We were worried that not everyone has returned from holiday, but the turnout was high. Just as in the previous edition exceeded 200 authors..
Sounds accompany us from fetal life until last breath, so topic is simple but not easy. As you can see in EQK # 15 you can read a lot of very good work
First place goes to Sondra J. Byrnes and her original, muted haiku (Sondra is the first author who win our kukai for the second time - previously EQK #3 in September 2013). Second place was won by Cynthia Rowe and her haiku showing actual problem in the world. Third place goes to two authors: Christiane Rainieri and Roberta Beary and haiku with sounds of Father's Day and first day of school. It was second or third time in Top 3 of EQK for all four winners.
Also we are welcome another group of newcomers who are not afraid to jump into the deep water and risk compete with better-known haiku authors from around the world.
We invite you all to the next winter edition.
the EQK team
PS. We would like to apologize for understating of some standards that happened to us in this edition (delays). Providence had other plans for us, but we fought
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15th Edition – 215 authors from 49 countries:
Australia
(5), Austria (2), Bangladesh (2), Belarus (1), Belgium (1), Bosnia and
Herzegovina (3), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (14), Canada (5), Colombia (1), Croatia
(13), Cyprus (1), Denmark (2), France (6), Germany (15), Ghana (6), Hungary
(1), India (11), Indonesia (1), Ireland (2), Italy (14), Japan (2), Lithuania
(9), Malaysia (1), Malta (1), Montenegro (2), Nepal (1), The Nederlands (1),
New Zealand (1), Nigeria (3), Norway (4), Pakistan (1), Philippines (5), Poland
(9), Portugal (1), Romania (15), Russia (7), Serbia (2), Singapore (1),
Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), Thailand (1), Turkey
(1), United Kingdom (11), Ukraine (1), USA (20).
Note: (5-9-6) = 39 points
means 5x 3 points, 9x 2 points and 6x 1 point
FIRST PLACE:
#056
Sondra J. Byrnes, Santa Fe, NM, USA
(6-12-7)
= 49 points
(from:
RUS, UK, UK, AUT, AUT, USA – UK, ITA, IND, ITA, BUL, IND, DEN, IND, BUL, UK,
RUS, USA - GER, NZL, CAN, UK, NOR, LIT, SRB)
summer
dusk
putting
on my glasses
to
hear you better
SECOND PLACE:
#003
Cynthia Rowe, Sydney, Australia
(13-2-5)
= 48 points
(from:
UK, CYP, USA, USA, BIH, GER, PAK, NGA, AUS, UK, USA, ITA, SRB – NZL, USA - CAN,
IND, UK, USA, CAN)
border
crossing
the
baby’s cry
cut
short
THIRD PLACE (2 authors
ex-aequo):
#149
Christiane Ranieri, Wittenheim, France
(5-8-9)
= 40 pts
(from:
IRL, BIH, ROM, SUI, BUL - UK, USA, BUL, GER, LIT, IND, CRO, POL – RUS, UK, IND,
USA, ITA, ROM, IND, POL, ITA)
Father's
Day —
the
sound of our spoons
and
his silence
v
#203
Roberta Beary, Bethesda, MD, USA
(9-5-3)
= 40 points
(from:
SRB, UK, ROM, BUL, CAN, USA, USA, GER, CRO – USA, ROM, UK, ROM, RUS – SWE, NOR,
AUS)
first
school day
the
constant chatter
of
new shoes
4th place – 38
points:
guests
left
again
i hear
the
rain
#130
Alexey Andreev, Moscow, Russia
(5-7-9)
= 38 pts
5th place – 34
points:
foghorn
the
frozen silhouette
of
a cormorant
#124
Eléonore Nickolay, Vaires sur Marne, France
(6-6-4)
= 34 pts
6th place – 32
points:
meditation
-
between
breaths
the
sea
#140
Shalini Sunkuru, Norwich, UK
(6-6-2)
= 32 pts
7th place – 26
points:
autumn
woods -
a
click
of
my camera
#012
Valeria Simonova-Cecon, Cividale del Friuli, Italy
(3-6-5)
= 26 pts
8th place – 25
points:
night
shore
ocean
waves add tune
to
fishermen's song…
#010
Aziza Hena, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(5-3-4)
= 25 pts
9th place – 24
points (3)
amputation
day
the
sound of
cut
grass
#111
Christina Sng, Singapore
(7-1-1)
= 24 pts
v
crack
of twig
the
young deer leaves me
its
breath
#116
Marion Clarke, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
(4-5-2)
= 24 pts
v
a
piece of wood
on
the bank of the river
sound
of a violin
#138
Božidar Škobić, Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(6-2-2)
= 24 pts
10th place – 23
points:
twilight
. . .
