Results of "olive" Kukai Dec 2012 International Kukai No 9

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Results of "olive" Kukai Dec 2012 International Kukai No 9
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the hush beyond the gunfire olive blossoms

# 75. Sanjuktaa, Karnataka, India (IN)
4,8,4=32///1st place
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between us
only an olive branch . . .
nothing else

#13. Vasile Moldovan: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
2,6,6=24///2nd place
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lusting
her olive skin
spring rain

# 03. Richard St. Clair: Cambridge, Massachusetts, (US)
1,4,5=16///3rd place
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olives—
my summer memories
from a jar

# 31. Robert Kania: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
2,1,7=15///4th place
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olive
in his mouth
her nipple

# 56. Teresa Radziewicz: Juchnowiec Gorny, Poland (PL)
0,6,3=15///4th place
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bitter moon—
a bowl of olives untouched
on the table

# 66. Angie Werren: Amelia, Ohio (US)
2,0,7=13///5th place
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an olive branch
beats on the window—
the house is empty

# 76. Maria Tirenescu: Cugir, Romania (RO)
2,2,1=11///6th place
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Gethsemene
the olive trees
in turmoil

# 17. John McDonald: Edinburgh Scotland (UK)
1,3,2=11///6th place
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Bent olive tree—
the shadow of the hill
heavier and heavier

# 16. Eduard Tara: Iasi, Romania (RO)
1,2,3=10///7th place
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last canvas—
a dove bearing
an olive twig

# 58. Cezar F. Ciobica: Botosani, Romania (RO)
1,1,4=9///8th place
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ceasefire . . .
the embers of stars
and olive trees

# 53. Sandi Pray: Robbinsville, North Carolina (US)
0,3,3=9///8th place
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under the olive tree—
trembling shadows of leaves
on blank sheet of paper

# 52. Krzysztof Kokot, Nowy Targ, Poland (PL)
2,1,1=9///8th place
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morning bath . . .
my infant dressed
in olive oil

# 15. Ramesh Anand: Bangalore, India (IN)
1,2,2=9///8th place
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war shadow—
storing sunshine
in an olive

# 26. Carole Harrison, Jamberoo, NSW., Australia (AU)
0, 3, 2=8///8th place
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dawn stillness . . .
under the olive tree,
locked antlers

# 24. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
0,1,6=8///8th place
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grandmother's table
the black olives disappear
first

# 47. Rick Daddario: Kailua Hawaii (US)
0,2,3=7///9th place
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An olive—
the baby puckers
his face.

# 77. Zhanna P. Rader: Athens, Georgia (US)
1,0,3=6///10th place
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whistling north wind
centennial music
in the olive trees

# 67. Stjepan Rozic: Ivanic Grad, Croatia (CR)
0,2,2=6///10th place
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halfway
between green and black—
olive moon

# 42. Ernesto P. Santiago: Solano, Philippines (PH)
1,1,1=6///10th place
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family feud
the wilted olive tree
on grandpa's ranch

# 79. Stevie Strang: Laguna Niguel, California (US)
1,0,2=5///11th place
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hope grows
in the olive grove
a rising sun

# 78. Tony Valenzuela: Mexico City, Mexico (MX)
0, 0 ,5 =5 /// 11th Place Tie
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dementia ward—
the strangeness of olives
and her son's name

# 74. David Terelinck, Pyrmont (Sydney), Australia (AU)
0,1,3=5///11th place
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on the border
the white dove drops
the olive branch

# 34. Maria Santomauro: New York (US)
1,0,2=5///11th place
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caught
in a bottle of olive oil—
spirit of the sun

# 28. Vladimir Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
0,0,5=5///11th place
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holiday spirit
she offers me
the olive
# 14. Tom Painting: Atlanta, Georgia (US)
0,2,1=5///11th place
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olive harvest
a picker from the ladder
enters the treetop

# 09. Marija Pogorilic: Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
0,1,3=5///11th place
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Turkish olive paste—
the pilgrim shares his last slice
with the homeless child.

# 65. Cristian Mocanu, Deva, Romania (RO)
0,2,0=4///12th place
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missionary's Bible—
a blotch of olive oil
on the first leaf

# 57. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
0,1,2=4///12th place
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Oil from olives,
Moves in time and space
From ancient Greece to global superstores

# 48. Richard Gulliver: Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)
1,0,1=4///12th place
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christmas shopping—
the olive pit
gnawed clean

# 32. DeVar Dahl: Magrath, Alberta, Canada (CA)
1,0,1=4///12th place
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two green olives
under the school uniform
the shape of her breast

# 22. Urszula Wielanowska: Kielce, Poland (PL)
1,0,1=4///12th place
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morning coffee, getting cold
the olive branch
you refuse to take

# 18. Michele L. Harvey: Hamilton, New York (US)
0,0,4=4///12th place
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Christmas party
tooth-picking the pimentos
from her olives

# 11. Ignatius Fay: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (CA)
0,1,2=4///12th place
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olive oil
the barrel filled
in case of war

# 70. Stella Pierides: Neusaess, Germany (DE)
0,0,3=3///13th place
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misprint
of his poem:
"o love" for "olive"

# 64. Bill Pauly: Dubuque, Iowa (US)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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violent wind
an olive branch still
on a bowl

# 55. Lech Szeglowski: Gdansk, Poland (PL)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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summer shower
the chatter of wax-eyes
in the olive

# 36. André Surridge: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZ)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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stuffing olives . . .
a vased rose bud
timely slumber

# 27. Gillena Cox: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (TT)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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picking up the olive
standing on the toe tops
a young maiden

# 23. Tatjana Debeljacki: Užice,Serbia (SR)
0,0,3=3///13th place
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felling for firewood
olive branches, trees all
Gaza winter

# 20. Vishnu P. Kapoor: Chennai, India (IN)
1,0,0=3///13th place
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death of a friend—
the wind uprooted
his olive trees

# 08. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic: Ivanic Grad, Croatia (CR)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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we wait . . .
the olive branch shade
stirs with unrest . . .

