CKK #48 Results

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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. Ramesh Anand, India; 2. Anitha Varma, India; 3. Diane Mayr, USA; 4. Rita Odeh; Nazareth, Israel; 5. Leo R Vinay, India; 6. Ajaya Mahala; 7. Yanda Cox, Trinidad and Tobago; 8. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 9. John McDonald, Scotland
10. Robert Kania, Poland; 11. Neelam Dadhwal, India; 12. Eduard TARA, Romania; 13. Janina Kolodziejczyk, Italy; 14. Anna Goluba , Poland; 15. Kashinath Karmakar, India; 16. Dr Kumarendra Mallick, India; 17. Dan Thompson, USA; 18. Keith A. Simmonds T & T; 19. Shloka Shankar, Bangalore, India; 20. Yesha Shah, India; 21. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 22. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 23. Lavana Kray, Romania; 24. Samar Ghose, Australia; 25. Angie Werren, USA; 26. Paresh Tiwari, India; 27. Sandi Pray, USA; 28. Arvinder Kaur, India; 29. Catherine J.S. Lee, USA; 30. Cezar Ciobica,



FIRST PLACE (#6. #12. #20.)

6
child guitarist -
a mother's hand
behind the curtains
--Ajaya Mahala
Votes: 45**** Points: 14
Comments:


12
incomplete orchestra -
the missing leaves
of the poplar
--Eduard TARA, Romania
Votes: 341*** Points: 14
Comments: the work has a distictly poignanat touch !


20
neighbour's triplets-
each one an octave higher
than the other
--Yesha Shah, India.
Votes: 531*** Points: 14
Comments: an extremely interesting take on ' music competition



SECOND PLACE (#5. #27.)

5
stage debut...
a missed beat outside
and inside
--Vinay Leo R; Bangalore, India.
Votes: 132*** Points: 13
Comments:


27
turning grey
symphonies of wind
in bare branches
--Sandi Pray, USA
Votes: 512*** Points: 13
Comments:



THIRD PLACE

19
karaoke night...
my partner silently
roots for me
--Shloka Shankar, Bangalore, India
Votes: 53**** Points: 11
Comments:



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
between notes . . .
a boy in drums stretches
the year's silence
--Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India.
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:


2
balmy night..
there is a contest on
among the cicadas
--Anitha Varma, Kerala, India
Votes: 23**** Points: 08
Comments:


3
sitting at the back
the mothers and grammies
battle of the bands
--Diane Mayr, writer
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


4
teach me, flute...
to turn this tune
into butterflies
--; Rita OdehNazareth, Israel
Votes: 321*** Points: 10
Comments:


7
Woman on the bass
sweat and steel pulsating sounds
Dancing in the night
--Yanz
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


8
when aliens back -
music notes will assemble
the friendly talk
--sTOPs ROMANIA
Votes: **1*** Points: 03
Comments:


9
ten times champion
fluffs a note -
wins back his modesty
-- JOHN McDONALD EDINBURGH SCOTLAND
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


10
The Tale of Tsar Sultan -
bassons and violins
race with the Bumblebee
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 2*1*** Points: 05
Comments: The reference of the "Flight of bumble bee" gives credence to pan as a recognized instrument befitting any orchestra. Reminded of Kitchener's bumble bee.


11
musical fountains
skipping the heartbeats at
sundown
--Neelam Dadhwal, India
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


13
carnival in the rain
on the bass is playing
turbulent river
--Janina Kolodziejczyk, Italia
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:


14
African drum -
My heart starts to beat
With its rhythm
--Anna Goluba
Votes: 43**** Points: 10
Comments: Conjures image of ancestral beats and origins of the instrument.


15
moonlight sonata-
a rippling stream competes with
la luna
-- kashinath karmakar, India
Votes: 4***** Points: 04
Comments:


16
cheers and more cheers --
the light was dimmed to the drum beats of
the Valentine Day revelers
--Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad (Now in Houston), India
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments: would improve haiku by learning some fundamentals—syllable counts . I hope this does not sound mean-spirited; I mean it be constructive advice.



17
Playing Dulcimer
Playing Bouncing House Finch Sings
Joy's Beaming Return
--Dan Thompson
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments: would improve their haiku by learning some fundamentals—the use of caps ; I hope this does not sound mean-spirited; I mean it be constructive advice.


18
carnival lovers
hail the queen of bacchanal...
a dancing frenzy
--Keith A. Simmonds, T & T
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments: Carnival is woman personified


21
ESC
wish the wind machine
were here
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


22
abandoned bandstand
an east wind plays
all the nooks and crannies
--Bouwe
Votes: 3*2*** Points: 08
Comments: My favorite among these haiku was, but since I couldn’t square it with the theme of competition, I was unable to vote for it. A fine haiku, though.


23
drums beat contest-
falling hailstones and walnuts
on the roof
--Lavana kray - Romania
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:


24
calypso beach comp
the stars stay
all night
--Samar Ghose, Australia
Votes: 42**** Points: 08
Comments: Love the wordplay on “stars.”


25
first chair opens
she rosins up
her bow
--Angie Werren, USA
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


26
moon breeze –
the dissonant notes of
a rock contest
--Paresh
Votes: 2*1*** Points: 05
Comments:


28
harvest time -
from his eyes to mine
the song of our soul
--Arvinder Kaur,Chandigarh,India
Votes: 131*** Points: 10
Comments:


29
the judges escape
an erupting mosh pit—
battle of the bands
--Catherine J.S. Lee, USA
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


30
interrupted concert -
it's the crickets' turn
to bring down the house
--Cezar C.
Votes: 23**** Points: 08
Comments:



LATE ENTRY (received after voting had already started)
gitare na stejdu -
brzina prve,
jednostavnost druge!

two guitars on stage --
the speed of the first,
the simplicity of the second
--Tomislav Maretic

CKK #48

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Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Forty Eight Kukai. The THEME is 'music competition' Send one haiku written about this theme e-mail to


Example:-
Panorama night...
the woman on the bass steals
the hearts of fans
(first shared at NaHaiWriMo in response to the January 2014 prompt - 'alchemy')
-- gillena cox

Panorama a steel band competition held during the Carnival season

Listen Calypsonian Scrunter's - 'De Woman On De Bass'


Deadline for sending entries is February 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is February 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


BEST WISHES for 2014

Happy Holidays 2013 -14

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Dear haiku friends
Kukai No 47 was the last for this year, 2013. We rest in November, December and January.


We will begin the CKK year 2014 in February, we will continue with our monthly themes


Remember in December/January 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas' celebration at Lunch Break starts December 25th and ends 5th January; i welcome your participation.


much love
gillena cox (Founder/co-ordinator Caribbean Kigo Kukai)

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