i
step into the whistle
of
dove wings
#026
Veronika Zora Novak, Toronto, Canada
(6-2-1)
= 23 pts
21 points:
leaves
whispering
outside
my empty house...
nothing
else
#068
Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow, Russia
(2-6-3)
= 21 pts
18 points:
thunderclap
—
how
dark it is
under
my bed
#173
Vinay Leo R., Bangalore, India
(4-2-2)
= 18 pts
16 points (2):
autumn
stroll -
the
crack
of
fallen chestnuts
#013
John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland
(3-2-3)
= 16 pts
v
end
times
Dad's
hearing aid picks up
signals
from space
#171
Lyudmila Hristova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(1-5-3)
= 16 pts
15 points:
distant
thunder
from
beyond the river
rising
scent of rain
#037
Christof Blumenrath, Borken, Germany
(3-2-2)
= 15 pts
14 points:
crunch
of a carrot
standing
beside me
the
donkey’s ears
#083
David J. Kelly, Dublin, Ireland
(3-2-1)
= 14 pts
13 points:
Dawn
the
silent song
of
the sun
098
Elke Bonacker, Duisburg, Germany
(2-3-1)
= 13 pts
12 points (6):
bamboo
chimes -
grandma's
last message
lost
in translation
#015
Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy
(0-5-2)
= 12 pts
v
s
a k a m o t o
approaching
sounds
of
autumn
#018
Andrea Cecon, Cividale del Friuli, Italy
(3-1-1)
= 12 pts
v
in
the cemetery
sounds
of a new bell
a
goat grazes
#042
Bernard Gieske, Bowling Green, KY, USA
(3-1-1)
= 12 pts
v
bombed
home -
a
small child screaming
among
the ruins
#081
Eleni Antoniou-Constantinou, Nicosia, Cyprus
(1-4-1)
= 12 pts
v
It
rains on the lake.
A
symphony of circles
Melody
of silence.
#091
Rolf Hermes, Pulheim, Germany
(1-3-3)
= 12 pts
v
early
morning
before
the alarm
the
crows
#183
Irene Carlsson, Rönninge, Sweden
(3-0-3)
= 12 pts
11 points (3):
wet
sunrise
rusted
wind chimes
singing
still
#031
Anna Cates, Wilmington, OH, USA
(2-2-1)
= 11 pts
v
on
the wing a thrush song returning spring
#077
Ramesh Anand, Bengaluru, India
(3-1-0)
= 11 pts
v
surprise
party
no
one hears
my
tired sigh
#211
Debbi Antebi, Istanbul, Turkey
(1-3-2)
= 11 pts
10 points (5):
Perseid
swarm
of
a beggar hat
clink
of coins
#080
Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, Zielona Góra, Poland
(1-3-1)
= 10 pts
v
your
body lays in bed:
even
the mattress
murmurs
pleasure.
#093
David Rodrigues, Lisbon, Portugal
(1-3-1)
= 10 pts
v
high
tones
in
the opera house – deep silence
of
the audience
#126
Jovanka Božić, Valjevo, Serbia
(1-3-1)
= 10 pts
v
dew
sparkle --
my
baby says mom
for
the first time
#191
Lucia Fontana, Milano, Italy
(2-2-0)
= 10 pts
v
our
first time...
the
hushed rustle
of
her shyness
197
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Birmingham, UK
(1-2-3)
= 10 pts
9 points (8):
Mom
on tiptoe –
At
last, the baby
fell
asleep.
