Results of the May / June 2012 "cloud(s)"  Kukai

 

 

May / June 30, 2012 "cloud(s)"  Kukai The May / June 30, 2012 Kukai is "cloud peaks" / "billowing clouds" (kumo no mine) ~ Astronomy. See The Haiku Handbook, William J. Higginson, p. 272. Use the exact words "cloud peaks" or "billowing 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: "cloud(s)" kukai Submissions: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 – Monday June 18, 2012 Midnight. Voting: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Monday, June 25, 2012 Midnight. The results will be published in the Saturday, June 30, 2012 Sketchbook 7-3 ~ 42 "cloud(s)" Kukai results. 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be work shopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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 anonymity. 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 anonymous 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. Index to past Kukai: Vol. 1, No. 1 ~ October 2006 - Current

 

1st Place  cloud peaks in her morning coffee extra cream # 99. Poppy Herrin, US 99 2 1 3   11 1st Place

 

2nd Place  billowing clouds the first flower opens on the cactus # 02. Juliet Wilson, UK 2 0 2 5   9 2nd Place

 

3rd Place Tie   billowing clouds the curve of wind on her body # 62. Alegria Imperial, CA 62 1 2 1   8 3rd Place Tie   billowing clouds the laundryman retests his iron # 22. Michele L. Harvey, US 22 0 1 6   8 3rd Place Tie   billowing clouds the vacuum cleaner bag bursts # 70. Harvey Jenkins, CA 70 2 0 2   8 3rd Place Tie   billowing clouds: the sunflower still looks for the sun # 86. Chitra Rajappa, India 86 1 1 3   8 3rd Place Tie

 

4th Place  a small pond too small for all those billowing clouds # 85. Malvina Mileta, CR 85 1 1 2   7 4th Place

 

5th Place  billowing clouds now the robin’s nest is empty # 16. Angie Werren, US 16 0 2 2   6 5th Place Tie   billowing clouds: a buttlerfly flits from one patch of sun to another # 24. Chitra Rajappa, India 24 0 2 2   6 5th Place Tie   cloud peaks the smell of old sails on his hat # 31. Alegria Imperial, CA 31 1 0 3   6 5th Place Tie   cloud peaks watching figures take shape in my coffee # 46. Tracy Davidson, UK 46 1 1 1   6 5th Place Tie

 

6th Place  to be alone on top of the world cloud peaks # 13. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH 13 0 1 3   5 6th Place Tie   billowing clouds the flat prairie gains more shadow # 03. Harvey Jenkins, CA 3 0 0 5   5 6th Place Tie

 

7th Place  billowing clouds gather in the sombre sky ... winter morning # 05. Keith A. Simmonds, TT 5 0 2 0   4 7th Place Tie   sheets on the line shape the breeze billowing clouds # 25. Maire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland 25 0 1 2   4 7th Place Tie   approaching storm cloud peaks your ambition, my dreams # 40. Deryn Pittar, NZ 40 0 2 0   4 7th Place Tie   her dreams drift into billowing clouds castles in the air # 57. Maire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland 57 0 2 0   4 7th Place Tie   billowing clouds— magnolias unfolding all senses. # 61. Dan Iulian, RO 61 0 1 2   4 7th Place Tie   billowing clouds— mother's laundry basin left on the ground # 95. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO 95 0 1 2   4 7th Place Tie

 

8th Place  billowing clouds the wind shifts a flock of swallows # 27. Cara Holman, US 27 0 1 1   3 8th Place Tie   newborn butterfly— two cloud peaks merging # 34. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO 34 1 0 0   3 8th Place Tie   billowing clouds— swifts blur in and out of focus # 38. Juliet Wilson, UK 38 0 0 3   3 8th Place Tie   billowing clouds above the rooftops— sudden headache # 69. Juliet Wilson, UK 69 0 1 1   3 8th Place Tie   billowing clouds doves and sparrows on the same transmission line # 81. Angie Werren, US 81 0 0 3   3 8th Place Tie   billowing clouds on the bottom of an abandoned boat # 83. Vera Primorac, CR 83 1 0 0   3 8th Place Tie

 

9th Place  billowing clouds traveling to the sundown... crimson drops of light # 01. Diana Teneva, BG 1 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   clouds in the bucket imbibe between in the garden flowers # 06. Vladislav Hristov, BG 6 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   billowing clouds cotton candy seller is tired # 07. Nelly Dobrinova, BG 7 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   billowing clouds the onrushing scent of paella # 09. Bill Cooper, US 9 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   Billowing clouds, shouted for seagulls— turning point. # 12. Anisora Iordache, RO 12 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   summer sky— hillside’s lake full of billowing clouds # 14. Ramesh Anand, IN 14 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   billowing clouds over Sahara— a dream # 21. Robert Kania, Poland 21 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   children on meadow and billowing clouds running… # 23. Malvina Mileta, CR 23 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   billowing clouds we discuss season words # 33. Stella Pierides, DE/UK 33 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   billowing cloud a sketch of the flower # 36. Dubravko Korbus, Croatia 36 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   cloud peaks the community concert attempts Beethoven # 39. Harvey Jenkins, CA 39 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   cloud peaks grandfather's pipe is already empty # 43. Nelly Dobrinova, BG 43 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   cloud peaks… tonguing the ice cream above the cone # 49. Ramesh Anand, IN 49 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   in each puddle a different cloud # 50. Tonka Lovric (Davor), CR 50 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   a fire-breathing dragon morphs into a sheep... billowing clouds # 59. Cara Holman, US 59 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   billowing clouds— her separation depressing me # 79. Ramesh Anand, IN 79 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie   billowing clouds all the things I thought I knew # 84. Michele L. Harvey, US 84 0 0 2   2 9th Place Tie   black cloud peaks neigh’s echo her fantasy stallion’s fall # 90. Karin Anderson, AU 90 0 1 0   2 9th Place Tie

 

10th Place  Wash Day Sheets on the line billowing clouds # 04. Deryn Pittar, NZ 4 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   glint of life in the space star clusters billowing clouds # 08. Vladimir Ludvig, CR 8 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   winter storm how billowing clouds grow in my mind # 10. Tracy Davidson, UK 10 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   clouds thunder the scare crow without raincoat # 17. Radhey Shiam, IN 17 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   mountains beyond mountains cloud peaks # 29. Jay Fiedenberg, US 29 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   his cigar billowing clouds of smoke unsuspecting child # 32. Sandra Martyres, IN 32 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   linings of light traveling through billowing clouds # 37. Diana Teneva, BG 37 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie cloud peaks the nibbling worms of jealousy in her mind # 44. Vladimir Ludvig, CR 44 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie granny's worries not enough clothes pegs for those billowing clouds # 55. Malvina Mileta, CR 55 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie cloud peaks— for dessert I whisk egg whites # 64. Stella Pierides, DE/UK 64 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   belly of a billowing cloud on the mountain peak # 67. Dubravko Korbus, Croatia 67 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   train journey bobbing beneath billowing clouds # 87. Maire Morrissey-Cummins, Ireland 87 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   billowing clouds the first raindrops hit the pavement # 89. Cara Holman, US 89 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie   cloud peaks in a young girl's eyes daydreams take shape # 97. Poppy Herrin, US 97 0 0 1   1 10th Place Tie

 

