Results of the European Quarterly Kukai #3 - Autumn 2013

Autumn in Europe, autumn in the northern hemisphere, so the autumn edition of EQK. Still great interest in participation in Kukai despite the holiday travel - more than 140 authors sent their haiku. It's a big success. In this edition the leading places were taken by ladies. And they are: Sondra J. Byrnes, Heike Gewi, Roberta Beary, Durda Vukelic-Rozic and Sanjukta Asopa.

We also have the first double laureate of EQK (second and third edition) Roberta Beary. We wish her ​​good luck in further editions of our contest.

A winter edition before us. You are welcome.

144 authors from 39 countries:

Australia (7), Austria (1), Bangladesh (1), Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Brasil (2), Bulgaria (7), Canada (3), Colombia (1), Croatia (6), Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), France (3), Germany (13), Ghana (1), Greece (1), Hungary (2), India (12), Israel (1), Italy (3), Japan (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (10), Mongolia (1), The Nederlands (1), New Zealand (1), Philippines (3), Poland (7), Romania (10), Russia (7), Serbia (5), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (2), Taiwan (1), United Kingdom (7), Ukraine (1), United Arab Emirates (1), USA (13), Yemen (1)  

Here are the results:

FIRST PLACE

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

(5-4-2) = 25 points

(from: CAN, CAN, IND, UK, USA – GER, IND, LIT, UK – IND, PHI)

harvest moon—

even if that was all

there was

SECOND PLACE

#6 Heike Gewi, Aden, Yemen

(4-5-2) = 24 points

(from: ARE, COL, BRA, NED – BUL, ITA, POL, ROM, USA – CAN, GER)

traffic jam -

I can't take my eyes off

a red maple leaf

THIRD PLACE (3)

#9 Roberta Beary, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

(4-5-1) = 23 points

(from: BIH, GER, ITA, POL – BRA, GER, IND, UKR, SUI - LIT)

first school day
in his almond eyes
forgotten war

***

#48 Durda Vukelić-Rožić, Ivanic Grad, Croatia

(4-3-5) = 23 points

(from: CAN, FRA, ISR, USA – TWN, USA, USA – GER, ITA, NED, ROM, USA )

sidewalk cafe-

dry leaves chasing

the cars

***

#94 Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India

(4-4-3) = 23 points

(from: BGD, GER, IND, USA – GER, PHI, POL, USA – BUL, IND, NZL )

reddening leaf...

how the end

begins

19 points – 4th place

red maple 

how quickly 

fire spreads

#127 Jennifer Thompson, Charles Town, USA

(4-3-1) = 19 pts

18 points – 5th place

waltz
an autumn leaf
partners the kitten

#45 Lynette Arden, Norwood, SA, Australia

(4-2-2) = 18 pts

17 points – 6th place (2)

red traffic light
if only it could stop

the falling leaves

#86 Maria Kowal-Tomczak, Opole, Poland

(4-2-1) = 17 pts

***

Windy day -              

the aspens lose grip

of their gold

#120 Zhanna P. Rader, Athens, Georgia, USA

(3-2-4) = 17 pts

16 points – 7th place (2)

bramble hunt

his little purple hand

in mine

#85 Annie Juhl, Svendborg, Denmark

(3-3-1) = 16 pts

***

this autumn...

flowers on sister's dress

fading too

#109 Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg city, Mongolia

(3-3-1) = 16 pts

15 points – 8th place (2)

mom's toothless smile-

autumn moon rising through

bare branches

#62 Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India

(2-4-1) = 15 pts

***

autumn morning

on my piano

the wind writes its story

#119 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

(3-2-2) = 15 pts

13 points – 9th place (4)

frosty morning again-

a magpie secretly plants

another tree

#4 Wieslaw Karlinski, Namyslow, Poland

(2-3-1) = 13 pts

***

forgotten love

each time a leaf falls

each time...
 

#29 Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh, India

(3-2-0) = 13 pts

***

little girl
hide yellow leaf
between pages

#75 Evgeny Ivanov, Moscow, Russia

(4-0-1) = 13 pts

***

Red maple leaves

on the japanese teabowl  -

chill evening air

#96 Ulla Conrad, Copenhagen, Denmark

(3-2-0) = 13 pts

12 points – 10th place (3)

autumn equinox

warm days with you

nights without

#100 Natalia Sedenkova, Samara, Russia

(2-3-0) = 12 pts

***

birthday party
her cup half full with
autumn moon

#112 Rosa Clement, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

(2-3-0) = 12 pts

***

Birds on a wire,

longing for warmer places -

autumn inside me

#116 Albina Avsec, Maribor, Slovenia

(2-2-2) = 12 pts

11 points (7)

