Results of the
July / August 31, 2009 "Cicada" Kukai
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Announcing July / August 2009 "cicada" Kukai
The July /
August 2009 summer Kukai theme is
"cicada"
. Use the exact words
"cicada"
in the haiku. No more
than a total of three haiku may be submitted. Haiku
submitted to the kukai should not be workshopped, appear
on-line in forums, or in print.
Haiku
Author,
Country
To:
kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: cicada kukai
Submissions:
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 – Thursday, August 20, 2009
Midnight.
Voting: Friday, August 21 - Friday, August 28, 2009,
Midnight.
The results
will be published in the Monday, August 31, 2009
Sketchbook.
Letters to
the Sketchbook editors and discussions on
various forums indicate that some assumptions about a
kukai must be spelled out. From now on (April 1, 2008),
Haiku entered in the Sketchbook
kukai must be previously unpublished; they must
not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list,
forum, group, blog, or in print. In short, if the haiku
has appeared on the internet or in print we consider it
to have been published. The voting in a kukai is
anonymous and publication anywhere voids anonyminity.
Any haiku found to be previously published will be
disqualified.
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Twenty-seven Participating
Poets included: Nadia Adams, ZA; Robin Beshers, US, Willie Bongcaron,
PH; Ralf Bröker,
DE; Gillena Cox, TT; John Daleiden, US; Magdalena Dale, RO; Garry
Eaton, CA; Bernard Gieske, US; Andrea Gradidge, CA; Mary-Jane
Grandinetti, US; Phyllis Jean Green, US; Ignatius Fay, CA; Jens-Chr.
Kjaer (Ashi), DK; Krzysztof Kokot, PL; Artur Lewandowski, PL; Darrell
Lindsey, US; Tomislav Maretic,
(Croatia) RS; Jacek Margolak, PL; John
McDonald, UK; Sarah Menefee, US; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; Keith A.
Simmonds, TT; Andrč Surridge, NZ; Barbara Taylor, AU;
Saša Važić, (Serbia)
RS; Rafal Zabratyniski, PL
Thirteen
Participating Countries included: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany,
India, New Zealand, Philippians, Poland, Romania, Serbia, South Africa
(ZA), United Kingdom, United States
summer's end
the last cicada call
through the fog
# 17. Jacek Margolak, PL
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thunder crack
hesitation
in the cicada's song
# 37. André Surridge, NZ
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cicadas
deepening
the forest's silence
# 49. John McDonald, UK
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cicada song...
my father tells a story
about his childhood
# 36. Jacek Margolak, PL
evening concert—
an empty cicada skin
full of moonlight
# 50. Jacek Margolak, PL
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pitch black
and all alone
with cicadas
# 48. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH
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cicada talk
drowning our conversation
at the beach cafe
# 13. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
evening clothesline—
a shadow holds the sound
of cicadas
# 25. Darrell Lindsey, US
just when you think
the cicadas have stopped
they start up again
# 47. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
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mid-summer break
the shrill of cicadas
surrounds the school
01. Andrea Gradidge, CA
warm twilight
the last cicada
still singing. . .
28. Tomislav Maretic,Croatia
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A serenade
played by cicada
to my deaf ear
# 09. Jens-Chr. Kjćr (Ashi), DK
first date
cicada and me
seventeen
# 45. Bernard Gieske, US
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band of cicadas
in a medley of tunes...