11th Place  These haiku received 0 Votes. 0 0 0   0 11th Place Tie seemless grey... cloud peaks climb unseen # 11.   after the rain a blackbird jumps into the cloud in a puddle # 15. Tonka Lovric (Davor), CR   'cross the sky inspiration writ aloud-sails billowing clouds # 18. Brian Strand, UK   cloudy weekend a couple chatting during advertisements # 19. Stjepan Rozic, Croatia   billowing clouds what brings the future? # 20. Vera Primorac, CR   The weather: under a cloud A land of bellowing clouds! # 26. Munia Khan, BD   saturating each other on mountain crests billowing clouds # 28.   snow dusted crag— through the cloud peaks wandering eagle. # 30. Dan Iulian, RO   billowing clouds— summer monsoon season brings dust but no rain # 35. John Daleiden, US   cloud peaks rising in the evening sky: a sudden downpour # 41. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   billowing clouds a boy flaking a stone beyond the quarry blast # 45. Bill Cooper, US   gale on the granite ridge billowing clouds # 47.   billowing clouds hide the crescent moon the jester's pun # 48. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH   cloud peaks an orange post-it note on my door # 51. Angie Werren, US   thunder crackle much noise # 52. Radhey Shiam, IN   billowing clouds above the ripe harvest the hail # 53. Vera Primorac, CR   cloud peaks her name in lights on the movie marquee # 54. Michele L. Harvey, US   billowing clouds: her unseeing eyes heavy with unshed tears ... # 56. Chitra Rajappa, India   shade of bellowing clouds upon oak groves— A brazen noon! # 58. Munia Khan, BD   billowing clouds a cosmic dance through threshold worlds # 60.   Sunday bells— billowing clouds towards west # 65. Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, RO   billowing clouds outperform the singers— rock concert # 66. John Daleiden, US   sunset... billowing clouds let go down crimson drops of light # 68. Diana Teneva, BG   cumulus cloud peaks our trip to Tibet # 71. Deryn Pittar, NZ   the sun rises over a raging sea ... billowing clouds # 72. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   web rain of bytes with a lot of binary data billowing clouds # 74. Vladimir Ludvig, CR   nearly a half moon remains of the tower clock billowing clouds # 75. Bill Cooper, US   cloud peaks the dizziness I feel when you kiss me # 76. Tracy Davidson, UK   gale across the granite ridge— billowing clouds # 77. Robert Davey, UK   roaming pigeons under the billowing clouds of my horizon # 78. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH   a blaze a cloud black with the swallowed smoke # 80. Tonka Lovric (Davor), CR   cloudy sky the rainbow thrills of joy # 82. Radhey Shiam, IN   Sun-cloud mountain: sun peeks through the cloud peaks # 88. Munia Khan, BD   warm winds of spring— shadows of billowing clouds hiding my black thoughts. # 91. Dan Iulian, RO   canoe lolling mid-stream cloud peaks # 92. Alegria Imperial, CA   billowing clouds monsoons around the corner buy an umbrella. # 93. Sandra Martyres, IN   billowing clouds she’s letting herself go # 94. Stella Pierides, DE/UK   ragging wildfires add to the billowing clouds— gray ash everywhere # 96. John Daleiden, US   a charcoal artist sketches the billowing clouds— the Angelus tolls # 98. A. D. Jaden, US   etched in cloud peaks the face of Ted Neeley— superstar # 100. A. D. Jaden, US   billowing clouds soap suds so high, all he sees is her face # 101. Poppy Herrin, US   the billowing clouds crackle with thunder— a thousand one...a... # 102. A. D. Jaden, US

 

Hello Haiku Poet, Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook May / June "cloud(s)" Kukai Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org CALL FOR Sketchbook May / June "cloud(s)" Kukai Submissions: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 – Midnight Sunday, June 18, 2012 Voting: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Monday, June 25, 2012 Midnight. The results will be published in the Saturday, June 30, 2012 Sketchbook 7-3 "cloud(s)" Kukai results. 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 "cloud(s)" 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: "cloud(s)" Kukai Vote Yes, publish my name even if my haiku receive 0 votes. or: No, please withhold my name if any of my haiku receive 0 votes. Poets not responding will have their names published with all haiku. 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 June 30, 2012 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 with names. If you want your name withheld if the haiku receive 0 votes  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 May / June "cloud(s)" Kukai Submissions: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 – Midnight Sunday, June 18, 2012 Voting: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Monday, June 25, 2012 Midnight.