# 05. John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona (US)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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final peace treaty . . .
olive branches sent
on a Trojan horse

# 02. Vinay Leo R.: Bangalore, India (IN)
0,1,1=3///13th place
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Olive of Hims
only its shade
keeps children from death

# 54. Dr. Smajil Durmisevic: Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
0,0,2=2///14th place
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first day at school
on her shopping list these
Amfissa olives

# 51. Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany (DE)
0,0,2=2///14th place
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14 years old—
to pay for riding lessons
I pick olives

# 43. Beverley George: Pearl Beach, Australia (AU)
0,1,0=2///14th place
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moonlit sand
an olive ridley buries
its eggs

# 41. John McManus: Carlisle, Cumbria, England (UK)
0,1,0=2///14th place
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going under
the olive-tree . . . a cicada
collides into my hat

# 33. Tomislav Maretic: Zagreb, Croatia (CR)
0,1,0=2///14th place
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drunkard Oliver
talking to the olive tree
O! liver damaged!!

# 19. Munia Khan: Dhaka, Bangladesh (BG)
0,0,2=2///14th place
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a white dove
bearing an olive branch—
peace to all mankind

# 04. Keith A. Simmonds: Rodez, France (FR)
0,0,2=2///14th place
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war again . . .
branches and the olive tree
blind themselves mutually

# 01. Hélène Duc, Bichancourt: Aisne, France (FR)
0,1,0=2///14th place
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olive grove—
silence oozes out
from silence

# 72. Hansha Teki: Wellington: New Zealand (NZ)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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have you heard the wind
in the olive branches?
sunrise . . . sunset . . .

# 69. Yamadori Komodori: Oskaloosa, (IA)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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unceasing bombardment
tears the land and skies—
torn olive branches

# 68. A. D. Jaden: Des Moines, Iowa (IA)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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in the same pose
and on the same address:
blackbird on the olive-tree

# 61. Dragan J. Ristic: Nis, Serbia (SR)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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Epidemic
My grandfather's olive trees,
in quarantine

# 60. Vera Primorac: Viškovo, Croatia (CR)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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the olive trees
outside the police station
seem to bear no fruit

# 37. Elaine Riddell: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZ)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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silver treetop
spreads the blessing of fruit
the small ball of olive

# 29. Stefanija Ludvig, Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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parched field
cool olive grove
memory path

# 10. Judith Bruton: East Ballina, New South Wales, Australia (AU)
0,0,1=1///15th place
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olive tree by night
moonlight thoughts of the
Palm Sunday

# 73. Boris Nazansky: Zagreb, Croatia (CR)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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armistice
one-armed boy maims
an olive tree

# 71. Irena Szewczyk: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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a green salad
spinach with an olive
Popeye's favourites

# 62. Sandra Martyres: Mumbai, India (IN)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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olive trees
uprooted in God's Name—
ooh..the pain

# 49. Freddy Ben-Arroyo: Haifa, Israel (IL)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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the dream
of perennial rye
is olive green

# 46. Patrick Sweeney: Aomori-ken, Japan (JP)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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live
in the glass missing
his green eyes
:

# 45. Vania Stefanova: Sliven, Bulgaria, (BG)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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No sign in the sky—
only
olive clouds

# 44. Anisoara Iordache: Constanta, Romania (RO)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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an olive - half eaten
pit exposed
war rages on

# 40. Bernard Gieske: Bowling Green, Kentucky, (US)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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Peace has failed;
the ground is blood red.
Martini?

# 39. Kenneth Weene: Phoenix, Arizona, (US)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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on the strip
olives are harvested
their symbol ignored

# 35. John Byrne: Wicklow, Ireland (IE)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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while dressing
he adds an extra layer
of olive oil

# 30. Tracy Davidson: Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom (UIK)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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olive branch
thrown into the street . . .
stones in the road cry

# 21. Pat Geyer: East Brunswick, New Jersey (US)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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in the grocery aisle
i swallow
at olive jars and pickles

# 12. Sondra J. Byrnes: South Bend, Indiana (US)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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son leaves home
for wife.....
she holds an olive branch

# 07. Hema Ravi: Chennai, India, (IND)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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outdoor cantina
dusty olive trees swish
a soulful tune

# 06. Adelaide B. Shaw: Millbrook, NY (US)
0,0,0=0///16th place
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Non voters don't get their results:



six olives
the depth
of my hangover

# 50. Alan S. Bridges, Littleton, Massachusetts (US)
Did Not Vote
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grandpa's olive orchard
covered by
the rainbow

# 80. Tonka Lovric: Split, Croatia (CR)
Did Not Vote:
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the glass ceiling crowd . . .
an olive in the cloudy
bottom of a jar

# 25. Jean Cully, St. Louis, Missouri (US)
Did Not Vote
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He took the branch I'd cut
From my fairest olive grove
To use for kindling.

# 63. Robert C. Howard, Belleville, Illinois (US)
Did Not Vote
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In the ocean:
green and red with toothpick,
less one cruise ship.

# 59. H. Edgar Hix: Minneapolis, Minnesota, (US)
Did Not Vote
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alone on a park bench
the whip bird
holds its sharp note

# 38. Leonie Bingham: Katoomba, Australia (AU)
Did Not Vote