#020
Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(2-1-1)
= 9 pts
v
silence
between
squalls
the
clack of dishes
#032
Nika, Victoria, BC, Canada
(3-0-0)
= 9 pts
v
wake-up
call –
shadow
of song sparrow
on
my pillow
038
Nurit Israeli, New York, USA
(2-1-1)
= 9 pts
v
the
autumn moon
conducts
the sea -
sound
of pebbles
#041
Adrian Bouter, Gouda, the Netherlands
(2-1-1)
= 9 pts
v
strange
sounds
a
new girlfriend
in
the room of my son
#044
Pepa Odjakova, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(1-2-2)
= 9 pts
v
Thumping
heart ...
the
heavy oak door
slowly
opens
#047
Beate Conrad, Hildesheim, Germany
(1-2-2)
= 9 pts
v
my
peace talk -
a
lion roars
in
the cage
#086
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Hyderabad, India
(2-1-1)
= 9 pts
v
ultrasound
children’s
heart beats
in
the mother’s body
#127
Štefanija Ludvig, Dubravica, Croatia
(3-0-0)
= 9 pts
8 points (10):
rendezvous-
a
jet fighter growling at
the
setting sun
#006
Angelica Seithe, Wettenberg, Germany
(2-1-0)
= 8 pts
v
In
a far forest
The
wind the only creature
Echoes
between rocks
#030
Fabián Padilla Hernández, Bogotá, Colombia
(1-2-1)
= 8 pts
v
All
sounds
covered
by snow
soundlessly
#050
Francesco Gonella, Padova, Italy
(0-2-4)
= 8 pts
v
sea
organ –
the
older echoes
of
Buddha's words
#073
Goran Gatalica, Zagreb, Croatia
(1-2-1)
= 8 pts
v
hunger
moon -
i
wake to something
gnawing
in the roof
#076
Sara Winteridge, New Forest, England
(1-2-1)
= 8 pts
v
year
without holidays-
in
the seashell
the
sound of the waves
#092
Marie Derley, Ath, Belgium
(1-2-1)
= 8 pts
v
Autumn
whiff
The
wind brings the song
of
the monks
#122
Gencho Genchev, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria
(1-2-1)
= 8 pts
v
family
quarrel
the
parrot repeats
I
love you - I hate you
#131
Maya Kisyova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(1-1-3)
= 8 pts
v
winter
night
in
the city park
white
silence
#175
Asta Čižiūnaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania
(2-0-2)
= 8 pts
v
refugee
camp...
high
above the barbed wire
geese
honking in flight
#213
Florin Florian, Botoşani, Romania
(1-2-1)
= 8 pts
7 points (11):
a
scream in the dark —
choked;
breeze dies away
the
lion has caught her prey
#002
Philip Elliott, Dublin, Ireland
(1-2-0)
= 7 pts
v
crane
birds leaving
the
howl of a chained dog
flying
together
#055
Neringa Vyšniauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania
(2-0-1)
= 7 pts
v
lack
of words-
we
are stirring
dissolved
sugar
#060
Jurate Norvaisiene, Mazeikiai, Lithuania
(1-0-4)
= 7 pts
v
Cry
of seagulls.
In
the slit of sky
the
rising sun.
#088
Stoianka Boianova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(1-1-2)
= 7 pts
v
rumbles
of thunder –
just
in dollhouse
nobody
is scared
#097
Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă, Galaţi, Romania
(1-1-2)
= 7 pts
v
Strong
sirocco –
a
sea wave folds
and
spreads
#118
Pasquale Asprea, Genova, Italy
(1-2-0)
= 7 pts
v
scratched
vinyl-
my
parent's vintage dance
in
my memories
#145
Maria Laura Valente, Cesena, Italy
(1-2-0)
= 7 pts
v
old
piano-
a
nightingale sings
on
the bridge
#153
Nazarena Rampini, Milano, Italy
(2-0-1)
= 7 pts
v
oh,
september dawn!
