Results of the July / August 31, 2009 "Cicada"  Kukai

 

 

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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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.

 

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; Andrè 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   1 5 1 14 1st Place

 

thunder crack hesitation in the cicada's song # 37. André Surridge, NZ   0 4 4 12 2nd Place

 

cicadas deepening the forest's silence # 49. John McDonald, UK   2 2 1 11 3rd Place

 

cicada song... my father tells a story about his childhood # 36. Jacek Margolak, PL   2 1 2 10 4th Place Tie   evening concert— an empty cicada skin full of moonlight # 50. Jacek Margolak, PL 1 2 3 10 4th Place Tie

 

pitch black and all alone with cicadas # 48. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH   2 1 0 8 5th Place

 

cicada talk drowning our conversation at the beach cafe # 13. Barbara A. Taylor, AU   0 1 4 6 6th Place Tie   evening clothesline— a shadow holds the sound of cicadas # 25. Darrell Lindsey, US 1 1 1 6 6th Place Tie   just when you think the cicadas have stopped they start up again # 47. Barbara A. Taylor, AU 1 1 1 6 6th Place Tie

 

mid-summer break the shrill of cicadas surrounds the school 01. Andrea Gradidge, CA   0 2 1 5 7th Place Tie   warm twilight the last cicada still singing. . . 28. Tomislav Maretic,Croatia 0 2 1 5 7th Place Tie

 

A serenade played by cicada to my deaf ear # 09. Jens-Chr. Kjær (Ashi), DK   1 0 1 4 8th Place Tie   first date cicada and me seventeen # 45. Bernard Gieske, US 0 1 2 4 8th Place Tie

 

band of cicadas in a medley of tunes... the summer glow # 06. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie   on the tree bark a cicada shell its song remembered # 07. Bernard Gieske, US 0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie   ripples of heat above the blacktop cicada song # 12. Robin Beshers, US 0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie   parting the kingfisher's beak a cicada # 20. André Surridge, NZ 0 0 3 3 9th Place Tie   before the storm— cicadas are silent in the olive grove # 21. Krzysztof Kokot, PL 0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie

 

So many stars… alone at my window listening to the cicada’s chorus # 23. Magdalena Dale, RO   0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   scent of pine cicadas fill the silence # 32. Robin Beshers, US 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   a symphony those hidden cicadas and whistling kettle # 34. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH 0 1 0 2 10th Place Tie

 

cicada call— turns him into an insomniac # 05. Nadia Adams, South Africa (ZA)   0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   mating season cicadascicadasci cadascicadas # 24. Rafal Zabratynski, PL 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   cicada and drums echo in the desert night— the shaman gestures # 26. John Daleiden, US 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   at the waterfall trees rain down cicada trills # 30. Bernard Gieske, US 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   midsummer day the heat resounds with cicadas # 41. Rafal Zabratynski, PL 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   the sound of gusle through the ancient woods— the ci... ci... ci... of a cicada # 46. Saša Važic, Serbia 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   cicada song the pulse of summer # 51. André Surridge, NZ 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   summer morning tapping in the leaves rain or cicadas? # 52. Mary-Jane Grandinetti, USA 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   driving along the highway as if one cicada— the sound from each tree # 53. Mary-Jane Grandinetti, USA 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie

 

pair of cicadas light on my denim pant-leg and commence to mate # 02.   0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   golden-eyed cicada stepped out of its skin into the great cry 03. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   take care, cicada— a praying mantis listens to your song 04. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   a long journey to my sick old mother is it only one ci... ci... ci... cicada? # 08. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   hesitating woodwinds and stage whispers cicadas # 10. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   the farm near Woodstock how loud cicadas are singing here # 11. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   full moon cicadas crowd the night with their chirps # 14. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   never ceasing the cicada racket— no off to click # 15. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   evening stroll— cicada: day-darkener # 16. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   a lonely drive to Mathura cicada songs # 18. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   picket line the honeydew of a cicada #19. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   fleeing from it, a childhood memory— cicada # 22. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   dark forest floor waxy indian pipe —cicadas swarm # 27. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   in the still of night the cacophony of sounds: a cicada # 29. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   the owl woods left behind— a cicada's ci... ci... ci... almost easing my pain # 31. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   evening stroll— a shadowy walk with cicadas # 33. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   improvising with the stream: cicadas' chirupping # 35. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife— concert of cicadas # 38. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   it whirls with a serious look— fearful cicada # 39. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   The starry night… cicada with a song near my sadness # 40. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   tear-drop bead of sweat at the tip of her nose cicada bothers # 42. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   a sleepy cicada flees from the olive tree— oh, those lovers! 43. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   cicadas in a summer evening of magic... a symphony # 44. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie   digging a hole to remove the dead dahlia— cicada grub # 54. 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie

 

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.