the summer glow
# 06. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
on the tree bark
a cicada shell
its song remembered
# 07. Bernard Gieske, US
ripples of heat
above the blacktop
cicada song
# 12. Robin Beshers, US
parting
the kingfisher's beak
a cicada
# 20. André Surridge, NZ
before the storm—
cicadas are silent
in the olive grove
# 21. Krzysztof Kokot, PL
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So many stars…
alone at my window listening
to the cicada’s chorus
# 23. Magdalena Dale, RO
scent of pine
cicadas fill
the silence
# 32. Robin Beshers, US
a symphony
those hidden cicadas
and whistling kettle
# 34. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH
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cicada call—
turns him into an
insomniac
# 05. Nadia Adams, South Africa (ZA)
mating season
cicadascicadasci
cadascicadas
# 24. Rafal Zabratynski, PL
cicada and drums
echo in the desert night—
the shaman gestures
# 26. John Daleiden, US
at the waterfall
trees rain down
cicada trills
# 30. Bernard Gieske, US
midsummer day
the heat resounds
with cicadas
# 41. Rafal Zabratynski, PL
the sound of gusle
through the ancient woods—
the ci... ci... ci... of a cicada
# 46. Saša Važic, Serbia
cicada song the pulse of summer
# 51. André Surridge, NZ
summer morning
tapping in the leaves
rain or cicadas?
# 52. Mary-Jane Grandinetti, USA
driving along the highway
as if one cicada—
the sound from each tree
# 53. Mary-Jane Grandinetti, USA
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pair of cicadas
light on my denim pant-leg
and commence to mate
# 02.
golden-eyed cicada
stepped out of its skin
into the great cry
03.
take care, cicada—
a praying mantis listens
to your song
04.
a long journey
to my sick old mother
is it only one ci... ci... ci... cicada?
# 08.
hesitating woodwinds
and stage whispers
cicadas
# 10.
the farm near Woodstock
how loud cicadas
are singing here
# 11.
full moon
cicadas crowd the night
with their chirps
# 14.
never ceasing
the cicada racket—
no off to click
# 15.
evening stroll—
cicada:
day-darkener
# 16.
a lonely drive
to Mathura
cicada songs
# 18.
picket line the honeydew of a
cicada
#19.
fleeing from it,
a childhood memory—
cicada
# 22.
dark forest floor
waxy indian pipe
—cicadas swarm
# 27.
in the still of night
the cacophony of sounds:
a cicada
# 29.
the owl woods left behind—
a cicada's ci... ci... ci...
almost easing my pain
# 31.
evening stroll—
a shadowy walk
with cicadas
# 33.
improvising
with the stream:
cicadas' chirupping
# 35.
Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbour's wife—
concert of cicadas
# 38.
it whirls
with a serious look—
fearful cicada
# 39.
The starry night…
cicada with a song
near my sadness
# 40.
tear-drop bead of sweat
at the tip of her nose
cicada bothers
# 42.
a sleepy cicada
flees from the olive tree—
oh, those lovers!
43.
cicadas in a
summer evening of magic...
a symphony
# 44.
digging a hole
to remove the dead dahlia—
cicada grub
# 54.
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Hello Haiku Poet,
Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook July / August 2009
“cicada” Kukai vote.
Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
CALL FOR Sketchbook July
/ August 2009 “cicada” Kukai vote:
Voting: Friday, August 21, 2009 – Friday, August 28, 2009,
Midnight.
1. All the entries are listed on the ballot by number.
2. Only submitting Kukai Poets are eligible to vote.
3. Email your votes to: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org When
voting, please use the words “cicada" Kukai in the subject line
of
your e-mail.
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. You may
not
cast more than 3 points for any single poem.
5. Please do not vote for your own poem(s). Any such votes will
be disqualified.
6. Please use the following format to submit your votes (listing
by
numerical order, rather than order of preference, as the sample
below):
To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: “cicada" Kukai Vote
Each voter has 6 points:
# 03--1 pt.
# 11--2 pts.
# 28--3 pts.
7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be
published in
the Monday, August 31, 2009 Sketchbook with votes received; on
the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, etc. place poets' names will
be revealed. Haiku receiving 0 votes will be published without
names. If you want your name revealed regardless of the number
of votes received please notify the kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
with the submission of your votes
The votes will appear as per the following sample:
0 2 7 11 = ____ Place
Which means:
No voter gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1
point = for a total of 11 points
CALL FOR Sketchbook July
/ August 2009 “cicada” Kukai vote:
Voting: Friday, August 21, 2009 – Friday, August 28, 2009,
Midnight.
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