even
my footsteps sound
crispy
pink
#177
Anne Zooey Lind, List, Norway
(1-1-2)
= 7 pts
v
children's
laughter
through
the bars
a
lonely primate
#187
Madhuri Pillai, Melbourne, Australia
(2-0-1)
= 7 pts
v
ruins
of earthquake –
break
the silence
only
one cricket
#207
Daniela Zglibutiu, Montecchio Emilia, Italy
(2-0-1)
= 7 pts
6 points (6):
cavern
drip
echoes
through
the
darkness
#001
Simon Hanson, Tamborine, Australia
(1-1-1)
= 6 pts
v
evening
glow –
under
the boy's wheelchair
rustle
of leaves
#040
Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania
(0-2-2)
= 6 pts
v
deep
sea diving
a
firework of colours
in
a soundless world
#052
Janko Dimnjaković, Zagreb, Croatia
(1-1-1)
= 6 pts
v
Indian
bride...
clatter
of her bangles
hymns
to the new dawn
#057
Aparna Pathak, Gurugram, India
(1-1-1)
= 6 pts
v
Under
my feet
the
creaky floor
betrays
me
#129
Solène Lagadec, Rennes, France
(0-2-2)
= 6 pts
v
daddy
is arriving
his
steps are a little late
but
the sky is far
#157
Francesca Mereu, Cagliari, Italy
(2-0-0)
= 6 pts
5 points (14):
a
fish hawk strikes
death
comes ashore
as
a ripple
#028
Sandi Pray, Robinsville, USA
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
the
wind whistling
the
leaves of reed reply
with
rustle
#054
Midhat Midho Hrnčić, Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(0-2-1)
= 5 pts
v
excuses,
excuses –
the
hollow sound
of
a cracked plate
#059
Margaret Beverland, Katikati, New Zealand
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
fading
footfalls
in
a stand of dark pines
the
open trap
#061
John Hawkhead, Bradford/Avon, UK
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
a
willow branch
breaking
the sun -
end
of day
#065
Ana Drobot, Bucharest, Romania
(1-0-2)
= 5 pts
v
sound
of water
long
before i see you
white
butterfly
#066
Vibeke Laier, Randers, Denmark
(0-2-1)
= 5 pts
v
bluebird
calls
out
of this flower
the
meadow
#074
Tom Sacramona, Plainville, USA
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
on
a bubbling brook
a
sudden gust of autumn
her
stone skips a beat
#135
Benjamin Bläsi, Wünnewil, Switzerland
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
wild
horseman
my
little grandson
cheers
on my knees
#137
Brigitte Ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany
(0-2-1)
= 5 pts
v
moonrise
young
voices fill
the
empty streets
#141
Billy Antonio, Laoac Pangasinan, Philippines
(0-2-1)
= 5 pts
v
decibel
sound test -
cicada
hides itself
anxiously
#142
Sudebi Singha, Kolkata, India
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
sunday
afternoon
the
faint sound of rising dough
under
the lid
#174
Stanka Parusheva, Yambol, Bulgaria
(1-0-2)
= 5 pts
v
old
radio
it
seems to know
my
silences
#189
Marco Pilotto, Piazzola Sul Brenta (Padova), Italy
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
v
miscarriage
a
star shoots
across
the sky
#209
Rajandeep Garg, Sungrur, India
(1-1-0)
= 5 pts
4 points (14):
Weaving
together
long
summer grasses
refuge
prayer.
