Results of the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #16 - Winter 2016 Edition (topic: journey)

We are closing next edition of the EQK and fourth year of it's existence. The number of participants in our fun is increasing (record number of 220 participants in this edition), although for some authors is difficult to decide to undergo public scrutiny own haiku. No matter whether you are the experienced or novice author. We are primarily helpers in collecting your haiku and counting your votes. This time we noticed a great results of Marta Chociłowska, leading from start to finish and gathered record 70 points. Second place for Iliyana Stoyanova (second time in Top 3). In third place, we have two well known authors: Radka Mindova (second time in Top 3), and Roberta Beary (fourth time in Top 3). Congratulations.

The next edition of EQK as usually in spring but it will be the last year of this popular kukai. Five years is enough to do something and not to bore the world of haiku.

Dear Friends, we wish you all the best in 2017.

Robert Kania and Krzysztof Kokot

the EQK team

16th edition - 220 authors from 45 countries:

Australia  (7), Austria (2), Bangladesh (2), Belgium  (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4), Brazil  (2), Bulgaria (12), Canada (6), Colombia (1), Croatia (14), Cyprus (1), Denmark (2), France  (6), Germany (15), Ghana (2), Hungary (1), India (17), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Ireland  (1), Italy (15), Japan (1), Lithuania (9), Macedonia (1), Malaysia (1), Malta (1), Mongolia  (2), Montenegro (2), Nepal (1), Netherlands (1), Nigeria (1), Norway (9), Pakistan  (1), Philippines (4), Poland (11), Portugal (1), Romania (15), Russia (6), Serbia (4), Singapore  (1), Slovenia (2), Switzerland (3), Ukraine (1), United Kingdom (11), USA (18)

FIRST PLACE:

#041 Marta Chocilowska, Warsaw, Poland

(14-9-10) = 70 points

(from: BGL, PHI, LIT, BRA, SLO, GER, LIT, IND, BUL, NOR, USA, BGL, IND, IND - ITA, NED, POL, GHA, POL, RUS, ITA, POL, NOR - IND, RUS, FRA, GER, DEN, GER, GER, MNE, PRT, CRO)

funeral

her first journey

alone

SECOND PLACE:

#192 Iliyana Stoyanova, St Albans, United Kingdom

(9-4-6) = 41 points

(from: ITA, CRO, USA, BEL, CAN, ITA, NOR, AUT, USA - GER, IND, IND, ITA – GHA, IND, ROM, BIH, HUN, UKR)

night bus

her tattoo flies away

with each street light

THIRD PLACE (2 authors ex-aequo):

#021 Radka Mindova, Sliven, Bulgaria

(8-5-1) = 35 points

(from: ITA, IRL, POL, BUL, ROM, POL, SUI, MGL – GER, IND, UK, FRA, UK - ITA)

faint creaking –

the old man and his boat

talk to each other

v   

#215 Roberta Beary, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

(6-5-7) = 35 points

(from: UK, AUS, RUS, IND, USA, USA - BGL, RUS, POL, ROM, USA – POL, AUS, POL, IND, USA, IND, BRA)

suitcase packed

the weight of promises

to stay in touch

4^th place – 28 points:

great migration -

at the closed borders

they watch the geese

#026 John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland

(5-5-3) = 28 pts

5^th place – 24 points:

I return

to my roots...

raindrop

#150 Vinay Leo R., Bangalore, India

(3-5-5) = 24 points

v   

6^th place – 22 points:

bedtime

my daughter and I

off to Neverland

#206 Billy Antonio, Laoac, Philippines

(5-3-1) = 22 pts

7^th place – 21 points (2):

open boat—

a child clings

to my finger

#030 Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines

(4-3-3) = 21 pts

v   

holiday

no escape

from myself

#094 Rachel Sutcliffe, Huddersfield, England

(3-4-4) = 21 pts

8^th place – 19 points (2):

the first snow falls -

on the Balkan route

children footprints

#005 Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy

(4-3-1) = 19 pts

v   

long goodbye

he hands me a suitcase

with all its weight

#133 Maria Tomczak, Opole, Poland

(5-1-2) = 19 pts

9^th place – 18 points (3):

