Results of the European Quarterly Kukai #1 - Spring 2013

The first edition of European Quarterly Kukai is completed. We thank to the authors who have wished to take part in it. We are glad that so many authors sent their submissions. We know that voting was extremely difficult, because there were a lot of very good haiku. Congratulations to Artur, congratulations to the winners and all of the authors. Thanks to you, European Quarterly Kukai entered the world of haiku competitions calendar. We apologize for the weaknesses that could happen. We look forward to seeing you in the next editions. Best regards.

130 authors, 33 countries:

Australia (3), Austria (1), Belgium (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (3), Colombia (1), Croatia (7), Denmark (3), France (2), Germany (16), Hungary (2), India (3), Israel (2), Italy (2), Lithuania (9), Mongolia (2), The Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Philippines (1), Poland (10), Romania (16), Russia (5), Serbia (7), Singapore (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1), UK (4), USA (12), Yemen (1)

Here are the results:

FIRST PLACE

Artur Lewandowski, Sieradz, Poland

(4-4-2) = 22 points (from USA, GER, POL, LIT - USA, LIT, HUN, LIT - POL, GER)

#30

spring

the widow buys

depilatory wax

SECOND PLACE (2)

S.M. Abeles, Washington, DC, USA

(4-3-0) = 18 points (from UK, USA, SRB, USA - RUS, NZL, CRO)

#118

the way I know

when you are coming --

blossom rain

v   

Sebastian Lucacs, Dorohoi, Romania

(2-3-6) = 18 points (from GER, SUI - LIT, CRO, USA - USA, IND, ROM, RUS, UK, AUT)

#130

spring fever -

the spinster browsing

a seed catalogue

THIRD PLACE (3)

Sheila Windsor, Worcester, England

(5-1-0) = 17 points (from RUS, CRO, CAN, GER, LIT - AUS)

#38

the long way home. . .

a field of newborn lambs

on tipsy legs

* tipsy = a little drunk

v   

Natalia "Shiroki Mirukami" Sedenkova, Samara, Russia

(3-3-2) = 17 points (from GER, LIT, GER - USA, CRO, SRB - USA, POL)

#110

my vast country

cherry blossoms gone

unnoticed

v   

Michele L. Harvey, Hamilton, NY, USA

(3-3-2) = 17 points (from SRB, ROM, GER - ISR, UK, GER - ESP, GER)

#111

swelling buds

a sudden skip

in my step

16 points - 4th place (2)

spring morning

while letting out the cat

i let in birdsong

#32 Bouwe Brouwer, Emmeloord, The Netherlands

(3-3-1) = 16 pts

v   

regret

all the bulbs

I never planted

#76 Jennifer Thompson, Charles Town, United States

(2-4-2) = 16 pts

15 points - 5th place (2)

Spring rain falling ...

my nameless neighbour plays

hava nagila

#13 Wolfgang Beutke, Barum (town), Germany

(3-2-2) = 15 pts

v   

books

in my mother tongue...

pressed dandelions

#119 Tzetzka Ilieva, USA / Bulgaria

(3-2-2) = 15 pts

14 points - 6th place (2)

The forgotten doll

awoke under a blanket

of fallen blossoms.

#34 Willy Cuvelier, Gullegem, Belgium

(3-1-3) = 14 pts

v   

spring cleanup—

she cannot remember

her neighbor’s name

#62 Sondra J. Byrnes, South Bend, Indiana, USA

(2-3-2) = 14 pts

13 points - 7th place (3)

cherry blossoms

in black ink – still

the sweet scent

#27 Silvia Kempen, Apen, Germany

(2-2-3) = 13 pts

v   

the soft beat

of wings --

melting snow

#66 Angie Werren, Amelia, Ohio, USA

(3-1-2) = 13 pts

v   

whole fields of gentians landmines

#117 Aditya Bahl, Himachal Pradesh, India

(3-2-0) = 13 pts

12 points - 8th place (5)

Gypsy violin . . .