#023
Andy McLellan, Canterbury, UK
(0-1-2)
= 4 pts
v
predawn
downpour
in
crescendo
the
sky calls the tune
#036
Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania
(1-0-1)
= 4 pts
v
thunderclaps
far away
sparrows
on the branch
become
one whole
#045
Nikolay Grankin, Krasnodar, Russia
(0-2-0)
= 4 pts
v
under
the ice
who
knows
sound
of silence
#101
Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania
(0-1-2)
= 4 pts
v
splash
one
word in oceans
of
sound
#105
Joan McNerney, New York, USA
(1-0-1)
= 4 pts
v
all
day rain--
discovering
each click of mouse
has
two sounds
#117 Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India
(0-2-0) = 4 pts
v
ringing
bells
predict
the sledge of
Santa
Claus
#123
Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania
(0-1-2)
= 4 pts
v
the
rain rustled
Tomcat
returns
from
a walk
#134
Vitali Khomin, Mukachevo, Ukraine
(1-0-1)
= 4 pts
v
none
but
nightingale
song
dark
turns to dawn
#146
Damir Janjalija, Kotor, Montenegro
(1-0-1)
= 4 pts
v
windless
against
the ship's moon
its
skeleton
#163
Brendon Kent, Southampton, England
(0-1-2)
= 4 pts
v
like
in each year
with
the same pld song
the
cuckoo returns
#172
Constantin Stroe, Bucharest, Romania
(1-0-1)
= 4 pts
v
the
storm is over -
the
sound of silence
after
a quarrel
#202
Marek Kozubek, Bangkok, Thailand
(0-0-4)
= 4 pts
v
yell
in cherry tree –
the
woodpecker arrives
at
the nest
#204
Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania
(2-0-1)
= 4 pts
v
sudden
rain...
the
sound of your heartbeats
and
mine
#205
Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India
(1-0-1)
= 4 pts
3 points (25):
rubber
brake pads
on
rusted bike rims
the
squeal
#004
Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Canada
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
the
clock's ticking
still
your pulse beat
in
my ear
#008
Sylvia Bacher, Bad Aussee, Austria
(0-0-3)
= 3 pts
v
early
in the morning:
songs
of the Earth and Heaven –
I
hear the silence
#019
Smajil Durmisevic, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
rain
god
beats
melodiously
on
tin sheets..
#025
Purushothamrao Ravela, Nolensville, USA
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
early
autumn
moaning
the sea clings
to
its heat
#069
Gerd Börner, Berlin, Germany
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
hungry
orphans
speak
comforting words
to
grumbling stomach
#070
Theophilus Femi Alawonde, Ogbomosho, Nigeria
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
Early
apples
falling
on the ground
piano
scales
#072
Richard Jodoin, Montreal, Canada
(0-1-1)
= 3 pts
v
night
of the earthquake
silence
of towns shaken by
the
swan song of walls
#078
Tomasz Szymczak, Chojnice, Poland
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
flaming
strings
unleash
exclamations
violoncello
#087
Minko Tanev, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
labour
room...
deafening
screams but
no
first cry
#099
Vandana Parashar, Ambala Cantt, India
(0-0-3)
= 3 pts
v
from
the porch swing
the
wind whispers
sounds
of autumn
#119
Judi Honiker, Clearwater, USA
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
Valley
village –
roosters
song
raisis
the fog
#139
Virginia Popescu, Ploiesti, Romania
(0-1-1)
= 3 pts
v
hit
for hit
listening
to the heart
of
iron
#143
Sonja Raab, Opponitz, Austria
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
the
deep blue ocean
and
the azure sky kissing
winds
whistle at them
#147
Pitt Büerken, Münster, Germany
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
date
harvest –
behind
derelict walls
children's
laughter
#154
Ramona Linke, Salzatal/Beesenstedt, Germany
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
desert
silence-
the
sands gulp footprints
of
a wayfarer
#165
Nadalsuren Purevdorj, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(0-1-1)
= 3 pts
v
the
door of grandma's house
now
only squeaks
at
the wind's behest
#168
Stanka Boneva, Varna, Bulgaria
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
hospital
bed
heart
sounds
keep
us hoping
#170
Anthony Q. Rabang, Vigan City, Philippines
(0-0-3)
= 3 pts
v
monastery
ruins...
