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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Winners List white International 7th Kukai NP

10-30-2012 winners list white International 7th Kukai NP

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autumn . . .
her white chrysanthemums
also died

# 17. Ed Bremson: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
17 /// 4, 0 , 8 = 20 /// 1st Place
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Magnolia tree
in my son's memory—
its first white bloom...

# 03. Zhanna P. Rader: Athens, Georgia, USA
3 /// 2 , 4 , 5 = 19 /// 2nd Place Tie
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white noise—
the pulsing of stars
long gone

# 48. Hansha Teki: Wellington, New Zealand
48 /// 2, 3 , 7 = 19 /// 2nd Place Tie
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white space
between these words
your voice

# 10. Angelo B. Ancheta: Taytay, Rizal Philippines (PH)
10 /// 0 , 4, 6 = 14 /// 3rd Place Tie
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white dawn . . .
i let my tongue linger
on your name

# 27. Sandi Pray: Robbinsville, NC USA
27 /// 0, 4 , 6 = 14/// 3rd Place Tie
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new coolness
a white rose leans
on my window

# 47. Robert Davey: Dereham, Norfolk, UK
47 /// 1, 4, 3 = 14 /// 3rd Place Tie
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summer heat
all his youth in
that white t-shirt

# 35. Bruce H. Feingold: Berkeley, CA USA
35 /// 2 , 1 , 5 = 13 /// 4th Place
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white mountain peaks
shimmering in the distance...
autumn morning

# 30. Keith Simmonds: Rodez, France (FR)
30 /// 1 , 2 , 4= 11 /// 5th Place
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tales of the past
within her
white tresses

# 05. Hema Ravi: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
5 /// 1 , 2 , 3= 10 /// 6th Place Tie
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white cliffs
over stormy seas
homecoming

# 37. Clive Oseman: Swindon, UK
37 /// 1 , 2 , 3 = 10 /// 6th Place Tie
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wafer moon
on her arched back
a swan's white gleam

# 62. Alegria Imperial: Canada (CA)
62 /// 0 , 3 , 4 = 10 / 6th Place Tie
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she believes
another white lie
wine moon

# 19. Christine L. Villa: North Highlands, California: USA
19 /// 0 , 2 , 6 = 10 /// 6th Place Tie
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white envelope—
before breaking on shore,
two waves mingle

# 23. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
23 /// 1 , 2, 3 = 10 /// 6th Place Tie
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swans become still
in their own whiteness
a tiger's growl

# 40. Asni Amin: Singapore (SG)
40 /// 1 , 1 , 4 = 9 /// 7th Place
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white out
we call off the search
for lost dreams

# 24. Angela Terry: Lake Forest Park, WA, USA
24 /// 1 , 2 , 1 = 8 /// 8th Place
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muddy pawprints
how she regrets the choice
of white carpet

# 21. Tracy Davidson: Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom (UK)
21 /// 0 , 1 , 5 = 7 /// 9th Place Tie
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my thoughts
wander into the white
of a wall

# 42. Ralf Bröker: Ochtrup, Germany (DE)
42 /// 0 , 3 , 1 = 7 /// 9th Place Tie
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old bones
bleached white
the heat

# 01. Tom Painting: Atlanta, GA (US)
1 /// 0 , 1 , 5 = 7 /// 9th Place Ti
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first morning—
white on white,
crystalline snow

# 07. Emily Romano: Boonton, New Jersey USA
7 /// 1 , 1 , 1 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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white dreams—
waking to a
snow-covered dawn

# 08. Jay Friedenberg: New York, New York: United States (US)
8/// 0 , 3 , 0 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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writing
"white" by old black ink—
morning chill

# 51. Sodkhuu Altanchuluun: Sukhbaatar City, Mongolia (MN)
51 /// 1, 0 , 3 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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winter evening
I am not alone in the yard—
a white Snowman

# 64. Dragan J. Ristic: Nis, Serbia (SR)
64 /// 0, 1 , 4 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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pure white
a blank sheet of paper
waits for a poem

# 25. Mavis Gulliver: Isle of Islay, Scotland
25 /// 0 , 2, 1 = 5 /// 11th Place Tie
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white flag
a searing heat withers
the red stains

# 31. Irena Iris Szewczyk: Warsaw, Poland
31/// 0 , 1 , 3= 5/// 11th Place Tie
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pond shadows
a white mulberry
catapulting pollen

# 41. Bill Cooper: Richmond, Virginia (US)
41 /// 0 , 1 , 3 = 5 /// 11th Place Tie
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her face as white as
her wedding gown,
the unwilling bride!

# 16. Sandra Martyres: Mumbai, India (IN)
16 /// 0 , 1, 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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white lie
kid corrects grandpa
dog didn't fart

# 18. Vishnu P. Kapoor: Chennai, India (IN)
18 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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contrail...
her white dress snags
on the blackberry

# 34. André Surridge: Hamilton, New Zealand
34 /// 0, 1, 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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dawn—
a cry of wild geese
and white coffee

# 39. Robert Kania: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
39 /// 0, 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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in darkness
white tulips burning...
ant find its nest

# 50. Tuvshinzaya Nergui: Tsetserleg City, Mongolia (MN)
50 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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under snow
awaken snowdrop
from deep sleep...

