CKK #19

Caribbean Kigo Kukai #19

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo nineteenth Kukai

The theme is wreath

Send one haiku which includes or makes reference to wreaths in any cultural aspect of your choice e-mail to

Example:-
a flame adorns
the advent wreath
first purple candle
--gillena cox


Wreaths Wreaths Wreaths (images)

Deadline for sending entries is November 10th 2010
Deadline for sending votes is November 20th 2010

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting: Votes to be scored using a total of 6pts
Example:-
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

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 to 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 #18 results

Caribbean Kigo #18 Kukai Results

Players: 1.Marleen Hulst, The Netherlands; 2. Nakamura Sakuon, Japan; 3. John McDonald, Scotland; 4. Krzysztof Kokot, Poland; 5. Bill Kenney, USA; 6. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 7. Flory Brick, Daytona Beach, Florida; 8. Keith A. Simmonds, T & T; 9. Cara Holman, USA; 10. Franklin Magalhaes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 11. Jacek Margolak, POLAND; 12. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 13. Taro Kunugi, Japan; 14. Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India; 15. Reason A. Poteet, US, IN; 16. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland; 17. Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 18. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania



#3 FIRST PLACE
festival lights
smeared
on the wet sidewalk
-- john McDonald
Votes:323*** Points:16
Comments:



#9; #11 SECOND PLACE
9
kindling the flame--
one candle
lights another
--Cara Holman
Votes:531*** Points:14
Comments:



11
autumn festival -
among the candle lanterns
a moth dancing
--Jacek Margolak; POLAND
Votes:64**** Points:14
Comments:



#18 THIRD PLACE
row of lamps -
a blind begger sharing sweets
with his puppy
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca
Votes:122*** Points:11
Comments:


RESULTS CONTINUES

1
carnival lights-
muffled sounds
cross the bay
--Marleen Hulst;The Netherlands
Votes:31**** Points:5
Comments:


2
maiden's cheek light up
I feel God's help
at Deyas night
--Sakuo
Votes:****** Points:0
Comments:


4
fireworks flashes-
among an amused crowd
the cry of lost child
--Krzysztof Kokot PL
Votes:33**** Points:9
Comments:


5
Christmas lights still hang
around the front porch . . .
foreclosed
--BILL KENNEY
Votes:*11*** Points:5
Comments:


6
correfoc
lighting her sparkler
not knowing it's her
--Ralf Bröker, Germany
Votes:1***** Points:1
Comments:


7
Celebrating
Festive lights flicker
Laughter
--Flory
Votes:*11*** Points:5
Comments:


8
flaming deyas
blot out the darkness...
festival of hope
--Keith A. Simmonds; T & T
Votes:1***** Points:1
Comments:


10
Fireworks on the beach.
Orishas blessing
the New Year
--Franklin Magalhaes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Votes:1***** Points:1
Comments:


12
Roman theatre
stars shift slowly
above the stage
--Bouwe Brouwer;The Netherlands
Votes:111*** Points:6
Comments:


13
red lanterns
run like a huge snake
harvest festival
--Taro
Votes:11**** Points:3
Comments:


14
in the pause
between firecrackers
silence of a diya
--sanjuktaa
Votes:21**** Points:4
Comments:


15
princess parades
with a sparkle in her eye
trick or treat
--Reason A. Poteet, US, IN
Votes:*2**** Points:4
Comments:


16
in a nursing home
an old woman is awake --
bright festival lights
--Juhani Tikkanen
Votes:21**** Points:4
Comments:


17
Night landing
the festival of lights ends:
FASTEN YOUR BELTS!
--STOPS
Votes:21**** Points:4
Comments:

CKK #18

Caribbean Kigo Kukai #18

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo eighteenth Kukai

The theme is festival lights

Send one haiku which includes reference to lights in any festival of your choice
e-mail to

Example:-
dark night sky
the deyas flicker for you
tonight
--gillena cox

in Trinidad and Tobago deyas are lit and placed in the notches of bamboo stripped, which have been dried and curved into intricate street sculptures, for the for the festival of Divali more about Divali in T&T

