Results of the European Quarterly Kukai #3 - Autumn 2013

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

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

A winter edition before us. You are welcome.

144 authors from 39 countries:

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

Here are the results:

FIRST PLACE

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

(5-4-2) = 25 points

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

harvest moon—

even if that was all

there was

SECOND PLACE

#6 Heike Gewi, Aden, Yemen

(4-5-2) = 24 points

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

traffic jam -

I can't take my eyes off

a red maple leaf

THIRD PLACE (3)

#9 Roberta Beary, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

(4-5-1) = 23 points

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

first school day
in his almond eyes
forgotten war

***

#48 Durda Vukelić-Rožić, Ivanic Grad, Croatia

(4-3-5) = 23 points

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

sidewalk cafe-

dry leaves chasing

the cars

***

#94 Sanjukta Asopa, Karnataka, India

(4-4-3) = 23 points

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

reddening leaf...

how the end

begins

19 points – 4th place

red maple 

how quickly 

fire spreads

#127 Jennifer Thompson, Charles Town, USA

(4-3-1) = 19 pts

18 points – 5th place

waltz
an autumn leaf
partners the kitten

#45 Lynette Arden, Norwood, SA, Australia

(4-2-2) = 18 pts

17 points – 6th place (2)

red traffic light
if only it could stop

the falling leaves

#86 Maria Kowal-Tomczak, Opole, Poland

(4-2-1) = 17 pts

***

Windy day -              

the aspens lose grip

of their gold

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

(3-2-4) = 17 pts

16 points – 7th place (2)

bramble hunt

his little purple hand

in mine

#85 Annie Juhl, Svendborg, Denmark

(3-3-1) = 16 pts

***

this autumn...

flowers on sister's dress

fading too

#109 Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg city, Mongolia

(3-3-1) = 16 pts

15 points – 8th place (2)

mom's toothless smile-

autumn moon rising through

bare branches

#62 Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India

(2-4-1) = 15 pts

***

autumn morning

on my piano

the wind writes its story

#119 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploiesti, Romania

(3-2-2) = 15 pts

13 points – 9th place (4)

frosty morning again-

a magpie secretly plants

another tree

#4 Wieslaw Karlinski, Namyslow, Poland

(2-3-1) = 13 pts

***

forgotten love

each time a leaf falls

each time...
 

#29 Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh, India

(3-2-0) = 13 pts

***

little girl
hide yellow leaf
between pages

#75 Evgeny Ivanov, Moscow, Russia

(4-0-1) = 13 pts

***

Red maple leaves

on the japanese teabowl  -

chill evening air

#96 Ulla Conrad, Copenhagen, Denmark

(3-2-0) = 13 pts

12 points – 10th place (3)

autumn equinox

warm days with you

nights without

#100 Natalia Sedenkova, Samara, Russia

(2-3-0) = 12 pts

***

birthday party
her cup half full with
autumn moon

#112 Rosa Clement, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

(2-3-0) = 12 pts

***

Birds on a wire,

longing for warmer places -

autumn inside me

#116 Albina Avsec, Maribor, Slovenia

(2-2-2) = 12 pts

11 points (7)

Floating in the air
the scent of chrysanthemums…
bewitching sunlight

#7 Keith A. Simmonds, Rodez, France

(3-0-2) = 11 pts

***

circles on water

widening on the grey pond -

first lesson of maths

#15 Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy

(1-3-2) = 11 pts

***

autumn
of her pregnancy test -
one line

#25 Nelly Dobrinova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(1-3-2) = 11 pts

***

late autumn
the scarecrow tucked away
in the barn

#26 Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria

(0-3-5) = 11 pts

***

remains of the scarecrow

after autumnal storm...

a bare cross

#30 Vania Stefanova, Sliven, Bulgaria

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

***

end of summer
in the window little people
of the acorns

#73 Janina Kołodziejczyk, Pavullo, Italia

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

***

autumn drift ~

the wild foals corralled

amid the sparks

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

#117 Sara Winteridge, New Forest, England

(2-2-1) = 11 pts

10 points (3)

еarly autumn

the artists paint 

away the green

#23 Ilko Chukov, Kozloduy, Bulgaria

(2-1-2) = 10 pts

***

First birds are leaving-

on the boardwalk an old couple

wrapped in blankets

#106 Wolfgang Beutke, Barum, Germany

(1-2-3) = 10 pts

***

one after another
the voices return --
autumn leaves

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

(2-1-2) = 10 pts

9 points (6)

#8

a feeble stove

the students are writing

short stories

Maya Kisyova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

***

colored leaves
plastered to the asphalt
caught in a lie

#32 Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

(2-1-1) = 9 pts

***

short twilight
the dog circles
its burrow

#37 Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

***

autumn sun -                                       

the last tomatoes                                  

tanning

#61 Nada Jačmenica, Sveti Križ Začretje, Croatia

(1-1-4) = 9 pts

***

leaf by brown leaf autumn deepens

#89 Paresh Tiwari, Hyderabad, India

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

***

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

#133 Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Botosani, Romania

(1-2-2) = 9 pts

8 points

I don't want to be

the last—

falling leaves

#74 Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines

(1-1-3) = 8 pts

7 points (6)

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

#24 Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

nocturnal clouds
apples fall
in the old orchard

#47 Vitali Khomin, Mukachevo, Ukraine

(1-2-0) = 7 pts

***

steeped in autumn sunset the mourning dove’s flight

#97 Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, Canada

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

I open the front door --

shushes and giggles

in a pile of leaves

#99 Tzetzka Ilieva, USA/Bulgaria

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

autumn mist

on the plowed field

a  stork limps

#123 Artur Lewandowski, Sieradz, Poland

(1-1-2) = 7 pts

***

Memories of green -

a fiery coloured patchwork

remains of summer.

