Results for the "bell" Internatio​nal Kukai No. 10

Results for the "bell" Internatio​nal Kukai No. 10
114 haiku; 114 haijin; 24 countries

Bell Haiga from Ed Baker



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even in stillness the buoy bell

# 86. Don Wentworth, Pittsburgh, Pensylvannia (US)
86 /// 3 , 4 , 9 = 26 /// 1st Place
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valley fog
the clarity of
a cow bell

# 35. Johnny Baranski, Vancouver, Washington (US)
35 /// 0 , 4 , 16 = 24 /// 2nd Place
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morning bell
I stop
to count time

# 104. Cameron Mount: Ocean City, New Jersey (US)
104/// 3 , 2 , 10 = 23 /// 3rd Place Tie
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bells at dawn—
first time feeling
my baby move

# 81. Laura Csilla, Bra?ov, Romania (RO)
81 /// 1 , 4 , 12 = 23 /// 3rd Place Tie
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finch at the feeder . . .
the bell on the cat's collar
completely still

# 44. Diane Mayr, Salem, New Hampshire, (US)
44 /// 3 , 3 , 8 = 23 /// 3rd Place Tie
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Shop door bell—
the first snowflakes come in
with a stranger

# 06. Eduard Tara, Lasi, Romania (RO)
6 /// 3 , 4 , 6 = 23 /// 3rd Place Tie
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mixing bowls—
the shallow echoes
of bells

# 114. Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CA)
114 /// 2 , 3 , 5 = 17 /// 4th Place Tie
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last day of holidays—
the janitor
tests the school bell

# 10. John McDonald Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
10 /// 1 , 2 , 10 = 17 /// 4th Place Tie
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New Year's bells
cracking open the sky . . .
first snowfall

# 109. Catherine J.S. Lee, ?, Maine, (US)
109 /// 1 , 2 , 7 = 14 /// 5th Place Tie
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tolling bells—
from nowhere
a lullaby

# 79. Cezar-Florin Ciobîca, Botosani, Romania (RO)
79 /// 2 , 1 , 6 = 14 /// 5th Place Tie
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gunfire—
in the distance
a church bell rings

# 62. Patty Hardin, Long Beach, Washington (US)
62 /// 1 , 3 , 5 = 14 /// 5th Place Tie
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snowflakes
the toll of a bell
into silence

# 34. Rick Daddario, Kailua Hawaii (US)
34 /// 1 , 3 , 5 = 14 /// 5th Place Tie
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war talk—
the bells toll
and toll

# 09. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
9 /// 1 , 2 , 7 = 14 /// 5th Place Tie
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resurrection bells—
first buds bursting
among stars

# 82. Seby Lucacs, Dorohoi, Romania (RO)
82 /// 2 , 2 , 2 = 12 /// 6th Place
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abandoned village—
the church bells
still ringing

# 111. Cristina Ailoaei, Botosani, Romania (RO)
111 /// 0 , 2 , 6 = 10 /// 7th Place Tie
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midday breeze and
the chime of distant church bells . . .
in scarecrow's sleeves

# 93. Boris Nazansky: Zagreb, Croatia (CR)
93 /// 3 , 0 , 1 = 10 /// 7th Place Tie
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singing bowl—
I brush away snow
gathered in your curls

# 90. S.M. Abeles, Washington, DC (US
) 90 /// 0 , 2 , 6 = 10 /// 7th Place Tie
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passing bell
nothing moves
in the winter sky

# 56. Bill Kenney, Whitestone New York (US)
56 /// 0 , 1 , 8 = 10 /// 7th Place Tie
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between church bells
what I might have missed—
first snowflake

# 48. Sandi Pray, Robbinsville, North Carolina (US)
48 /// 0 , 4 , 2 = 10 /// 7th Place Tie
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school bell
magpies start singing
on the same beat

# 02. Quendryth Young: Alstonville, Australia (AU)
2 /// 2 , 0 , 4 = 10 /// 7th Place Tie
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Tibetan bells
my mind drifts
into the sea

# 105. Stevie Strang,Laguna Niguel, California (US)
105 /// 0 , 2 , 5 = 9 /// 8th Place Tie
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homecoming . . .
the sound of bell sinks
into the winter fog

# 92. Sasa Vazic, Betajnica, Serbia (SR)
92 /// 0 , 2 , 5 = 9 /// 8th Place Tie
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village in the snow—
a distant church bell invites
another bells

# 91. Dragan J. Ristic, Nis, Serbia (SR)
91 /// 1 , 1 , 4 = 9 /// 8th Place Tie
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history class—
the darkest child asks
about the bell's crack

# 71. Terri L. French: Huntsville, Alabama (US)
71 /// 1 , 1 , 4 = 9 /// 8th Place Tie
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temple bell . . .
a street dweller rearranging
the sun

# 50. Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia (AU)
50 /// 1 , 2 , 2 = 9 /// 8th Place Tie
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jubilant bells
the tumbling scent
of wisteria

# 19. André Surridge, Hamilton, New Zealand (NZ)
19 /// 2 , 0 , 3 = 9 /// 8th Place Tie
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Delicious notes thrall
Call by chime, crack crystal air
Reverberate Love

# 103. Marck Riggins, Temecula, California (US)
103 /// 2 , 1 , 0 = 8 /// 9th Place Tie
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the priest
rings an offertory bell—
fragrance of incense

# 77. Tony Valenzuela, Mexico City, Mexico (MX)
77 /// 1 , 2 , 1 = 8 /// 9th Place Tie
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mountain village
morning church bells silence
the crows

# 76. Marg Beverland, Katikati, New Zealand (NZ)
76 /// 0 , 2 , 4 = 8 /// 9th Place Tie
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bell at the gate—
only the wind swings him
sometimes

# 63. Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania (RO)
63 /// 0 , 2 , 4 = 8 /// 9th Place Tie
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Clanging bells.
The obedient flock
follows the leader.

# 57. Franklin Magalhaes, Mesquita,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR)
57 /// 0 , 3 , 2 = 8 /// 9th Place Tie
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wedding bells
the bride tells the driver
to keep going

# 25. Tracy Davidson: Stratford-on-Avon, UK
25 /// 0 , 3 , 2 = 8 /// 9th Place Tie
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lamb bell . . .
a puppy scrapes
his ears

# 101. Lech Szeglowski:
101 /// 0 , 1 , 5 = 7 /// 10th Place Tie
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blue hour . . .
campus bells echo
between buildings

#98. Aubrie Cox: Muncie, Indiana (US)
98 /// 0 , 2 , 3 = 7 /// 10th Place Tie
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Evening bells . . .
the gloaming clings to
the winter branches

# 80. Ramona Linke, Beesenstedt, Germany (DE)
80 /// 0 , 2 , 3 = 7 /// 10th Place Tie
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rainy january—
how do I yearn to see
white snowdrop bells!

# 42. Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Ivanic Grad, Croatia (CR)
42 /// 0 , 2 , 3 = 7 /// 10th Place Tie
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childhood shrine
the bell rings out
a shaken spider

# 21. Vishnu P Kapoor, Chennai, India (IN)
21 /// 1 , 1 , 2 = 7 /// 10th Place Tie
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Buddha’s temple
the evocative sound
of a cowbell

# 05. Ernesto P. Santiago: Solano, Philippines (PH)
5 /// 2 , 0 , 1 = 7 /// 10th Place Tie
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far-off bell
the long minute
starting a new year
# 113. Richard Tice: Kent, Washington (US)
113 /// 1 , 0 , 3 = 6 /// 11th Place Tie
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city snowfall
the tolling of a bell is
someone's cell phone

# 83. John Stevenson, Nassau, New York (US)
83 /// 1 , 0 , 3 = 6 /// 11th Place Tie
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straw sandles
as thin as mountain mist—
temple bells at dusk

# 78. David Terelinck: Sydney, NSW, Australia (AU)
78 /// 1 , 0 , 3 = 6 /// 11th Place Tie
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carried
by moonlight—
cow’s bell

# 24. Peter Pache: Datil, New Mexico (US)
24 /// 0 , 1 , 4 = 6 /// 11th Place Tie
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autumn leaves tumbling church bells
# 15. Robert Davey, Norfolk, England (UK)
15 /// 0 , 0 , 6 = 6 /// 11th Place Tie
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resounding bell . . .
a butterfly spreads
its wings

# 94. Veronika Zora Novak, Toronto, Ontario Canada (CA)
94 /// 0 , 1 , 3 = 5 /// 12th Place Tie
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in the dark
the silent wind plays
the chapel bells

# 49. Maria Santomauro, New York, New York (US)
49 /// 0 , 1 , 3 = 5 /// 12th Place Tie
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deepening blues
the distant peal
of vesper bells

# 04. Tom Painting, Atlanta, Georgia (US)
4 /// 0 , 0 , 5 = 5 /// 12th Place Tie
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final rites . . .
a knell for peace breaks
the sombre silence

# 107. Vinay Leo R., Bangalore, India (IN)
107 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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evening bells—
a city sparrow flies
under a parked car

# 100. DeVar Dahl: Magrath, Alberta, Canada (CA)
100 /// 0 , 0 , 4 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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vesper bells
a stray in the shelter
of so many hands

# 97. J. Cully, St. Louis, Missouri, (US)
97 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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Ring the bell
and learn your fate—
Who could resist?