homecoming

the snow on the car

isn't from here

#071 Nikolay Grankin, Krasnodar, Russia

(1-5-5) = 18 pts

v   

Wandering

On the paths of my childhood

Fog

#111 Anna Goluba, Warsaw, Poland

(3-3-3) = 18 pts

v   

city traffic

ants in and out

of a sparrow

#210 Brendon Kent, Southampton, England

(2-4-4) = 18 pts

10^th place – 17 points:

delayed flight

enough time to consider

is it love or not

#073 Dainius Dirgela, Vilnius, Lithuania

(4-1-3) = 17 pts

16 points (3):

first morning glories

the long journey back

to trust

#015 Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

(4-0-4) = 16 pts

v   

Travelling light

A leaf attached

to the train window

#057 Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo, The Hague, Netherlands

(2-4-2) = 16 pts

v   

train window

the tunnel's stone wall

starts to run

#093 Rosa Clement, Manaus, Brazil

(3-2-3) = 16 pts

14 points (3):

crossing the equator

exchange of sms…

from autumn to spring

#022 Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania

(3-2-1) = 14 pts

v   

coastal route . . .

I catch the sunrise

from the first bus

#027 Marion Clarke, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland

(2-4-0) = 14 pts

v   

186

metastases...

an aimless drive

through falling leaves

Polona Oblak, Ljubljana, Slovenia

(3-2-1) = 14 pts

13 points (5):

escape to nowhere

endless sea and sky

Mediterranean grave

#001 Tanja Cilja, Fleur de Lys, Malta

(4-0-1) = 13 pts

v   

hometown…

childhood shadows

welcoming us

#036 Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria

(2-3-1) = 13 pts

v   

icy train window

my face turns to

father's face

#124 Alexey Andreev, Moscow, Russia

(2-3-1) = 13 pts

v   

beyond happiness

the places we found

without a map

#127 David J. Kelly, Dublin, Ireland

(3-1-2) = 13 pts

v   

A suitcase

tied with twine -

unripe lemons

#183 Nazarena Rampini, Pogliano Milanese (MI), Italy

(4-0-1) = 13 pts

12 points (4):

window seat

above the clouds

among the stars

#012 Simon Hanson, Tamborine, Australia

(1-2-5) = 12 pts

v   

fast train

attendant offers

fast food

#064 Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-3-3) = 12 pts

v   

growing old

still on the foolish journey

to myself

#149 Heinz Schneemann, Berlin, Germany

(3-1-1) = 12 pts

v   

refugee train

in every window

Orion

#199 Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Botoşani, Romania

(2-2-2) = 12 pts

10 points (10):

Glimmering snow -

at the end of hare tracks

a smiling fox.

#004 Adam Šuligoj, Maribor, Slovenia

(3-0-1) = 10 pts

v   

hot sand

under my feet

his hands

#025 Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy , Birmingham, UK

(1-3-1) = 10 pts

v   

star spaces

our souls travel

in the universe

#072 Stoianka Boianova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(3-0-1) = 10 pts

v   

collection of dolls

in national costumes

trip around the world

#102 Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan, Rijeka, Croatia

(2-1-2) = 10 pts

v   

calloused feet -

mother's solitary steps

towards sunset

#103 Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh, India

(1-2-3) = 10 pts

v   

through the Kalahari ...

my husband is sleeping

in his TV chair

#105 Brigitte ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany

(1-3-1) = 10 pts

v   

grandma and grandpa

on the back seat of my car

holding hands

#106 Christof Blumenrath, Borken, Germany

(1-1-5) = 10 pts

v   

wrinkled clothes

at the bottom of suitcase

a shell

#144 Marie-Alice Maire, Rungis, France

(3-0-1) = 10 pts

v   

winter train

the long whistle blow

fades into nothing

188 Kat Lehmann, Guilford, USA

(3-0-1) = 10 pts

v   

mountain path...

