Results of the “shadow” No. 8 International Kukai

The ranked winners for the “shadow” No. 8 International Kukai
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graveside
forming one shadow
with my sister

# 65. Tom Painting Atlanta: Georgia (US)
65/// 5 ,8 ,10 =41 ///1st Place
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graveside service
the shift of shadows
among us

# 20. Michele L. Harvey: Hamilton, NY (US)
20/// 3, 5 ,7=26/// 2nd Place
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not as big
as I remember—
Dad's shadow

# 06. John McManus: Carlisle, Cumbria, England (UK)
6 ///1, 4 ,11 =22/// 3rd Place
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new snow
all but the shadows
buried

# 30. Ignatius Fay: Sudbury, Canada (CA)
30/// 2, 2 ,8 =18/// 4th Place
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empty arms
the shadow
of a lullaby

# 85. Patty Hardin: Long Beach, Washington, (US)
85/// 2, 3 ,5, 17 ///5th Place
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streetlight
the falling shadows
of snowflakes

# 15. André Surridge: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZ)
15/// 0 ,4 ,8= 16/// 6th Place Tie
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cranes in flight—
casting shadows
on shadows

# 90. Laura Csilla: Brasov, Romania (RO)
90/// 2, 3, 4 =16/// 6th Place Tie
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warden's house—
across his windows
barbed-wire shadow
# 01. John McDonald: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
1 ///2, 2, 4 =14 ///7th Place Tie
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crowded park—
the lonely shadow
of an old man

# 08. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
8/// 1 ,2, 7= 14/// 7th Place Tie
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tossed bouquet
a shadow crosses
her sister’s face

# 16. Harvey Jenkins: Nanaimo, BC Canada (CA)
16/// 0, 4 ,5= 13/// 8th Place Tie
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blue monarch…
the shadow of a flower
trembling

# 29. Asni Amin: Singapore (SG)
29/// 1, 3 ,4 =13 ///8th Place Tie
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Indian summer—
at the bus stop I lean
into my shadow

# 69. Carmen Sterba: University Place, WA (US)
69/// 0 ,2 ,9= 13/// 8th Place Tie
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with each footstep
the weight
of my shadow

# 14. Robert Davey: Dereham, Norfolk (UK)
14 ///0, 1 ,9= 11/// 9th Place Tie
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golden leaves—
more and more brightening
the beggar's shadow

# 82. Cezar F. Ciobîca: Boto?ani, Romania (RO)
82/// 2 ,1 ,3= 11/// 9th Place Tie
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walk in the woods—
my shadow deepening
the shadows

# 92. Sanjukta Asopa: Karnataka, India (IN)
92/// 0 ,4 ,3= 11/// 9th Place Tie
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lingering heat
etched in stone
atomic shadows

# 45. Johnny Baranski: Vancouver, Washington, (US)
45 ///1 ,2, 3= 10/// 10th Place Tie
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leading us
down a quiet street
our shadows

# 61. Paul David Mena: Cochituate, Massachusetts, (US)
61 ///1, 0, 7= 10/// 10th Place Tie
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village soccer pitch—
a kid dribbles his shadow
in the autumn sun.

# 83. Cristian Mocanu: Deva, Romania (RO)
83 ///1 ,0, 7= 10/// 10th Place Tie
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flickering street lamp—
a moment divides me
from my shadow

# 58. S.M. Abeles: Washington, DC: (US)
58 ///1, 2, 2= 9/// 11th Place Tie
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full moon—
beautiful in the shadow
of the universe

# 62. Tuvshinzaya Nergui: Tsetserleg City Mongolia (MN)
62 ///1, 2, 2 =9 ///11th Place Tie
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short shadow—
a hat hides
sweaty eyes

# 72. Robert Kania: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
72/// 2, 1, 1= 9/// 11th Place Tie
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canyon
shadow
talking back to me

# 80. Bill Pauly: Dubuque, IA (US)
80 ///1 ,2 ,2= 9/// 11th Place Tie
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afternoon shadows—
on a pile of leaves
a lame dog

# 89. Ailoaei Cristina: Botosani City, Romania (RO)
89/// 1, 1, 4= 9 ///11th Place Tie
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hurricane sandy
even their shadows
blown away

# 46. Stevie Strang: Laguna Niguel, California (US)
46/// 1 ,1 ,3 =8 ///12th Place Tie
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your funeral—
shadows of bare branches
cross my path