# 85. Richard Gulliver: Isle of Islay, Argyll, Scotland (UK)
85 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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habour fog
somewhere
a bell pealing

# 53. John Byrne Wicklow , Ireland (IR)
53 /// 0 , 1 , 2 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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the little boy
shakes the bell high over his head
laughing . . . laughing

# 52. Doris H.Thurston: Port Townsend, Washington (US)
52 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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her bracelet
in the bird's nest
jingling a descant
# 51. Peg Duthie, Nashville, Tennessee (US)
51 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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speed dating party
mum's bell announces
Christkind was here

# 30. Ralf Bröker: Ochtrup, Germany (DE)
30 /// 0 , 2 , 0 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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the tinkle
of a new year's bell . . .
soft haze of dawn

# 20. Dawn Bruce, Sydney, Australia (AU)
20 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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Dew froze the fingers
The silk thread of silence
ball and the breath

# 03. Tatjana Debeljacki, Užice, Serbia (SR)
3 /// 1 , 0 , 1 = 4 /// 13th Place Tie
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climbing past me
with unerring grace
valley bell

# 112. Bill Cooper, Richmond, Virginia (US)
112 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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ecess bells—
daylilies rippling
the afternoon

#108. Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India (IN)
108 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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After one night
of heavy drinking
church bells in the morning—

# 84. Bernhard Kopf: Vienna, Austria (AT)
84 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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bluebells bloom
in the mountain meadow —
snow on the peaks

# 74. Yamadori Komodori: Oskaloosa, Iowa (US)
74 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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peace bells
poised to ring—
the year ends

# 72 John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona (US)
72 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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rain pounds
a song into the bell—
discarded hymnal

# 66. Pris Campbell, Lake Worth, Florida (US)
66 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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temple bell . . .
snow flurries twice
on a bodhi tree*

*Bodhi is a tree Buddha meditated under.

# 64. Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg City, Mongolia (MN)
64 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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Resurrection—
sound of the bell
knocking at my window

# 59. Robert Kania, Warsaw, Poland (PL)
59 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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walking behind her
swishing pony tail
and a tinkling bell

# 58. Bernard Gieske, Bowling Green, Kentucky, (US
) 58 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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distant bells
the snow angel fills
with new-fallen snow

# 47. Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, New York (US)
47 /// 0 , 0 , 3 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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tolling bells
gather the faithfull—
the village church

# 46. Marija Pogorilic, Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
46 /// 1 , 0 , 0 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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a merry pupil
rings diligently the bell—
mid-morning break

# 45. Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania (RO)
45 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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new year
woken at midnight
by cathedral bells

# 39. Elaine Riddell: Hamilton, New Zealand (NZ)
39 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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Christmas Day
The echo of the evening bells
down the slope roles

# 36. Vera Primorac, Viskovo, Croatia (CR)
36 /// 1 , 0 , 0 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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the sun rises
a bell rings
and then she's gone

# 32. Ed Bremson: Raleigh, North Carolina, (US)
32 /// 1 , 0 , 0 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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the stillness
in old memories—
beyond the bell

# 29. Carole Harrison: Jamberoo, NSW., Australia. (AU)
29 /// 0 , 1 , 1 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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humming bee
you hear bell and call to prayer* (adhan)
go further

# 23. Dr.Smajil Durmisevic, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
*Note: "adhan" is a call to prayer for Muslims, usually from a minaret of mosque!
23 /// 1 , 0 , 0 = 3 /// 14th Place Tie
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Passing through
bells in frost—
on the footsteps: brightness of languages

# 110. Anisoara Iordache, Constanta, Romania (RO)
110 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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strolling
in a lighthouses' pause . . .
a buoys' gong

# 96. Chris Dominiczak: Newcastle upon Tyne, England (UK)
96 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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eternal peace—
understandable to all
the language bell

# 68. Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania (RO)
68 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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A Christmas song—
each church bell
knows its note.

