CKK #50 Results

Players: 1.Rita Odeh, Israel; 2. Claude Lopez-Ginisty; 3. Ajaya Mahala, India; 4. Eduard Tara, Romania; 5. Archana Kapoor Nagpal, India; 6. Arvinder Kaur, India; 7. Daniela Lacramioara Capota, Romania; 8. Shloka Shankar,Bangalore, India; 9. Shrikaanth Krsihnamurthy, UK; 10. Dwarakanathan Ravi, India; 11. Anitha Varma, India; 12. Tomislav Maretic, Croatia; 13. Yesha Shah, India; 14. Andrzej Dembonczyk, Poland; 15. John McDonald, Scotland; 16. Magdalena Dale, Romania 17. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 18. Kashinath Karmakar, India; 19. Dan Iulian, Romania; 20. Robert Kania, Poland; 21. Christine L. Villa, USA; 22. Cezar Ciobica,; 23. Catherine J.S. Lee, USA;


FIRST PLACE

17
kite shop -
entering with every customer
the summer breeze
--Bouwe


Votes: 224*** Points: 18
Comments:



SECOND PLACE

20
a paper kite...
my first dream
about flying
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 45**** Points: 14
Comments: simple and neat!


THIRD PLACE

22
gunshots ...
a kite flying over
the Berlin wall
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca
Votes: 521*** Points: 12
Comments: I love the contrast in this Haiku- of war and peace, innocence against hatred and parochialism



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
monarch kite
flying without string...
my dream
--Rita Odeh, Nazareth, Israel
Votes: 43**** Points: 10
Comments: Beautiful image. For me, L2 is particularly the highlight.



2

Kites go to the sky
And bodies down into earth
To climb up heaven
--Claude Lopez-Ginisty
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:



3
lull before the storm
with kite in hand a boy faces
his father's silence
--Ajaya Mahala, Pune, India
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:



4
wheelchair –
a child embracing gently
his old kite
--Eduard TARA, Romania
Votes: 4*2*** Points: 10
Comments:



5
flying a kite
from a wheelchair—
undying spirit
-- Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Bangalore, India
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:



6
kite's tail -
the drift of my life
without you
--Arvinder Kaur,Chandigarh,India
Votes: 71**** Points: 09
Comments:



7
never too high
the paper kite -
dreaming out of wheelchair
--Daniela Lacramioara Capota, Roumanie
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments:



8
bloody fingers
a soaring kite melts
away the pain
-- Shloka Shankar,Bangalore, India
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comments: I think he/she is referring to 'Maanja' a process of making the string very strong. Wonderful image!!!



9
torn apart
by a vagrant branch
my dream kite
--Shrikaanth KrsihnamurthyBirmingham, UK
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:


10
summer evening...
I break my piggy bank
for a kite
-- Dwarakanathan Ravi, Chennai, India
Votes: 31**** Points: 05
Comments: 1.Simplicity at its best. 2.This is an nice picture of childhood with a hint of other things.



11
the pause of the swing
as it reaches the apex...
kites fleck the sky
--Anitha Varma, Kerala, India.
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comments:



12
this kite so fanciful
in the sky... now just a thing
on the ground
--Tomislav
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


13
to fade as a
speck in the vast blue sky--
soaring kite
--Yesha ShahIndia
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:


14
paralyzed grandpa
in the hands of grandson
unfinished kite
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments:



15
little kite
broken free
...butterfly
---JOHN McDONALD EDINBURGH SCOTLAND
Votes: 3*1*** Points: 06
Comments:



16
up in the sky
a kite rises higher...
fallen leaves
--Magdalena Dale - Romania
Votes: 4***** Points: 04
Comments: An element of mystery in it that just escapes one, like a soaring kite



18
letting go-
the aimless drift of my cut
fighter kite
--Kashinath Karmakar,Durgapur,India
Votes: 22**** Points: 06
Comments:



19
both
equally playful-
the kite and the wind
--Dan Iulian, Bucharest-Romania
Votes: 31**** Points: 05
Comments:



21
puffy clouds
a seagull soars higher
than my kite
--Christine L. Villa, USA
Votes: 62**** Points: 10
Comments:



23
first warm day
my spirits lifting
with a red kite
--Catherine J.S. Lee,USA
Votes: 52**** Points: 09
Comments:




LATE ENTRY

festival sky
the wallah sets up
the kite array
--Ramesh Anand,Bangalore, India.



Sunday evening...
dad and son rein in the sun
upon their kite
--Keith A. SIMMONDS, Rodez, FRANCE

CKK #50

April breezes are right for kite flying in open spaces like the Queen Park Savannah here in Portof Spain, however most first time kite flyers were school yard flyers or back yard flyers, and here in Trinidad and Tobago, many an adult flyer, reminsces about the good ole days of the 'chookie chong' , which is a kite made from notebook paper with a tail also made from notebook paper, the simplest kind of kite to make, and the first kite children learned to fly...