flapping
sound of a monk's cloak
frightens
the night
#178
Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg, Mongolia
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
her
child's lullaby-
the
whirring sound
of
passing cars
#181
Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
lullaby
the
blind mother is singing
for
not-hearing daughter
#182
Paulina Perczak, Kielce, Poland
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
Pouring
rain -
the
aunt keeps saying
the
same word
#186
Leonardo Lazzari, Baronissi SA, Italy
(0-1-1)
= 3 pts
v
scat
singing
high
heels emerge
from
the evening fog
#188
Ilyana Stoyanova, St.Albans, UK
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
knitting
needles
clicking
on the porch -
a
“baa” from the hillside
#199
James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
v
night
barking –
my
dog accepts his part
of
the score
#206
Nada Jačmenica, Sveti Križ Začretje, Croatia
(1-0-0)
= 3 pts
2 points (19):
late
summer
you
caress me
with
the small sounds of life
#016
Ashi, Brande, Denmark
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
putting
on wool socks
a
firefly on the porch sings
the
call of field cricket
#017
Đurđa Vukelić Rožić, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia
(0-0-2)
= 2 pts
v
medieval
festival —
the
knight sounding the bugle
and
my child's heart
#022
Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
ultrasound
room:
the
best sound to her ears
her
child’s heartbeats
#051
Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
stormy
sea
noise
of waves
muffles
his leave
#102
Zuzanna Truchlewska, Łaziska Górne, Poland
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
traffic
sign
DEAF
CHILD
AREA
#106
Andy Burkhart, Cincinnati, USA
(0-0-2)
= 2 pts
v
whisper
of autumn leaves
the
wind whistles
through
my dream
#108
Ivanka Yankova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(0-2-0)
= 2 pts
v
The
rail track drums -
the
train leaves the station
in
iambic meter
#109
Adam Šuligoj, Maribor, Slovenia
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
tantalising
evening ...
the
belly dancer shakes
her
coin belt
#110
Mohammad Azim Khan, Peshawar, Pakistan
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
dry
forest -
a
deer running faster
than
a rabbit
#113
Mihail Buraga, Bucharest, Romania
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
slimy
pond
a
frog slides in
without
a sound
#114
Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana
(0-0-2)
= 2 pts
v
an
August night-
crickets
lulling me
into
sleep
#132
Branka Vojinović Jegdić, Podgorica, Montenegro
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
`
v
dawn
prayers
fermented
hymns
fill
spaces we kept
#159
Beatrice Zebre, Accra, Ghana
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
wakeful
crickets
are more than
the
stars
#167
Detelina Tiholova, Kustendil, Bulgaria
(0-0-2)
= 2 pts
v
Fireworks
in
the distance
crickets
here
#185
Hidenori Hiruta, Akita, Japan
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
another
boom!
my
heart throbs
at
my throat
#190
Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire, Bolgatanga, Ghana
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
lightning
the
squeals from
a
donkey
#200
Cyndi Lloyd, Riverton, Utah, USA
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
v
childhome
out
of the blue
mom's
lullaby
#214
Laura Csilla, Brasov, Romania
(0-0-2)
= 2 pts
v
wind
autumnal-
over
the antique table
a
book of haiku
#215
Vanice Zimerman, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
(0-1-0)
= 2 pts
1 point (19):
Birds,
excited birds
in
the almost leafless trees...
Bach
in the earbuds
#009
Horst Ludwig, St. Peter, MN, USA
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
songbirds
captured
the vocal cords
blues
in a cage
#046
Vladimir Šuk , Oroslavje, Croatia
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
september
night
the
pitch-black sound
of
silence
#048
Oddbjørn Aardalen, Vennesla, Norway
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
after
the choir practise:
crabs
(((((
sing )))))
#063
Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
morning
calm
every
now and then
a
distant bird chirp
#067
Willie R. Bongcaron, Manila, Philippines
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
campfire
silence
popping
inside
the popcorn bucket
#075
Ken Sawitri, Blora, Indonesia
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
trickle
of music
a radio
guards
the house
#144
Lynette Arden, Norwood, SA, Australia
(0-0-2)
= 1 pt
v
chorus
of crickets
between
sky and earth
rays
of moon
148
Magdalena Dale, Bucharest, Romania
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
voice
of my father
from
the old tape recorder
tear
on the eye
#152
Vladimir Ludvig, Dubravica, Croatia
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
haijin’s
elegy
drowned
out
by
honking geese
#158
Patrick Sweeney, Misawa, Japan
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
distant
thunder
and
buzzing
from
inside a plum
#160
Jon Espen Vassbotn, Kristiansand, Norway
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
The
droplets
Knocking
on the windows
Sounds
of the rain.
