Results of the November / December 31, 2009 "winter clods"  Kukai

 

 

Announcing November / December 2010 "winter clouds" Kukai The November / December 2010  Kukai theme is "winter clouds".  SeeThe Haiku Handbook, William J. Higginson, p. 281. Use the exact words "winter clouds"  in the haiku. No more than a total of three haiku may be submitted. Haiku submitted to the kukai should not be work shopped, appear on-line in forums, or in print. Haiku Author, Country To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject: "winter clouds" kukai Submissions: Monday, November 01, 2010 – Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Midnight. Voting: Thursday, December 23, 2010 - Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Midnight. The results will be published in the Friday, December 31, 2010 Sketchbook 5-6 Results of the November / December 2010 "winter clouds" Kukai. 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be  previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they mst not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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. A kukai is a peered review poetry contest. A haiku Topic is assigned by the editor. An 'anonymized' list of submitted haiku is then distributed to all participating poets and they are invited to vote. Votes are returned to the editor who tallies the votes and publishes the haiku for the participants, this time with names and points revealed.

Thirty-nine poets from eighteen countries contributed ninety-six haiku to the "winter clouds" Kukai. 

Haiku Poets: Sanjukta Asopa, IN; Willie R. Bongcaron, PH; Ralf Bröker, DE; Bouwe Brouwer, NL; Cezar Ciobica, FR; Bill Cooper, US; John Daleiden, US; Janjalija Damir, ME; Margaret Dornaus, US; Bernard Gieske, US; Heike Gewi, DE; Gabor G. Gyukics, HU/US; George Hawkins, US; Cara Holman, US; Marleen Hulst, NL; Maya Idriss, LB; Alegria Imperial, CA; Karina Klesko, US; Catherine J. S. Lee, US; Patricia Lida, RO; Jacek Margolak, PL; Thomas Martin, US; Diane Mayr, US; John McDonald, UK (Scotland); Vasa Mihailovich, US; Vasile Moldovan, RO; Cristina, Monica Moldoveanu, RO; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; Rita Odeh, IL; Karen O’Leary, US; Pat Prime, NZ; Alex Serban, RO, Keith A Simmonds, TT; Brian Strand, UK; Barbara A. Taylor, AU; Sunil Uniyal, IN; Sasa Vazic, SR; Neal Whitman, US.

Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Hungry, India, Israel, Lebanon, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom (England), (Scotland), United States

 

1st Place the waiter asks if I'm alone— winter clouds # 13. Cara Holman, US 0 4 4 12 1st Place

 

2nd Place riverbank— dipping my toes in winter clouds # 34. Sanjukta Asopa, IN 1 1 6 11 2nd Place

 

3rd Place hospice window— winter clouds deepen into her eyes # 95. Cezar Ciobica, FR 1 1 5 10 3rd Place

 

4th Place winter clouds the bus-driver's child waits for snow # 01. Ralf Bröker, DE 1 1 3 8 4th Place

 

5th Place winter clouds— waiting for the light to change to green # 72. Cara Holman, US 0 2 3 7 5th Place Tie     winter clouds his forged smile on the family picture # 76. Marleen Hulst, NL 1 1 2 7 5th Place Tie     winter clouds I light the fire much earlier # 78. Barbara A. Taylor, AU 1 1 2 7 5th Place Tie

 

6th Place winter clouds— a gray teardrop on the clown's face # 06. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO 1 0 3 6 6th Place Tie     winter clouds she kisses him without looking # 33. Bouwe Brouwer, NL   0 2 2 6 6th Place Tie   winter clouds... her perfume lingers on my fur collar # 59. Jacek Margolak, PL 1 0 3 6 6th Place Tie   winter clouds the huddled sparrows on a ledge # 61. Sanjukta Asopa, IN 0 1 4 6 6th Place Tie   winter clouds— first snowflakes on my friend's grave # 87. Andrzej Dembonczyk, PL   0 1 4 6 6th Place Tie

 