# 88. Angie Werren: Amelia, Ohio (US)
88 ///0, 2, 4 =8 ///12th Place Tie
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seeking shade
the old dog curls up
in my shadow

# 07. Tracy Davidson: Stratford-on-Avon (UK)
7 ///1, 1, 2 =7 ///13th Place Tie
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after the earthquake
my little boy on fingers
counting the shadows

# 73. Urszula Wielanowska: Kielce, Poland (PL)
73/// 2, 0, 1 ,7/// 13th Place Tie
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still warm
in hand of the old man
shadow of a butterfly

# 78. Vania Stefanova: Sliven, Bulgaria (BG)
78/// 0, 1 ,5= 7/// 13th Place Tie
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the shadow
of an empty nest...
grave stillness

# 04. Vinay Leo R.: Bangalore, India (IN)
4 ///1, 0, 3= 6/// 14th Place Tie
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a gentle breeze
the tree branch dances
with its moon shadow

# 11. Bernard Gieske: Bowling Green, Kentucky (US)
11/// 1, 1, 1= 6 ///14th Place Tie
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indian summer—
even the leaves’ shadows
burst with colour

# 22. Veronika Zora Novak: Toronto, Ontario Canada (CA)
22/// 1, 1, 1= 6 ///14th Place Tie
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from there to here
the echo of her shadow . .
sassafras moon

*sassafras - American Choctaw Indian name for November's moon

# 50. Sandi Pray: Robbinsville, NC (US)
50/// 0, 3, 0= 6/// 14th Place Tie
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our shadows
grow long in the twilight—
first frost

# 09. A.D. Jaden: Des Moines, IA (US)
9 ///0, 2, 1= 5 ///15th Place Tie
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silent crow
the quick shadows
of black winter

# 13. Rick Daddario: Kailua Hawaii (US)
13/// 0, 1, 3 =5/// 15th Place Tie
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autumn afternoon
shadows of pines
reaching for the moon

# 21. Ed Bremson: Raleigh, North Carolina (US)
21 ///0, 2, 1= 5/// 15th Place Tie
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raindrops
in rhythm of jazz—
shadow of the day

# 36. Alex Serban: Pitesti, Romania (RO)
36/// 0, 2, 1= 5/// 15th Place Tie
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flying crane on wire—
a shadow of its shadow
on the corner wall

# 49. Beverley George: Pearl Beach Australia (AU)
49/// 1, 1 ,0 =5 ///15th Place Tie
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evening heat...
a cuckoo feels cold
in its shadow

# 68. Nadalsuren Purevdorj: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
68 ///0 ,2, 1= 5/// 15th Place Tie
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violets blooming
in the shadow of wooden cross—
the father alone

# 91. Maria Tirenescu: Cugir, Romania (RO)
91/// 0, 0, 5= 5 ///15th Place Tie
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making up—
our shadows
join hands

# 03. Jay Friedenberg: New York, NY (US)
3/// 0, 1 ,2= 4/// 16th Place Tie
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Secular pine tree—
in its shadow
an ant

# 38. Vasile Moldovan: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
38 ///1 ,0 ,1= 4/// 16th Place Tie
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long winter...
even my shadow
shrunk in

# 44. Ernesto P. Santiago: Athens, Greece (GR)
44/// 0, 1 ,2= 4 ///16th Place Tie
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shadow buried......
he kisses his girl
behind his mother's back

# 53. Hema Ravi: Chennai, India (IN)
53 ///0, 2, 0= 4 ///16th Place Tie
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Night walk—
the street lights stretch
and shrink my shadow.

# 55. Zhanna P. Rader: Athens, Georgia, (US)
55/// 0 ,1, 2= 4/// 16th Place Tie
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sunny Sunday
getting lost under a spreading tree
my shadow

# 76. Irena Iris Szewczyk: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
76 ///0, 1 ,2 =4/// 16th Place Tie
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in the Duomo's shadow the chanting of Hare Krishnas

# 79. Bruce H. Feingold: Berkeley, California (US)
79 ///0, 0 ,4= 4/// 16th Place Tie
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moonlight
hand in hand our shadows
cross the sand

# 81. Mavis Gulliver: Isle of Islay Scotland (UK)
81/// 0 ,0 ,4 =4 ///16th Place Tie
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leaf whispers
follow me down the dark street
my shadow walks boldly

