Results of the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #10 - Summer 2015 Edition (topic: weather)

The tenth edition of EQK is our first small jubilee. We welcomed 183 participants from 38 countries and a large number of good haiku.

Congratulation to the winners: Iliyana Stoyanova from United Kingdom, Anna Drobot  from Romania, Julie Warther from USA and Gabriel Sawicki from Poland.

We are pleased with your interest in the competition, very high turnout and a good level of poetry. You are welcome to the XI edition in August/September. Now we wish you a nice holiday.

10th edition – 183 authors from 38 countries:

Australia (7), Austria (2), Bangladesh (1), Belarus (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (19), Canada (5), Colombia (1), Croatia (12), Denmark (1), France (5), Germany (12), Ghana (1), Hungary (2), India (16), Indonesia (2), Israel (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), Lithuania (7), Macedonia (1), Mongolia (1), Montenegro (2), Nepal (1), New Zealand (2), Philippines (1), Poland (12), Romania (15), Russia (6), Serbia (2), Slovenia (1), Sri Lanka (1), Sweden (2), Switzerland (4), United Kingdom (10), Ukraine (2), USA (11)

FIRST PLACE:

#095 Iliyana Stoyanova, St Albans, United Kingdom

(7-5-5) = 36 points

(from: DEN, BRA, ROM, IND, IND, SUI, ROM - POL, RUS, BUL, CRO, AUT - UK, NZL, SUI, GER, HUN)

distant thunder
a line of footprints still
escaping the waves

SECOND PLACE (2):

#024 Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania

(7-3-0) = 27 points

(from: GER, ROM, GER, ROM, LIT, IDN, IND - IND, POL, POL)

foggy morning-

he opens his eyes

after the laser operation

•  

#047 Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio, USA

(6-4-1) = 27 points

(from: UK, IND, BUL, ROM, SUI, RUS - GHA, GER, IND, FRA – USA)

braving the weather
side by side --
my parents' graves

THIRD PLACE:

#052 Gabriel Sawicki , Wrocław, Poland

(6-2-2) = 24 points

(from: BUL, IND, AUS, ROM, ITA, RUS - ROM, CRO – IND, LIT)

night rain
another sound
of my insomnia

4^th place – 23 points (2):

sudden sunshine –

a snail’s track

dries on the path

#005 Branka Vojinović Jegdić, Podgorica, Montenegro

(4-3-5) = 23 pts

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evening prayer - 

between two last drops of rain 

scent of olive trees

#113 Tomasz Szymczak, Chojnice, Poland

(4-5-1) = 23 pts

5^th place – 22 points:

snowy morning
a robin
skates on my bird bath

#034 Tracy Davidson, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom

(6-1-2) = 22 pts

6^th place – 21 points:

downpour
the rival street dogs
share the tree

#139 J. Brian Robertson, Berlin, Germany

(3-4-4) = 21 pts

7^th place – 19 points:

wrapped in fog...

on my mother's face

unseen wrinkles

#036 Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

(3-3-4) = 19 pts

8^th place – 18 points (5):

sweltering heat
on the old man's knees
a camel-hair blanket

#026 Marta Chociłowska, Warsaw, Poland

(4-1-4) = 18 pts

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in a snowy window
someone smiles at me -

missing child poster

#028 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

(2-6-0) = 18 pts

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falling

on the silence of years

snowflakes

#067 Devin Harrison, Vancouver Island , Canada

(2-3-6) = 18 pts

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rainy day
suddenly a bit of blue
cat's eyes

#082 Bernard Gieske, Bowling Green, KY, USA

(3-2-5) = 18 pts

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stormy sky
the surgeon stares
at my x-rays

#126 Alexey Andreev, Moscow, Russia

(4-2-2) = 18 pts

9^th place – 17 points:

a sudden downpour
brings us to the doorstep
of an open church

#118 Goda V.Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania

(4-1-3) = 17 pts

10^th place – 16 points (2):

wow! look!