#125 Irina Dimitrova, Sofia, Bulgaria

(2-0-1) = 7 pts

6 points (9)

wind-chime

my untuned guitar

sound a duet

#2 Ferenc Bakos, Siófok, Hungary

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

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

#12 Silvia Kempen, Apen, Germany

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

***

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

#27 Claudius Gottstein, Borgloh, Germany

(0-3-0) = 6 pts

***

late harvest apples

on facebook search for

first love's account

#28 Artūras Šilanskas, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

Autumn loneliness
one last leaf
clinging to the tree

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

(1-0-3) = 6 pts

***

carpet of leaves

wearing again

my deerskin shoes

#55 Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Bucharest, Romania

(0-2-2) = 6 pts

***

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

#56 Karin Anderson, Adelaide, Australia

(2-0-0) = 6 pts

***

fall

on our white heads

grains of rice

#68 Irena Szewczyk, Warsaw, Poland

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

autumn  -

over the fallen figs

cat and wasp sparring

#108 John McDonald, Edinburgh, Scotland

(1-1-1) = 6 pts

5 points (13)

incoming tide
over mud flats
moonwashed

#49 Simon Hanson, Allendale, Australia

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

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

#59 Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania

(0-1-3) = 5 pts

***

waning moon
hiding in the well
autumn wind

#64 Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow, Russia

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

windfall leaves -
creaking in the park
the empty swing

#65 Mark Miller, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW, Australia

(0-1-3) = 5 pts

***

last wood thrush -

sometimes autumn

breaks my heart

#72 Sandi Pray, Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

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

#80 Iulian Ciupitu, Bucharest, Romania

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

first day of school

a mother wipes away

her tears

.

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

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

dragonflies --
a holiday romance
lost in blue

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

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

the dawn

in the mirror of a lake       

wiggling autumn

#104 Mirjana Rankovic Matovic, Mojsinje, Serbia

(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

yellow and gold

the leaves that fall at my feet-

autumn twilight

#111 Steve Wilkinson, Durham City, England

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

among fallen leaves

a ripe apple

still smells of the sun

#126 Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warszawa, Poland

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

first hoarfrost -
much more gray
granny's hair

#130 Cristina Ailoaei, Botosani, Romania

(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

she raises her face--

Hunter's Moon

fills a pane

#140 James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK

(0-2-1) = 5 pts

4 points (7)

wayside shrine
a maple seed twists
at spider silk

#13 Ramona Linke, Beesenstedt, Germany

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

the blushing tree 

sheds warning leaves –

nature's clock chimes

#17 Paul Mercken, Bunnik, The Netherlands

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

yellow ferry

to other shore tomorrow

autumn here and there

#22 Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

shades of brown
dad changes his coat
in the wardrobe

#83 Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

sweetness on the vine

out of the fog emerges

supper for starlings

#98 Marija Pogorilic, Rovinjsko Selo, Croatia

(0-1-2) = 4 pts

***

gray rainy dawn

- the only remnants of summer

frozen rose buds

  

#118 Vid Vukasović, Belgrade, Serbia

(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

news of war—

red flags of maple leaves

among the green

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

(1-0-1) = 4 pts

3 points (11)

memory grasped-

into the palm of her hand

a fallen leaf

#20 Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

the summer blanket

stowed in the bedbox

for the next few month

#34 Brigitte ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

A quilt

unrolled above us-

Autumn clouds

#35 Francesco Gonella, Padova, Italy

(0-0-3) = 3 pts

***

Halloween night--

her face reflects the inner beauty

while she is texting

#40 Alexey Golubev, Saint Petersburg, Russia

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

apple picking --

kids watch a squirrel

scurrying with one

#44 Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

falling leaves

of my autumn —

memories

#81 Vinay Leo R., Bangalore, India

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

autumn wind--
her long memories
hinge on my door

#84 Pravat Kumar Padhy, Odisha, India

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

You, call me,

little swallow, alone

in the nest, to dream.

#103 Predrag Pera Čikarić, Kruševac, Serbia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

Reds, browns, yellows

back in the streets.

Everlasting fashion.

#128 Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

Underground circles

Seed of emerald life

Star treks

  

#137 Gordana Petkovic, Belgrade, Serbia

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

graveyard solitude

confetti of leaves evenly spread 

on rooted tombs

#143 Adjei Agyei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana

(1-0-0) = 3 pts

2 points (8)

on barefoot girl's thigh 

treading grapes to make wine 

an earwig climbing 

#3 Nicu Stopel, Bucharest, Romania

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

clouds mourn

inconsiderate leaves dance

summer past away

#10 Katarina Pisačić, Novi Marof, Croatia

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

The October sun

is throwing long shadows

into the frog’s pool.

