Carpe Diem Extra January 20th 2018, The Results of the Departure kukai

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

First I have to apologize because I am very late with publishing the results of our Departure kukai of last year 2017.

The Winner of this kukai, with 12 points, is Isabel Caves with the following beauty:

departing
on the autumn breeze
one last leaf

© Isabel Caves

With this winning haiku Isabel has won the opportunity to create her own E-Book together with Chèvrefeuille's Publications.

And the "runner-up", with 6 points, is a beautiful haiku written by Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly):

the last butterfly 

hesitates before take-off --

Indian summer 

 

© Laura Williams

The "runner-up" will be featured in a special episode at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.

 

Both haiku poets ... CONGRATULATIONS ...

 

Here are the results of all the haiku:

 

12 points: haiku 10

6 points: haiku 14

5 points: haiku 13 & 15

4 points: haiku 4

3 points: haiku 7, 11 & 16

1 point: haiku 6

All other haiku didn't get points

 

Namasté,

 

Chèvrefeuille, your host

 

Carpe Diem Extra Augustus 29th 2017 results of the sunflower kukai

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Here are the results from the Sunflower Kukai. I am a little bit late, but there were several circumstances that needed my attention, so therefore I had not enough time to gather the results of the Sunflower judging.

The WINNER (with 11 points) of the Sunflower kukai is Lolly Williams with the following haiku:

end of summer
a spider threads all its hope
on a sunflower

And our RUNNER-UP (with 5 points) of the Sunflower kukai is Dolores Fegan with the following haiku:

amber petals
set ablaze by evening sun
lighting the garden

Both CONGRATULATIONS with this result ... both haiku are really beautiful.

Here are the points:

Haiku 6: 11 points
Haiku 15: 5 points
Haiku 5, 9 & 12: 3 points
Haiku 16, 18 & 22: 2 points
Haiku 10, 11, 25 & 30: 1 point
All the other haiku didn't receive points

Than ... I have another announcement. Maybe you can remember that I started the new kukai "Departure" and that that kukai would close on July 23rd 2017. However there were only four poets that submitted haiku for the "departure" kukai, so I have decided to re-open the "Departure" kukai right now to give those who haven't submitted yet the possibillity to submit a max of three (3) haiku for the "departure" kukai. I will close the submission-period on September 15th 2017 10:00 PM (CET),

You can submit your haiku to: carpediemhaikukai@gmail.com please write kukai departure in the subject-line.

Carpe Diem Kukai Cherry Blossom - The Results

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

It is my pleasure to announce the results of our Cherry Blossom kukai. This CD-Kukai edition had 25 haiku submitted by nine (9) haiku poets. It was really a joy to read them all and to re-read them all to judge them.

It is my pleasure to announce to you that Ese has won this CD-Kukai with the following haiku:

old gardener
still sees her smile
in cherry blossoms

© Ese

A beauty I would say and I think it has won through the strong emotions in the scene.

And our "runner-up", with a beautiful haiku too is Kim Russell with the following haiku:

pink sakura blush   

spring’s kimono falls to earth

silk snatched by a breeze

© Kim Russell

Congratulations to you both with being the winner and the "runner-up". As you all know the winner, Ese, has won the opportunity to create an exclusive CDHK E-book of a maximum of 50 haiku or 30 pages, of course this negotiable.

And the "runner-up", Kim Russell, won the opportunity to create her own Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu episode. (This is different with the other kukai we have had).

Here are the results of the complete Cherry Blossom kukai:

10 points: haiku 9
7 points: haiku 15
6 points: haiku 1
5 points: haiku 5
3 points: haiku 11 & 21
2 points: haiku 2, 6, 8, 20 & 22
1 point: haiku 3, 10, 17 & 18
0 points: haiku 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 23, 24 & 25

Sunflower Reflection

Here is our new kukai theme: Sunflowers

Our new kukai starts today, April 28th and will run to May 19th 10.00 PM (CET). You can submit your haiku, with a maximum of three (3) haiku, to our email-address: carpediemhaikukai@gmail.com Please write  "kukai sunflowers" in the subject-line of your email.

I am looking forward to your haiku.

For closure I love to share a "sunflower"-haiku written by myself:

broken sunflower

torn apart through a rain storm -

puddles on the path

© Chèvrefeuille

Carpe Diem Kukai "Autumn" the results

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

First I have to apologize for being this late with the results of our Autumn kukai of 2016. It totally escaped from my attention through several things, but I hope you will forgive me.

Here are the results of the Autumn kukai:

Our winner of the Autumn kukai is Hamaish "Managua" Gunn with the following haiku, a haiku in the free-style of Santoka Taneda:

we learn
from autumn
to let go

© Hamish Gunn

And our "runner-up" of the Autumn kukai is Sara McNulty with the following haiku in which you can sense the cosiness of an autumn evening. Days become shorter and the evenings become longer:

steaming gold
on chilled October evening
mug of hot cider

© Sara McNulty

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU!!!

Here are the results:

Haiku 27: 7 points (winner)
Haiku 21: 6 points (runner-up)
Haiku 8 and 12: 5 points
Haiku 7, 25, 29 and 30: 3 points
Haiku 6, 15, 23, 32 and 35: 2 points
Haiku 16, 19 and 24: 1 point
All the other haiku: no points

As you all know the winner of the kukai wins the exclusive right to create a CDHK E-book and is the featured haiku poet next month (March 2017) and the "runner-up" will be portrayed in a Tokubetsudesu episode also in March 2017.

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I love to invite you all to submit haiku (a maximum of three (3)) for our next kukai. That kukai starts today, February 4th at 10.00 PM (CET) and will run to March 4th at 10.00 PM (CET). This time I have chosen for the following theme:

CHERRY BLOSSOM

You can email your submissions to: carpediemhaikukai@gmail.com Please write Kukai Cherry Blossom in the subject line.