the flying cow--

tornado

#080 Vladimir Ludvig, Dubravica, Croatia

(2-4-2) = 16 pts

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footprints...

raindrops come home

on a little satchel

#133 Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh, India 

(0-7-2) = 16 pts

14 points (4):

scent of spring

the wind rushes through

a flock of sparrows

#008 Vibeke Laier, Randers, Denmark

(2-2-4) = 14 pts

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rain bonnet
yesterday's newspaper
over my head

#063 RD McManes, Topeka, KS, USA

(1-4-3) = 14 pts

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foggy night—

losing my way

without you

#140 Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Birmingham, United Kingdom

(1-2-7) = 14 pts

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heat lightning

the swish of her skirt

up the stairs

#165 Roberta Beary, Bethesda, USA

(2-2-4) = 14 pts

13 points (5):

summer thunderstorm
after the downpour
steaming silence

#023 Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany

(2-2-3) = 13 pts

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hailstorm

only the tortoise

goes along the way     

088 Maya Kisyova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(1-4-2) = 13 pts

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through winter fog

my father’s muffled footsteps

ahead of my feet

#105 John Hawkhead, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom

(3-0-4) = 13 pts

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misty morning

the voice of the rooster

is hoarse too

108 Ljudmila Hristova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(2-3-1) = 13 pts

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after rain—

two love bugs

under the blooming rose

#120 Carmen Duvalma, Târgovişte, Romania

(3-2-0) = 13 pts

11 points (3):

snowstorm —

a car crash

on PlayStation

#018 Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France

(1-2-4) = 11 pts

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thunder and thunder

newly-weds facing altar

their hands so shaking

#029 Artur Lewandowski, Sieradz, Poland

(3-1-0) = 11 pts

•  

unexpected sun

every snowflake

shines

#168 Svetla Pacheva, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

10 points (3):

her smile
full of over-sized teeth
cycling weather

#012 Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

(3-0-1) = 10 pts

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dense fog the sound of an approaching train

#116 Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana

(1-2-3) = 10 pts

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melting snow ~

I snip the white

from my beard

#167 Rob Scott, Stockholm, Sweden

(2-1-2) = 10 pts

9 points (7):

smell of sunshine

on wind-dried sheets

mother love

# 004 Maureen Sudlow, Dargaville, New Zealand

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

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Those two old people
at the window. - Snow falling
all Easter morning.

#006 Horst Ludwig, St. Peter, MN, USA

(3-0-0) = 9 pts

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winter sun
i bloom
with impatience

#045 Mike W. Blottenberger, Hanover, USA

(3-0-0) = 9 pts

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puddles
under the pedestrian's feet
the sky after storm

#070 Zuzanna Truchlewska, Łaziska Górne, Poland

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

•  

heat
he remembers
last night

#123 Diana Petkova, Dolna banya, Bulgaria

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

•  

mulled wine

the sound of night

deep into the night

#151 Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

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blanket of snow-

she tickles his little 

frozen toes

#180 Vani Sathyanarayan, Bangalore, India

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

8 points (6):

rustle of the rain

lowering me into dreams

angels pray

#019 Smajil Durmishevich, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2-0-2) = 8 pts

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fog deepening the whale in the bay

#060 Edward Beach, Bristol, United Kingom

(2-0-2) = 8 pts

•  

weather forecast
the end of our road
in  fog

#089 Janina Kołodziejczyk, Pavullo, Italy

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

•  

the anticyclones
matching the blouse
of the weather girl

#121 Stanka Boneva, Varna, Bulgaria

(2-1-0) = 8 pts

•  

sunny morning-
one more poem takes flight on
butterfly wings

#135 Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India

(2-0-2) = 8 pts

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147

tachycardia-

the rumblings

of a distant storm

Yesha Shah, Surat,  India

(2-1-0) = 8 pts

7 points (11):

burning sun

the sweet scent

of tilled cane-fields

#009 Cynthia Rowe, Sydney, Australia

(1-1-2) = 7 pts

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clearings in the sky
flying over the fields
patches of light

