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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Results for the May 2013 "elephant" Photo Internatio​nal Kukai No. 14











68 Haiku: 68 Haijin: 17 Nations/Countries
Not voting: 3 / 68 = 4.4%: or 95.6% Did Vote


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vast blue sky—
the freedom that
never was

# 059. Kashinath karmakar (kash poet): Durgapur, India (IN)
59 ///2,4,10=24/// 1st Place
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come, little sparrow
perch on my shoulder—
the view is free!

# 022. John Daleiden: Phoenix, Arizona (US)
22/// 2,3,8 =20 /// 2nd Place
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swept along
to the elephant's shadow . . .
willow leaves

# 027. Rita Odeh: Nazareth, Israel (IL)
27/// 2,3,7=19 /// 3rd Place
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new piano
she opts for plastic keys
Earth Day

# 009.Ignatius Fay: Sudbury, Ontario (CA)
9/// 2,2,5= 15 /// 4th Place Tie
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That look
In the elephant’s eye
Deep remembering

# 029. Bernard Gieske: Bowling Green, Kentucky (US)
29 /// 2,1,7=15 /// 4th Place Tie
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after the visit . . .
the blind child trying
to draw an elephant

# 067. Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă: Botosani, Romania (RO)
67/// 0,3,9=15 ///4th Place Tie
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seeking freedom
one mountain
at a time

# 050. Patty Hardin: Long Beach, Washington (US)
50 /// 2,3,2=14 /// 5th Place
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moon of day—
an elephant wraps
the silence

# 012. Hélène Duc (Kitsune Reveline), Bichancourt, Aisne, France (FR)
12 /// 2,2,3=13 /// 6th Place Tie
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the same path
every day
no way out

# 062. Robert Kania: Warsaw, Poland (PL)
62 /// 1,3,4=13 /// 6th Place Tie
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even shadows
creep beyond a fence—
scents in the breeze

# 068. Charles Werdenhoff: Joliet, Illinois (US)
68 /// 0,2,9= 13 /// 6th Place Tie
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distant bells . . .
the old elephant's eyes
shed tears

# 066. Sebastian Lucacs: Dorohoi, Romania (RO)
66 /// 1,2,5=12 /// 7th Place
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the blue, blue sky—
just where
does memory end?

# 040. Angela Terry: Lake Forest Park, Washington (US)
40 /// 0,2,7=11 /// 8th Place
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do you suppose
she too remembers her mother?
clouds pass in the sky

# 028. Eduardo Rojas: Wheaton, Illinois (US)
28 /// 1,1,5=10 /// 9th Place Tie
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dreaming—
savannas and blue skies
from another time

# 061. Tony Valenzuela: Mexico City, Mexico (MS)
61 /// 0,2,6=10 /// 9th Place Tie
=================================== a walk with silence . . .
under a shady olive
a stone elephant

# 020. Gillena Cox: St James, Trinidad & Tobago (TT)
20 /// 1,0,6=9 /// 10th Place Tie
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captive. . . her question mark trunk

# 004. Sheila Windsor: Worcester, England (UK)
4 /// 1,0,5=8 /// 11th Place Tie
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swatting flies—
the scent of new cut hay
in morning sun

# 024. A.D. Jaden: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
24 /// 0,3,2=8 /// 11th Place Tie
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—solitude
of a forest tree
in a pot

# 036. Anusha Tennakoon: Osaka,Japan (JP)
36 /// 1,2,1=8 /// 11th Place Tie
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patience
in the weight of each step
destination

# 057. Rick Daddario: Kailua, Hawaii (US)
57 /// 1,1,3=8 /// 11th Place Tie
=================================== wild iris—
a lifetime to wander
broken dreams

# 015. Sandi Pray: Robbinsville, North Carolina (US)
15 /// 0,3,1=7 /// 12th Place Tie
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kicking at dirt
she dreams of the grasslands
her ancestors roamed

# 021. Tracy Davidson: Stratford-on-Avon, United Kingdom (UK)
21 /// 0,2,3=7 /// 12th Place Tie
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morning after . . .
sound of a distant drum
stirring dreams

# 046. Asni Amin: Singapore (SG)
46 /// 0,1,5=7 /// 12th Place Tie
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Tremored ancestors
Tremble timbers clearing swaths
Family sojourns

# 054. Marck Riggins: Temecula, California (US)
54 /// 1,2,0=7 /// 12th Place Tie
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hide-and-seek—
will they find me
hiding here?