# 53. Batsuuri Burenbile: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
53 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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the shirts on the line
torn by the wind
white lilac blossoms

# 06. Diana Teneva: Haskovo, Bulgaria (BG)
6 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3/// 13th Place Tie
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Santorini
white-washed and cobalt blue—
the pink moon

# 09. Abraham Freddy Ben-Arroyo: Haifa, Israel (IL)
9 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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rose bouquet
on a white tablecloth
scent of the wax

# 13. Marija Pogorilic: Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
13 /// 0, 0 , 3= 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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In the darkness
flash of white fangs
meow

# 22. Bernard Gieske: Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States (US)
22 /// 1 , 0 , 0 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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under the eaves trough
the white moon-moth waits
autumn rain

# 28. Harvey Jenkins: Nanaimo, BC Canada
28 /// 1 , 0 , 0 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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a morning sun ray
touches the white pearls—
Lilies of the Valley

# 36. Štefanija Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
36 /// 0 , 1, 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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white deer…
the promise of dawn
through our eyes

# 46. Ted van Zutphen: Orlando, Florida (USA)
46 /// 1 , 0 , 0= 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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flowers tears
cover the steppe
white frost

# 49. Nadalsuren Purevdorj: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
49 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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blueberries
in a sea of milk:
I see the world

# 54. Vinay Leo R.: Bangalore, India
54 /// 1 , 0, 0 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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stunned
white limitless steppe...
wandering dream

# 55. Tavanbayar Lkhagvaa: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
55 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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alone in the house—
trying her mom's wedding dress
not so white any more

# 56. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic: Croatia (CR)
56 /// 0, 1 , 1 = 3 // 13th Place Tie
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red hot turns
white cold
as if overnight

# 02. Pat Geyer: East Brunswick, NJ: United States (US)
2 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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sports day—
rubbing chalk on
white shoes

# 11. Jayashree Maniyil: Melbourne, Australia
11/// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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You seduce me:
There was a sweater.
Notes in margin¡

# 14. Daniel de Cullá: Madrid, España
14 /// 0, 1 , 0 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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black with white
a panda waits
while bamboo withers

# 26. Olive Simms: London UK
26 /// 0 , 1 , 0= 2/// 14th Place Tie
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white tee-shirt
all these dragon stains
from the garden

# 29. Rick Daddario: Kailua Hawaii, USA
29 /// 0 , 0, 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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White butterfly,
in a flash it took a sip
and flew away.

# 43. Franklin Magalhaes: Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR)
43 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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black crow
considered as ugly here...
but, white in a hell

# 59. Bayartsetseg Ganbat: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
59 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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white pin points
in the night sky—
the eyes of heaven

# 60. John Daleiden: Phoenix, AZ (US)
60 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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skinny dipping
stars trapped in the river
—little white lie

# 15. Ignatius Fay: Sudbury, Ontario Canada (CA)
15 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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full moon
outside my window
a white cat curled

# 32. John McDonald: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
32 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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morning star
red poppies nod to soldier's
white dove's feather

# 33. Karin Anderson: Adelaide, South Australia, AU
33 /// 0, 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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frozen white
the penguin shadow
retreats back in pouch

# 44. Dan Iulian: Bucharest, Romania
44 /// 0 , 0, 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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dark rain clouds…
some fallen white petals
on the earth

# 58. Magdalena Dale: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
58 /// 0 , 0 , 1= 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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the white house
protruding head
a grizzled old man

# 61. Olga Mancic Lodika: Paracin, Serbia (SR)
61 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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breath is on heek
a scent of heavenly hair
white magic

# 20. Tatjana Debeljacki: Uzice SR
20 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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the white angel wings
carry me to heaven—
my love dream

# 38. Vladimir Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
38 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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The following six People did not vote; no points should be awarded according to the voting rules:

waving wrinkles
her wet white saree
clings to the body

# 12. Ram Krishna Singh: Dhanbad, India
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Summer heat
over the field of wheat
a couple of white butterflies play.

# 63. Dusan Ruzic: Razanj, Srbijam (SR)
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white
darkness
beneath the earth.

# 04. Sherry Steiner: Housatonic, MA USA
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a monster
in the ocean—
a white whale

# 45. Maria Santomauro: Commack, NY (USA)
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deepening
snow in the woodland—
praying hall

# 52. Darinyam Geser: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
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under the bridge
in the wave's whiteness sink
woman's black thoughts

# 57. Malvina Mileta: Croatia (CR)
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End of Kukai.
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4 comments:

  1. thank you so much Rita for making this Kukai. Obviously I am very happy and grateful to you and to all who voted for me.

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  2. Hello Ed.
    I and John want to thank you for taking part in the international kukai.
    Your haiku is a winner. We enjoyed reading it.
    We look forward to your next submissions.

    ro/jd


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  3. Thank you to everyone who voted. I'm surprised. I didn't know until I received the latest call for participation for the November Kukai and visited this page. Congratulations to everyone! :)

    Angelo B. Ancheta

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  4. Hello Angelo.
    Your haiku:

    white space
    between these words
    your voice


    is a winner. We enjoyed reading it and look forward to your future submissions.

    ro/jd

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