#013 Simon Hanson, Allendale, SA, Australia

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

•  

summer already -
missing the breeze by the Wisla
and cool Krakow nights

#020 Đurđa Vukelić-Rožić, Ivanic Grad, Croatia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

•  

Sunny day

Park next to the old city

full of baby carriages

#061 Zlata Bogović, Varaždin, Croatia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

•  

The Spring fall asleep

On pestle of Cherry three ~

Bound him strong white frost

#062 Biljana Kitić Čakar, Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

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after the storm

last clouds and hesitantly

your smile

#084 Brigitte ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany

(1-1-2) = 7 pts

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sunny wheather -
island displaces seagulls
with distant horizon

#103 Goran Gatalica, Zagreb, Croatia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

•  

sun shower . . .
our barbeque
spits back

#104 Marion Clarke, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland

(0-2-3) = 7 pts

•  

thunderclap...

light and sound

the silence in-between

#129 Anusha Tennakoon, Kandy, Sri Lanka

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

•  

rain clouds

low across the fields

a rainbird's call

#130 Samar Ghose, Perth, Australia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

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thunder
the tiny spider jumps
towards me

160 Rosa Clement, Manaus, Brasie

(0-3-1) = 7 pts

6 points (11):

winter settles…
skeletal trees curve
the homeward trail

#010 Barbara A. Taylor, Mountain Top, Australia

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

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on the soldier's helmet

now only patter of summer  raindrops –

truce

#038 Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă, Galaţi, Romania

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

•  

flooded valley  -

the cockrel sits

on the hen-house roof

#042 John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland

(0-2-2) = 6 pts

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a spiral of wet cloth 

clinging to  her navel-

cyclonic rain 

#058 Ajaya Mahala, Pune, India

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

•  

sea of clouds…

a baby dragon learns to fly

from the moon's basket

#079 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

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restless night --

the rain gauge has much

to measure

#117 James Dobson, Prudhoe, United Kingdom

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

•  

the first snow

as though it’s possible

to start everything from beginning

#127 Alexander Shytkovskiy, Energodar, Ukraine

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

•  

nonstop snowfall -
I wander again

the way to myself

#159 Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

•  

After the thunderstorm …

some scattered cherry blossoms

in the folded flag

#163 Wolfgang Beutke, Barum, Germany

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

•  

windy night-

in the bamboo thicket

a ghost groans

#174 Vidya S Venkatramani, Chennai, India

(0-2-2) = 6 pts

•  

storm outside...
quietly a gentle breeze
sways the curtain

#177 Dejan Pavlinović, Pula, Croatia

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

5 points (10):

Thunderclap -
The scarecrow
Bolted out of sleep

#001 Nishant Mehrotra, Surat, India

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

•  

cold snap

cherry blossoms fall

with the snow

#015 Anna Maris, Ovraby, Sweden

(0-1-3) = 5 pts

•  

A hummingbird
reflecting the sunlight
motionless

#017 Keith A. Simmonds, Rodez, France

(1-1-0)= 5 pts

•  

ebb tide

the blue heron taking time

for me to be still

#046 Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, Canada

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

•  

downpour of rain
homeless man and a dog
share a dry spot

#049 Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

•  

summer breeze

dancing through the grass

in the moonlight

#050 Tatjana Debeljački, Užice, Serbia

(1-1-0)= 5 pts

•  

foggy morning…

a spider spinning its web

over my mirror

#072 Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria

(1-0-2) = 5 pts

•  

after the rain

a young starling’s coat

iridescent

#073 Eléonore Nickolay, Vaires sur Marne, France

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

•  

cloudless night
in the windows of a skyscraper
full moon

#096 Andrzej Dembończyk, Zbrosławice, Poland

(0-1-3) = 5 pts

•  

sunny day -
in the marina
only ducks are mooring

#182 Małgorzata Miksiewicz, Wrocław, Poland

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

4 points (19):