#14 Jef Ector, Genk, Belgium

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

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

#70 Marcell Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

gentle breeze
the fallen leaves swept
under the rug

#76 Willie R. Bongcaron, Manila, Philippines

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

autumn fires

one sneeze sparks another   a n d   

another

#92 Margaret Beverland, Katikati, New Zealand

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

turning off
the air-conditioner
September dusk

#107 Bill Kenney, Whitestone, NY, USA

(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

the sweet smell

rises in the vineyard -

harvest moon

#110 Hidenori Hiruta, Akita, Japan

(0-1-0) = 2 pts

1 point (11)

volcano erupts...

the woman's

acerbic tongue

#19 Hema Ravi, Chennai, India

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

autumn wind spreading a coloured carpet - welcome winter

#31 Sylvia Bacher, Bad Aussee, Austria

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

DING..DING

the knife sharpener's bell ~

autumn stillness

#41 Freddy Ben-Arroyo, Haifa, Israel

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

Driftwood (Haiku)

Rain drops wreathe the cold.

The red slants down through the leaves.

Wet winds whip the wounds.

#42 Marieta Maglas, Suceava, Romania

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

coffee drinking

in the autumn porch

advert 'for sale'

#71 Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lithuania

 (0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

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

#79 Ed Bremson, Raleigh, NC, USA

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

a leaf sweeps

into the riverbed --

rising dust

#88 Tad Wojnicki Israel, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

artificial flowers

adorning the tomb still fresh —

autumn drizzle

#95 Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

transition

fall comes wearing

brown and red

#124 Asma Khan, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

yellow ginkgo boughs
sway above a graveyard
mist dampens my eyes

#136 Benjamin Bläsi, Wünnewil, Switzerland

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

spared from the blade 

the grub in the plum

is dancing

#142 Manuela Ritzke, Rostock, Germany

(0-0-1) = 1 pt

no points this time (29)

turquoise day

gives way to star-filled night

autumn leaves

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

***

autumn rain
the heaven snaps fingers
on a jazz

#16 Hélène Duc, Bichancourt, France

***

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

#18 Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany

***

increasingly dense network
spider bustles through the trees
autumn already close

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

***

on fallen leaves

with my steps 

feet drumming

#33 Yuko Igarashi, Velbert, Germany

***

This is autumn, and gold -

everywhere. Careful with your steps -

you are walking across the Universe

#38 Smajil Durmisevic, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

***

cold dew…
sheen of young leaves
fleeting

#43 Anne Carly Abad, Quezon City, Philippines

***

deadline -

crown canopy  and mum's hair

turning into fall

#46 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania

***

Formula 1 –

even before I finish

my breath

#50 Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia

***

burdened ants scurry -
one last call
before winter comes.

#51 Stanka Boneva, Varna, Bulgaria 

***

all bare

jutting skeletons of

late fall

#52 Vera Primorac, Viškovo, Croatia

***

chestnut moon
a huddled group grows large
around the brazier

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

***

News from nowhere

Only a puppetteer wield

The fall of the leaves

#58 Oprica Padeanu, Bucuresti, Romania

***

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

#66 Anitha Varma, Kerala, India

***

wind on the platform
the cashier offers
all directions

#67 Evgenij Plekhanov, Kirov, Russia

***

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

#69 Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland

***

autumn...
have fallen from the trees
all apples

#77 Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland

***

I can't resist

before she comes back from school

halloween treats

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

***

An orange pale color

Cover the lonely road

The last leaves of autumn

#93 Fabian Padilla Hernandez, Bogota, Colombia

***

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

#101 Managua Gunn, Aberdeen, Scotland

***

just September -

cats and leaves step here

and go elsewhere

#114 Zoe Savina, Pallini-Attikis, Greece

Translator in English: Constantine Fourakis

***

mushrooming

between starving trees
decolored time

#115 Martina Heinisch, Oelde, Germany

***

into the sun

fly arrow of the migratory birds 

red autumn sky

#122 Asta Čižiūnaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania

***

willow leaves fall --

this night when I cannot

sleep

#129 Angie Werren, Amelia, OH, USA

***

drought broken

fairy rings in the paddock

just overnight

#131 Petrus Heyligers, Curramore, Qld, Australia

***

Watched

all these foolish fruits around

falloween

#132 Heinz Schneemann, Berlin, Germany

***

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

#134 Lien Mokrá, Kostelec nad Orlicí, Czech Republic

***

Water droplets
Cobwebs interwined
The autumn flair

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

***

it must be autumn
an orange avalanche
strikes the forest

#145 Sandra Martyres, Mumbai, India

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

dry tree in window

lonely cuckoo softly sings

tender leaves may come

#1 Tahera Mannan, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

***

Rain waking me up

hangs at the window

an autumn woe

#5 Ruzica Soldo, Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

***

Old watchman

Burning leaves of maple

The sun is low

#53 Aleksandr Kovalev, Moskovskaja obl., Russia

***

Oh what a wind...