the wheat harvest

sparkling with fireflies

#2 Tatjana Debeljački, Užice, Serbia

(3-0-3) = 12 pts

v   

rays of the spring sun

a puppy looks at himself

in a frozen puddle

#21 Vitali Khomin, Mukachevo, Ukraine

(1-4-1) = 12 pts

v   

spring morning - a couple

of sparrows from an antenna

broadcasting love

#55 Stjepan Rožić, Ivanić Grad, Croatia

(2-2-2) = 12 pts

v   

hospice garden

on the dead looking tree

a few fresh buds

#77 Maria Kowal-Tomczak, Opole, Poland

(2-1-4) = 12 pts

v   

the first day of April

between patches of snow

something green

#82 Lidia Rozmus, Vernon Hills, IL, USA

(2-2-2) = 12 pts

11 points - 9th place (4)

first buds -

his breastfeeding

on all lips

#8 Hélène Duc, Bichancourt, Aisne, France

(3-1-0) = 11 pts

v   

First Communion Day -

a bee hides in a girl's

bunch of daffodils

#26 Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Bucharest, Romania

(1-4-0) = 11 pts

v   

March sun -

snowdrop's shadow

melting away

#41 Christian Michel, Madrid, Spain

(1-4-0) = 11 pts

v   

#128

spring evening -

an old farmer smelling

freshly plowed earth

Cezar F. Ciobîcă, Botoșani, Romania

(1-3-2) = 11 pts

10 points - 10th place (2)

plum blossoms

on the windowpanes…

windy morning

#47 Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria

(1-3-1) = 10 pts

v   

spring thaw –

an ingrown toenail

cuts deeper

#126 Lorin Ford, Melbourne, Australia

(1-2-3) = 10 pts

9 points

the sun's heat

deep in a poppy's stem . . .

my broken dream

#18 Saša Važić, Batajnica, Serbia

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

v   

home for Easter

talks to the pile of melting snow

my old drunk dad

#19 Artūras Šilanskas, Vilnius, Lithuania

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

v   

fragrant breeze …

the shiver of new leaves in

morning dew

#70 Asni Amin, Singapore

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

v   

sunshine in the hills -

all streamlets dashing headlong

to the unknown

#92 Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow, Russia

(0-4-1) = 9 pts

v   

cactus blossoms

someone in love

waters them

#121 Rosa Clement, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

v   

flowering trees -

grandmother remembers 

her youth

#127 Andra Andronic, Botosani, Romania

(2-0-3) = 9 pts

8 points

spring her short strokes with a pencil

#20 Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines

(1-2-1) = 8 pts

v   

early dusk

no voice

but swallows

#23 Andrea Cecon, Cividale del Friuli, Italy

(2-0-2) = 8 pts

v   

away from beloved--

spring breeze gathers

her fragrance

#78 Pravat Kumar Padhy, Bhubaneswar, India

(2-0-2) = 8 pts

v   

a break

in the clouds-

spring sun

#85 Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

(1-2-1) = 8 pts

v   

Spring sunshine.

The parrot has finally

started talking.

#97 Tatjana Stefanovic, Belgrade, Serbia

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

v   

spring breeze

a dress of the bride

bellied

#112 Irena Szewczyk, Warsaw, Poland

(1-2-1) = 8 pts

v   

growing buds -

waiting forward to feel

my baby's kicks

#129 Laura Csilla, Brasov, Romania

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

7 points

it's spring

even the spider

cleaning its web

#33 Sebastian Hengst, Munich, Germany

(1-0-4) = 7 pts

v   

beyond

the bars of loneliness-

first buds

#45 Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania

(1-1-2) = 7 pts

v   

the almond tree

sheltering my father’s grave

is bloomed again

# 60 Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy

(1-0-4) = 7 pts

v   

spring buds --

one more chance

at life

.

#80 Stella Pierides, Neusaess, DE/ London, UK

(0-3-1) = 7 pts

v   

scent of spring sun -

see the world through

my grandchild's eyes

# 105 Ramona Linke, Salzatal/Beesenstedt, Germany

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

v   

approach of spring...

the cat is trying to say

the word "maaarch"

#114 Irina Vaci, Rostov on Don, Russia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

6 points

high above

sweet sighs lures

cherry on a branch

#1 Smajil Durmisevic, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

v   

Young leaves –

the first song

of the poplar

#59 Eduard Tara, Iasi, Romania

(1-1-1)  = 6 pts

v   

walk in the park -

between the rest of the dirty snow

snowdrops

# 64 Andrzej Dembonczyk, Zbroslawice, Silesia, Poland

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

v   

vernal equinox

my wife helps me to get on

compression stockings

# 67 Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany

(1-0-3) = 6 pts

v   

spring blossoms...