# 17. Jacquie Pearce: Vancouver, Canada (CA)
17/// 0, 1 ,1= 3 ///17th Place Tie
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winter sun—
my shadow can't resist
darkening the earth

# 23. Mike Blottenberger: Hanover, Pennsylvania (US)
23/// 1, 0, 0= 3/// 17th Place Tie
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green breeze . . .
a symphony of shadows
dispersing

# 32. Carole Harrison: Jamberoo, NSW, Australia (AU)
32/// 0 ,1 ,1= 3 ///17th Place Tie
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Legions of white lilies—
a dragonfly's shadow
is painting them

# 40. Oprica Padeanu: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
40/// 0, 1, 1= 3/// 17th Place Tie
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Sun going down—
Bonsai shadows
are lengthened

# 47. Franklin Magalhaes: Mesquita,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR)
47/// 0, 0, 3 =3 ///17th Place Tie
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touched
by shadows—
falling leaves

# 48. Peter Pache: Datil, New Mexico (US)
48/// 0 ,0, 3 =3 ///17th Place Tie
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gibbous moon
in and out of headlights
shadows

# 51. Vishnu P Kapoor: Chennai, India (IN)
51/// 0, 0 ,3 =3 ///17th Place Tie
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searing sun
in the plum tree shadow
a dog takes shelter

# 60. Clive Oseman: Swindon, England (UK)
60/// 0, 0, 3= 3/// 17th Place Tie
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full moon tale . . .
I feed my child and
its shadow

# 84. Ramesh Anand: Bangalore, India (IN)
84 ///0 ,1 ,1 =3/// 17th Place Tie
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monumental oak—
shadows of its moonlit boughs
on hut's snowy roof

# 05. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic: Ivanic Grad, Croatia (CR)
5 ///0, 0, 2= 2/// 18th Place Tie
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sunny day—
a snail lifts the feelers
out of its house shadow

# 33. Stefanija Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
33 ///0, 1, 0 =2/// 18th Place Tie
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november
shadows short
nights long

# 35. Pat Geyer: East Brunswick, NJ, (US)
35/// 0, 0 ,2= 2 ///18th Place Tie
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journey's end
my shadow somewhere
in the night

# 42. Bill Kenney: Whitestone NY, (US)
42 ///0, 0, 2= 2/// 18th Place Tie
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shadows at play
the old oak hides the sun
under its bough

# 54. Malvina Mileta: Istria, Croatia (CR)
54 ///0 ,0, 2= 2 ///18th Place Tie
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knelt for prayer—
the Holy Mother shadow
takes me in your arms

#59. Dan Iulian: Bucharest-Romania (RO)
59/// 0, 0 ,2 =2 ///18th Place Tie
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a broken watch—
the shadows of our love
linger in my heart

# 64. John Daleiden: Phoenix, Arizona (US)
64 ///0, 0, 2 =2 ///18th Place Tie
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a shadow falls
from a building
heavy traffic

# 71. Christine L. Villa: North Highlands, CA (US)
71/// 0, 1 ,0 =2/// 18th Place Tie
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Hushed shadow hunting;
great horned owl rules the night
destiny. Beware.

# 02. Kenneth Weene: Phoenix, Arizona (US)
2 ///0 ,0, 1 =1/// 19th Place Tie
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it's beside me
whichever way I move
my shadow!

# 25. Sandra Martyres: Mumbai, India (IN)
25/// 0, 0, 1= 1 ///19th Place Tie
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On the lake
shadows of birds?
only branches carried by the wind.

# 28. Anisoara Iordache: ?, Romania (RO)
28 ///0, 0, 1= 1/// 19th Place Tie
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because it's time
his wordless step
off my shadow

# 41. Alegria Imperial: Vancouver, Canada (CA)
41/// 0, 0 ,1= 1/// 19th Place Tie
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Saigon Thich Quang Duc
the monk turns to his shadow

# 43. Martin Gottlieb Cohen: Egg Harbor, New Jersey (US)
43 ///0, 0 ,1 =1 ///19th Place Tie
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spring noon ...
the butterfly shadow
fades into the sun

# 52. Jayashree Maniyil: Melbourne, Australia (AU)
52/// 0, 0, 1= 1/// 19th Place Tie
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the game of shadows
on an empty platform
summer dreams . . .