#161
Virginija Sakalauskiene, Raudondvaris, Lithuania
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
vintage
telephone setting
the
irony
of
new tech
#179
Susan Mallernee, Dover, USA
(0-0-1)
= 2 pt
v
autumn
night,
the
chestnut song
...
on my lips
#184
Lilia Racheva, Russe, Bulgaria
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
autumn
afternoon -
the
gurgling of the sea
lulls
us to sleep
#195
Tomislav Maretic, Zagreb, Croatia
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
In
clamorous crowd
I
hear the sound of a kiss
It
hurts my lone heart
#201
Marcel Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
september
downpour
rinses
loudly summer traces
in
sandals
#208
Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan, Rijeka, Croatia
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
cleaning
the window
newspapers
whole village
set
on its feet
#212
Kristina Kroupa, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia
(0-0-1)
= 1 pt
v
key
of cranes
fall
soundlessly
first
yellow leaves
#216
Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warszawa, Poland
no points this time (49):
When
prey of God
Images
also speak
Time
in Enlightenment.
#005
Ram Sharjan Maharjan, Kathmandu, Nepal
v
clatter
– hum – tinkle
signs
of love, life, and movement;
but
silence soothes souls
#011
Tanja Cilia, Fleur de Lys, Malta
v
boys
from
the
beach
pet
sounds
#021
Arne Haukdal, Stavanger, Norway
v
dawn
chorus
my
nestlings
argue
over Cheerios
#024
Tracy Davidson, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
v
Blows
his own trumpet,
the
echo of his ego
to
feel horny.
#027
Marieta Maglas, Suceava, Romania
v
golden
pine boughs ~
woodpeckers
drum for morning
sunshine
dances
#029
Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, USA
v
Skydivers
March sounds -
JUMP
JUMP JUMP Do Fa La La
Si
La Sol Do Re
#034
Nicu Stopel, Bucharest, Romania
v
vast
sear field
someone
knocking from inside
a
container
#035
Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania
v
fires
in the swamps
singing
ondines
entice
wayfarer
#039
Azi Kuder, Gdynia, Poland
v
fleet
shadow—
the
fighter jets’ roar drowned out
by
the river’s roar
#043
Rick Clark, Seattle, USA
v
downpour
behind
the barbed wire fence
a
song of joy
#053
Birgit Heid, Landau, Germany
v
mass
shootings
extinguish
celebrations
#058
Barbara A. Taylor, Mountain Top, NSW, Australia
v
tuning
up
the
symphony
of
early morning birdsong
#062
Nancy Brady, Huron, Ohio, USA
v
Earplugs
till 10 pm ...
neighbour's
belief that he plays
really
the trumpet
#064
Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland
v
dripping
water tap -
the
rhythm of silence
between
digital clocks
#071
Wolfgang Rödig, Mitterfels, Germany
v
a
boy
wipes
the blood off his forehead
calls
- mom
#079
Dorota Ocińska, Łódź, Poland
v
reassuring
the
bell tolling blends with the
cawing
of the crows
#082
Claude Lagadec, Saumur, France
v
honking
to
say goodbye
wild
goose
#084
Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines
v
sunday
morning
father's
voice within
the
peal of bells
#085
Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany
v
a
sound support
for
my autumn mood
the
swarm of ravens
#089
Birgit Schladach-Helmlechner, Schluechtern, Germany
v
pigeons
on roof ?