7th Place snow geese disappear in the wind # 17. Thomas Martin, US   0 1 3 5 7th Place

 

8th Place winter clouds— skunk scent drifts through the cabin # 18. George Hawkins, US 0 1 2 4 8th Place Tie   two crows flying in opposite directions winter clouds # 55. Sasa Vazic, SR 0 1 2 4 8th Place Tie   winter clouds by candlelight a book of Vermeers # 56. Bill Cooper, US   0 1 2 4 8th Place Tie   unbroken snow a lone eagle skims the winter clouds # 89. Catherine J.S. Lee, US 1 0 1 4 8th Place Tie   winter clouds— I look once again through his letters # 94. Cezar Ciobica, FR 1 0 1 4 8th Place Tie

 

9th Place winter clouds— knitting his sweater and memories # 04. Rita Odeh, IL 0 0 3 3 9th Place Tie   broken street lamp— a seagull dashes through winter clouds # 40. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO   0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie   winter clouds— snow when I least expect it # 46. Cara Holman, US 0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie   winter clouds the bright lights of a morning bus # 50. Marleen Hulst, NL 0 0 3 3 9th Place Tie   winter clouds all I could have been is what I am # 60. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 1 0 0 3 9th Place Tie   winter clouds a tango by the fire # 81. Bill Cooper, US 0 0 3 3 9th Place Tie   winter clouds rereading Issa's snail poem # 84. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie   in your eyes the shadow of winter clouds— smells like rain today # 92. Janjalija Damir, ME 0 1 1 3 9th Place Tie

 

10th Place insomnia winter clouds drifting. . . drifting # 02. Karina Klesko, US 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   winter clouds not a single soul in the lake # 08. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   winter clouds watching soap reruns on my day off # 21. Marleen Hulst, NL   0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   winter clouds teach me how to live within old boundaries # 22. Margaret Dornaus, US 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   winter clouds oyster stew by the fire # 27. Bill Cooper, US 0 1 0 2 10th Place Tie   winter clouds— she looks in the wardrobe for her shawl # 28. Sunil Uniyal, IN 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   a christmas dinner for one —winter clouds # 31. Diane Mayr, US 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   winter    clouds        drifting # 49. John McDonald, UK (Scotland) 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   winter clouds she asks him to come a bit closer # 63. Ralf Bröker, DE 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie   taking the red-eye... winter clouds by moonlight # 73. George Hawkins, US winter clouds— a rusty bicycle in the canal # 82. Pat Prime, NZ 0 0 2 2 10th Place Tie

 

11th Place winter clouds— a dead house finch on my back deck # 10. Neal Whitman, US 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   winter clouds drizzle day after day after day # 24. Barbara A. Taylor, AU 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   waving my daughter "see you..." as the winter clouds turn the corner # 26. Sasa Vazic, SR 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   watching winter clouds my hair turns grey # 36. Ralf Bröker, DE 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   winter clouds— oh, that lion devouring a rabbit! # 38. Rita Odeh, IL 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   the neighbor's cat curled on my car hood— winter clouds # 44. Neal Whitman, US 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   Columns of smoke supporting the sky— winter clouds # 45. Vasile Moldovan, RO 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   winter clouds— the black lace of trees in the dusk # 57. Pat Prime, NZ 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   inter clouds heavy with showers: lingering winds # 66. Keith A. Simmonds, TT 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   winter clouds— the wind blows over bare magnolias # 67. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   winter clouds keeping the pot roast warm and tasty # 69. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   on a bright sky: graffiti of winter clouds # 75. John McDonald, UK (Scotland) 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   forecast: quiet night, lonely night winter clouds # 77. Alegria Imperial, CA 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   unending cold a glacier of winter clouds creeps down the sky # 90. Catherine J.S. Lee, US 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie   winter clouds— a shelterless and his dog move closer # 93. Cezar Ciobica, FR 0 0 1 1 11th Place Tie

 