Dead leaves‘ rustle

Makes one stop

#54 Valerija Norovs, Riga, Latvia

***

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

#60 Tomas Paskulakis, Kaunas, Lithuania

***

rustling leaves
reluctant to take leave of
by visiting her father

#63 Violeta Knopkyte, Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

***

on graves

wilted chrisanthemen

the autumn haze whispers

#87 Margareta Hihn, Bockhorn, Germany

***

an autumn eve -

a dog on the road limping

fromfog to fog

#90 Stjepan Rožić, Ivanić Grad, Croatia

***

autumn wind

a black hatrushing

down the street

#105 Malvina Mileta, Nedešćina – Istria, Croatia

***

Twilight of the season

Summer's heat exits as

The northern door opens

#113 Kenneth Thomas, Roseville, Minnesota, USA

***

sky's the limit
in November night
no haste today

#121 Raimis Laukys, Kaunas, Lithuania

***

Sunny autumn
Ducks flying above the lake –
Open season

#139 Nina Prokopenko, Kazan,Tatarstan, Russia

***

Harvest Day -
only scarecrows on
the barren field

#144 Andra Andronic, Botosani, Romania

***

haiku # 82 has been withdrawn from the kukai

Invitation to the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI # 3 - Autumn 2013 Edition

Dear Friends, welcome to the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #3 - Autumn 2013 Edition

Blog: http://europeankukai.blogspot.com 

Topic: AUTUMN (the word "Autumn" is not required but should be clearly imaged)

Entrants: open to anyone

Haiku: one unpublished haiku,

haiku must remain anonymous until the results are posted

Language: English

Style: unlimited

Period for submission: Saturday, August 24 - Sunday, September 8, 2013

Voting period: Tuesday, September 10 – Sunday, September 15, 2013

voting strongly according to the scheme:

haiku #x - 3 pts

haiku #y - 2 pts

haiku #z - 1 pt

(you can vote only for three haiku) 

voting is mandatory, please do not vote for your own haiku

Results: no later than Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Prizes: e-diplomas for authors from 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places

Address for all Kukai correspondence: european.kukai@gmail.com 

- please use “autumn submission” (or “autumn voting” in voting phase) in the subject line 

- please write your entry in the body of e-mail, attachments are not accepted 

- please sign your submissions and ballots (name, city and country)                                        

co-editors:

Krzysztof Kokot

Robert Kania

EQK #2 e-diplomas

Results of the European Quarterly Kukai #2 - Summer 2013

We would like to thank to the authors from over the world for trusting and participation in the summer edition of the EQK (representatives of 39 countries from six continents). It exceeded our expectations. Voting and your comments shows, that you found good and interesting haiku. Congratulations to the winners: Andrea Cecon from Italy, Rosa Clement from Brasil, Wieslaw Karlinski from Poland, John McManus from England and Roberta Beary from USA. Upcoming voices kept us in suspense until the last moment and you can notice that the differences are really small. It's a pity, that with the increase in the number of participants increases a group of authors with no points. But you should be hopeful - another autumn edition of the EQK at the end of August. Regards.

162 authors from 39 countries:

Australia (6), Austria (2), Bangladesh (1), Belgium (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (6), Canada (5), Croatia (9), Denmark (2), Finland (1), France (3), Germany (12), Ghana (1), Greece (1), Hungary (3), India (8), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Israel (2), Japan (1), Lithuania (14), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (2), The Nederlands (2), New Zealand (2), Philippines (2), Poland (6), Romania (15), Russia (7), Serbia (5), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (1), United Kingdom (4), USA (21), Yemen (1)

Here are the results:

FIRST PLACE

#23 Andrea Cecon, Cividale del Friuli, Italy
(6-5-5) = 33 points 
(from: DEN, USA, GER, TTO, USA, CRO – UK, CRO, POL, CRO, GER – SUI, ROM, AUT, BRA, ROM)

midday heat
the dog stretches its paws
one by one

SECOND PLACE  

#92 Rosa Clement, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
(5-5-7) = 32 points 
(from: AUS, AUS, GER, CAN, GER – ISR, NED, USA, NZL, CRO - LIT, USA, GER, IND, IND, DEN, GER)

dark river
a fishnet catches
the summer moon

THIRD PLACE (3)

#8 Wieslaw Karlinski, Namysłow, Poland
(8-2-2) = 30 points
(from: BUL, POL, GRE, MGL, ROM, AUT, POL, LIT – LIT, BRA – POL, SUI)

short Siberian summer--
a haste of plants and bees--
time is honey

***

#71 John McManus, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
(4-6-6) = 30 points
(from: BRA, FRA, LIT, LIT – USA, GER, GER, IDN, IND, ROM – LIT, AUS, USA, BUL, AUS, USA )

summer vacation
I take a break
from being myself

***

#80 Roberta Beary, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
(4-7-4) = 30 points 
(from: ITA, IDN, FRA, NED - USA, FRA, POL, NED, RUS, POL, LIT- AUS, IND, BGD, BUL)

just friends— 
a taste of summer
in her kiss

***

25 points – 4th place

letters
i wanted to write ...
poppy petals

#99 Helga Stania, Greppen, Switzerland
(6-2-3) = 25 pts

22 points – 5th place

not even a word
between us -
mating fireflies

#159 Sebastian Lucacs, Dorohoi, Romania
(4-4-2) = 22 pts

21 points – 6th place (2) 

skipping stones
ripples of laughter
from across the lake

#101 Bernard Gieske, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
(6-1-1) = 21 pts

***

the stillness
of a hammock
midday heat

#113 Bill Kenney, Whitestone, NY, USA
(3-5-2) = 21 pts

19 points – 7th place (2)

clover fields
the honey bee and I
barefooted

#77 Annie Juhl, Svendborg, Denmark
(3-5-0) = 19 pts

***

early morning-
the cormorant’s wings shake
first drops of light 

#121 Dan Iulian, Bucharest, Romania
(4-2-3) = 19 pts

17 points - 8th place

on my washing line 
all the colours of summer... 
basking butterflies 

#88 Tracy Davidson, Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom
(2-5-1) = 17 pts