the sound of goat bells

from many valleys ago

#211 Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India

(3-0-1) = 10 pts

9 points (7):

trade winds

the refugee boats arrive

dead or alive

#023 Mohammad Azim Khan, Peshawar, Pakistan

(1-3-0) = 9 pts

v   

globe trotter --

inch by inch the snail travels

light years

#077 Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

(3-0-0) = 9 pts

v   

morning train

everyone lost

in dreams

#085 Christina Sng, Singapore

(1-1-4) = 9 pts

v   

through the train window

my father’s smile and

the winter landscape

#157 Claude-Alice Lagadec, Saumur, France

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

v   

travelling birds

with every movement of wings

closer to home

#176 Zuzanna Truchlewska, Łaziska Górne, Poland

(1-1-4) = 9 pts

v   

cupped hands

falling petals stop

on their journey

#205 Kwaku Feni Adow, Akosombo, Ghana

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

v   

jasmine tea -

I don't know this place

but is home

#214 Maurizio Petruccioli, Cormons, Italy

(1-1-4) = 9 pts

8 points (11):

honkings near Big Ben -

a huge clock

and so little time

#018 Radu Tudosan, Bucharest, Romania

(1-2-1) = 8 pts

v   

shooting stars write

poetry across heaven

#056 Joan McNerney, New York, USA

(2-1-0) = 8 pts

v   

between lines

i see the far end

our journey

#065 Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Hyderabad, India

(2-1-0) = 8 pts

v   

familiar face

in a different town...

wind-blown leaves

#084 Marietta McGregor, Canberra, Australia

(0-3-2) = 8 pts

v   

Snowflake

travels to the top

on my  tongue

#092 Gencho Genchev, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria

(0-4-0) = 8 pts

v   

taking the old road

to my father’s grave

the slow tide of stars

#097 John Hawkhead, Bradford on Avon, UK

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

v   

they have gone,

to bring back the spring--

migratory birds!

#101 Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Arkhangai, Mongolia

(0-3-2) = 8 pts

v   

           

A truck in the night

snowflakes dancing

in the headlights

#117 Zlata Bogović, Varaždin, Croatia

(0-4-0) = 8 pts

v   

relocation...

bubble wrapping all our

memories

#142 Vandana Parashar, Ambala Cannt, India

(0-3-2) = 8 pts

v   

crossroads

there is no sign

showing the way home

#158 Gabriel Sawicki, Wroclaw, Poland

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

v   

night flight

a city lighted

by fireflies

#207 Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana

(1-1-3)

7 points (6):

stardust

to where does this

fleeting life go?

#035 Veronika Zora Novak, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

v   

end of the journey

at the final station

blanket and sandwich

#042 Wiesław Karliński, Namysłów, Poland

(0-2-3) = 7 pts

v   

soap box derby

in grandfather's eyes

a mischievous glint

#066 Ramona Linke, Salzatal, Germany

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

v   

business trip

instead of bookmark

family photo

#095 Jurate Norvaisiene, Mazeikiai, Lithuania

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

v   

early morning

a boat cuts the net

of calm sea

#173 Štefanija Ludvig, Dubravica, Croatia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

v   

blizzard -

every tram reveals

the same rails

#175 Sedenkova Natalia, Samara, Russia

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

6 points (12):

a long journey-

in my dream longing

for the home town

#007 Marija Pogorilic, Rovinjsko Selo, Croatia

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

v   

seeking freedom

a child’s body floats

between flotsam

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

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

v   

desert sunset—

at a dusty pit stop

pink cactus flowers

#061 Anna Cates, Wilmington, Ohio, USA

(0-1-4) = 6 pts

v   

snowflakes on the road –

victoria secrets angels

fully covered

#080 Capotă Daniela Lăcrămioara, Galati, Romania

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

v   

cobblestone street

oil from a stalled car

stains the fresh snow

#090 Carlos Gesmundo, Minneapolis, MN, USA

(0-1-4) = 6 pts

v   

A pleasure trip

with my child

on the carousel

#098 Elke Bonacker, Duisburg, Germany

(0-2-2) = 6 pts

v   

last journey

my granddad look all over

the fields

#120 Pepa Odjakova, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

v   

end of journey

surrogate mother transfers

the weight of newborn

#130 Sudebi Singha, Kolkata, India

(0-2-2) = 6 pts

v   

end district

gipsy children make faces

at the passing train

#153 Zornitza Harizanova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

v   

funeral march

also trees for my coffin grow

step by step

#172 Tomasz Szymczak, Chojnice, Poland

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

v   

Across the ocean

Loops

in my stomach

#180 Silvia Kempen, Apen, Germany

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

v   

just clouds

between us

and the ground

#187 Mark Gilbert, Nottingham, UK

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

5 points (10):

approaching train

sighs of relief

heave the iron wheels

#006 Gexter Lacambra, Milan, Italy

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

v   

white cane

the throb

of a waiting bus

#017 Cynthia Rowe, Sydney, Australia

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

v   

how many flies

scratches my faithful dog

until my return?