he tickles me

all over

#81 Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

v   

snow silence

moles pile up

spring

#83 Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

v   

you, the last drop,

remain on my face-

spring rain

#99 Predrag Pero Čikarić, Mudrakovac, Serbia

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

v   

Trees in bloom

this spring wind unfolds

my memories book

#108 Magdalena Dale, Bucharest, Romania

(1-0-3) = 6 pts

5 points

spring is in the air

the joy of new beginning –

my heart filled with love

# 7 Albina Avsec, Maribor, Slovenia
(1-1-0)  = 5 pts

v   

winter breath

rides the flowing ice

comes away…

# 11 Nadalsuren Purevdorj, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

grass snakes

among the anemones

a piece of old rope

# 12 Annie Juhl, Svendborg, Denmark

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

freckles

become brighter on your face

springtime

#17 Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

cupped hands

on 55° 43' N 12° 34' E

I hold sun and rain

#25 Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Højby, Denmark

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

v   

bouquet of violets

in sweet scent on the table

spring in a tiny jar

#28 Marija Pogorilic, Rovinj, Croatia

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

mountain winding path upwards spring leaves

#37 Abraham Freddy Ben-Arroyo, Haifa, Israel

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

apple tree with flowers

cobweb at the stump

full of petals

#39 Agata Rak, Będzin, Poland

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

spring hail

the jingle-jangle

of a wind-chime

#68 Andre Surridge, Hamilton, New Zealand

(1-0-2) = 5 pts

v   

broken vow . .

moth wing shadows

on your pillow

#89 Sandi Pray, Robbinsville, NC, USA

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

A rotten stump -

sunny primroses down the slope

rocked by the wind.

#98 Zlata Bogović, Varaždin, Croatia

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

4 points

Gentle breeze -

from pine cone to pine cone

clicks restlessness

#44 Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

v   

cherry blossoms--

an old Kodak he once

owned

#75 Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, BC, Canada

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

v   

A bunch of snowdrops

bathing in the light of spring

Pale but beautiful

#95 Marcell Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

v   

catkins and tails--

there's a stir

in the air

#115 James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

v   

spring garden

two butterflies settle

on my cheeks

#122 Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

3 points

First plum blossoms

Her Little March's gift

First baby birth

#31 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

Over the village

the old windmill revolves

a new springtime.

#40 Jef Ector, Genk, Belgium

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

and spring breeze                 

touched

the softness of petals

#51 Vera Primorac, Viškovo, Croatia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

HAIKU PALINDROME

No Omen, one Moon

No lemons, as no melon -

Sun at noon, tan us

#53 Dalibor Drekic, Belgrade, Serbia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

plums are in blossom –

in pinakoteka hall

a fly washing its head

#54 Djurdja Vukelic Rozic, Ivanic Grad, Croatia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

a single petal

the first tiding of the blossoms

on my hands

#56 Yuko Igarashi, Velbert, Germany

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

pearling spring snowflakes

i cannot help thinking of

what follows the heart

#71 Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

Zen garden …

myriad cherry blooms swoon     

on the Buddha’s head

#94 Keith A. Simmonds, Dartford, Great Britain

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

warm day

my spaniel catches

last icicle

#96 Pavel S.Vorontsov, Novosibirsk, Russia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

not the same opera -

over the last snow this year,

a spring cleaning rain

#109 Adriana Dascalu, Scornicesti, Romania

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

2 points

thaw…

tears of departed cranes

fall on my face

#10 Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg city, Mongolia

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

hummocks of ice

end of the old -

new beginnings

# 22 Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

a while of relax -

between white chestnut blossoms

music by Chopin

#35 Grazyna Werner, Halle/Saale, Germany

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

Flowerpot

Old flowerpot

gives new life.

Cycle of creation.

#36 Tamara Lujak, Belgrade, Serbia

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

thirsty for love

fallen cherry petals

in our beer-mugs

#46 Ferenc Bakos, Siofok, Hungary

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

with upturned head

among white cherry petals -

simply I am

#52 Robert Nowak, Wałbrzych, Poland

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

Sound of emptiness

Fills space with sunny odor

Weather blossoms out

#61 Dovile Dragelyte, Vilnius, Lithuania

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

spring breeze —

rose petals break into

the grave's silence

#83 Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

pussy willows

my elderly neighbour

hums a merry tune

#87 Polona Oblak, Ljubljana, Slovenia

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

a bee and a thorn

in her wedding bouquet

the elixir of love

#90 John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

birthday -

bitter cherry blossom scent

from a gully

#103 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

the spring waters--

son moving a paper boats

as forty years ago

#104 Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania  

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

a snowman's scarf

in the yard on the ground

the warm day

#107 Asta Čižiūnaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

a frog is croaking

at the edge of the puddle-

echoes in the dark

#113 Nicolae Ioana-Roxana, Ploiesti, Romania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