Dear (kuyu) haiku friends, you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Fiftieth Kukai. A KIGO(season word) is given - 'kite'. You must use the word 'kite' in your haiku. Send one haiku, written in the style of your choice; via e-mail

Example:-
tail of a paper kite
streams from electric wires...
childhood memories
-- gillena cox, 2011


Deadline for sending entries is April 10th 2013
Deadline for sending votes is April 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 #49 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.Anitha Varma, India; 2. Ajaya Mahala; 3. Rita Odeh; Nazareth, Israel; 4. Ramesh Anand, India; 5. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 6. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 7. Diane Mayr, USA; 8. Keith A. Simmonds T & T; 9. Marie-Alice Maire , France; 10. Lavana Kray, Romania; 11. Arvinder Kaur, India; 12. Neelam Dadhwal, India; 13. Shloka Shankar, Bangalore, India; 14. Yesha Shah, India; 15. Eduard TARA, Romania; 16. Samar Ghose, Australia; 17. Catherine J.S. Lee, USA; 18. Kashinath Karmakar, India; 19. Leo R Vinay, India; 20. Robert Kania, Poland; 21. Quentin Clingerman, USA; 22. Franklin Magalhaes, Brazil; 23. Yanda Cox, Trinidad and Tobago; 24. Cezar Ciobica,


FIRST PLACE

13
heated argument...
she nurses her ego
in the shower
--Shloka Shankar Bangalore, India
Votes: 541*** Points: 16
Comments: Vivid, cannot miss the point of cooling down!




SECOND PLACE
19
sandcastle —
a wave darts
past my feet
--Vinay Leo R. Bangalore, India.
Votes: 232*** Points: 14
Comments:



THIRD PLACE

14
ma's trembling hands--
the touch that still melts my
worries away
--Yesha Shah, India
Votes: 54**** Points: 13
Comments:


18
after lovemaking-
capturing the window moon
with every smoke ring
--kashinath karmakar,India
Votes: 322*** Points: 13
Comments:




RESULTS CONTINUES

1
open casement…
raindrops cool on my
fevered brow
--Anitha Varma, Kerala, India.
Votes: 21**** Points: 04
Comments: I can almost feel it!


2
bumpy flight over
mothers unfasten hands
around the kids
--Ajaya Mahala, Pune, India
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


3
hazy sun...
painting my dream on
an eagle's wing
--Rita Odeh, Nazareth, Israel
Votes: 331*** Points: 12
Comments:


4
still pond –
fading from its centre
this stormy cloud
--Ramesh Anand. Bangalore, India.
Votes: 23**** Points: 08
Comments: Absolutely brilliant imagery!


5
snowman's carrot nose -
between the fresh snowdrops
is cooling down
--sTOPs Romania
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


6
after the meeting chill in a church
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


7
Thursday at six
the bar full of chatter
...just one more
--Diane Mayr
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


8
Ash Wednesday
after King Carnival's reign...
cool down retreat
--Keith A. Simmonds
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


9
contest happy end
I can now smell
the first violets
--Marie-Alice MAIRE , France
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comments:


10
cool-down session-
the crooked eagle and the moon
back to back
--Lavana kray-Romania
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comments:


11
homecoming -
a taste of moonlight
in our wine
--Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh,India
Votes: 52**** Points: 09
Comments:


12
midsummer...
under a fan
the shuffling of old newspaper
--Neelam Dadhwal, Chandigarh, India
Votes: 611*** Points: 11
Comments:


15
leaving the beach –
the sand in my sandals
cools down
--Eduard TARA, Romania
Votes: 221*** Points: 09
Comments: Clear. I can feel the coolness between my toes.


16
afterwards
still in each other's embrace—
moon shadow
--Samar Ghose, Australia
Votes: 32**** Points: 07
Comments:


17
finding a balance . . .
the moon halfway between
here and there
--Catherine J.S. Lee, Eastport, Maine, USA
Votes: 5***** Points: 05
Comments:



20
cold night -
I try to cool down
after a first date
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 2*1*** Points: 05
Comments:


21
Stick your head outdoors
Breathe the frosty air of March
Cool down very quick
--Quentin Clingerman
Votes: **1*** Points: 03
Comments:


22
Quiet lake -
the swan is its own boat.
Ash Wednesday.
-- Franklin
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comments:


23
Yellow morning kiss
As I peep through shades of green
Misty blues beckons
--Yanz
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comments:


24
cooling down
the quarrel between parents -
double rainbow
--Cezar C.
Votes: 5***** Points: 05
Comments: Last line suggests both harmony and beauty in cooling down.

CKK# 49

We find ourselves many times in a situation of hype, the adrenalin flows we are caught up, we cheer, we applaud, we do a happy dance; or we swear, we curse, we kick stones; or whatever. When its all over we need to find our equilibrium point, we need to 'cool down' and this what Kukai #49 is about; regaining balance, cooling down, inhaling...

Dear (kuyu) haiku friends, you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Forty Ninth Kukai. The THEME is 'cool down' Send one haiku, written in the style of your choice; via e-mail

Example:-
carnival over...
the drive to Maracas beach
swamped in verdancy
-- gillena cox, 2011


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

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 #48 Results

(image from google dot com)

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

image from google

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

image from google


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)