#034 Slobodan Pupovac, Zagreb, Croatia

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

rustling in the wind

the last leaves on the branches –

departure song

#038 Virginia Popescu, Ploiesti, Romania

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

v   

All my long journeys

The small girl wants to guide me

In the wood nearby

#060 Thor Henriksen, Oslo, Norway

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

between the trees

moving against the train

a midnight companion

#070 VAERKO, Chennai, India

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

hang gliding

with an eagle nearby

above mountains

#113 Vladimir Ludvig, Dubravica, Croatia

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

like a butterfly

never looking back

from flower to flower

#139 Christiane Ranieri, Wittenheim, France

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

cherry blossom blizzard -

he sets the camera

aside

#159 Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

v   

Logbook -

I leave my native land

clouds against

#184 Daniele Garofalo, Milano, Italy

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

4 points (8):

trying to escape -

a road to heaven

winding as usual

#013 Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warsaw, Poland

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

v   

short journey -

arriving

in a smile

047 Angelica Seithe, Wettenberg, Germany

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

v   

getting from there to here a lifetime

#078 Sondra J. Byrnes, Santa Fee, USA

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

v   

iron river -

hurtling in a vineyard

a speedy train

#135 Ezio Infantino, Verona, Italy

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

v   

train’s window –

at full speed

the trees and my thoughts

#151 Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

v   

night train –

crickets

sing me to sleep

#194 Anthony Q. Rabang, Vigan City, Philippines

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

v   

earth-

my vessel to travel

in the ether

#208 Nadalsuren Purevdorj, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

v   

ashes in stream

the colour of his skin

becomes the sky

#213 Rajandeep Garg, Sangrur, India

(1-3-1) = 4 pts

3 points (22):

some nights’ sky is clear

dark – cold – and yes December

remember the stars

#003 Jens-Christian Kjær, Brande, Denmark

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

okada ride...

a roadbump jolts me

from reverie

*okada is the local name for commercial motorcycle

#008 Theophilus Femi Alawonde, Ogbomosho, Oyo, Nigeria

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

bee sting

after a single touch

you leaving me

#009 Neringa Vyšniauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

(0-0-3) = 3 pts

v   

the roaring waves

embrace the ship,

the lighthouse is still.

#019 April Mae M. Berza, Taguig, Philippines

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

prison escape

angels on wild horses

ride home

#037 Arne Haukdal, Stavanger, Norway

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

forgetting

the turbulence...

silver lines

#044 Samantha Sirimanne Hyde, Sydney, Australia

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

train window –

floating in a sunbeam

exotic dust

#067 Maria Laura Valente, Cesena, Italy

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

coming back from trip

the postman didn't pass

and it hasn’t rain

#068 Marie Derley, Ath, Belgium

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

after divorce -

the blind aircraft landing

in my ears

#076 Goran Gatalica, Zagreb, Croatia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

а child's laughter

running with a playful sleigh

homecoming

#116 Ivanka Yankova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

Fallen leaves

On the gravestone

Trail of creeping snail

#119 Jonas Vaicekauskas, Siauliai, Lithuania

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

View from the airplane

Fuji with a white peak

is getting bigger

#122 Teresa Grzywacz, Łuków, Poland

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

a trip to the sun

down in my suitcase

a hurtling spider

#123 Dorota Ocińska, Łódź, Poland

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

train on Christmas                            

the gifts are more than

passengers

134 Maya Kisyova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

Way of  St. James

the sun firing from above

below burning feet

#137 Pitt Büerken, Münster, Germany

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

kids

celebrating Christmas in the train-

out of use railway

#147 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

waiting for the train -

my hands are freezing

on the baggage

#178 Maria Tirenescu, Cugir, Romania

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

Seaside inn

a tiny shell

for our room key

#190 Ken Sawitri, Jakarta/Blora, Indonesia

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

husky dog sled ride

whirling up

glittering snowflakes

#195 Frode Ljoberg, Oslo, Norway

(1-0-0)  = 3 pts

v   

airplane window -

entire world reduced to

white clouds and breath

#212 Miruna Covor, Bucharest, Romania

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

v   

Going back to the city

last greetings fades

ladybug on the windshield

#216 Kristina Kroupa, Ivanic-Grad, Croatia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

v   

chink of a bellbird

the road dips

through mottled shadows

#217 Lynette Arden, Norwood SA, Australia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

2 points (14):

My back full of dunes

I see a blurry future

Sahara crossing

#010 Fabián Padilla Hernández, Bogota, Colombia

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

travelling home

remorselessly

winter wayfarer

#033 Eva Limbach, Germany

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

cold winter morning

jumps to the sun

sparrow

#040 Amir Hasanvandi, Shoush, Iran

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

canopy ride

the roaring soar

through the clouds

#048 Ramesh Anand, Bengaluru, India

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

Saint Nicholas Night

the snowflakes journey

to our palms

#055 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

train slumber

every other station

is in a dream

#069 Jon Espen Vassbotn, Kristiansand, Norway

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

first time flying

the smell of his cologne

my only company

#115 Diksha Sharma, Delhi, India

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

Poppies

spinning around to watch me

as the train passes.

#121 Francesco Gonella, Padova, Italy

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

island vacation

receiving an upgrade

to hurricane status

#161 Julie Warther, Dover, Ohio,  USA

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

anniversary –

staring in the mirror

when the elevator stopped

#177 Carmen Duvalma, Targoviste, Romania

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

sure enough

a wine-dark sea—not far

from Calypso’s cave

#182 Rick Clark, Seattle, USA

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

v   

Bus station−

Mother breastfeeding her infant,

son and dog on guard

#191 Izeta Radetinac, Novi Pazar, Serbia

(0-2-0) = 2 pts

v   

night flight

for some hours

queen of stars

#197 Christa Beau, Halle/Saale, Germany

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

v   

same sky route

along hedged clouds

swallow tails

#218 Lucia Fontana, Milan, Italy

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

1 point (15):

pleasure trip

under the starry sky

New York

#028 Pere Risteski, Ohrid, Macedonia

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

beacon in the distance-

cohorts of refugees

to the North Sea

#031 Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

hailing a ride

our tuk-tuk driver insists

on the pretty route

052 Tracy Davidson, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

long-distance flight

the manga on the eBook

a still image

#053 Klaus Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

illuminated traces

the midnight trains

circling the earth

#074 Minko Tanev, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

mountain trails

tireless friend

shepherd dog

#109 Silvestru Miclaus, Roma (Italy), Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

in your eye

an ocean and the continent-

a sailing airplane

#125 Božidar Škobić, Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

journey through the rain -

the human in the train window

has tears in his face

 

#126 Wolfgang Rödig, Mitterfels, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

eddy currents...

I try to walk around

my darker self

#155 Raamesh Gowri Raghavan, Thane, India

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

darkening lake

sound of our paper boat

setting sail

#169 Vibeke Laier, Randers, Denmark

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

windy morning

shaped goose weathervane

southbound

 

#170 Anne-Marie Labelle, Longueuil, Canada

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

train's whistle –                               

pierced is a lazy silence

of a misty morning

#185 Nada Jačmenica,  Sveti Križ Začretje, Croatia

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

foreign river

when will your water

approach my home town

#193 Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

Christmas holiday –

the cat is hiding

in the trolley

#200 Daniela Zglibutiu, Montecchio Emilia, Italy

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

v   

stairlift whirrs --

the journey hides the sound

of his wheezes

#209 James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK

(0-0-2) = 1 pt

no points this time (63):

At the stop sign right

and right there's the old churchyard

you're looking for

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

v   

from its basin

rice seeds floating by...

long journey south

#016 Pat Geyer East Brunswick, NJ, USA

v   

River cruise -

a fellow- traveller builds

his paper ship well

#020 Aziza Hena, Dhaka, Bangladesh

v   

early spring,

the fragrance of silence – a burial

in the country

#024 Smajil Durmišević, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

v   

winter wonderful world -

God management seen and felt

only while traveling

#032 Gheorghe Pustelnicu, Dridu Lalomita, Romania

v   

sweat lodge...

world without enters

the world within

#043 Devin Harrison, Vancouver Island, Canada

v   

a lone rider

on a sunlit dappled road

lifetime

#046 Tahera Mannan, Nagpur, India

v   

drifting away

for seabird and for me

same Autumn sun

#049 Damir Janjlaija, Kotor, Montenegro

v   

a puddle in the road

the sun slopped under the wheel

of a car

#050 Midhat Midho Hrnčić, Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina

v   

ebb tide

I book flight

on the eagle’s wing

#054 Nika, Victoria, BC, Canada

v   

full of mysteries

an ironic suffer the weight

end of the year

#058 Tatjana Debeljacki, Užice, Serbia

v   

St. James´s Way -

daily it starts

at my doorstep

#059 Hartmut Fillhardt, Martinstahl, Germany

v   

train's purr

gentle awakening

emerald green rice fields

#062 Solène Lagadec, Rennes, France

v   

departure day

only hours before I recall 

this was your town

#063 Ajaya Mahala, Pune, India

v   

illumineted traces

the midnight trains

circling the earth

#074 Minko Tanev, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

v   

highway drive -

on the run from the rain

and his grumbling

#075 Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow,  Russia

v   

A full moon migrates

in the vast starry sky… 

tidings of great joy

#081 Keith A. Simmonds, Rodez, France

v   

No air travel

Nor the brave ocean –

I'm a land guy.

#082 Franklin Magalhães, Mesquita/RJ, Brazil

v   

In the morning

the walk of a hobo

snow falling on the city

#083 Richard Jodoin, Montreal, Canada

v   

school tour...

a boy munches

homemade sweets

#086 Aparna Pathak, Gurugram, India

v   

walking home

through the snowfall

red lights of traffic jam

#087 Pavel Vorontsov, Novosibirsk, Russia

v   

New Zealand to Elba

all islands connected

by the haiku trail

#088 Janko Dimnjaković, Zagreb, Croatia

v   

winter holidays -

running breathless

for the flight connection

#089 Marina Bellini, Bagnolo San Vito MN, Italy

v   

coaxing the child

out of the shadows...

meeting her halfway

#096 Karen Harvey, Pwllheli, Wales

v   

purgatory-

most visited

destination

#099 Aljoša Vuković, Šibenik, Croatia

v   

finals week

snowed under

at the bike corral

#100 Susan Mallernee, Dover, USA

v   

snowing without a stop...

the skiers' contours blur

in descent of the track

#104 Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

v   

i could take

through the window plane

touch the cloud

#107 Branka Vojinović Jegdić, Podgorica, Montenegro

v   

all the dreams I make

all the love I'll ever take

my greatest journey

#110 Eleni Antoniou - Constantinou, Nicosia, Cyprus

v   

long distance trail

respiratory linked

the trekking pole

#112 Sylvia Bacher, Bad Aussee, Austria

v   

enter the house of dreams

as a grown-up

leave it as a child

#114 Oddbjørn Aardalen, Vennesla, Norway

v   

distant..over there..

parallel rail tracks

joining together?

#118 Neelam Sangwai, Mumbai, India

v   

driving down the road

into ______ out of

fog patches

#128 Bernard Gieske, Bowling Green, KY, USA

v   

down nostalgia lane

black and white reruns

on telly

#129 Madhuri Pillai, Melbourne, Australia

v   

a beacon

on your route

and my waving

#131 Birgit Schaldach-Helmlechner, Schluechtern, Germany

v   

The full moon glistens

above the railway station

I missed the express

#132 Marcell Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary

v   

low winter sunrays

travelling across our floors again

at the speed of dust

#136 Anne Zooey Lind, Lista, Norway

v   

ski cabin—

ice from the car

to the front door

#138 Tom Sacramona, Plainville, MA, USA

v   

"on the road again"

i imagine, her voice

would be better

#141 Sonja Raab, Opponitz, Austria

v   

the purple maple

leaves sail

to distant shores

#143 Vitali Khomin, Mukachevo, Ukraine

v   

sky without stars-

blind man crosses the street

on the red colour

#145 Constantin Stroe, Bucharest, Romania

v   

arctic tens migrating -

sure to find the arrival

even without seeing it.