Floating in the air
the scent of chrysanthemums…
bewitching sunlight

#7 Keith A. Simmonds, Rodez, France

(3-0-2) = 11 pts

***

circles on water

widening on the grey pond -

first lesson of maths

#15 Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy

(1-3-2) = 11 pts

***

autumn
of her pregnancy test -
one line

#25 Nelly Dobrinova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(1-3-2) = 11 pts

***

late autumn
the scarecrow tucked away
in the barn

#26 Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria

(0-3-5) = 11 pts

***

remains of the scarecrow

after autumnal storm...

a bare cross

#30 Vania Stefanova, Sliven, Bulgaria

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

***

end of summer
in the window little people
of the acorns

#73 Janina Kołodziejczyk, Pavullo, Italia

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

***

autumn drift ~

the wild foals corralled

amid the sparks

'autumn drift' ~ local name for the horse roundup for branding

#117 Sara Winteridge, New Forest, England

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

10 points (3)

еarly autumn

the artists paint 

away the green

#23 Ilko Chukov, Kozloduy, Bulgaria

(2-1-2) = 10 pts

***

First birds are leaving-

on the boardwalk an old couple

wrapped in blankets

#106 Wolfgang Beutke, Barum, Germany

(1-2-3) = 10 pts

***

one after another
the voices return --
autumn leaves

#141 S.M. Abeles, Washington, DC, USA

(2-1-2) = 10 pts

9 points (6)

#8

a feeble stove

the students are writing

short stories

Maya Kisyova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

***

colored leaves
plastered to the asphalt
caught in a lie

#32 Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

***

short twilight
the dog circles
its burrow

#37 Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

***

autumn sun -                                       

the last tomatoes                                  

tanning

#61 Nada Jačmenica, Sveti Križ Začretje, Croatia

(1-1-4) = 9 pts

***

leaf by brown leaf autumn deepens

#89 Paresh Tiwari, Hyderabad, India

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

***

red autumn...
flock of cranes passing over
the Berlin wall

#133 Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Botosani, Romania

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

8 points

I don't want to be

the last—

falling leaves

#74 Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

7 points (6)

in the old dictionary
a bookmark: leaf of maple...
mother's gift

#24 Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

nocturnal clouds
apples fall
in the old orchard

#47 Vitali Khomin, Mukachevo, Ukraine

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

***

steeped in autumn sunset the mourning dove’s flight

#97 Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, Canada

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

I open the front door --

shushes and giggles

in a pile of leaves

#99 Tzetzka Ilieva, USA/Bulgaria

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

autumn mist

on the plowed field

a  stork limps

#123 Artur Lewandowski, Sieradz, Poland

(1-1-2) = 7 pts

***

Memories of green -

a fiery coloured patchwork

remains of summer.

#125 Irina Dimitrova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

6 points (9)

wind-chime

my untuned guitar

sound a duet

#2 Ferenc Bakos, Siófok, Hungary

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

Diamond wedding --
morning light and drops dancing
in the spiderweb

#12 Silvia Kempen, Apen, Germany

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

***

morning dew
last blossom in the heart
of the spider's web

#27 Claudius Gottstein, Borgloh, Germany

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

***

late harvest apples

on facebook search for

first love's account

#28 Artūras Šilanskas, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

Autumn loneliness
one last leaf
clinging to the tree

#36 Tracy Davidson, Stratford-on-Avon, UK 

(1-0-3) = 6 pts

***

carpet of leaves

wearing again

my deerskin shoes

#55 Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Bucharest, Romania

(0-2-2) = 6 pts

***

magic wand
the world's brightest leaf
whirls my child's eyes

#56 Karin Anderson, Adelaide, Australia

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

***

fall

on our white heads

grains of rice

#68 Irena Szewczyk, Warsaw, Poland

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

autumn  -

over the fallen figs

cat and wasp sparring

#108 John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

5 points (13)

incoming tide
over mud flats
moonwashed

#49 Simon Hanson, Allendale, Australia

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

autumn on the shore…
the old sail smells of
travelling winds 

#59 Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

(0-1-3) = 5 pts

***

waning moon
hiding in the well
autumn wind

#64 Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow, Russia

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

windfall leaves -
creaking in the park
the empty swing

#65 Mark Miller, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW, Australia

(0-1-3) = 5 pts

***

last wood thrush -

sometimes autumn

breaks my heart

#72 Sandi Pray, Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

autumn easel -
one by one the colors
detach from the frame

#80 Iulian Ciupitu, Bucharest, Romania

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

first day of school

a mother wipes away

her tears

.