I
guess her love scribble
on
my back
#090
Ayala Mahala, Pune, India
v
drizzling
rain
the
toys devise an escape
from
the sandbox
#094
Alexey Golubev, St. Petersburg, Russia
v
rearranging
all
mirrors now
in
my room
#095
Hristina Panjaridis, Illkirch, Bulgaria
v
deep,
deep inside me
in
the midst of darkness -
silence
pierces ears
#096
Danijel Bara, Zagreb, Croatia
v
Morning
darkness -
sound
of bells welcomes
autumn
rain
#100
Evgeny Ivanov, Moscow, Russia
v
skateboards
on the street
disturbing
adults at work
is
a children's game
#103
Hartmut Fillhardt, Martinstahl, Germany
v
shouting
wife
my
very big smile shining
earplugs
#104
Dainius Dirgela, Vilnius, Lithuania
v
monday
I
dive to soundlessness
snowfall
#107
Pavel S. Vorontsov, Novosibirsk, Russia
v
farewell-
the
sound sap makes
reaching
branches
#112
Marina Bellini, Bagnolo San Vito (MN), Italy
v
Two
dogs in front of the house
slander
loudly
dog's
life
#115
Zlata Bogović, Varaždin, Croatia
v
disturbed
sleep
in
a room cross the street
stubborn
alarm clock
#120
Marija Pogorilić, Rovinj, Croatia
v
high
season —
disco
hum drowns
sound
of the sea
#128
Marta Chocilowska, Warsaw, Poland
v
A
swamp submitted
The
richness of listening
With
a frog's singing
#133
Lawal Jimoh, Lagos State, Nigeria
v
sound
... motion ... colors
in
a sizzling sky -
fireworks
#136
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Fairlawn, USA
v
the
blockage
in
your ear a niggling tune
earworms
#150
Devin Harrison, Vancouver Island, Canada
v
sunrise
on the beach -
deaf
dancer to the rhythm
of
his heartbeat
#151
Miruna Covor, Bucharest, Romania
v
lapping
unloudly
leagues
and foam beneath...
boat
on sea
#155
Prah Justice Joseph, Accra, Ghana
v
flutters
startle
noises
along a breezeway...
trapped
pigeons
#156
Pamela Kuadegbeku, Accra, Ghana
v
music
primeval
the
chorus of frogs
and
ensemble of crickets
#162
Gexter Lacambra, Milan, Italy
v
A
taut string rings
anxiously
in the night-
the
heart is bleeding
#164
Sidonia Pojarlieva, Sofia, Bulgaria
v
dumbfounded
before
the thunderous speech
of
the waterfall
#166
Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany
v
two
down pillows
on
a feather bed
the
sound of snow
#169
Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio, USA
v
bye
bye blackbird...
racial
taunts at baseball games
heard
when I was young
176
Ed Bremson, Raleigh, NC, USA
v
narrow
road . . .
a
gaggle of sounds climbing
with
me
#180
Saša Važić, Batajnica, Serbia
v
Waiting
for the falling star
Twosom
under night's sky
Whispers
of stillness
#193
Jonas Vaicekauskas, Siauliai, Lithuania
v
I
draw attention
to
the glances and quiet whisper
Maybe
about me?
#194
Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania
v
Beatles
song...
voices
of turkeys
pronouncing
Ku
#196
Rosemond Amegashie, Accra, Ghana
v
vacations
had gone…
from
the windows of dorm
this
is the end
#198
Natalia Sedenkova, Samara, Russia
v
Forest
clearing –
Is
among blooming heathers
Bee’s
buzz
#210
Teresa Grzywacz, Łuków, Poland
no results - authors who
didn’t vote (6):
autumn
sunlight
shimmering
in the dawn…
sound
of the waves
#007
Keith Simmonds, Rodez, France
v
hand
bell of an entrance door
the
seller turns around with a smile
even
in a dream
#014
Katsiaryna Yaroshyna, Minsk, Belarus
v
rain
ensemble―
the
sound of night in half
and
quarter notes
#033
Santiago B. Villafania, Manila, Philippines
v
blowing
a leaf whistle
I
try to imitate the tune
of
my dead grandfather
#121
Kristina Melody, Seremban, Malaysia
v
all
night long
old
cradle spelling name
of
a newborn
#125
Matúš Nižňanský, Piešt’any, Slovakia
v
a
kettle whistle -
the
fragile silence between us
broken
#192
Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria
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