#146 David Rodrigues, Lisbon, Portugal

v   

On the Caravan

feel, as singsong as breath

caught  in a dream.

#148 Ram Sharan Maharjan, Kathmandu, Nepal

v   

A group of ghosts

travelling through the city

The streets are foggy.

#152 Zoran Antonijevic, Mladenovac, Serbia

v   

Long steps, heavy luggage,

loud whistle through dusty window.

Short is journey home.

#154 Katarina Pisacic, Novi Marof, Croatia

v   

whole life

ahead of you

baby crying

#160 Evgenii Plekhanov, Kirov, Russia

v   

the fulfilment trip

from six feet under

to eternity

#162 Per Snublefot, Oslo, Norway

v   

Wanderer in time

From birth to death and beyond

Your trip is well-planned

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

v   

train's delayed -

he plays Blue Moon

as at the Metropolitan

#164 Severa Disingrini, Cremona, Italy

v   

a rocky ride

to eternity -

politician's death

#165 Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India

v   

a travel and a new love

in store for me -

palm reading

#166 Lyudmila Hristova, Sofia, Bulgaria

v   

up in the clouds . . .

the image of you

still so clear

#167 Christine L. Villa, Sacramento CA, USA

v   

Close to arrival

the one on my window seat

offers me my seat

#168 Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland

v   

yellow light

streams from a train's windows

midnight passes

#171 Benjamin Bläsi, Wünnewil, Switzerland

v   

A decade of winter

my vocal cords come alive

as the last frost expelled

#174 Chien Ying Ng, Seremban, Malaysia

v   

the snow falls -

slowly sways

an old pine

#179 Maria Teresa Sisti, Gassano di Fivizzano, Italy

v   

I feel insecure on this bus,

Adam, let’s bite off

the lifetime apple

#181 Lilija Olšauskiene, Kaunas, Lithuania

v   

myriads of gods

travel to Izumo Province

Shinto priests too

#189 Hidenori Hiruta, Akita, Japan

v   

more and more descreasing family

in the disappearing car

screen of the spaceship

#196 Paulina Perczak, Kielce, Poland

v   

a snake the backside

of the silvery coin --

winter path

#198 Vania Stefanova, Sliven, Bulgaria

v   

the train enters a town

at midnight on tower clock

thunder without rain

#201 Artūras Šilanskas, Vilnius, Lithuania

v   

the speed bumps of pain

in my rearview mirror…

New Year’s Day

#202 Cyndi Lloyd, Riverton, UT, USA

v   

camel fair –

every day

a hump day

#203 Susan Burch, Hagerstown, MD, USA

v   

tour guide's accent

thicker

by the sentence

#204 Edward Cody Huddleston, Baxley, GA, USA

v   

Holding the snow in my fist

I have been left without snow -

My list for Santa Claus

#220 Marco Pilotto, Piazzola Sul Brenta PD, Italy

no results – authors who didn’t vote (11):

on my return home . . .

a rejected golden mask

rushing along 

#002 Djurdja Vukelić Rožić, Ivanić-Grad, Croatia

v   

through taiga and tundra

in the embrace of Siberia

I travel by train

#029 Vladimir Suk, Oroslavje, Croatia

v   

it always leads me

on unbeaten pathes-

the longing itself

#039 Adina Enachescu, Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Romania

v   

on the early train

to a friend's funeral

the newspaper untouched

#045 Helge Torvund, Ogna, Norway

v   

Her life´s journey

coming to end

Old tired feet

#079 Ruzica Soldo, Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

v   

Ipod random -

the scenery blurred

by fast train

#091 Pasquale Asprea, Genova,  Italy

v   

life path ...

with every leap the sting of thorns

deeper and deeper

#108 Jovanka Božić, Valjevo, Serbia

v   

sunset

finally the visa stamp

in my passport

#140 Vessislava Savova, Sofia, Bulgaria

v   

long week end trip

roadside rest areas

ease my tensions...

#156 Purushothamarao Rao Ravela, Nolenseville, USA

v   

aborted journey

still longing

for the memories

#219 Vibeke Rosenberg, Follebu, Norway

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