13th European Quarterly Kukai Spring 2016 Edition
211 entrants from 43 countries participated in 13th European Quarterly Kukai Spring 2016 Edition, on the theme “people”. No 13 saw the largest number of entrants in the global kukai.
Tash Adams from Perth, Australia won first place: this is the third time an Australian author has won (after Simon Hanson – 11th Kukai; and Beverley George – 8th Kukai) –
leaving him
one kilo
at a time
- Tash Adams – first place
mountain peak
the rising edge
of a muezzin's call
- Jayashree Maniyil – sixth place
For a full report, please visit http://europeankukai.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/results-of-european-quarterly-kukai-13.html
Please consider participating in the next quarterly kukai, while also enjoying these remaining entries from Australia below:
mother stitching
her daughter’s dress
war zone
- Lynette Arden
of all the men
I've ever known, my father
I knew the least
- Samar Ghose
two birthday candles
her face lit by firelight
and wonder
- Simon Hanson
late night Saturday
despite verbal abuse
the nurse carries on
- Barbara A. Taylor
exhaling vapours
of his smouldering pain -
early morning jogger
- Mark Miller
blood transfusion
my brother gives
a thumbs-up
- Cynthia Rowe
grandmother's photograph
younger than I
her lined wise face
- Madhuri Pillai
pansies and phlox—
a mother's love
decorates my teacloth
- Marietta McGregor