / October 31, 2009 Vol. 4, No. 5

Visit also T&T Film Festival 2013

Deadline for sending entries is September 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is September 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 #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: