hosts: Aparna Pathak, Kashinath Karmakar and Neena Singh
We conclude the edition of the indianKUKAI #37.
97 Submissions came from 22 countries:
India, USA, Germany, Romania, Australia, Phillippines, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Italy, UK, Bangladesh, Scotland, Canada, Poland, Denmark, Japan, France, Greece, N. Ireland, Macedonia, Algeria, & Croatia.
theme: war
The winner is *** Bakhtiyar Amini *** with 25 points!
new graves
almost everywhere
forget-me-nots
— Bakhtiyar Amini
The 2nd place is shared by three poets—Mona Bedi, Vibeke Laier, & Kristina Todorova each with 20 points.
war zone
still the flight of
migrating geese
— Mona Bedi
war zone
all the missing
wildflowers
--- Vibeke Laier
Battlefield
looking for new home
the stork
--- Kristina Todorova
The Third place is also shared by three poets Barbara Kaufmann, Daniela Misso, & Keiko Izawa with 18 points each.
Pushing
against the winds of war
wildflowers
--- Barbara Kaufmann
bombs fall
in a child's eyes
storks flying
--- Daniela Misso
war—
an old cherry tree remembers
Hiroshima
--- Keiko Izawa
In Fourth Place is Cezar Florescu with 17 points.
the calendar
with no Sundays ...
war
--- Cezar Florescu
In Fifth place is Arvinder Kaur with 15 points.
war cry
my baby's kick violent
in the womb
— Arvinder Kaur
Congratulations to all the 9 winners and our deepest gratitude to all the poets for their warm-hearted and enthusiastic participation in the submission and the voting.
We shall be mailing these beautiful certificates designed by Teji Sethi to the winners.
indianKUKAI Hosts: Kash, Aparna & Neena Triveni Haikai India
Congratulations to all the winners.
It is a wonderful to read !
Every haiku is cherish able abd a treat to mind!!
a hearty congratulations to all the winners and all the participants
Peace and Love
I would like to suggest to all participants (excluding prize winners whose poems stand published) to submit their poems to Chrissi Villa, Editor Frameless Sky, as she has expressed that she liked many of them. The theme of her forthcoming issue is ‘war‘. Best wishes and thanks again for the participation.
Well done to all. Such beautiful work—and certificates!
Congratulations winners !! Thank you so much for your participation in kukai and making it successful !!👍👍