12th Place The Haiku in this group received 0 Votes 0 0 0 0 12th Place Tie winter clouds— heavily over the river, promising snow # 03. Patricia Lidia, RO   solitary stars linger in the evening sky— winter clouds # 05. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   winter clouds in my face! hail 07.   fallen tree by your headstone empathy of winter clouds thundersnow voices # 09. Maya Idriss, LB   angels in the snow— children look happy winter clouds # 11. Alex Serban, RO   Sweeping up the carpet of leaves— winter clouds # 12.   winter clouds paging through family photos tears pour # 14. Karen O'Leary, US   winter clouds lit dark nights in pine tree forests moonless months set in # 15. Gabor G. Gyukics HU / US   tears flood my cheek I whisper au-revoir— winter clouds my soul # 16. Brian Strand, UK   inter clouds— outside the ice-rink piles of snow # 20. John McDonald, UK (Scotland)   under winter clouds the pine trees quite darker than the monks’ cawl # 23. Alegria Imperial, CA   winter clouds frittering in the firmament # 25. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN   firelight— winter clouds pattern the sky # 29. Pat Prime, NZ   Small winter clouds sailing through barren branches on the vast blue sea # 30. Vasa Mihailovich, US   winter clouds— we renew our wedding vows in the church # 35.   winter clouds— storms moved across over in cascades # 37. Patricia Lidia RO   smoking chimneys in a network of shapes... winter clouds # 39. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   wispy winter clouds tripping over a rock to seek shapeshifters # 41.   memory crunch muffled in an absurd sunset silence winter clouds strike me through # 43. Maya Idriss, LB   a red shift at solstice winter clouds # 47. George Hawkins, US   squirrel nests clouds in the trees these winter months # 48. Bernard Gieske, US   winter clouds hovering about sunflowers without the flowers # 52. Alegria Imperial, CA   panic stations— winter clouds cloak the mountain trail # 53. Barbara A. Taylor, AU   winter clouds like freckles in the sky— vanished # 54. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN   each night she lights the Christmas candle— winter clouds # 62. John Daleiden, US   winter clouds— sun breaking through pulling away # 64. Patricia Lidia RO   winter moon lightning up the route of those jogging clouds.. # 65. Rita Odeh, IL   inter clouds straight and lined up ...off into the ditch # 68.   setting for one my pu-erh tea darkening white clouds # 70. Neal Whitman, US   Mountaineers chain smoking— winter clouds # 71.   in the blind back alley a homeless shelter winter clouds # 74. Bernard Gieske, US   freaky winter clouds poured light heartedly— chilled # 79. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN   winter clouds the thousand starlets in my son's hands # 83.   winter clouds— the doctor says, 'cataract' # 85.   tonight a full eclipse of the moon— winter clouds # 86. John Daleiden, US   winter clouds— sexton snow removal cemetery path # 88. Andrzej Dembonczyk, PL   tolling bell buoy winter clouds of sea smoke rise from the gelid waves # 91. Catherine J.S. Lee, US   the drive home . . . red sky in my mirror winter clouds turning night # 96. Margaret Dornaus, US

 

Hello Sketchbook Kukai Poet: Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook November / December “winter clouds” Kukai vote. Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to: To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject: “winter clouds” Kukai vote Please indicate with your ballot one of these choices: Yes, reveal my name even if my haiku receive 0 votes No, remove my name if my haiku receive 0 votes Poets who do not include one of the above statements will have their name published with each haiku. CALL FOR Sketchbook November / December “winter clouds” Kukai vote. Submissions: Monday, November 01, 2010 – Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Midnight.Voting: Thursday, December 23, 2010 - Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 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 “winter clouds” Kukai vote 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“winter clouds” 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 Friday, December 31, 2010 Sketchbook with votes received; on the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, etc. place poet’s names will be revealed. The voting results 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 September / October “winter clouds” Kukai vote. Submissions: Monday, November 01, 2010 – Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Midnight.Voting: Thursday, December 23, 2010 - Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Midnight.