#91 Stella Pierides, Neusaess, Germany and London, UK

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

dragonflies --
a holiday romance
lost in blue

#102 Sheila Windsor, Bexhill-on-Sea, England

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

the dawn

in the mirror of a lake       

wiggling autumn

#104 Mirjana Rankovic Matovic, Mojsinje, Serbia

(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

yellow and gold

the leaves that fall at my feet-

autumn twilight

#111 Steve Wilkinson, Durham City, England

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

among fallen leaves

a ripe apple

still smells of the sun

#126 Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warszawa, Poland

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

first hoarfrost -
much more gray
granny's hair

#130 Cristina Ailoaei, Botosani, Romania

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

she raises her face--

Hunter's Moon

fills a pane

#140 James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

4 points (7)

wayside shrine
a maple seed twists
at spider silk

#13 Ramona Linke, Beesenstedt, Germany

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

the blushing tree 

sheds warning leaves –

nature's clock chimes

#17 Paul Mercken, Bunnik, The Netherlands

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

yellow ferry

to other shore tomorrow

autumn here and there

#22 Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

shades of brown
dad changes his coat
in the wardrobe

#83 Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

sweetness on the vine

out of the fog emerges

supper for starlings

#98 Marija Pogorilic, Rovinjsko Selo, Croatia

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

***

gray rainy dawn

- the only remnants of summer

frozen rose buds

  

#118 Vid Vukasović, Belgrade, Serbia

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

news of war—

red flags of maple leaves

among the green

#138 Catherine J.S. Lee, Eastport, Maine, USA

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

3 points (11)

memory grasped-

into the palm of her hand

a fallen leaf

#20 Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

the summer blanket

stowed in the bedbox

for the next few month

#34 Brigitte ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

A quilt

unrolled above us-

Autumn clouds

#35 Francesco Gonella, Padova, Italy

(0-0-3) = 3 pts

***

Halloween night--

her face reflects the inner beauty

while she is texting

#40 Alexey Golubev, Saint Petersburg, Russia

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

apple picking --

kids watch a squirrel

scurrying with one

#44 Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

falling leaves

of my autumn —

memories

#81 Vinay Leo R., Bangalore, India

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

autumn wind--
her long memories
hinge on my door

#84 Pravat Kumar Padhy, Odisha, India

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

You, call me,

little swallow, alone

in the nest, to dream.

#103 Predrag Pera Čikarić, Kruševac, Serbia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

Reds, browns, yellows

back in the streets.

Everlasting fashion.

#128 Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

Underground circles

Seed of emerald life

Star treks

  

#137 Gordana Petkovic, Belgrade, Serbia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

graveyard solitude

confetti of leaves evenly spread 

on rooted tombs

#143 Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

2 points (8)

on barefoot girl's thigh 

treading grapes to make wine 

an earwig climbing 

#3 Nicu Stopel, Bucharest, Romania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

clouds mourn

inconsiderate leaves dance

summer past away

#10 Katarina Pisačić, Novi Marof, Croatia

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

The October sun

is throwing long shadows

into the frog’s pool.

#14 Jef Ector, Genk, Belgium

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

Motley autumn leaf
It's like a precious old map
of my memories

#70 Marcell Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

gentle breeze
the fallen leaves swept
under the rug

#76 Willie R. Bongcaron, Manila, Philippines

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

autumn fires

one sneeze sparks another   a n d   

another

#92 Margaret Beverland, Katikati, New Zealand

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

turning off
the air-conditioner
September dusk

#107 Bill Kenney, Whitestone, NY, USA

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

the sweet smell

rises in the vineyard -

harvest moon

#110 Hidenori Hiruta, Akita, Japan

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

1 point (11)

volcano erupts...

the woman's

acerbic tongue

#19 Hema Ravi, Chennai, India

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

autumn wind spreading a coloured carpet - welcome winter

#31 Sylvia Bacher, Bad Aussee, Austria

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

DING..DING

the knife sharpener's bell ~

autumn stillness

#41 Freddy Ben-Arroyo, Haifa, Israel

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

Driftwood (Haiku)

Rain drops wreathe the cold.

The red slants down through the leaves.

Wet winds whip the wounds.

#42 Marieta Maglas, Suceava, Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

coffee drinking

in the autumn porch

advert 'for sale'

#71 Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania

 (0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

beneath the beech tree --
dozing and dreaming
of Autumn stars

#79 Ed Bremson, Raleigh, NC, USA

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

a leaf sweeps

into the riverbed --

rising dust

#88 Tad Wojnicki Israel, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

artificial flowers

adorning the tomb still fresh —

autumn drizzle

#95 Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

transition

fall comes wearing

brown and red

#124 Asma Khan, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

yellow ginkgo boughs
sway above a graveyard
mist dampens my eyes

#136 Benjamin Bläsi, Wünnewil, Switzerland

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

spared from the blade 

the grub in the plum

is dancing

#142 Manuela Ritzke, Rostock, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

no points this time (29)

