Tuesday, April 24, 2012

CKK #33 Results

(1. None of the comments are from the kukai coordinator. Comments and votes of the players are anonymously stated)
Players: 1.Gheorghe Postelnicu , Romania; 2.Caude Lopez-Ginisty, Switzerland ; 3. Tushar Gandhi, India; 4. Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; 5.Rita Odeh, Nazareth, Israel; 6. John Daleiden, Phoenix, AZ in the Sonoran Desert; 7. Dan Iulian, Bucharest Romania; 8. Keith A. Simmonds, T & T; 9. Johnny Baranski, Vancouver, Washington USA; 10. Alex Serban, Romania; 11.John McDonald, Scotland; 12. Robert Kania, Poland; 13. Alegria Imperial, Canada; 14. Marleen Hulst,The Netherlands; 15. Tomislav Maretic, Croatia; 16. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands; 17. Irena Szewczyk Poland; 18. Rita B. Fox, The Netherlands; 19. Juhani Tikkanen, Finland; 20. Magdalena Dale, Romania; 21. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 22.Cara Holman, USA; 23. Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro; 24. Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania; 25. Catherine J.S. Lee,Maine, USA


FIRST PLACE
14
blossoming cherry trees
I ask the waiter
for a window table
--Marleen Hulst,The Netherland
Votes: 844*** Points: 28
Comment: A little cause-and-effect in this one, but still a delightful moment.

SECOND PLACE
5
at the crossroads,
bumping into each other..
blossoming almond
--Rita Odeh
Votes: 431*** Points: 13
Comment:

THIRD PLACE
15
crucifixion
a thorny shrub
blossoming
--Tomislav Maretic
Votes: 412*** Points: 12
Comment:

RESULTS CONTINUES
1
bossoming trees -
the Queenbee's planning
workers' timing flight
--STOPS
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comment:

2
The snow is gone now
Cherry-trees are blossoming
Where is the cuckoo
--Caude Lopez-Ginisty
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comment:

3
Choko of sake in hand
Viewing Mount Fuji under
Blossoming sakura
--Tushar Gandhi
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comment:

4
brown turns to green
with buds blossoming white...
chickweed creeps through the lawn
--Pat Geyer
Votes: *1**** Points: 02
Comment:

6
a Joshua Tree
blossoming in the church yard--
lift up your hearts!
--John Daleiden, Phoenix, AZ in the Sonoran Desert
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comment:

7
The prom-
I remember her dress
blossoming.
Dan Iulian, Romania
Votes: 3*2*** Points: 09
Comment:

8
Palm Sunday strollers
around the savannah ...
poui blossoming
--8. Keith A. Simmonds
Votes: 11**** Points: 03
Comment:

9
blossoming spring
I long to return to
a simpler time
-- Johnny Baranski
Votes: 5*2*** Points: 11
Comment: A lovely evocation of the simpler times of youth.

10
blossoming cherry -
a background
on my letter
-- alex serban
Votes: 5***** Points: 05
Comment:

11
camellia blossoming -
a hundred throats
singing
--john McDonald
Votes: 32**** Points: 07
Comment:

12
final blossoming -
I watch on tv
the last living bees
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comment:

13
full moon
we track down the redolence
of blossoming plums
-- Alegria Imperial, Canada
Votes: 13**** Points: 07
Comment: "rendolence" may call too much attention to itself, overshadowing the rest of the haiku, while a less-showy word like "scent" would convey the same sensory detail whilst keeping the focus entirely on the moment. But I like this one anyway.

16
spring rain blossoming scents
--Bouwe
Votes: 3***** Points: 03
Comment:

17
his promises
blossoming in the spring
dried reeds
--Irena Szewczyk PL
Votes: 2***** Points: 02
Comment:

18
my little baby
blossoming now
a beautiful girl
--Rita B. Fox
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comment:

19
visiting the capital -
street lights blossoming
also here
--Juhani Tikkanen
Votes: ****** Points: 00
Comment:

20
A magpie with
a dry twig in the beak
blossoming limbs
--Magdalena Dale
Votes: 1***** Points: 01
Comment:

21
Holy Saturday
amongst blossoming tulips
a molehill grows
--Ralf Bröker
Votes: 41**** Points: 06
Comment:

22
blossoming magnolia
geese fly
across the sun
--Cara Holman
Votes: 24**** Points: 10
Comment:

23
seasonless
my giant hibiscus
ever blossoming
--Franklin Magalhães - Rio de Janeiro
Votes: 111*** Points: 06
Comment:

24
power failure -
blossoming plum trees in
the old cemetery
--Cezar F. Ciobîca
Votes: 41**** Points: 09
Comment:

25
high puffs of cloud . . .
blossoming mountain laurel
overtakes the hills
--Catherine J.S. Lee,Maine, USA
Votes: 321*** Points: 10
Comment:


LATE ENTRY
26
FLOWER TO THE FLOWER BLOOM
BLOSSOM BLOOMING BLOSSOMING
FLOWER OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
--Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia;


Sunday, April 1, 2012

CKK 33


Dear haiku friends you are invited to participate in The Caribbean Kigo Thirty Third Kukai

The Kigo is blossoming no other form of the word will be accepted.

Send one haiku which includes blossoming e-mail to

Example:-

blossoming poui -
a pile up of traffic
on the main street
-- gillena cox


Deadline for sending entries is April 10th 2012
Deadline for sending votes is April 20th 2012

A voting list will be e-mailed to all players

Voting: Votes to be scored using a total of 6pts
Example:-
Haiku#76………3pts
Haiku#34………2pts
Haiku#8………1pt

Comments during voting are encouraged but must be limited to 3 lines; when published these comments and votes will be given anonymous listings.

Ballots: (votes and comments) to be sent to e-mail to
The results will be published here at Caribbean Kigo Kukai

After results have been posted, any comments you wish to make can be posted directly here at the blog just click on comments at the end of the post

much love
gillena