Results of the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #15 - Autumn 2016 Edition (topic: sounds)

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 ...

15^th 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

4^th place – 38 points:

guests left

again i hear

the rain

#130 Alexey Andreev, Moscow, Russia

(5-7-9) = 38 pts

5^th place – 34 points:

foghorn

the frozen silhouette

of a cormorant

#124 Eléonore Nickolay, Vaires sur Marne, France

(6-6-4) = 34 pts

6^th place – 32 points:

meditation -

between breaths

the sea

#140 Shalini Sunkuru, Norwich, UK

(6-6-2) = 32 pts

7^th place – 26 points:

autumn woods -

a click

of my camera

#012 Valeria Simonova-Cecon, Cividale del Friuli, Italy

(3-6-5) = 26 pts

8^th place – 25 points:

night shore

ocean waves add tune

to fishermen's song…

#010 Aziza Hena, Dhaka, Bangladesh

(5-3-4) = 25 pts

9^th 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

10^th 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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