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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Results of 15th International Kukai, June 2013




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Sequenced Results of "mountain 15th International Kukai, June 2013"
59 Haiku: 59 Haijin: 20 Nations/Countries: 57 Cities
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mountain pass—
weaving in and out
of a hawk's cry

# 056. Sanjuktaa Asopa, Belgaum, India (IN)
56 /// 6 , 7 , 14 = 46 /// 1st Place
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mountain trail—
sharing shade
with a lizard

# 059. John Daleiden: Phoenix, Arizona (US)
59 /// 1 , 9 , 13 = 34 /// 2nd Place
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Bald mountain.
A good samaritan
offers its shadow.

# 022. Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR)
22 /// 2 , 3 , 7 = 19 /// 3rd Place
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mountain trek
the ups and downs
in my breaths

# 009. Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India (IN)
9 /// 1 , 3 , 9 = 18 /// 4th Place Tie
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dark mountain
—your unbearable
silence

# 019. Sondra J. Byrnes: South Bend, Indiana (US)
19 /// 0 , 5 , 8 = 18 /// 4th Place Tie
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long journey—
mountain peaks bright
with sunlight

# 001. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
1 /// 1 , 0 , 11 = 14 /// 5th Place
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striving for the summit her recurring dream

# 041. Patty Hardin: Long Beach, Washington (US)
41 /// 1 , 2 , 6 = 13 /// 6th Place
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hot sand
the old tree pulls branches
toward the heaven

# 020. Vitali Khomin: Mukachevo, Ukraine (UA)
20 /// 1 , 2 , 5 = 12 /// 7th Place
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lone tree
someone threw
the last seed

# 006. Seshu Chamarty: Hyderabad, India (IN)
6 /// 1 , 1 , 6 = 11 /// 8th Place Tie
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mountain view
the lovers take picturesof each other

# 017. Bill Kenney: Whitestone, New York (US)
17 /// 1 , 1 , 6 = 11 /// 8th Place Tie
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Oh, Jerusalem—
in this mountain silence
a voice

# 028. Tony Valenzuela: Mexico City, Mexico (MS)
28 /// 0 , 3 , 5 = 11 /// 8th Place Tie
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the stark beauty
of your rise and fall
mountain sunset

# 013. Tracy Davidson: Stratford-on-Avon, England (UK)
13 /// 0 , 1 , 5 = 7 /// 9th Place Tie
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always toward
the high places
. . . pilgrim's footprints

# 045. John Mcdonald: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
45 /// 0 , 1 , 5 , 7 /// 9th Place Tie
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birds still sing
among desert branches
a mountain nest

# 047. Rick Daddario: Kailua Hawaii (US)
47 /// 1 , 1 , 2 = 7 /// 9th Place Tie
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somewhere is the turn—
where the sky meets mountains
tired but clear thoughts

# 011. Goda V. Bendoraitiene: Klaipeda, Lithuania (LT)
11 /// 1 , 1 , 1 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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pilgrimage—
I walk this mountain trail
to the Holy places

# 030. A.D. Jaden: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
30 /// 0 , 1 , 4 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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the lonely tree—
my dog happily
wags his tail

# 037. Krzysztof Kokot: Nowy Targ, Poland (PL)
37 /// 0 , 1 , 4 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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Oh, little lizard . . .
praying for rain as
the hills are dry

# 038. Arie Regev: Magshimim, Israel (IL)
38 /// 0 , 1 , 4 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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reaching out
earth and sky almost touch—
long journey

# 042. Charles Werdenhoff: Joliet, Illinois (US)
42 /// 1 , 1 , 1 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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afternoon . . .
an aspen on the steppe
has no shadow

# 055. Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg C ity, Mongolia (MN)
55 /// 0 , 2 , 2 = 6 /// 10th Place Tie
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dry hills to the eye
a fertile way for the soul
Jerusalem, your many gates

# 003. Lorna Cahall: Bend, Oregon, US
3 /// 1 , 0 , 2 = 5 /// 11th Place Tie
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an illusion
of someone's presence
my hike

# 016. Robert Kania, Warsaw, Poland (PL)
16 /// 0 , 0 , 5 = 5 /// 11th Place Tie
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an unquiet peace—
Jerusalem Mountain
trail twists and turns

# 036. Frank Jonas: Prescott, Arizona (US)
36 /// 0 , 1 , 3 = 5 /// 11th Place Tie
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ridgeline—
in balance
the sky

# 043. Dan Iulian: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
43 /// 0 , 2 , 1 = 5 /// 11th Place Tie
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hard to climb
even a small slope
in deep sand

# 004. Nan Dozier: Shreveport, Louisiana (US) 4 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie =================================
first song
from the cascading sands
mountain heat

# 005. Martin Gottlieb Cohen: Egg Harbor, New Jersey (US)
5 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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cloudy sky
the garden chairs
one above the others

# 010. Helene Duc (Kitsune Reveline): Aisne, Bichancourt, France (FR)
10 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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Sleepless night—
Calls
from the distant mountain . . .