hollow log-

open bills swallowing

the wind

#043 Rita Odeh, Haifa, Israel

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

•  

winter rain-

tadpoles under the hat

of a lonely old man

#054 Rita Stokić Brgić, Barban, Croatia

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

•  

so many snails

and not a single man crushed

May rain

#055 Radka Mindova, Sliven, Bulgaria

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

Heat -

even lonely cloud

hid behind the house

#081 Evgeny Ivanov, Moscow, Russia

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

•  

school vacation began.
quiet mother's morning

#086 Katarina Yaroshyna, Minsk, Belarus

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

•  

a sweeper
after the night storm
in a bad mood

#092 Detelina Tiholova, Kustendil, Bulgaria

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

on a cold bench-

barely see the snowflakes

on my dad's sideburns

#107 Radu Tudosan, Bucharest, Romania

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

The grass in the field

shaken by the wind. The hill

stays immovable. 

#115 Stoianka Boianova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

a weather forecast has

an unpredicted lapse-

the mood

#134 Božidar Škobić, Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

•  

spring snow –

sparrows in the megastore

over the eco seeds

#136 Tomislav Maretić, Zagreb, Croatia

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

•  

drizzling and trickling

harmonize with my heart beat

welcome to the show

#141 Haruka Amann, Vienna, Austria

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

paper-thin wings

rush into thunder...

sound of dreams

#143 Shalini Sunkuru, Norwich, United Kingdom

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

•  

noon drizzle...

the crackle of a forest

turning red

#144 Gautam Nadkarni, Mumbai, India

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

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a spring wind

the laundry on the balkony

more and more dancing

#145 Pepa Odjakova, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

•  

misty valley
azure eyes glimmer
behind the veil

#155 Benjamin Bläsi, Wünnewil, Switzerland

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

frosty november

the fog sews veil

for naked trees

#156 Margareta Hihn, Bockhorn, Germany

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

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#166 Freddy Ben-Arroyo, Haifa, Israel

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

Monday starry night.

The shoes still soaked

from rainy weekend.

#179 Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

•  

cloudy night 

shedding tears among the stars

on his burial flag

#185 Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Botoșani, Romania

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

3 points (22):

Lord's crumbs,

seagulls devouring

porous summer

#007Damir Damir, Kotor, Montenegro

(1-0-0)= 3 pts

•  

stormy noon...

drowning the thunder

raised voices

#014 Vinay Leo R.,  Bangalore, India

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

The weather is so

The life of the farmer

Of pleasure and pain.

#016 Ram Sharan Maharjan, Katmandu, Nepal

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

2hot4love2night

#027 Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

flood-

Noah's Ark

on the roof

#040 Frățilă Genovel-Florentin, RM-Sarat, Romania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

sailing in the sky

a cloud shades the sun,

then starts weeping

#044 Midhat Hrnčić – MIDHO, Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

•  

foggy post

when the crow flies up -

deserted

#048 Angelica Seithe, Wettenberg, Germany

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

cherry blossoms

dies sun in the rain

dies and worm

#065 Goran Radičević, Risan, Montenegro

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

•  

Raining on dry land

plants in the garden awake

in my soul white frost

#068 Ibrahim Honjo, Vancouver, Canada

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

•  

thunder and rainfall 

before an evening lull

–Bolero!  

#074 Jesus Chamelon, The Mariana Islands, USA

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

her stormy night-

dream veers between thunderclouds

to bless their newborn

#075 Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

evening cool

in sunset light

goose skin

#076 Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

tortoise-shell 

swaying the rain 

a concave valley

#077 Vania Stefanova, Sliven, Bulgaria

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

•  

Early autumn brought

fallen leaves in lonely garden

Rain in my eyes

#083 Ružica Soldo,  Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

Under a ray of sunlight

a tortoise stretches

first warm up

#093 Christiane Ranieri, Wittenheim, France

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

•  

heatwave in India...
watching world news with rain
outpouring outside

#098 Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow, Russia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

hot night
together with thunder
cum

#106 Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

•  

Warm rain.