Deadline for sending entries is October 10th 2010
Deadline for sending votes is October 20th 2010

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting: Votes to be scored using a total of 6pts
Example:-
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

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 to 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 #17 Results

Caribbean Kigo #17 Kukai Results


Players: 1. Taro Kunugi, Japan; 2. Quentin Clingerman,USA; 3. Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 4. Marleen Hulst, Netherlands; 5. Diane Mayr, USA; 6. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 7. Franklin Magalhães - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil; 8. Reason A. Poteet, USA, IN; 9. William Kenney, USA; 10. Cara Holman, USA; 11. Devika Jyhoti, IN; 12. Nakamura Sakuon, Japan; 13. Magdalena Dale, Romania; 14. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland; 15. Keith A. Simmonds, Trinidad and Tobago; 16. Zhanna P. Rader,USA; 17. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania; 18. Mary Davila, USA; 19. Flory Brick, Daytona Beach, Florida


#10 FIRST PLACE

twilight shadows--
the flash
of a bluebird's wing
--Cara Holman
Votes:641*** Points:17
Comments:


#9 SECOND PLACE

morning light
a bluejay's scolding
breaks the silence
--BILL KENNEY
Votes:821*** Points:15
Comments:


#4; 13; THIRD PLACE

4
funeral mass
her brief smile
at the bluebird outside
--Marleen Hulst
Votes:341*** Points:14
Comments:


13
at my window …
a bluebird carrying on its wings
the whole sky
--Magdalena Dale
Votes:341*** Points:14
Comments:



RESULTS CONTINUES


1
soaked with
the wind from sky
a bluebird
--Taro Kunugi
Votes:311*** Points:8
Comments:


2
Bluebird on the bath
Spotted by an old gray cat
A blue feather floats
--Quentin Clingerman
Votes:1***** Points:1
Comments:


3
Hundreds foot soldiers
browsing the cornfield non stop -
Bluebird cargo crash
-- STOPS; ROMANIA
Votes:****** Points:0
Comments:


5
spring passes...
bluebird houses occupied
by sparrows
--Diane Mayr
Votes:52**** Points:9
Comments:Nature's humour


6
patches of sky
left by fluttering leaves
a bluebird
--Bouwe Brouwer; The Netherlands
Votes:31**** Points:5
Comments:


7
Ripe bananas.
By singing, the bluebird pays
for their sweetness.
--Franklin Magalhães - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Votes:*1**** Points:2
Comments:


8
when I whistle
bluebirds flock to the tree
they have me trained
--Reason A. Poteet, USA, IN
Votes:*11*** Points:5
Comments:


11
a fairy bluebird’s
hurried whistling
as moon returns
--Devika Jyhoti
Notes:
Votes:1***** Points:1
Comments:


12
urgently call
I will back soon
Mrs. blue bird
--Sakuo
Votes:****** Points:0
Comments:


14
after a stormy night
the blue jean
still dry
--Juhani Tikkanen
Votes:211*** Points:7
Comments:Great possibilities to read this little haiku



15
rosy mangoes
dangle in the sunlit tree ~
a bluebird hiding
--Keith A. Simmonds
Votes:****** Points:0
Comments:


16
Eastern bluebird,
about to perch -
fan-winged.
--Zhanna P. Rader
Notes: http://tinyurl.com/3953nzh
Votes:****** Points:0
Comments:



17
bluebird’s song -
scattering the scent of pine
among crosses
--Cezar-Florian Ciobîca
Votes:42**** Points:8
Comments:


18
nursing home
a bluebird wanders through
the garden again — again
--Mary Davila
Votes:211*** Points:7
Comments:So real. So fantastic.