turquoise day

gives way to star-filled night

autumn leaves

#11 Frank C. Carey, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

***

autumn rain
the heaven snaps fingers
on a jazz

#16 Hélène Duc, Bichancourt, France

***

black-faced sheep
grazing the day's dullness
between peat ditches

#18 Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany

***

increasingly dense network
spider bustles through the trees
autumn already close

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

***

on fallen leaves

with my steps 

feet drumming

#33 Yuko Igarashi, Velbert, Germany

***

This is autumn, and gold -

everywhere. Careful with your steps -

you are walking across the Universe

#38 Smajil Durmisevic, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

***

cold dew…
sheen of young leaves
fleeting

#43 Anne Carly Abad, Quezon City, Philippines

***

deadline -

crown canopy  and mum's hair

turning into fall

#46 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

***

Formula 1 –

even before I finish

my breath

#50 Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia

***

burdened ants scurry -
one last call
before winter comes.

#51 Stanka Boneva, Varna, Bulgaria 

***

all bare

jutting skeletons of

late fall

#52 Vera Primorac, Viškovo, Croatia

***

chestnut moon
a huddled group grows large
around the brazier

#57 Barbara A. Taylor, Mountain Top, NSW, Australia

***

News from nowhere

Only a puppetteer wield

The fall of the leaves

#58 Oprica Padeanu, Bucuresti, Romania

***

A gust of wind-
leaves dissolve
the well’s piece of sky

#66 Anitha Varma, Kerala, India

***

wind on the platform
the cashier offers
all directions

#67 Evgenij Plekhanov, Kirov, Russia

***

Reddish-brown leafage –
the wings of the chestnut tree
cast skinny shadows

#69 Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland

***

autumn...
have fallen from the trees
all apples

#77 Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland

***

I can't resist

before she comes back from school

halloween treats

#78 Anne-Marie Labelle, Montréal, Québec, Canada 

***

An orange pale color

Cover the lonely road

The last leaves of autumn

#93 Fabian Padilla Hernandez, Bogota, Colombia

***

echoes of summer laughter
loosen leaves from trees
father frost bide his time

#101 Managua Gunn, Aberdeen, Scotland

***

just September -

cats and leaves step here

and go elsewhere

#114 Zoe Savina, Pallini-Attikis, Greece

Translator in English: Constantine Fourakis

***

mushrooming

between starving trees
decolored time

#115 Martina Heinisch, Oelde, Germany

***

into the sun

fly arrow of the migratory birds 

red autumn sky

#122 Asta Čižiūnaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania

***

willow leaves fall --

this night when I cannot

sleep

#129 Angie Werren, Amelia, OH, USA

***

drought broken

fairy rings in the paddock

just overnight

#131 Petrus Heyligers, Curramore, Qld, Australia

***

Watched

all these foolish fruits around

falloween

#132 Heinz Schneemann, Berlin, Germany

***

Who'll bring a peace
To one frozen soul?
Autumn.

#134 Lien Mokrá, Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic

***

Water droplets
Cobwebs interwined
The autumn flair

#135 Virginija Sakalauskienė, Raudondvaris, Kauno raj., Lithuania

***

it must be autumn
an orange avalanche
strikes the forest

#145 Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India

no results (authors who didn’t vote – 13)

dry tree in window

lonely cuckoo softly sings

tender leaves may come

#1 Tahera Mannan, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

***

Rain waking me up

hangs at the window

an autumn woe

#5 Ruzica Soldo, Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

***

Old watchman

Burning leaves of maple

The sun is low

#53 Aleksandr Kovalev, Moskovskaja obl., Russia

***

Oh what a wind...

Dead leaves‘ rustle

Makes one stop

#54 Valerija Norovs, Riga, Latvia

***

autumn mist
I do not see you at all
someone close to shore

#60 Tomas Paskulakis, Kaunas, Lithuania

***

rustling leaves
reluctant to take leave of
by visiting her father

#63 Violeta Knopkyte, Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

***

on graves

wilted chrisanthemen

the autumn haze whispers

#87 Margareta Hihn, Bockhorn, Germany

***

an autumn eve -

a dog on the road limping

fromfog to fog

#90 Stjepan Rožić, Ivanić Grad, Croatia

***

autumn wind

a black hatrushing

down the street

#105 Malvina Mileta, Nedešćina – Istria, Croatia

***

Twilight of the season

Summer's heat exits as

The northern door opens

#113 Kenneth Thomas, Roseville, Minnesota, USA

***

sky's the limit
in November night
no haste today

#121 Raimis Laukys, Kaunas, Lithuania

***

Sunny autumn
Ducks flying above the lake –
Open season

#139 Nina Prokopenko, Kazan,Tatarstan, Russia

***

Harvest Day -
only scarecrows on
the barren field

#144 Andra Andronic, Botosani, Romania

***

haiku # 82 has been withdrawn from the kukai