# 021. Anisoara Iordache: Constanta, Romania (RO)
21 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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steeper than a hill
the view from my window
a gasping mailman

# 027. Ernesto P. Santiago: Solano, Philippines (PH)
27 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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who walks
this ancient mountain trail?
burial tombs

# 040. B.S. Richards: Sun City, Arizona (US)
40 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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leaving home—
threads of mountain unravel
behind me

# 049. Sandi Pray: Robbinsville, North Carolina (US)
49 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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summer wind
un-claimed names tumble
in the void

# 050. Alegria Imperial: Vancouver, BC, Canada (CA)
50 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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afternoon haze
clouds wreathing
the mountain peaks

# 051. Cynthia Rowe: Sydney, Australia (AU)
51 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 12th Place Tie
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With a careful gaze,
rockrose and thorny broom—
such abundance.

# 002. Rehn Kovacic: Mesa, Arizona (US)
2 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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no matter how high
reaching the mountain summit
our quest together

# 012. Bernard Gieske: Bowling Green, Kentucky (US)
12 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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a Sea shimmers
beyond this mountain trail
the hands of God

# 033. S. E. Herrin: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
33 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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glance at the Summit—
for a moment the center
of the Universe

# 054. Stops: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
54 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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empty desert . . .
a straggler nears and recedes
from afar

# 058. Nadalsuren Purevdorj, Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia (MN)
58 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 13th Place Tie
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first spring . . .
with your hand
every mountain a plain

# 015 Anusha Tennakoon: Osaka, Japan (JP)
15 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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mountain trail
the hermit thrush
I stumbled on

# 018. Johnny Baranski,: Vancouver, Washington, (US)
18 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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desert sand . . .
that many stars will cover
the night

# 024. Gillena Cox: St James, Trinidad (TT)
24 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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bare rocks—
he path of incense stands out
a glare to the sea

# 026. Štefanija Ludvig, Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
26 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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an invisible viper
waiting for its prey—
no one anywhere

# 048. Tomislav Maretić: Zagreb, Croatia (CR)
48 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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on the Andes
ice and snow—
the cross

# 052. Maria Santomauro: New York, New York (US)
52 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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armistice
pulling his limb, pushed by the wind
an olive tree

# 057. Irena Szewczyk: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
57 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 14th Place Tie
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We know what we know.
Though shrouded by mid-day clouds,
Long's Peak is still there.

# 032. Robert C. Howard: Belleville, Illinois (US)
32 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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pinnacle
choices narrow
to one

# 039. Allen McGill: Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico (MS)
39 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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sacred mountain
reaching alone the top
feeling free

# 044. Marie-Alice Maire: Rungis, France (FR)
44 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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little cuckoo—
I climb the mountain but
you've already gone

# 053. Angie Werren, Amelia,Ohio (US)
53 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 15th Place Tie
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pearls in circle
the threads of clouds are carried by
the mountain tops

# 007. Tatjana Debeljački, Užice, Serbia (SE)
7 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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A lost tree what else?
the tattoos of the sun
on the white mountain rocks

# 008. Patrick Druart: Urou et Crennes, France (FR)
8 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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spring school trip
long hot climb rewarded
still more sand

# 014. Ignatius Fay: Sudbury, Ontario (CA)
14 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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Mt.Fuji—
climbing up the
temple steps

# 023. Pravat Kumar Padhy: Odisha, India (IN)
23 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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mountain ice melts
wildflowers appear
below the snow line

# 025. Harvey Jenkins: Nanaimo, BC, Canada (CA)
25 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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fresh morning;
snow capping
the mountain tops

# 029. Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia (AU)
29 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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midget over
rising crest . . .
cool blue gazes

# 031. Hema Ravi: Chennai, India (IN) 31 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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the swelter on
trip through the mountains into solitude
thither and back

# 034. Andrius Luneckas: Vilnius, Lithuania (LT)
34 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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Hill cut to the quick
As the Zen Jerusalem
On the brain tractors.

# 035. Daniel de Culla: Madrid, Spain (ES) 35 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie =================================
a green lake
high in the mountain
a turist attraction

# 046. Marija Pogorilić: Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
46 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 16th Place Tie
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End of International Kukai No. 15 June 2013 “mountain”
59 Haijin; 59 Haiku; 19 Countries; 57 Cities
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