Ballot for the January 2013 Internatio​nal Kukai

Ballot for the January 2013 10th Internatio​nal "bell" Kukai: V01


Voting Instructions from Rita Odeh and John Daleiden

Hello 10th International Kukai Poet:

Below is the ballot for the January 2013 10th International "bell" Kukai

Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to:
international_kukai@yahoo.com

CALL FOR Votes in the January 2013 10th International "bell" Kukai

Submission deadline — Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Tuesday, January 1 — Thursday, January 10, 2013.
Voting deadline — Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Friday, January 11 — Sunday, January 20, 2013.
Results will be up-loaded to the blog no later than, Thursday, January 31, 2013.

For ballot and results see: http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com

Haijin who fail to vote will have their haiku posted with NO RESULTS.
The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.

1. All the entries are listed on the ballot by an individual number; the haiku and the numbers appear between the sets of double lines.

2. Only submitting Kukai Poets are eligible to vote.

3. Email your votes to: international_kukai@yahoo.com
When voting, in the subject line of your e-mail please use the words : "bell" January 2013 Kukai International No. 10 Vote

4. Each poet has SIX (6) points to use for the kukai vote. Voters may distribute the points in increments of 1, 2, or 3.
Do not cast more than 3 points for any single haiku.

5. Each voter has 6 points; Please use the following format to submit your votes (listing the haiku by numerical order, rather than order of preference, as in the sample below):

# 05 = 3 pt.
# 21 = 1 pt.
# 30 = 2 pts.

6. Please do not vote for your own haiku. Any such votes will be disqualified.

To: international_kukai@yahoo.com
Subject: "bell" January 2013 Kukai International No. 10 Vote
Voting deadline — Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Friday, January 11 — Sunday, January 20, 2013.

7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published; Results will be up-loaded to Rita Odeh’s blog no later than, Thursday, January 31, 2013. No other notice of results will be mailed to participants, so please check the blog.

http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com

8. Haijin who fail to vote will have their haiku posted with NO RESULTS. The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.

The votes will appear as per the following sample:
0, 2 ,7 = 11 Which means:

No voter gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1 point = for a total of 11 points

Voting deadline — Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Friday, January 11 — Sunday, January 20, 2013.

Thank you for voting in the 10th International "bell" Kukai.

Rita Odeh (Israel) and John Daleiden (United States)
ro /jd


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114 haiku; 114 haijin; 24 countries
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mixing bowls—
the shallow echoes
of bells

# 114.
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far-off bell
the long minute
starting a new year

# 113.
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climbing past me
with unerring grace
valley bell

# 112.
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abandoned village—
the church bells
still ringing

# 111.
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Passing through
bells in frost—
on the footsteps: brightness of languages

# 110.
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New Year's bells
cracking open the sky . . .
first snowfall

# 109.
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ecess bells—
daylilies rippling
the afternoon

#108.
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final rites . . .
a knell for peace breaks
the sombre silence

# 107.
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the temple bell
shines from afar—
little sun

# 106.
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Tibetan bells
my mind drifts
into the sea

# 105.
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morning bell
I stop
to count time

# 104.
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Delicious notes thrall
Call by chime, crack crystal air
Reverberate Love

# 103.
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funeral bells . . .
his hunting dog
howls

# 102.
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lamb bell . . .
a puppy scrapes
his ears

# 101.
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evening bells—
a city sparrow flies
under a parked car

# 100.
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midnight bonfire
gong of the temple bell
carried by stars

# 99.
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blue hour . . .
campus bells echo
between buildings

#98.
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vesper bells
a stray in the shelter
of so many hands

# 97.
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strolling
in a lighthouses' pause . . .
a buoys' gong

# 96.
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the rust of sunset
sheaths the eastern mountain tops
temple bells weep blood

# 95.
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resounding bell . . .
a butterfly spreads
its wings

# 94.
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midday breeze and
the chime of distant church bells . . .
in scarecrow's sleeves

# 93.
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homecoming . . .
the sound of bell sinks
into the winter fog

# 92.
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village in the snow—
a distant church bell invites
another bells

# 91.
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singing bowl—
I brush away snow
gathered in your curls

# 90.
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church bells
echo faith...
parishioners pray

# 89.
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new ringtone chime—
sound of a distant bell
cutting the ozone air

# 88.
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A bell tolls
Sunday morning . . .
The streets bare

# 87.
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even in stillness the buoy bell
# 86.
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Ring the bell
and learn your fate—
Who could resist?

# 85.
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After one night
of heavy drinking
church bells in the morning—

# 84.
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city snowfall
the tolling of a bell is
someone's cell phone

# 83.
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resurrection bells—
first buds bursting
among stars

# 82.
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bells at dawn—
first time feeling
my baby move

# 81.
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Evening bells . . .
the gloaming clings to
the winter branches

# 80.
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tolling bells—
from nowhere
a lullaby

# 79.
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straw sandles
as thin as mountain mist—
temple bells at dusk

# 78.
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the priest
rings an offertory bell—
fragrance of incense

# 77.
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mountain village
morning church bells silence
the crows

# 76.
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deep sounding
at the temple bell we dive
low om

#75.
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bluebells bloom
in the mountain meadow—
snow on the peaks
# 74.
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in the milking stall
Daisy keeps ringing her bells—
snow drifts close the roads

# 73.
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peace bells
poised to ring—
the year ends

# 72
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history class—
the darkest child asks
about the bell's crack

# 71.
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time of anxiety—
the heart of royal bell
yet still

# 70.
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in the distance
a church bell tolls
hope it's good tidings

# 69.
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eternal peace—
understandable to all
the language bell

# 68.
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Tolling of the bells
outcries the twitter
the birds flying

# 67.
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rain pounds
a song into the bell—
discarded hymnal

# 66.
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abandoned abbey
the pigeons grow confident
bells will stay silent

# 65.
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temple bell . . .
snow flurries twice
on a bodhi tree*

*Bodhi is a tree Buddha meditated under.

# 64.
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bell at the gate—
only the wind swings him
sometimes

# 63.
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gunfire—
in the distance
a church bell rings

# 62.
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steel-grey sound
in the middle of my hearth—
the bell of 2013

# 61.
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a flush of purple
across the morning
church bells peal

# 60.
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Resurrection—
sound of the bell
knocking at my window

# 59.
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walking behind her
swishing pony tail
and a tinkling bell

# 58.
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Clanging bells.
The obedient flock
follows the leader.

# 57.
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passing bell
nothing moves
in the winter sky

# 56.
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lost in The Bee Gees
mind collects Hemingway's pride
For Whom the Bell Tolls

# 55.
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A Christmas song—
each church bell
knows its note.

# 54.
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habour fog
somewhere
a bell pealing

# 53.
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the little boy
shakes the bell high over his head
laughing . . . laughing

# 52.
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her bracelet
in the bird's nest
jingling a descant

# 51.
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temple bell . . .
a street dweller rearranging
the sun

# 50.
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in the dark
the silent wind plays
the chapel bells

# 49.
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between church bells
what I might have missed—
first snowflake

# 48.
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distant bells
the snow angel fills
with new-fallen snow

# 47.
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tolling bells
gather the faithfull—
the village church

# 46.
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a merry pupil
rings diligently the bell—
mid-morning break

# 45.
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finch at the feeder . . .
the bell on the cat's collar
completely still

# 44.
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remains of the church
breeze on the hill
swinging bell

# 43.
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rainy january—
how do I yearn to see
white snowdrop bells!

# 42.
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small bell—
a butterfly wedding
shaking its petals

# 41.
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last bell sound
a wish for the good night
of our peaceful dream

# 40.
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new year
woken at midnight
by cathedral bells

# 39.
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greeting each other
two crows fly off together—
noon bell

# 38.
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I stand desperate
here at the grave—
last bell for my love

# 37.
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Christmas Day
The echo of the evening bells
down the slope roles

# 36.
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valley fog
the clarity of
a cow bell

# 35.
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snowflakes
the toll of a bell
into silence

# 34.
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waking me up
from my dream of sleep—
midnight bell

# 33.
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the sun rises
a bell rings
and then she's gone

# 32.
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naked white bluebells
the churches losing
their chimes

# 31.
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speed dating party
mum's bell announces
Christkind was here

# 30.
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the stillness
in old memories—
beyond the bell

# 29.
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Freezing tower
bell rings for peace
even to the deaf

# 28.
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ringing the changes,
we shiver all the way
to the Liberty Bell

# 27.
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bell awakes dopped bard—
in the middle of Uni-verse
a crystal of snow

# 26.
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wedding bells
the bride tells the driver
to keep going

# 25.
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carried
by moonlight—
cow’s bell

# 24.
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humming bee
you hear bell and call to prayer* (adhan)
go further

# 23.
*Note: "adhan" is a call to prayer for Muslims, usually from a minaret of mosque!
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mass prayers . . .
temple bell wakes up
the first dawn

# 22.
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childhood shrine
the bell rings out
a shaken spider

# 21.
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the tinkle
of a new year's bell . . .
soft haze of dawn

# 20.
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jubilant bells
the tumbling scent
of wisteria

# 19.
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moonlit night
temple bells peal
angel descends . . .

# 18.
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bluebells gone from the fields
ravens overhead
winter's ice rings the fences

# 17.
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All Saints
the sound of bells
flowing chrysanthemums

# 16.
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autumn leaves tumbling church bells

# 15.
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I feel so rootless
when the soul was the bell
quite religious¡

# 14.
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temple bell rings
beyond the edge of town
one hand clapping

# 13.
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tingling . . .
icicles on the tongue
in the church bell

# 12.
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the seventh bell
hushed in the village
of falling snow

# 11.
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last day of holidays—
the janitor
tests the school bell

# 10.
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war talk—
the bells toll
and toll

# 09.
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a church bell rings:
the bride and the groom
exchange smiles with the guests

# 08.
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evening bells
sing lullabies
for the hills

# 07.
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Shop door bell—
the first snowflakes come in
with a stranger

# 06.
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Buddha’s temple
the evocative sound
of a cowbell

# 05.
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deepening blues
the distant peal
of vesper bells

# 04.
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Dew froze the fingers
The silk thread of silence
ball and the breath

# 03.
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school bell
magpies start singing
on the same beat

# 02.
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wedding-birth-funeral
bells announce all
within one year

# 01.
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End of Ballot
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