A heavenly rainbow flickers

in the hollow of my hands...

#131 Ivanka Yankova, Plowdiw, Bulgaria

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

red skin - 

kigos for summer 

aspirin and beer

#132 Mihail Buraga, Bucharest, Romania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

Morning rain –

the grand-father picking

many snails

#142 Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

A paw touching my cheek --

my cat wakens me to alert

of the stormy night.

#157 Francesco Gonella, Padova, Italy

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

•  

fleecy clouds

are painting canyons

a rocky sky

#178 Manuela Ritzke, Rostock, Germany

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

2 points (14):

Weather is blue,

when we dance blues

in the happy rain.

#002 Marieta Maglas, Suceava, Romania

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

•  

scorching heat
the tiny magpie
In the bird bath

#021 Tahera Mannan, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

Untiring the storm
holding on to the tree top
untiring Black Kite

#033 Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

seeing the wind blow

i open the window

- smell of the sea

#035 Claude-Alice Lagadec, Saumur, France

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

sheet lightning
over a game of chess
grandpa and the child

#053 Helga Stania, Greppen, Switzerland

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

spring snow

blooming cherry driping tears

on the sun rays

#087 Štefanija Ludvig, Dubravica, Croatia

(0-1-0)= 2 pts

•  

morning stroll
in the fine drizzle
the cat’s fur twitches

#090 Lynette Arden, Norwood, SA, Australia

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

summer storm

on the sea shore a white ball

or seagull

#094 Irena Szewczyk, Warszawa, Poland

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

weather forecast:

our swimming creek in gale

on monitor screen

#100 Ferenc Bakos, Siófok, Hungary

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

ligtning and thunder --

the weathercock sees storms

in many a heart

#102 Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

•  

big data

the funnel cloud

touches down

#112 Heinz Schneemann, Berlin, Germany

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

weekend forecasts –

a whole year’s saijiki

in a tv spot

#138 Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

a fire in my heart

ignites mounds of summer dreams

that melt snow away

153 Nurit Israeli, Jericho, NY, USA

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

it's rainy
together with the dog
we count the umbrellas 

#162 Hristina Pandjaridis, Illkirch, Bulgaria

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

•  

1 point (10):

A lovely sunshine
Remember the wasted time
When the snow was free

#011 Fabián Padilla Hernández, Bogota, Colombia

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

continuous rain
the country turns into a
stomping ground for ducks

#025 Silvia Bacher, Bad Aussee, Austria

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

raining cats and dogs

meows and woofs

louder than the storm

#099 Karin Anderson, Adelaide, Australia

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

Whitsun's in the air -
pavonine, red peony,
with these crowns of snow?

#101 Peter Rudolf, Dornach, Switzerland

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

thunderbolts
back in a night again
with old sores

#111 Birgit Schaldach-Helmlechner, Schluechtern, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

rain like razors

the next reel

of our film noir

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

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

bouncing along
on a summer breeze
microlight

#152 Margaret Beverland, Katikati, New Zealand

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

the brief yellow

of the male model's trunks--

first warm day

#171 Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

english weather
grey sky clinging tightly
to the earth

#172 Janko Dimnjaković, Zagreb, Croatia

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

•  

Midsummer

Fading stars

over herbs in dew

#175 Venelina Petkova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

no points this time (34):

winter picture,

the wind plays

on the ice.  

#003 Lilia Racheva, Ruse, Bulgaria

•  

smoldering heat the angry eyes

#022 Hema Ravi, Chennai, India

•  

the wind’s carrying

the fragrance of blooming cherries

dance with fans

#031 Dorota Ocińska, Łódź, Poland

•  

a morning walk

on sub-zero temperatures

a full joy

#037 Marija Pogorilić, Rovinjsko Selo, Croatia

•  

freezing rain
grass lay down behind
the destroyed dugout

#039 Vitali Khomin, Mukakhevo, Ukraine

•  

weather tv girls - 

should turn storms into lovely days 

whether casting nude

#041 Nicu Stopel, Dridu, Romania

•  

jazz festival

showered by the fragrance

of sweet rockets

#051 Ramona Linke, Salzatal/Beesenstedt, Germany

•  

rainy day
whole town pulls water
from river

#056 Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines

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Rain drops linger of face, cascading arms