19
Bluebird calls
answering …
fly away
--Flory Brick
Votes:1***** Points:1
Comments:



Received Late

home already
those bluebird's colours
tinge the sky
--Ralf

CKK #17

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Caribbean Kigo Kukai # 17

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo seventeenth Kukai

The kigo is bluebird

Send one haiku which includes bluebird e-mail to

Example:-neighbours greet--
a blue jean swoops down
off the wall
--gillena cox

in Trinidad and Tobago the blue grey tanager is also called 'blue jean'

Deadline for sending entries is September 10th 2010
Deadline for sending votes is September 20th 2010

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting: Votes to be scored using a total of 6pts
Example:-
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

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 to 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 #16 Results

Caribbean Kigo #16 Kukai Results


Players:1. Nakamura Sakuon, Japan; 2. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 3. Diane Mayr, USA; 4. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland; 5. Paul David Mena,USA; 6. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 7. Taro Kunugi, Japan; 8. Marleen Hulst, The Netherlands; 9. Jacek Margolak; Poland; 10. Reason A. Poteet, US, IN;
11. Cara Holman, USA; 12. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania; 13. John McDonald,Scotland; 14. Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland; 15. Catherine J.S. Lee, USA; 16. Keith A. Simmonds, T & T; 17. Mary Davila, USA


#8; #9 FIRST PLACE
8
sudden thunder
we forget
our quarrel
--Marleen Hulst, The Netherlands
Votes:92**** Points: 13
Comments:



9
distant thunder
my children's room full
of whispers
--Jacek Margolak;POLAND
Votes:431*** Points: 13
Comments:1. Yes, I remember that as well;
2. I remember the same whispers from years ago, and this haiku brought them back so vividly...



#2; #3; #11 SECOND PLACE

2
distant thunder
his big brother
seems smaller now
--Bouwe Brouwer
Votes:331*** Points: 12
Comments:1. How do you know what the little brother is thinking about?2. I think this would be stronger without the last word



3
distant thunder...
the brush of cat fur
against my legs
--Diane Mayr, USA
Votes:222*** Points: 12
Comments:



11
after the thunder
stillness...
then birdsong
--Cara Holman
Votes:25**** Points: 12
Comments:



#12 THIRD PLACE

crack of thunder -
a heron letting slip
the scared frog
--Cezar-Florian Ciobîca
Votes:321*** Points: 10
Comments:1. The humanisation of the frog's activities costs a point;
2. The word "scared" is unnecessary, but still, I like this one;
3. I would have preferred #12 without “scared” (how does the poet know the frog’s mind?), but I’m voting for it anyway.



RESULTS CONTINUES

1
thunder stopped
lover's quarrel
sweet kiss
--Sakuo.
Votes:3*1*** Points: 6
Comments:



4
two clouds wrangling
whether thundering
or not
--Juhani Tikkanen
Votes:****** Points:0
Comments:



5
high-tension wire --
crows
answer the thunder
-- Paul David Mena
Votes:33**** Points:9
Comments:A high-voltage-juxtaposition worth an extra point.



6
thunder
under the blanket
I found myself
--Ralf Bröker, Germany
Votes:*1**** Points: 2
Comments:



7
a thunder
from nowhere afar;
end of afternoon nap
--Taro
Votes:****** Points: 0
Comments:



10
thunder unheard
a sudden burst of tears
wakes the new mom
--Reason A. Poteet, USA, IN
Votes:2***** Points: 2
Comments:



13
crow sitting
on a silver birch -
thunder and lightning
--John McDonald
Votes:1***** Points: 1
Comments:



14
thunder peal -
little girl
begins cry
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland
Votes:1***** Points: 1
Comments:



15
nearby thunder . . .
an argument rumbles
up from the past
--Catherine J.S. Lee, USA
Votes:1***** Points: 1
Comments:



16
ominous black clouds
overshadow the village...
grumbling thunder
--Keith A. Simmonds;T & T
Votes:1***** Points: 1
Comments:



17
sudden thunder
a spider trapped
in its own web
--Mary Davila
Votes:22**** Points: 6
Comments:A nice word picture puzzle!



Late Entry

Listening to
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony…
from afar the thunder
--Magdalena Dale

CKK #16

Caribbean Kigo Kukai # 16

Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo sixteenth Kukai

The kigo is thunder

Send one haiku which includes the word thunder
e-mail to

Example:-
thunder peal--
repeated hellos fade back
into the phone line
--gillena cox

Deadline for sending entries is August 10th 2010
Deadline for sending votes is August 20th 2010

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting: Votes to be scored using a total of 6pts
Example:-
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

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 to 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