# 038. Freddy Ben-Arroyo: Haifa, Israel (IL)
38 /// 1,1,1=6 /// 13th Place Tie
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summer dawn
the herd of elephants
taking the dust bath

# 049. Ramesh Anand: Bangalore, India (IN)
49 /// 0,1,4=6 /// 13th Place Tie
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baby elephant . . .
becoming the zoo's
evening shadow

# 053. Oda Hrade: St. Louis, Missouri (US)
53 /// 0,1,4=6 /// 13th Place Tie
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summer in the zoo . . .
elephants remember
their watering hole

# 064. Vinay Leo R.: Bangalore, India (IN)
64 /// 1,0,3=6 /// 13th Place Tie
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working
in construction...
an elephant

# 017. Maria Santomauro: New York, New York (US)
17 /// 1,0,2=5 /// 14th Place Tie
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enclosure . . .
the sorrow
on the elephant's face

# 056. John Byrne: Wicklow, Ireland (IE)
56 /// 0,1,3=5 /// 14th Place Tie
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long waiting for spring
too little space for kid
in sandbox of dreamland

# 014. Goda V. Bendoraitiene: Klaipeda, Lithuania (LT)
14 /// 0,1,2=4 /// 15th Place Tie
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rogue no more . . .
yet think more
of sun and sand

# 041. Seshu Chamarty: Hyderabad, India (IN)

41 /// 1,0,1=4 /// 15th Place Tie
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in the spring morning
the elephant remains still—
a meditation

# 047. Keith A. Simmonds: Rodez, France (FR)
47 /// 0,0,4=4 /// 15th Place Tie
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on the yellow sand
the elephant is looking around
the prison

# 052. Stefanija Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
52 /// 1,0,1=4 /// 15th Place Tie
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Bath in sunlight—
the river of the childhood
so far away

# 058. Eduard Tara: Iasi, Romania (RO)
58 /// 0,0,4=4 /// 15th Place Tie
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Child's zoo set
Positioning an elephant
On the sun-warmed mound

# 002. Judi Suni Hall: Lethbridge, Alberta (CA)
2 /// 0,1,1=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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Displaced—
his friends and ancestors
remain behind.

# 010. Rehn Kovacic: Mesa, Arizona (US)
10 /// 0,0,3=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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Freedom is beyond
The mud walls and wood fences
That imprison me

# 016. Charles Watts: Lake Placid, New York (US)
16 /// 0,0,3=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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Baby elephant
Get on the pile, there on top
Even mum looks small

# 023. Arie Regev: Magshimim, Israel (IL)
23 /// 0,1,1=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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getting in the way
of myself
—prayers to ganesha

# 025. Sondra J. Byrnes: South Bend, Indiana (US)
25 /// 0,1,1=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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As well as from the clay
God made the elephant
at His likeness

# 031. Franklin Magalhães: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (BR)
31 /// 1,0,0=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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The elephant yearns
to play with the other;
come open the gate.