# 54. Zhanna P. Rader, Athens, Georgia, (US)
54 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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remains of the church
breeze on the hill
swinging bell

# 43. Vesna Milan, Istra, Hrvatska (CR)
43 /// 0 , 1 , 0 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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greeting each other
two crows fly off together—
noon bell

# 38. Polly Thurston: Port Townsend, Washington, (US)
38 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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All Saints
the sound of bells
flowing chrysanthemums

# 16. Hélène, Duc, Bichancourt, France (FR)
16 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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the seventh bell
hushed in the village
of falling snow

# 11. Patrick Sweeney, Misawashi, Aomori-ken, Japan (JP)
11 /// 0 , 0 , 2 = 2 /// 15th Place Tie
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the rust of sunset
sheaths the eastern mountain tops
temple bells weep blood
# 95. Charles Watts, Lake Placid, New York, (US)
95 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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church bells
echo faith...
parishioners pray

# 89. Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, New Jersey (US)
89 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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in the milking stall
Daisy keeps ringing her bells—
snow drifts close the roads

# 73. A. D. Jaden: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
73 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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abandoned abbey
the pigeons grow confident
bells will stay silent

# 65. Harvey Jenkins, Nanaimo, BC, Canada (CA)
65 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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a flush of purple
across the morning
church bells peal

# 60. Angela Terry, Seattle, Washington (US)
60 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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small bell—
a butterfly wedding
shaking its petals

# 41. Lavana Kray: Iasi, Romania (RO)
41 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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waking me up
from my dream of sleep—
midnight bell

# 33. kash poet (kashinath karmakar), Durgapur, India (IN)
33 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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bell awakes dopped bard—
in the middle of Uni-verse
a crystal of snow

# 26. STOPS, Dridu Romania (RO)
26 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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bluebells gone from the fields
ravens overhead
winter's ice rings the fences

# 17. Lorna Cahall: Bend, Oregon (US)
17 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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temple bell rings
beyond the edge of town
one hand clapping

# 13. Sondra J. Byrnes: South Bend, Indiana (US)
13 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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tingling . . .
icicles on the tongue
in the church bell

# 12. Vania Stefanova: Sliven, Bulgaria (BG)
12 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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evening bells
sing lullabies
for the hills

# 07. Teresa Radziewicz: Juchnowiec Gorny, Poland (PL)
7 /// 0 , 0 , 1 = 1 /// 16th Place Tie
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midnight bonfire
gong of the temple bell
carried by stars

# 99. Jacquie Pearce, Vancouver, Canada (CA)
99 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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A bell tolls
Sunday morning . . .
The streets bare

# 87. Gillena Cox, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (TT)
87 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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deep sounding
at the temple bell we dive
low om

#75. Jennifer Savage: San Diego, California (US)
75 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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time of anxiety—
the heart of royal bell
yet still

# 70. Krzysztof Kokot, Nowy Targ (PL)
70 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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in the distance
a church bell tolls
hope it's good tidings

# 69. Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India (IN)
69 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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Tolling of the bells
outcries the twitter
the birds flying

# 67. Nevenka Uljanic (Degobbis), Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
67 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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steel-grey sound
in the middle of my hearth—
the bell of 2013

# 61. Judit Vhar, Budapest, Hungary (HU)
61 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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lost in The Bee Gees
mind collects Hemingway's pride
For Whom the Bell Tolls

# 55. Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh (BD)
55 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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last bell sound
a wish for the good night
of our peaceful dream

# 40. Stefanija Ludvig, Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
40 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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I stand desperate
here at the grave—
last bell for my love

# 37. Vladimir Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
37 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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naked white bluebells
the churches losing
their chimes

# 31. Karin Anderson: Adelaide South Australia (AU)
31 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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ringing the changes,
we shiver all the way
to the Liberty Bell

# 27. Caroline Gill, Ipswich, England (UK)
27 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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mass prayers . . .
temple bell wakes up
the first dawn

# 22. Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India (IN)
22 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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moonlit night
temple bells peal
angel descends . . .

# 18. Hema Ravi, Chennai, India (IN
) 18 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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I feel so rootless
when the soul was the bell
quite religious¡

# 14. Daniel de Cullá, Burgos, España (SP)
14 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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a church bell rings:
the bride and the groom
exchange smiles with the guests

# 08. Keith A. Simmonds, Rodez, France (FR)
8 /// 0 , 0 , 0 = 0 /// 17th Place Tie
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Participants who did not vote don't get their results:
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funeral bells . . .
his hunting dog
howls

# 102. Bill Pauly: Dubuque, Iowa (US)
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the temple bell
shines from afar—
little sun

# 106. Nadalsuren Purevdorj, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (MN)
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wedding-birth-funeral
bells announce all
within one year

# 01. Tanja Cilia: Fleur de Lys, Malta (MT)
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new ringtone chime—
sound of a distant bell
cutting the ozone air

# 88. Richard St. Clair: Cambridge, Massachusetts, (US)
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Freezing tower
bell rings for peace
even to the deaf

# 28. Arie Regev, Magshimim, Israel (IL)
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End of Winners List