16 points – 9th place (3)

summer drought
in my old steps -
green apples

#12 Nelly Dobrinova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(3-3-1) = 16 pts

***

thunder without rain
handicaped child eats
a lilac blossom

#40 Artūras Šilanskas, Vilnius, Lithuania
(4-2-0) = 16 pts

***

searing heat -
a dog chasing after 
the ice cream truck

#152 Cristina Ailoaei, Botosani, Romania
(4-1-2) = 16 pts

14 points - 10th place (4)

bathing at sunset...
what if we hid clothes
left on the shore?

#58 Nijolė Kerušauskienė, Kaunas, Lithuania
(1-5-1) = 14 pts

***

haiku #74 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(2-3-2) = 14 pts

***

haiku #123 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(2-3-2) = 14 pts

***

steady drought  -
only the cricket's song 
downstream

#158 Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă, Botoșani, Romania
(2-3-2) = 14 pts

13 points (4)

back from vacation —
swapping a summer sunshade
for two umbrellas

#9 Minh-Triêt Pham, Paris, France
(1-5-0) = 13 pts

***

my unvoiced thoughts 
in the bulbul's morning song--
grapevine trellis

Note: bulbul is a Persian nightingale, a songbird

#39 Arvinder Kaur, Chandigarh, India
(3-2-0) = 13 pts

***

summer jazz festival —
tears without a reason
lost in echoes of wind

#51 Goda V. Bendoraitiene, Klaipeda, Lithuania
(3-2-0) = 13 pts

***

downpour –
books under her blouse
sandals in her hand

#70 Đurđa Vukelić-Rožić, Ivanic Grad, Croatia
(2-3-1) = 13 pts

12 points (2)

At the edge of night
more and more flamingos – 
summer dawn

#52 Eduard Tara, Iasi, Romania
(3-1-1) = 12 pts

***

the roses
no one will smell -
wild garden

#150 Sandi Pray, North Carolina, USA
(2-2-2) = 12 pts

voter’s comment: A true picture yet full of thought and meaning--who would dare get scratched, pricked and bruised by wild rose thorns? And yet, theirs are the most redolent of rose scents.

11 points (2)

dog days
mesmerized by the hum
of  the ceiling fan

#11 Barbara A. Taylor, Mountain Top, NSW, Australia
(2-1-3) = 11 pts

***

no thought
in my head...
only the sand

#131 Natalia "Shiroki Mirukami" Sedenkova, Samara, Russia
(2-2-1) = 11 pts

10 points (2)

sumer dust--
every child races after the child
I was

#15 Alegria Imperial, Vancouver, BC, Canada
(2-1-2) = 10 pts

***

resting cattle
in the shade the old cowherd
chewing his quid

#111 Klaus-Dieter Wirth, Viersen, Germany
(1-3-1) = 10 pts

9 points (3)

the hot asphalt -
suddenly discovered
run over the bird

#46 Zbigniew Mysłowiecki, Warsaw, Poland
(0-3-3) = 9 pts

***

tall haystacks ...
the sun falls down
behind grandpa's hat

#93 Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu, Bucharest, Romania
(1-3-0) = 9 pts

***

haiku #125 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(1-2-2) = 9 pts

8 points (5)

sun down
cows trample in the mud
copper horseshoe

#36 Evgeny Ivanov, Russia, Moscow
(1-1-3) = 8 pts

***

with bites—
summer
sinks in

#50 Sondra J. Byrnes, South Bend, Indiana, USA
(1-2-1) = 8 pts

***

dry creek bed -
a stray calf
loud with flies

#102 Mark Miller, Shoalhaven Heads, Australia
(1-2-1) = 8 pts

***

her shoes (summer moon) in the grass

#108 Angie Werren, Amelia, Ohio, USA
(2-1-0) = 8 pts

voter’s comment: I like the deft break away from form, the surprise works wonderfully for me as multiple images

***

tranquil lake
his oar rounding up
cottony clouds

#134 Cynthia Rowe, Sydney, Australia
(1-1-3) = 8 pts

7 points (6)

along the highway
leading to my sweetheart
wildflowers

#47 Anne-Marie Labelle, Montréal, Canada
(0-3-1) = 7 pts

***

blue summer moon -
out of the metro-maze
a haunting tune

#56 Wolfgang Beutke, Barum, Germany
(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

haiku #72 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

haiku #73 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(2-0-1) = 7 pts

***

teenage girls
wearing mostly attitude—
warm summer breeze

#100 Ignatius Fay, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
(1-1-2) = 7 pts

***

infinity pool. . .
we stretch our last time
to the moon

#107 Sheila Windsor, Worcester, England
(2-0-1) = 7 pts

6 points (6)

just a summer love -
my paralyzed leg caressing
hot sand of the beach

#2 Adrian-Nicolae Popescu, Radauti-Suceava, Romania
(2-0-0) = 6 pts

***

the flock of birds
from the river banks are bursting
into the clear sky

#16 Tatjana Debeljački, Užice, Serbia
(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

a bug in my hair -
we take a nap together
in a poppy field

#31 Lavana Kray, Iasi, Romania
(1-1-1) = 6 pts

***

the weary  aged wind
on a walking stick
into the scorching sun.