Carpe Diem Kukai "Tribute to Jane" - The Results

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Sorry for being this late with announcing the results of the Carpe Diem Kukai "Tribute to Jane". I hadn't time to make the voting complete. But here are the results of this wonderful tribute kukai for Jane reichhold who passed away last July.

You all have submitted wonderful haiku in tribute for Jane Reichhold and I am grateful for that and she would be proud too.

The Winner of this Tribute kukai for Jane Reichhold with 14 points is Candy with the following haiku:

morning walk
trailing behind me
only footprints

© Candy

Congratulations Candy, you have won the "tribute to Jane" kukai and that gives you the opportunity to create your own exclusive Carpe Diem Haiku Kai e-book and you will be our featured haiku poet in our upcoming CDHK month December 2016.

And our runner-up, with 8 points is Hamish Managua Gunn with the following haiku:

the temptation
at the chalk cliff top
I throw a rose

© Hamish Managua Gunn

Congratulations Hamish, next month you will be featured in a Tokubetsudesu episode.

Here are the results from the other submitted haiku:

Winner: haiku 7, Candy (14 points)
Runner-up: haiku 12, Hamish (8 points)
Haiku 10: 7 points
Haiku 2: 5 points
Haiku 20: 3 points
Haiku 1, 3, 9, 13, 15, 22: 2 points
Haiku 14, 17, 19, 24, 25: 1 point
All the other haiku: 0 points

The "Autumn" kukai has closed and I will start the judging procedure later this week.

Namaste,

Chèvrefeuille, your host.

Carpe Diem Extra May 27th 2016 Kukai "New Life" the results

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

What a joy I have the results of our "New Life" kukai. In this kukai eight (8) haiku poets have submitted a total of 22 haiku ... all beauties if I may say, but of course there can be only one winner and a "runner-up". The voting closed May 24th at 10.00 PM (CET) and now I have the results for you:

With a total of nine (9) points Joyce Joslin Lorenson (whom was featured in our second "In the Spotlight" episode) is our winner of the "New Life" kukai. Congratulations Joyce. Joyce won with the following haiku:

spring blossoms

bees carrying
new life to the hive 

© Joyce Joslin Lorenson

Joyce Joslin Lorenson

And our "runner-up" with eight (8) points is Milan Rajkumar with his haiku, congratulations Milan: 

lifeless for a season

pupa inside the cocoon
spring gives life and wings

© Milan Rajkumar

Milan Rajkumar

As you all (maybe) know as the winner you get the opportunity to create an e-book together with Chèvrefeuille's Publications and edited by Chèvrefeuille. So Joyce ... as the winner of our "New Life" kukai you have won the opportunity to create an e-book and you will be our featured haiku poetess next month (June). As the "runner-up" Milan Rajkumar will be featured in one of the Tokubetsudesu episode next month (June).

Here are the results for all submitted haiku:

9 points : haiku 4
8 points : haiku 10
6 points : haiku 6
5 points : haiku 11 & 21
3 points : haiku 15, 16, 17, 19 & 20
2 points : haiku 5 & 12
1 point :  haiku 2 & 18
0 points : haiku 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 & 22

It was really a pleasure to host this "New Life" kukai for you all.

Prayer(s) (image found on Flickr)

Here is our new kukai:

As you all know in our last Theme Week we have explored that beautiful Sufism prayer the "Latifa Prayer". That Theme Week inspired me to create the next kukai:

PRAYER(S)

As you all know you can submit a maximum of three (3) new (never published earlier) haiku for the kukai. Please send your submissions to our e-mail address: carpediemhaikukai@gmail.com don't forget to write kukai "prayer" in the subject-line.

This new kukai "Prayer" is now open for your submissions and will be open until June 20th 10.00 PM (CET). 

I am looking forward to all of your beautiful haiku themed "prayer" or related to "prayer"

Namaste,

Chèvrefeuille, your host

Carpe Diem Extra March 23rd 2016 the results of the Time kukai

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

After a little CDHK storm I have finally found the time to share the results of the Time kukai. In this edition of the CDHK kukai we had 10 poets who shared 26 haiku together. It was really a joy to be the host of this kukai. And as you all (maybe) know I will create an anthology hereafter with the submissions for the "Winter"- and "Time"- kukai. During the last circumstances according to publishing I would like to ask you to email to our cdhk email-address if you don't want your haiku published in this "kukai" anthology.
Our email-address is: carpediemhaikukai@gmail.com

Okay ... back to the results of the "Time"-kukai:

The winning haiku is the following:

morning becomes night
how much time has passed by
without a clock

This haiku got 10 points and the poetess who wrote this haiku is Sara McNulty. Congratulations Sara. As you will know, dear Sara, you have won the creation of a CDHK-E-book with a maximum of say 50 to 60 pages (or 30 haiku). The pages can of course deviate, there is not a very strict rule to that. And you will be our featured haiku poetess next month April 2016.

Than there were two runners-up Celestine with the following haiku:

midair waltz
first snowflakes and the leaves
frozen in time

And your host with his haiku:

I missed my train
snow falls softly ... tucking in the world -
she ... dressed in blue

Of course I congratulate Celestine with being runner-up. Celestine you have earned the possibility to create a CDHK Tokubetsudesu episode or I can create one about you to honor you being the runner-up.

10 points: haiku 1
9 points: haiku 5 & 26
7 points: haiku 10 & 17
5 points: haiku 4 & 11
4 points: haiku 18
3 points: haiku 24
2 points: haiku 6, 15 & 25
1 point: haiku 9, 12 & 22
the other haiku not mentioned here didn't get points.

Namaste,

Chèvrefeuille, your host