The April 2013 "Akko Beach Photo" International No. 13

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The April 2013 "Akko Beach Photo" International No. 13:

Winners List Arranged from High -- Low

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Australia (2), Bangladesh (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2), Croatia (4), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (1), India (4), Israel (2), Lithuania (1), Malta (1), Mexico (1), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Philippines (1), Poland (2), Romania (5), Singapore (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (14)

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50 Haijin; 50 Haiku; 22 Countries
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For Example:
44/// 3, 5 , 11= 30 /// 1st Place
The first number(44) represents the Haiku.
2-4th numbers represent voters per 3 place X 3, 2nd place X 2, 1st place X 1 = 5th number(30) representing the total votes received which indicates a Place and / or Tie.



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heavy sea . . .
i can't take back
the words i never said

# 044. Sebastian Lucacs: Dorohoi, Romania (RO)
44/// 3, 5, 11 =30 ///1st Place
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return of spring—
walking along the defensive walls
after chemo

# 037. Irena Szewczyk: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
37/// 0, 5, 6= 16/// 2nd Place
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battered shores—
the silence in a soul
passing

# 027. Carole Harrison: Jamberoo, NSW., Australia (AU)
27/// 1, 2, 5= 12/// 3rd Place
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Coastal fort,
do you know the waves
are winning?

# 013. H. Edgar Hix: Minneapolis, Minnesota (US)
13/// 1 ,2 ,4 =11 ///4th Place Tie
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departing cranes—
dreaming of places
I've never been

# 049. Laura Csilla: Brasov, Romania (RO)
49/// 0, 3, 5= 11/// 4th Place Tie
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fading light
the wave recedes
the tiny shells

# 004.Ramesh Anand: Bangalore, India (IN)
4/// 2, 1, 2 =10/// 5th Place Tie
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Akko’s citadel
even these stone walls
cannot stop the winter wind

# 024. Harvey Jenkins: Nanaimo, BC Canada (CA)
24/// 1, 1 ,5= 10 ///5th Place Tie
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a cliff
she dreams
of flying

# 047. Patty Hardin: Long Beach, Washington, (US)
47/// 2, 0 ,3= 9 ///6th Place Tie
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old citadel
lapped by returning waves—
twilight's hush

# 048. Kashinath Karmakar (kash poet): Durgapur, India (IN)
48/// 1, 2 ,2 =9 ///6th Place Tie
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dawn stillness . . .
a bluebird reappears near
the ancient walls

# 005. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
5/// 0, 2, 4 =8 /// 7th Place Tie
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dry wind
echoes of the bell
on the ship

# 046. Robert Kania: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
46/// 1, 0 ,5= 8/// 7th Place Tie
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morning light . . .
a bell in the church spire
its silence

# 010. Gillena Cox: St. James, Trinidad and Tobago (TT)
10/// 1 ,1, 2= 7/// 8th Place Tie
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first time
above the moss line
spring tide

# 029. Bernard Gieske: Bowling Green, Kentucky (US)
29 ///0, 1 ,5= 7/// 8th Place Tie
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Little lantern
peeking over the wall;
protected protector.

# 034. Debra L. Beauchamp: Caledonia, Ontario, Canada (CA)
34/// 1, 1, 2= 7/// 8th Place Tie
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Waves and the wall
a stormy love affair

# 039. Arie Regev: Magshimim, Israel (IL)
39/// 2, 0 ,1= 7 ///8th Place Tie
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sunrise and sea waves—
eyes watching for centuries
inside these walls

# 042.Tony Valenzuela: Mexico City, Mexico (MS)
42 /// 1 , 0 , 4 = 7 /// 8th Place Tie
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no news from the front . . .
sharing favorite memories
with other seagulls

# 050. Cezar-Florin Ciobica: Botosani, Romania (RO)
50/// 1 ,2 ,0= 7/// 8th Place Tie
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fragrant sea breezes
drifting over a sea wall
the sound of waves

# 041. A.D. Jaden: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
41/// 0 ,1, 4= 6/// 9th Place Tie
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her spring dreams
ready for escape—
sea waves roll in

# 001. John Daleiden: Phoenix, Arizona (US)
1 ///1 ,0, 2= 5/// 10th Place Tie
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in the silence of twilight
waves
and seagull a cry

# 014. Vera Primorac: Viskovo, Croatia (CR)
14/// 0, 2 , 1 =5 /// 10th Place Tie
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spring sea lapping
whispering
ancient words

# 016. Ed Bremson: Raleigh, North Carolina (US)
16/// 0, 1, 3= 5/// 10th Place Tie
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spring thunder
sea horses hooves resound
on fort’s secret walls

# 032. Karin Anderson: Adelaide, South Australia (AU)
32/// 1, 0, 2= 5/// 10th Place Tie
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"walls of your castle
as stony as your cold heart
hope-waves rise and fall"

# 009. Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh (BD)
9/// 1, 0, 1= 4/// 11th Place Tie
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building trust
a step-by-step approach—
exposed rock pools

# 021. Ernesto P. Santiago: Solano, Philippines (PH)
21/// 0, 0, 4= 4/// 11th Place Tie
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dusk setting in—
over the sea wall rolls
the sound of the surf

# 038. Bouwe Brouwer: Emmeloord, Netherlands (NL)
38/// 0, 0, 4= 4/// 11th Place Tie
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earth, water, air—
our pledges of faithfulness
so elemental

# 045. S.R. Herrin: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
45/// 1, 0, 1= 4/// 11th Place Tie
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sandals dry
but skin spring-damp—
Galilee sunrise

# 007. Peg Duthie: Nashville, TN, (US)
7/// 0, 0, 3= 3/// 12th Place Tie
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each brick
against the last winter storm
a pine tree in the forest

# 008. Rick Daddario, Kailua Hawaii (US)
8 ///0, 0 ,3 =3 ///12th Place Tie
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above
the rising, falling waves . . .
a turtle dove

# 023. Asni Amin: Singapore, (SG)
23/// 0, 1, 1 = 3/// 12th Place Tie
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behind the wall
last year's crocus thrives
here comes the flood

# 011. Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany (DE)
11/// 0, 1, 0= 2/// 13th Place Tie
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clouds over the sea—
the fort standing steady
foaming the waves

# 035. Stefanija Ludvig, Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
35/// 0 ,0, 2= 2 /// 13th Place Tie
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sunset serenity
on the distant horizon…
does the sea have a soul?!

# 043. Diana Teneva: Haskovo, Bulgaria (BG)
43/// 0, 1, 0= 2/// 13th Place Tie
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Spring waves
slowly hitting the wall—
her heart still beating

# 002. Eduard Tara: Iasi, Romania (RO)
2/// 0, 0, 1= 1 /// 14th Place Tie
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fish
just vanished
in the sea foam

# 025. Vladimir Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
25/// 0, 0, 1= 1/// 14th Place Tie
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departures
outweigh arrivals—
his ship steams into the night

# 026. Margaret Beverland: Katikat, New Zealand (NZ)
26/// 0, 0, 1= 1/// 14th Place Tie
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Haijins who didn't vote:
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spring storm—
how the old lighthouse
basks in sunlight

# 012. Terrie Leigh Relf (AKA semi), San Diego, California (US)
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mid summer rain clouds
haunt dark waters . . .
stony silence

# 019. Hema Ravi: Chennai, India (IN)
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spring wind
a wall of water breaches
the breakwater

# 030. Carmel Lively Westerman: Yuma, Arizona (US)
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Time's waves siege—
Berlin Wall less strong than
every strengthened church

# 018. Stops, Bucharest, Romania, (RO)
18/// 0, 0, 0 = 0/// 15th Place Tie
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vigil
for storm . . .
waters vapid now

# 020. Seshu Chamarty: Hyderabad, India (IN)
20/// 0, 0, 0 = 0/// 15th Place Tie
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cold spring—
stone by stone the ship
bundled up of horizon

# 022. Helene Duc: Bichancourt, Aisne, France (FR)
22/// 0, 0, 0 = 0/// 15th Place Tie
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The waves of the sea
Come this far but no farther
Broken by Akka

# 028. Charles Watts: Lake Placid, New York (US)
28/// 0, 0, 0 = 0/// 15th Place Tie
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In the end
escape
a matter of trust

# 031. Jens-Christian Kjær (Ashi): Brande, Jylland, Denmark (DK)
31/// 0, 0, 0 = 0/// 15th Place Tie
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Withdrawn:

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the lighthouse . . .
a sentinel cloud hovers
over a placid sea

# 040. Keith A Simmonds: Rodez, France (FR)
40/// 0, 0, 0 = 0/// 15th Place Tie
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Non Voters don't get their results:
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spring storm—
how the old lighthouse
basks in sunlight

# 012. Terrie Leigh Relf (AKA semi), San Diego, California (US)
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mid summer rain clouds
haunt dark waters . . .
stony silence

# 019. Hema Ravi: Chennai, India (IN)
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spring wind
a wall of water breaches
the breakwater

# 030. Carmel Lively Westerman: Yuma, Arizona (US)
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respite from the wind;
space and time cease to exist . . .
a new dawn coming

# 006.Tanja Cilia: Fleur de Lys, Malta (MT)
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Living with a sea
has a life of weigh anchor
dreaming vacations.

# 015. Daniel de Culla: Madrid, Spain (SP)
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Hopelessly in life
Search salvation
In the bright horizon

# 036. Nevenka Uljanić, Rovinj, Croatia (CR)
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End of Kukai Results April 2013 No. 13 International Akko Beach Photo
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