#90 Geetha Ravindran, Ottapalam, Kerala State, India
(2-0-0) = 6 pts

***

summer rain
freeing stalks of grass
from her hair

#95 Irena Szewczyk, Warsaw, Poland
(0-2-2) = 6 pts

***

smell of grass
around the mower
bees buzzing

#141 Hidenori Hiruta, Akita, Japan
(2-0-0) = 6 pts

5 points (11)

Linden bloom fragrance
Mixed with sounds of a flute
a midsummer dream

#30 Vid Vukasović, Belgrade, Serbia
(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

Cuckoo song
after summer storms
empty pockets

#33 Virginija Sakalauskiene, Raudondvaris, Kaunas, Lithuania
(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

A summer evening:
frogs singing in their garden
with water lilies.

#42 Jef Ector, Genk, Belgium
(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

I gather the pond,
sun-warmed, dusk-red,
around me

#63 Anitha Varma, Kochi, Kerala, India
(1-1-0) = 5 pts

***

among the weeds
straighten up his back
a poppy flower

#84 Yuko Igarashi, Velbert, Germany
(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

summer drizzle
one side of the house
with wet windows

#89 Bouwe Brouwer, Emmeloord, The Netherlands
(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

this summer
i miss the swallows
only spiders in old nests

#106 Margareta Hihn, Bockhorn, Germany
(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

reflection of the sun
on the evening beach
naked woman

#116 Violeta Knopkytė, Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
(0-2-1) = 5 pts

***

haiku #126 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

playing hide and seek
children lie in high grass,
until night finds them

#142 Katarina Pisacic, Novi Marof, Croatia
(1-0-2) = 5 pts

***

shooting stars–
I forgot
my stiff neck

#153 Lidia Rozmus, Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA
(0-0-5) = 5 pts

4 points (10)

oil massage
the ocean's waves into
nap dreams

#19 Ramesh Anand, Bangalore, India
(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

a star plucked from
heaven lighting the night...
firefly

#27 Veronika Zora Novak, Toronto, Canada
(0-1-2) = 4 pts

***

Drops of summer rain
Upon the morning kimono
A chance meeting

#43 Gordana Petkovic, Belgrade, Serbia
(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

garden in the sun
basket of wet raspberries
in the peony shade

#54 Agata Rak, Będzin, Poland
(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

whiff of coolness…
hydrangea waves overwhelm
my rattan chair

#57 Diana Teneva, Haskovo, Bulgaria
(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

like thousands of silences,                                                                                                                         flavours hang from the branches                                                                                                               of the apricot tree

#59 Zoe Savina, Pallini-Attikis, Greece
English translation: Constantine Fourakis
(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

lush and thick
the greenest grass
is in the ditch

#75 Sheila M Ross, Gatineau, QC, Canada
(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

our guilty smiles 
on a sultry summer night--
Blues on Grand rocks

#76 John Daleiden, Phoenix, Arizona, USA in the Sonoran Desert
(0-2-0) = 4 pts

***

summer meadow
a girl learns all about
the birds and the bees

#120 Stella Pierides, Neusaess, DE/ London, UK
(1-0-1) = 4 pts

***

haiku #124 has been withdrawn from results by organizers
(0-1-2) = 4 pts

3 points (18)

summer drizzle...
watering even the dry
fallen leaves

#3 Rita Odeh, Nazareth, Israel
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

balmy evening
the sunny breath
of clothespins

#13 Hélène Duc, Bichancourt, Aisne, France
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

summer afternoon
we are searching for
the city's shadows

#20 Dietmar Tauchner, Puchberg, Austria
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

a love couple
in the trance of summer
whisper on the beach

#22 Marija Pogorilic, Rovinjsko Selo, Croatia
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

#25
on the swaths
of grass
time stopped

Vera Primorac, Viškovo, Croatia
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

ripened mangoes--
scorching breeze filters
cuckoo’s song

#37 Pravat Kumar Padhy, Odisha, India
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

a bathing nymph
all in moonlight splashes...
midsummer night

#38 Natalia Kuznetsova, Moscow, Russia
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

summer dust ...
a commencement exercise
too long ago

#64 Angelo B. Ancheta, Rizal, Philippines
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

summer rains ...
when footsteps get depressing – 
poking the sun

#78 Anna Vertinska, Biržai, Lithuania
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

fireflies burning
trails in the dark –
here and there

#86 Jayashree Maniyil, Melbourne, Australia
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

Through a camera lens
I tell a story
summer pleasure

#94 Ashi (Jens-Christian Kjær), Brande, Denmark
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

haymaking season 
the old farmhouse a hostel
for strangers

#98 Martina Heinisch, Oelde, Germany
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

perpendicular
the sunshine hits on my skin -
feeling a dry stone

#105 Francesco de Sabata, Pescantina, Italy
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

tides rise and fall . . .
along with shedding skin
my scars wash off

#132 Jana Žufić, Poreč/Zagreb, Croatia
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

All night long,
you sing my heart's sadness -
whip-poor-will.    

#136 Zhanna P. Rader, Athens, Georgia, USA
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

harvested barley
we decide to take
different routes

#140 Wahyu W. Basjir, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

***

early summer...
pasqueflowers wither
in the hot wind

#147 Nadalsuren Purevdorj, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(1-0-0) = 3 pts

***

fireflies
on the pool's surface
hardening nipples

#154 S.M. Abeles, Washington, DC, USA
(0-1-1) = 3 pts

voter’s comment: an original image with layered hints

2 points (11)

crickets in the field -
listen, it's an ode to
love's glory

#6 Smajil Durmisevic, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

between camper vans
they share courteous nods -
neighbours for one night

#24 Ilka De Bisschop, Kalmthout, Belgium
(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

watermelon on her T-shirt blue sea gently swaying

#28 Abraham Freddy Ben-Arroyo, Haifa, Israel
(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

white breasts and white butt
shine in bed without blankets
White Nights of the June

#32 Dainius Dirgėla, Vilnius, Lithuania
(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

this salty sunset—
one last game before bed
more than a dream

#35 Ernesto P. Santiago, Solano, Philippines
(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

rays of sunset
rain paints a rainbow
through tears

#41 Vitali Khomin, Mukachevo, Ukraine
(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

at the summer night
prelude in both sides of the window
cicadas

#49 Andrius Luneckas, Vilnius, Lituania
(0-0-2) = 2 pts

***

in the breeze palm trees dance
scattering shadows across the beach
-broken sunbeams

#91 Managua Gunn, Turku, Finland
(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

that summer
your salty sea blue eyes
still breaststroke me

#96 Karin Anderson, Adelaide, Australia
(0-1-0) = 2 pts

***

clouds fart
sweat rains from farmer’s body
not a drop from the sky

#144 Aju Mukhopadhyay, Pondicherry, India
(0-1-0) = 2 pkt

***

scorching day -
the falcon's shadow above
the water trough

#160 Laura Csilla, Brasov, Romania
(0-1-0) = 2 pkt

1 point (15)

summer satellite -
"UFO" you've got to enjoy 
fried zucchini in oil 

#7 Stops, Bucharest, Romania
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

sun’s prison cell-
burnt leaves
locked in heat wave

#10 Munia Khan, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

what a rich land!
even the rainbow seems
more corpulent

#21 Ferenc Bakos, Siófok, Hungary
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

mosquitoes buzz --
who is the best
Zorro ever?

#26 Alexey Golubev, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

First strawberry -
half a strawberry and
a sated slug

#29 Valeria Barouch, Geneva, Switzerland
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

moonless night
hanging on a nail
tennis racket

#53 Evgeniy Plekhanov, Kirov, Russia
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

in the birch shade
midges hum
a lovesong

#66 Brigitte ten Brink, Konstanz, Germany
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

Summertime
Hoarse riding with her voice
Janis Joplin

#83 Lothar M. Kirsch, Cologne, Germany
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

Early in June
everything but the hope
washed away

#122 Heinz Schneemann, Berlin, Germany
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

after summer rain -
on the balcony red and blue
umbrellas

#135 Andrzej Dembończyk, Zbrosławice, Poland
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

Sun-spots.
Looking for a job
persistently.

#138 Tatjana Stefanović, Serbia, Belgrade
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

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authentic sun -
the shadows of the actors
at the same direction

#146 Maya Kisyova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

wincing
it's just a thunderstorm
not an earthquake

#151 Pavel Vorontsov, Novosybirsk, Russia
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

on the sand
footprints of barefoot summers
like question marks

#157 Ljudmila Hristova, Sofia, Bulgaria
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

***

hot summer day
kid is confused by the sun
and sun flower

#161 Alma Jonarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(0-0-1) = 1 pt

no points this time (36)

anti-troika march
my son changes towels
at the pool

#1 Ralf Bröker, Ochtrup, Germany

***

heaps of brown bodies
roasting upon the beach...
shimmering waves

#4 Keith A. Simmonds, Rodez, France

***

stargaze start
burnt skin and barbeque noon
sunset regret

#5 Paul Mercken, Bunnik, The Netherlands

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beach sun –
all in her eyes
the ocean, sand and nudity!

#17 Adjei Adjei-Baah, Kumasi, Ghana

***

green sheep - 
shrubs
in the child's painting

#18 Radka Mindova, Bulgaria

***

The dragonfly dances,
the wheat flourishes - and yet:
they are dog days!

#34 Heike Gewi , Germany/Yemen

***

hovers barn owl 
over my straw hat
sun down
#44 Vania Stefanova, Sliven, Bulgaria

***

fairy variety
a kaleidoscope his eyes 
in the summersun

#45 Sylvia Bacher , Bad Aussee, Austria

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a summer sunset
admired by two lovers -
the glory of life

#48 Albina Avsec, Maribor, Slovenia

***

a winding trail
the loop de loop
of a dragonfly

#60 Josie Hibbing, Hartley, Iowa, USA

***

such warm wind…
a few more brushstrokes –
reviving canvas 

#61 Tomas Paskualis, Kaunas, Lithuania

***

The sun into the sea ...
light breeze caressing
tanned legs

#65 Raimis Laukys, Kaunas, Lithuania

***

Tired gull

Tired gull after
a long flight watches town
somnolently

#68 Tamara Lujak, Belgrade, Serbia

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ripe ears of grain
sleepless night -
rainy summer

#69 Teresa Grzywacz, Łuków, Poland

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Before a flower
the hummingbird is flapping
its wings away.