seeking asylum -

snowflakes among the blossom

of a mirabelle 

#116 Sara Winteridge, New Forest, England

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

1 point

sound of spring waters

at my next turn

meaning of life

#49 Heike Gewi, Aden, Yemen

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

Rosebud

opens to a butterfly

a smiling sun

#58 Ružica Soldo, Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

v   

Reincarnation

Of past and future flowers

Spring is smiling back

# 63 Claude Lopez-Ginisty, Saint-Triphon, Switzerland

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

v   

white acacia lane

full of aromas

and busy bees buzz

#72 Wieslaw Karlinski, Namyslow, Poland

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

v   

A couple of birds

Enjoy the warm breeze of spring

Full of bright colours

#74 Fabián Padilla Hernández, Bogota, Colombia

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

v   

white-brown winterfields

little lambs in the pasture

a change of season

#86 Claudius Gottstein, Hilter, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

v   

No tube, no wire

the whole country is breathing

again

#120 Heinz Schneemann, Berlin, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

v   

in the mountain trial

first violet

crocuses

#125 Teresa Grzywacz, Łuków, Poland

(0-0-1) = 1 pts

no points this time

flowing river ice

at each bridge are fewer

spring sun

#3 Lucyna (Abigail) Brzozowska, Bielsko-Biała, Poland

v   

White ice in plastic cups

Blackberry-sweet saliva

Red, brown, yellow blades

#5 Laurel S. Eberle, Fredericksburg, VA, USA

v   

spring cleaning

at the car wash

men with water hoses

#6 Margareta Hihn, Bockhorn, Germany

v   

Shining in the moonlight,

The heart of the mirror

Glittering dark spring.

#9 Meile Gustaityte, Kaunas, Lithuania

v   

black hellebore

arises from carnival

disguised in snowwhite

#14 Sylvia Bacher, Bad Aussee, Austria

v   

wet spring night

two boys

line up a hand cart

#16 Owen Bullock, Katikati, New Zealand

v   

Mowed grass fragrance

Mixed with voices of children

at play with kites

#24 Vid Vukasović, Belgrade, Serbia

v   

eyes closed in the sun

I hear those familiar sounds

from the north

#29 Anne-Marie Labelle, Montréal, Canada

v   

awaked ladybirds

walking on the floppy snow –

eyes of the nature.

#42 Popescu Adrian-Nicolae, Radauti-Suceava, Romania

v   

Colours spring from buds

Flourishing into lush fields-

Seasons are changing

#43 Hannah Sanvido, Maple Ridge B.C., Canada

v   

spring painting

sunbeams draw

colors to the light

#50 Brigitte ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany

v   

snow in winter’s wake

snowdrops are looking for spring

happy new season

#57 Lothar M. Kirsch, Cologne, Germany

v   

still mourning

my butterfly who died

all those springs ago

#65 Ed Bremson, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

v   

spirits uplifted

peach blossom, jasmine

splice azure

#69 Barbara A Taylor, Mountain Top NSW, Australia

v   

apple flowers

are on fire - ruddy whiteness

of future fruits

#73 Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warszawa, Poland

v   

teaching my son to shade

he scrawls green and points to the

bursting climbers

#88 Brian Robertson, Berlin, Germany

v   

the first summer wind

peddles white blossom petals -

featherlight farewell

#91 llka De Bisschop, Denderleeuw, Belgium

v   

in feather clouds

sunshine thrill the air…

stream of thawing tears

#93 Lilija Olšauskiene, Kaunas, Lithuania

v   

on the meadow

another crocus –

spring´s arrival

#101 Kenzo Manipitsu, Wippenhausen, Germany

v   

Day of March

Songs of love begin

At cats

#102 Valentina Nazarova, Tver, Russia

v   

UNCOVERED CROWN

WAITING FOR ARRIVAL

OF THE SPRING

          

#123 Mirko Varga, Croatia

no result (authors who didn’t vote)

blossoming cherry

balmy breeze bends a sunray

on palm of a child

#4 Malvina Mileta, Nedescina-Istria, Croatia

v   

cancer survivor- 

a crocus burnst out 

of the frost

#15 Rita Odeh, Nazareth, Israel

v   

From the sky – falling tears

while on trees rosy dreams blossom –

spring

#48 Alexandru Ioan Despina, Brussels, Belgium

v   

another spring

between the moon and the river

until the dawn

#79 George Badarau, Iasi, Romania

v   

haiku #100 has been withdrawn from results by organizers

v   

All the light of spring

in a porcelain teacup -

jasmin pearl green tea

#106 Ulla Conrad, Hoersholm, Denmark

v   

That night cherry exploded

like a champagne bottle shaken.

# 124 Cristina David, Deva, Hunedoara, Romania

late entry

Lava on the snow -

in the meadows in bloom

small sculptures of lava

Toni Piccini, Italy

v   

Six in the morning.

A dozen or so butterflies

brought me the Spring.

Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil