Results of the July / August 31, 2012 "wind in the reeds" Kukai

 

 

July / August 31, 2012 "wind in the reeds" Kukai The July / August 31, 2012 Kukai is "wind in the reeds (ogi no koe, early autumn) Lit. 'voice of the reeds'" Plants: in The Five Hundred Essential Japanese Season Words Selected by Kenkichi Yamamoto Translated by Kris Young Kondo and William J. Higginson Edited for Renku Home on-line: http://www.2hweb.net/haikai/renku/500ESWd.html#AUTUMN  Use the exact words "wind in the reeds" 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. her skirts once rustled through these lovely rooms— wind in the reeds John Daleiden, US To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject: "wind in the reeds" Kukai Submissions: Sunday, July 01, 2012 – Saturday, August 18, 2012 Midnight. Voting: Sunday, August 19, 2012 -  Sunday, August 26, 2012 Midnight. Please sign your submission with your name and country of residence. The results will be published in the Friday, August 31, 2012 Sketchbook 7-4: 43 "wind in the reeds" 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be  previously unpublished; they must not be work shopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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 wind in the reeds a change of tone in the autumn sky # 06. Bouwe Brouwer, NL   1 3 5   14 1st Place

 

2nd Place the stories that vanished with her wind in the reeds # 36. Cara Holman, US 1 2 4   11 2nd Place

 

3rd Place learning the strokes of sumi-e wind in the reeds # 56. Angela Terry, US 1 2 3   10 3rd Place

 

4th Place increasing the lines on my face— wind in the reeds # 46. Cezar F. Ciobîcă, RO 1 2 2   9 4th Place

 

5th Place Tie  wind in the reeds when words are not enough # 01. Alegria Imperial, CA 0 2 3   7 5th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— only the heron motionless # 02. Jacquie Pearce, Canada 0 1 5   7 5th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— in the old boat a rag doll # 03. Ailoaei Cristina 1 1 2   7 5th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— in the fisherman trawl only waving stars # 10. Dan Iulian, Romania 0 1 5   7 5th Place Tie

 

6th Place wind in the reeds your love note whipped away # 70. Emily Romano, US 1 1 1   6 6th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— the unspoken words between us # 80. Jacquie Pearce, Canada 0 2 2   6 6th Place Tie   wind in the reeds: little children running after butterflies # 105. Keith A Simmonds, TT 0 2 2   6 6th Place Tie

 

7th Place my three-year-old chasing the wind in the reeds # 38. Tracy Davidson, UK 0 2 1   5 7th Placce Tie   wind in the reeds— the empty wren's nest hangs on # 44. Jacquie Pearce, Canada 0 1 3   5 7th Placce Tie   alone with my thoughts wind in the reeds # 73. Cara Holman, US 1 0 2   5 7th Placce Tie   I can hear wind in the reeds scattering my prayers # 92. Dawn Bruce, Australia 1 0 2   5 7th Placce Tie

 

8th Place garbage truck morning I imagine the sound of wind in the reeds # 09. Angie Werren, US 1 0 1   4 8th Place Tie   we talk and talk and yet... wind in the reeds # 16. Angela Terry, US 0 1 2   4 8th Place Tie   sweeping the water in the bird’s wake wind in the reeds # 18. Bernard Gieske, US 0 1 2   4 8th Place Tie   wind in the reeds the way whispers to me my loneliness # 29. Vishnu P Kapoor, India 0 2 0   4 8th Place Tie   a clear sky hanging over a dry field… wind in the reeds # 35. Keith A Simmonds, TT 1 0 1   4 8th Place Tie   painter artist— move of his brush makes wind in the reeds # 68. Štefanija Ludvig, CR 0 2 0   4 8th Place Tie   summer night— only the wind in the reeds moving the moon # 81. Ailoaei Cristina   cold wind in the reeds— flock of swans gathering on the moon's reflection # 82. Cezar F. Ciobîcă, RO 1 0 1   4 8th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— a mute swan stretches its wings # 96. Juliet Wilson, UK 0 1 2   4 8th Place Tie   remembering lullabies she sang to our first born wind in the reeds # 99. Vishnu P Kapoor, India 0 0 4   4 8th Place Tie   my mother's voice again in my dreams wind in the reeds # 106. Cara Holman, US 0 1 2   4 8th Place Tie

 

9th Place a warbler sings unseen wind in the reeds # 11. John Byrne, Ireland 0 0 3   3 9th Place Tie   wind among the reeds— creole love-call # 15. John McDonald: Scotland, United Kingdom 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie   I kneel by mother’s gravestone… wind in the reeds # 19. Dawn Bruce, Australia 0 1 1   3 9th Place Tie   a late butterfly flattened against a stalk wind in the reeds # 33. Emily Romano, US 0 1 1   3 9th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— the haiku master in meditation # 45. Ailoaei Cristina 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie   dandelion clocks all billow out of time wind in the reeds # 48. Karin Anderson, AU 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie   through evening fog cuckoo cuckoo wind in the reeds # 52. John Byrne, Ireland 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie   brothers’ advice to their sister wind in the reeds # 58. Bernard Gieske, US 0 1 1   3 9th Place Tie   an orb spider curling into himself wind in the reeds # 60. Bill Cooper, US 0 0 3   3 9th Place Tie   lilt of her gait wind in the reeds echoes tinkling anklets # 66. Vishnu P Kapoor, India 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie   Winter morning sober, Eyes cannot see through fog’s curtain, Cold wind in the reeds. # 67. Asim Kumar Paul, India 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie   voice in the reeds— the closed eyes in the concert hall # 77. Ramesh Anand, India 1 0 0   3 9th Place Tie

 

10th Place lover’s whispers breathe wild flowers’ scent wind in the reeds # 07. Karin Anderson, AU 0 0 2   2 10th Place Tie   is that the last swallow of the summer? wind in the reeds # 24. Juliet Wilson, UK 0 0 2   2 10th Place Tie   wind in the reeds a bittern's call booms the bass # 27. Beth Powell, CA 0 1 0   2 10th Place Tie   The rain falls outside The baby looks through window, Wind in the reeds. # 30. Asim Kumar Paul, India 0 1 0   2 10th Place Tie   her scent— wind in the reeds in my head # 37. Robert Kania, Poland 0 0 2   2 10th Place Tie   your touch a down feather on my heels wind in the reeds # 43. Alegria Imperial, CA 0 1 0   2 10th Place Tie   wind in the reeds fisherman calls out after his hat # 64. Vladislav Hristov, BG 0 0 2   2 10th Place Tie   in a pond silence a swing of the pheasant wing— wind in the reeds # 101. Štefanija Ludvig, CR   0 0 2   2 10th Place Tie

 

11th Place wind in the reeds— through memory lane rattling swords # 05. Cezar F. Ciobîcă, RO 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   she lowers her head touches the ground ~ to hear the wind in the reeds # 17. Sandra Martyres, IN 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   dawn light across the bobbing cranberries wind in the reeds # 20. Bill Cooper, US 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   Wind in the reeds Hair in disarray Closing the barn door. # 22. Douglas Penick, USA 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   someone leafing through the book wind in the reeds # 23. Nelly Dobrinova, BG 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds in hair of boatman the first drop of rain # 25. Vladislav Hristov, BG 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds laying out tarot cards by candlelight # 26. Kirsten Cliff, NZ 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds echoes of cicadas thrown along a muddy path # 28. Gillena Cox, TT 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   a hot summer day— rustle of the oak leaves and wind in the reeds # 31. Štefanija Ludvig, CR 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds its breath left to distances # 32. Evica Kraljić, CR 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— next to the old lighthouse a cemetery # 42. John Daleiden, US 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   leaving in a flurry just before midnight— wind in the reeds # 49. Asni Amin, Singapore 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds a memory of something shifts # 50. Angie Werren, US 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds she lost her fan # 62. Nelly Dobrinova, BG 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   I always used to get the wishbone wind in the reeds # 65. Kirsten Cliff, NZ 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   our hurried steps stall on the edge of day wind in the reeds # 79. Alegria Imperial, CA 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   autumn camp the wind in the reeds in our tent # 83. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   rushing river wing in the reed announces a storm # 88. Danica Bartulović, CR 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds they didn't move in the heron's dream # 97. Vladislav Hristov, BG 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   wind in the reeds I dare you to love # 98. Kirsten Cliff, NZ 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie   the wind wriggling its fingers through the reed’s hair # 102. Evica Kraljić, CR 0 0 1   1 11th Place Tie

 

12th Place my girl screams for help from across the oceans... wind in the reeds # 04. Hema Ravi, India 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   across the paddy field rain runs with frog song— wind in the reeds # 08. Asni Amin, Singapore 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   an elephant strayed into wheat field— wind in the reeds # 12. Aju Mukhopadhyay, India 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   Wind in the reeds— only the bell returns the sunset in a new dawn. # 13. Anisoara Iordache, Romania 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   ending summer wind among the reeds feeling a touch of your hand # 14. Danica Bartulović, CR 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   on the new organ the summer night harmony— wind in the reeds # 21. Vladimir Ludvig, CR 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   new cool whiff… the wind in the reeds implores the heat # 34. Diana Teneva, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   swinging candles at sunset wind in the reeds # 39. Vania Stefanova, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   REI greeting judokas leaving tatami— wind in the reeds # 40. Gheorghe Postelnicu Stops, RO 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   autumn a rainforest native’s voice in the reeds # 41. Ramesh Anand, India 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   the wind in the reeds at the lake's edge an empty bench # 47. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   a fluttering wing ripples the water— wind in the reeds # 51. Dan Iulian, Romania 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   his bold presence among the cowards— wind in the reeds # 53. Aju Mukhopadhyay, India 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   playing or crying the wind in the reed the Moon knows # 54. Danica Bartulović, CR 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   wind among the reeds ...the old lady telling her beads # 55. John McDonald: Scotland, United Kingdom 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   he plaits them slowly he means to trap the wind in the reeds # 57. Sandra Martyres, IN 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   wind in the reeds and the cold stars above… first walk alone # 59. Dawn Bruce, Australia 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— the calming sound in the swamp for a dark night # 61. Vladimir Ludvig, CR 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   losing weight this summer of strange weather— wind in the reeds # 63. Juliet Wilson, UK 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   submerged the wind among the reeds dozing # 69. Evica Kraljić, CR 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   hazy puffs... the wind in the reeds sighs tiredly # 71. Diana Teneva, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   light showers falling in the morning glow ~ wind in the reeds # 72. Keith A Simmonds, TT 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   gentle wind in the reeds a mute swan looks for its mate # 74. Tracy Davidson, UK 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   a hissing wind through stalks of reeds: not exactly Yeats # 75. Vania Stefanova, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   fisher's got asleep— only the wind in the reeds wavers the bobber # 76. Gheorghe Postelnicu Stops, RO 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— giving way to win judo strategy # 78. Gheorghe Postelnicu Stops, RO 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   wind in the reeds— a baby coot jump out of the nest # 85. Dan Iulian, Romania 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   a panicky mallard calls to her ducklings wind in the reeds # 86. John Byrne, Ireland 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   a thug overpowered the ladies— wind in the reeds # 87. Aju Mukhopadhyay, India 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   a tapestry coloring the winter sky wind in the reeds # 89. Angela Terry, US 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   she prances along in the meadows the wind in the reeds # 90. Sandra Martyres, IN 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   bird song here now, now gone— wind in the reeds # 91. Bernard Gieske, US 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   open flurry of a milkweed pod wind in the reeds # 93. Bill Cooper, USA 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   the note book cooler sing with its dull sound— wind in the reeds # 94. Vladimir Ludvig, CR 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   carres in the red spectrum wind in the reeds # 95. Nelly Dobrinova, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   Lightning sparks The cloud beams the line of fire, Stormy wind in the reeds. # 100. Asim Kumar Paul, India 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   once again wind in the reeds wind in my hair # 103. Emily Romano, US 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   in snatches the wind in the reeds chiming out # 104. Diana Teneva, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   eerie sounds just the wind in the reeds... or are they? # 107. Tracy Davidson, UK 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie   an angler subsides into the shade wind in the reeds # 108. Vania Stefanova, BG 0 0 0   0 12th Place Tie

 

Hello Haiku Poet, Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook July / August 2012 “wind in the reeds” Kukai. Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org CALL FOR Sketchbook July / August 2012 “wind in the reeds” Kukai. CALL FOR Sketchbook July / August 2012 “reeds” Kukai Submissions: Sunday, July 01, 2012 – Saturday, August 18, 2012 Midnight. Voting: Sunday, August 19, 2012 - Sunday, August 26, 2012 Midnight. The results will be published in the Friday, August 31, 2012 Sketchbook 7-4: 43 "reeds" 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 "reeds 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: "reeds” 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 August 31, 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 July / August 2012 “reeds” Kukai Submissions: Sunday, July 01, 2012 – Saturday, August 18, 2012 Midnight. Voting: Sunday, August 19, 2012 - Sunday, August 26, 2012 Midnight.