#79 Willy Cuvelier, Gullegem, Belgium

***

Summer holiday
I am so relaxed and free
My own nirvana

#81 Marcell Domonkos, Celldömölk, Hungary

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pleasure garden
rose petals on the lap
of a stony beauty

#82 Ramona Linke, Beesenstedt, Germany

***

the rain subsiding...
a chorus of morning birds
weaving in sunlight

#97 Gillena Cox, St James, Trinidad and Tobago

***

watering
planters overflowing
with petunias

#103 Kathe L. Palka, Flemington, NJ, USA

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lake
of the dry bottom
watched by the hot sun

#104 Vladimir Ludvig, Zaprešić, Croatia

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brilliant sun
lavender heads
fill with colour

#109 André Surridge, Hamilton, New Zealand   

***

licking a poppy    
the vibrating booty
of a honeybee

#110 Sebastian Hengst, Munich, Germany

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The cherry-tree flowers
awake in front of my window
nightingale still asleep

#112 Ruzica Soldo, Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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In the gazebo
rustling of acacia blossoms
and Moon silence

#114 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Ploieşti, Romania

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rain in the twilight
some of the steps becomes difficult
I see the sun's rays

#115 Eugenija Lastauskaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania

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mask of firebug
on the stump in the forest
show must go on

#117 Asta Čižiūnaitė, Vilnius, Lithuania

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fast-fast knock
In a garden at neighbours
The woodpecker has lodged

#119 Valentina Nazarova, Tver, Russia

***

Bare feet flying
over the hot sand.
Ah, blessed sea!

#127 Franklin Magalhães, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

***

summer noon---
the dog after its
own shadow

#133 Kashinath Karmakar, Durgapur, India

***

peace of the evening-
the light of a lily
is steaming the torch.

#137 Oprica Padeanu, Bucuresti, Romania

***

summer...
a swallow paints in the sky
with a colorless brush 

#139 Tuvshinzaya Nergui, Tsetserleg city, Mongolia

***

summer    
bed swells
we drip 

#143 Ronit Mitchell, Chicago, USA

***

laughter on the beach--
a dashing wave
fills the moat

#145 James Dobson, Prudhoe, UK

***

rustling leaves
breeze takes away the last
summer day

#149 Zlata Bogović, Varaždin, Croatia

***

Indian summer
It is good for the old bones-
Indians enjoy!

#156 Gyorgy Vermes, Budapest, Hungary

***

mowing for hay
a riot of wildflower colours
an instant memory

#162 Petrus Heyligers, Curramore Qld, Australia

no results (authors who didn’t vote - 12)

Witching hour-
the moon and field poppy
lighting each other

#14 Vasile Moldovan, Bucharest, Romania

***

tyres screech . . .
as if nothing has happened
cicadas

#55 Margaret Beverland, Katikati, New Zealand

***

peaches sweetly poached
warm bourbon drizzled slowly
summer now restored

#62 Tahera Mannan, Nagpur, India

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in the oak's shade -
man on the road shakes the sun
from his shoulders

#67 Malvina Mileta, Nedešćina – Istria, Croatia

***

wise beauty dances
in the moonlight holding knife
in right hand. august.

#85 Dovile Dragelyte, Vilnius, Lithuania

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clear summer day
from hour to hour
browses new moments

#87 Željko Špoljar, Zaprešić, Croatia

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time for miracles
flowers adorn the land
and the young green

#118 Jurij Sazonov, Šalčininkai, Lithuania

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haiku #128 has been withdrawn from results by organizers

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summer
a puddle with birds
swimming in sunshine

#129 Mike W. Blottenberger, Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA

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Summer breeze, flying birds and swing of flowers, waves foam, blue and green...

#130 Cristina David, Deva, Romania

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dog days summer roof
the small thin spider runs
into nothingness

(it disintegrates in the heat)

#148 John Tiong Chunghoo, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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summer day -
only linden flowers
in the beggar's hat

#155 Andra Andronic, Botosani, Romania         

late entry

cooling breeze
waiving trees
flowing water

K. Naga Siva Kumar, Hyderabad, India

Invitation to the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #2 - Summer 2013 Edition

Dear Friends, welcome to the EUROPEAN QUARTERLY KUKAI #2 - Summer 2013 Edition

Blog: http://europeankukai.blogspot.com 

Topic: SUMMER (the word "summer" is not required but should be clearly imaged)

Entrants: open to anyone

Haiku: one unpublished haiku   

Language: English

Style: unlimited

Period for submission: Saturday, May 18 - Saturday, June 8, 2013

Voting period: Monday, June 10 - Friday, June 14, 2013

voting strongly according to the scheme:

haiku #x - 3 pts

haiku #y - 2 pts

haiku #z - 1 pt

(you can vote only for three haiku) 

voting is mandatory, please do not vote for your own haiku

Results: no later than Sunday, June 16, 2013

Prizes: e-diplomas for authors from 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places

Address for all Kukai correspondence: european.kukai@gmail.com 

- please use “summer submission” (or “summer voting” in voting phase) in the subject line 

- please write your entry in the body of e-mail, attachments are not accepted 

- please sign your submissions and ballots (name, city and country)                                        

co-editors:

Krzysztof Kokot

Robert Kania