Third Annual Poets Choice Kukai Results
Kigo from Year 3
First Place -- 22 pts
winter dusk –
silently a snow owl
changes trees
Zhanna P. Rader
(2,3,10) = 22 pts
Second Place – 18 pts
origami class
a purple heron nests
on every desk
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Owen Burkhart
- Third Place – 14 pts
only the waterfall
just as it was…
second honeymoon
ed markowski
(1,2,7) = 14 pts
moonlit swim . . .
the galaxy moves
around me
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,2,7) = 14 pts
clear night –
a lone pine points
to the moon
Ella W.
(0,4,6) = 14 pts
Fourth Place – 13 pts
highway rest stop—
a heron stretches
its neck
Laryalee Fraser
(1,4,2) = 13 pts
Fifth Place – 12 pts
winter dusk
into each furrow
a darker crow
Ian Daw
(1,2,5) = 12 pts
Sixth Place – 11 pts
indian summer
the old cat rubs against
a pumpkin
--ushi
(1,3,2) = 11 pts
the pine tree’s shadow
slips into the pond
-spring evening
raven
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
down sunlit rocks
pulling a river behind it
the waterfall
Bill Kenney
(0,3,5) = 11
nightfall
a firefly blinks its way
toward Mars
ed markowski
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
winter solstice
a flight of geese
interrupt the moon
soji
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
Seventh Place – 10 pts
first robins…
still no letter
from the front
Zhanna P. Rader
(2,0,4) = 10 pts
moth
I want in
too
William M. Gottlieb
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
after our swim
the taste of salt
on your body
Bill Kenney
(0,4,2) = 10 pts
- Eighth Place – 9 pts
- the widow’s gate
clangs into the latch—
winter dusk
Beverley George
(1,2,2) = 9 pts
talk of separation
we reach for the same
pine cone
sheila windsor
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
in the shop
a moth and I selecting
a wool sweater
D.V.Rozic
((0,3,3) = 9 pts
- Ninth Place – 8 pts
- cement truck –
apple blossoms speckle
a worker’s boot
Laryalee Fraser
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
Tenth Place – 7 pts
polaris—
a north wind levels
the chimney smoke
DeVar
(1,2,0) = 7 pts
glassy lake
a sudden icy wind
wrinkles the stars
bmm
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
little league tryouts
a robin
in the outfield
Mark Hollingsworth
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
mud puddle
a child teaches the worm
how to swim
Owen Burkhart
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
Eleventh Place – 6 pts
midnight swim—
every move
sparkles
Mary Lee McClure
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
Mother’s Day—
a bit of sky
in the robin’s nest
George Hawkins
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
sunset—
the waterfall
on fire
Mary Lee McClure
(0,3,0) = 6 pts
- Twelfth Place – 5 pts
- spring rain—
the pine cone caught
in an eddy
aom (tim)
(1,1,0) = 5 pts
red tide—
a lone heron circles
the lighthouse
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
morning twilight—
wintering snow geese
cloud the marsh
bmm
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
--- Thirteenth Place – 4 pts
---- Indian summer
moonshine slowly drips
into a tin cup
Edward
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
swim meet
her eyes bluer
than the water
Earl Keener
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
a yellowed postcard
falls from the book—
indian summer
Earl Keener
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
small town gossip—
a pair of robins fly
from tree to tree
DeVar
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
first robin—
a gift from
the cat
Dave Bacharach
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Fourteenth Place – 3 pts
magnolia blossoms
a line of black cars
follow the hearse
Carmel C. Lively-Westerman
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
Indian summer –
the cricket in the house
gets louder
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
water’s edge –
the goose touches
its own beak
susan bond
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Free Format from Year 3
First Place -- 25 pts
sheep country –
passing clouds graze
the hilltop
Lorin Ford
(4,3,7) = 25 pts
Second Place -- 23 pts
sandpiper
one footprint ahead
of the wave
Mark Hollingsworth
(1,5,10) = 23 pts
still water
a dragonfly holds tightly
to its reflection
Linda Chambers
(0,8,7) = 23 pts
Third Place -- 19 pts
autumn wake--
the widow's tremor
in her coffee
Ron Moss
(1,6,4) = 19 pts
Fourth Place -- 15 pts
ten years drought--
he closes the barn door
for the last time
Laryalee Fraser
(2,2,5) = 15 pts
bread in the oven--
the baker opens
his lunchbox
max verhart
(1,4,4) = 15 pts
Fifth Place – 13 pts
childhood lane
strange people stare
from familiar doors
john tiong chunghoo
(0,5,3) = 13 pts
Sixth Place – 12 pts
spring cleaning done . . .
a window spider starts
a new web
Darrell Byrd
(1,1,7) = 12 pts
homesick—
only the moon
looks familiar
Earl Keener
(0,2,10) = 12 pts
Seventh Place – 11 pts
Mother’s Day:
my son serves the takeout
on china
Irene Golas
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
full moon
a white cat prowls
the tennis court
Laryalee Fraser
(0,4,3) = 11 pts
Eighth Place – 9 pts
talking divorce
he pours his coffee
then mine
roberta beary
(2,1,1) = 9 pts
scent of coffee…
my cat opens
one eye
Marili Deandrea
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
post game interview
the space between
the goalie’s teeth
ed markowski
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
summer heat
I stop to yawn
with the lions
Marie Summers
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
Ninth Place – 7 pts
watercolor class—
everyone starts
with blue
Ami
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
unfinished chores –
so many butterflies
invade the garden
brahman-narayanan
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
full moon
I put the knife
beside the round bread
Petar Tchouhov
(0,2,3) – 7 pts
pizza delivery—
opening the door
to Orion
Scott Mason
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
Tenth Place – 6 pts
early spring
hoof prints on the heifer’s
shoulders
Dave Bacharach
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
sick-room window
slowly a butterfly
opens its wings
sheila windsor
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
storm clouds
the tugboat moves deeper
into each wave
Owen Burkhart
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
baby flamingo—
the toddler offers
her bottle
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
Eleventh Place – 4 pts
restaurant chatter—
a child grins through
the goldfish
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
forest pathway
the tractor’s tyreprint
full of tadpoles
Flatline
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
morning rain. . .
aftershocks
in my coffee
Marie Summers
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
low tide
a sandpiper’s tracks
in virgin sand
Deborah P Kolodji
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
winter sun
buffing the leaves
of the jade plant
w.f. owen
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
Twelfth Place – 3 pts
biking to the park
a new pitcher’s mitt
on the handlebars
Carol Raisfeld
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
midsummer’s eve
thick clouds erase
the moon
Marie
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
new fishing rod –
borrowing an old line
he phones in sick
Laryalee Fraser
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
morning sickness –
he blames the red wine
she didn’t drink
--ushi
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
first hot day
the splat
of a water balloon
Ed Markowski
(0,0,3) = 3
scattered for the birds
even bread is too heavy
after her chemo
Chandra Bales
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Chinese takeout—
once again she prefers
my order
Dave Bacharach
(0,0,3) = 3 pts