# 044. Debra Beauchamp: Ontario, Canada (CA)
44 /// 1,0,0=3 /// 16th Place Tie
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the weight of sadness
the elephant lives
whatever the setting

# 013. Ernesto P. Santiago: Solano, Philippines (PH)
13 /// 0,1,0=2 /// 17th Place Tie
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Even and shadows
of memories
ache in solitude

# 030. Vera Primorac: Viškovo, Croatia (CR)
30 /// 0,0,2=2 /// 17th Place Tie
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construction supervisor—
on the empty building site
only the wind

# 037. Krzysztof Kokot: Nowy Targ, Poland (PL)
37 /// 0,0,2=2 /// 17th Place Tie
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paradise—
tracking back the gate
with your scent

# 039. Alegria Imperial, Canada (CA)
39 /// 0,0,2=2 /// 17th Place Tie
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smelling
he sees . . .
acacia

# 051. Pat Geyer: East Brunswick, New Jersey (US)
51 /// 0,0,2=2 /// 17th Place Tie
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Long nose, long nose
who knows the meaning of it?
Rhinoceros horn.

# 007. Naotaka Uematsu: Nara city, Japan (JP)
7 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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on a paved path
in a make-believe jungle
an elephant waits

# 008. Peggy Heinrich: Santa Cruz, CA (US)
8 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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the smell of shit
only the cage
humiliates more

# 011. Michael O'Brien: Glasgow, Scotland (UK)
11 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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she sprays her back
waiting for the paints—
a blank canvas

# 026. S.E. Herrin: Des Moines, Iowa (US)
26 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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canopy
grey upon grey
shadows

# 032. June Rose Dowis: Shreveport, Louisiana (US)
32 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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zoos heat wave
the elephants trumpet
breathes in ice creams

# 034. Karin Anderson: Adelaide, S.A. (AU)
34 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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summer shade . . .
a dash of chilli
still burning

# 045. Jayashree Maniyil: Melbourne, Australia (AU)
45 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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large lonesome mammal
so small, rustic yet urban
between land and sky

# 048. Munia Khan: Dhaka, Bangladesh (BD)
48 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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How simple—
no shrouds, no flowers or crowds
in front of the grave

# 063. Jake Friedman: Phoenix, Arizona (US)
63 /// 0,0,1=1 /// 18th Place Tie
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irrigation lines
coated with dust
slow breaths

# 001. Peg Duthie: Nashville, Tennessee (US)
1 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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Staring vacantly into space
the horse's eyes wait for
a man's sight

# 003. Vasile Moldovan: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
3 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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Far greater than man
this majestic giant beast
treads upon earth's land

# 006. Bonnie Flach: San Diego, California (US)
6 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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trees and shrub
elephant around the tail mother
of scattered sunbeams.

# 018. Tatjana Debeljački: Užice, Serbia (SR)
18 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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Happy Easter with lamb roast—
calf roast only
in Gulliver's homeland

# 019. Stops: Bucharest, Romania (RO)
19 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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pachyderm snorts
mounds of mud cover his dung
manure for the zoo

# 033. Sandra Martyres: Mumbai India (IN)
33 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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zoos heat wave
the elephants trumpet
breathes in ice creams

# 034. Karin Anderson: Adelaide, S.A. (AU)
34 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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high on Dad’s shoulders
so strong and capable
we explore the zoo

# 035. Harvey Jenkins: Nanaimo, BC Canada (CA)
35 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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watching the stone fence
a tear on the elephant's eye
Tel Aviv ZOO

# 055. Vladimir Ludvig: Zapresic, Croatia (CR)
55 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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sunday evening—
husking sunflowers in the yard
mother-in-law

# 60. Andrius Luneckas: Vilnius, Lituania (LT)
60 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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sand and grass
a battle for
light and water

# 065. Nan Dozier: Shreveport, Louisiana, (US)
65 /// 0,0,0=0 /// 19th Place Tie
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Non voters don't get their results:



Tel Aviv zoo—
he has its own wailing wall
the poor elephant

# 043. Patrick Druart: Urou et Crennes, France (FR)
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Somewhere in Israel
an elephant's ears
fan the dust

# 005. Mike W. Blottenberger: Hanover, Pennsylvania (US)
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An elephant dreams . . .
Does pachyderm gymnastics...
Will not get thinner

# 042. Tanja Cilia: Santa Venera, Malta (MT)
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Thanks for taking part in this kukai.
Rita Odeh and John Daleiden
ro/jd







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