falling from fingers. Lying on lips now

precious cool

#057 Joan McNerney, Ravena, NY, USA

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existence

as weather changes

rain and sun

#059 Vladimir Šuk, Oroslavje, Croatia

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Raindrops on my face
Glowing on  the morning sun
Flood has left the Village

#064 Aleksandar Tolić, Varaždin, Croatia

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solar forms

heavenly insights

scatters the downpour

#066 Minko Tanev, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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melting ice
on your tongue
warm sunshine ray

#069 Paulina Perczak, Kielce, Poland

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spring shower
naked branches absorb
every drop

#078 Magda Sobieszek, Opole, Poland

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magic whispers
in the willows deeply bowing
warm spring night

#085 Beate Conrad, Waterford, USA and Hildesheim, Germany

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a fiery serpent

halved a dark sky - expecting

of the thunder

#091 Dimitrij Škrk, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia

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sunny noon-
green tropical lagoon
on front pavement

#097 Shaestu Abida Bhirawasiwi, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Thunderclaps
on the condemned theater
liveliest ivy

#109 Richard Jodoin, Montréal, Canada

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mid-spring... 

flurrying snow blows away 

my faith

#110 Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg, Mongolia

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inclement clouds
at the flight window ...
hostess eye rolls

#114 Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India

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porous heat
meandering back to the ocean
my river sweat

#124 Ken Sawitri, Jakarta, Indonesia

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the green breeze

in the rice paddies

weeds pulled out

#128 Hidenori Hiruta, Akita, Japan

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pontoon in the rain -

the horizon blurring

in her scanning eyes

#137 Miruna Covor, Bucharest, Romania

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snowflake

on the top of the tongue

it’s not there

#146 Gencho Genchev,  Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria

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storm
hitting the glass
tree of life

148 Stanka Parusheva, Jambol, Bulgaria

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sudden storm

after our meeting all radios

are playing The Fifth Symphony

149 Gergana Yaninska, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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dust bowl dry

black clouds churn

earth yearns

#158 Brenda Davis Harsham, Boston, USA

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rushing mighty wind

students in windows speaking

in many languages

#161 Natalia Sedenkova, Samara, Russia

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windy night

I'll be combing again

daughter's long hair

#164 Pavel S. Vorontsov, Novosibirsk, Russia

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The dry land
Since prolonged heat
God has forgotten

#169 Virginija Sakalauskiene, Raudondvaris, Lithuania

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it`s cloudy
my closed eyes
under the rain

#173 Andrey Larionov, Samara, Russia

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I want  everything

in the good summer weather.

Respectfully, Woman:)

#176 Asta Čižiūnaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania

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This day was rainy
At last I won't dream about
a barren desert!

#181 Marcell Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary

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the typhoon alert

replanting lilac bush 

to a worn-out tire

#184 Artūras Šilanskas, Vilnius, Lithuania

no results – authors who didn’t vote (5):

stormy weather
symphony of croaks
and distant thunder

#030 Pravin Menon, Bangalore, India

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the rain is over
two grandmothers and two frogs
first in yard

#119 Toni Pavleski, Prilep, Macedonia

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a cloud and a birch
spread a lace curtain
across the sky

#122 Jovanka Božić, Valje, Serbia

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Within the vast sky
vapour trails spread into haze
filtering the sun

#125 Roger Hudson, Eastbourne, United Kingom

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rough scaly skin -

this tree has weathered

many winters

#154 Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India

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rainy morning
bluebottle fights for life
with water

#170 Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warszawa, Poland

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A sudden gust of wind-
a hundred of petals on the ground,
one rises in the air.

Milena Drpa, Modrica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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