# 57. Sasa Vazic: Batajnica, Serbia (SR)
57/// 0, 0, 1= 1 ///19th Place Tie
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we must forgive
each other
for casting a shadow

# 66. Sondra J. Byrnes: South Bend, Indiana (US)
66 ///0, 0 ,1 =1/// 19th Place Tie
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a bearded old oak
stands alone in a churchyard
casting long shadows

# 74. Armando H. Corbelle: Miami, Florida (US)
74/// 0, 0 ,1= 1 ///19th Place Tie
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A shadow admires
Other shadows and joined they hurry
On the asphalt

# 75. Tatjana Debeljacki: Uzice, Serbia (SR)
75/// 0, 0, 1= 1 ///19th Place Tie
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autumn day
from wet shadows
faint footsteps

# 77. Bouwe Brouwer: Emmeloord, The Netherlands (NL)
77/// 0, 0, 1 =1 ///19th Place Tie
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waning moon
thousands of my shadows
in the rustling leaves

# 87. Diana Teneva: Haskovo, Bulgaria (BG)
87/// 0, 0, 1 =1 ///19th Place Tie
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twilight enigma—
my chased shadow
melting in the dark

# 10. Munia Khan: Dhaka Bangladesh (BD)
10 ///0 ,0, 0= 0/// 20th Place Tie
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night of the full moon
racing with its shadow
a bat in flight

# 12. Marija Pogorilic: Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
12/// 0, 0, 0= 0 ///20th Place Tie
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Two weeks of shadows
debating on blood petals
of the Condom Man¡

# 18. Daniel de Culla: Madrid, Spain (SP)
18/// 0, 0 ,0= 0/// 20th Place Tie
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a passenger plane
flies over the cornfield ...
a lanky shadow

# 19. Keith A Simmonds: Rodez, France (FR)
19/// 0, 0, 0 =0 ///20th Place Tie
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autumn puffball—
my shadow still seated
at his doorstep

# 24. Linda L. Ashok: Hyderabad, India (IN)
24 ///0 ,0, 0= 0 ///20th Place Tie
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autumn moon shadow
Sambo's top secret rooms
waiting the God

# 26. Dridu Stops: Romania (RO)
26 ///0 ,0, 0= 0 ///20th Place Tie
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footbridge over the stream—
they approach to each other
shadows on the water

# 27. Kokot Krzysztof: Nowy Targ, Poland (PL)
27/// 0, 0 ,0 =0/// 20th Place Tie
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childs shadow fear
dusks pillow of stars
fluffs through the roof

# 31. Karin Anderson: Adelaide, S.A. Australia (AU)
31/// 0, 0 ,0 =0/// 20th Place Tie
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eagle shadow
covers the cloud
rabbit still quiet

# 34. Vladimir Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
34/// 0, 0, 0= 0/// 20th Place Tie
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election day
my shadow meditates
outside the cave

# 37. Ralf Bröker: Ochtrup, Germany (DE)
37 ///0, 0 ,0= 0 ///20th Place Tie
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dream, memory
elusive ghost
caught in a snapshot

# 39. Tanja Cilia: Fleur de Lys, Malta (MT)
39 ///0, 0, 0 =0 ///20th Place Tie
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on this road
my impatient shadow
morning walk

# 56. Jack Byrne: Co Wicklow, Ireland (IE)
56/// 0 ,0 ,0= 0/// 20th Place Tie
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row upon row
fire escapes and their shadows
ping of the triangle

# 63. Bill Cooper: Richmond, Virginia (US)
63 ///0, 0, 0= 0/// 20th Place Tie
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all day dragging
my short morning shadow—
long in the evening

# 67. Tavanbayar Lkhagvaa: Ulaanbaatar Mongolia (MN)
67/// 0 ,0 ,0= 0/// 20th Place Tie
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a descending crow
shudders by its shadow—
flies till exhausted

# 70. Sodkhuu Altanchuluun: Sukhbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
70/// 0, 0 ,0= 0 ///20th Place Tie
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High Noon
A man faces his destiny
Devoid of shadows

# 86. Richard Gulliver: Carraig Mhor, Imeravale,
Port Ellen, Isle of Islay, Argyll (UK)
86/// 0, 0 ,0 =0/// 20th Place Tie
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End of International Kukai No. 8 “shadow”
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