April 2003 Kukai

Kigo Theme: Violets

First place - 23 votes

melted snow

where a ewe has slept

wild violets

Ray Mackenzie

(273 = 23)

Second place - 22 votes

afterward –

the scent of violets

in her lingerie

Carole MacRury

(248 = 22)

Third place - 13 votes

mail call ...

the scent of violets

from home

Carol Raisfeld

(134 = 13)

Fourth place - 12 votes

nightfall --

a few wild violets

half-buried in snow

hortensia anderson

(214 = 12)

Fifth place - 10 votes

grandmother's album--

bits of crushed violet

between memories

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(042 = 10)

african violets

the ladies at the y

laugh in their cups

Earl Keener

(123 = 10)

kite flying

the sway of

blue violets

w.f. owen

(220 = 10)

Sixth place - 8 votes

spring dusk -

dog violets and

the first few stars

Jon Davey

(113 = 8)

after the long climb

I share my water

with the violets

Hugh Waterhouse

(024 = 8)

Seventh place - 5 votes

still in bloom

glazed violets

on a chocolate cake

semi

(013 = 5)

planting violets

squiggly earthworms

greet the sun

bill lerz

(021 = 5)

dawn light

on the window sill -

violets

Darrell Byrd

(013 = 5)

spring celebration--

violets and

dandelion wine

Mary Lee McClure

(013 = 5)

from the dirt

where the fence digs in

violets

Kate Creighton

(102 = 5)

counting practice

on the way to school

hedgerow violets

ushi

(013 = 5)

warplanes

a mouse takes shelter

among the violets

Tore Sverredal

(102 = 5)

full moon

the fragrance of violets

underfoot

Claire Murray

(021 = 5)

hand-painted violets

the new mailbox

always full

Joann

(102 = 5)

Eighth place - 4 votes

tears on his picture

in the year book

a violet corsage

Betty

(101 = 4)

a bracelet of violets

dangles from her dirty arm

garden visit

SUE Torres

(012 = 4)

Free Format Theme: Alley

First place - 28 points

cobblestone alley

his cane

knows the way

w.f. owen

(464 = 28)

Second place - 18 points

sidewalk café -

an alley cat licks

spilled latte

Darrell Byrd

(074 = 21)

Third place - 14 points

daybreak --

windows across the alley

turn rose gold

hortensia anderson

(216 = 14)

Fourth place - 11 points

in an alley

behind the bakery

plump pigeons

peigi

(043 = 11)

in the alley

long-stemmed roses

among the refuse

Carole MacRury

(027 = 11)

deserted alley

only the quarrel of cats

in love

angelee deodhar

(035 = 11)

trash day -

the alley lined

with hyacinths

b'oki

(221 = 11)

Fifth place - 10 points

window to window

a clothesline across the alley

spring breeze

Betty

(115 = 10)

Sixth place - 9 points

first star

above the alleyway - 

a bag lady shuffles home

ron moss

(033 = 9)

spring morning

the old alley fills 

with twitter

Tore Sverredal

(122 = 9)

Seventh place - 8 points

rusty iron – 

she swings back and forth

on the alley gate

Marylouise Knight

(016 = 8)

Eighth place - 7 points

in the alley

a pile of papers

starts to dance

Jaloe

(112 = 7)

trash day

a coyote leads two pups

down the alley

Joann

(112 = 7)

Ninth place - 6 points

his last strike out

she leaves the bowling alley

in a huff

bill lerz

(103 = 6)

above - the sound

of laundered sheets

an alley cat below

Deborah Russell

(022 = 6)

lost in the city-

a narrow alley

to a strip of sky

Earl Keener

(014 = 6)

Tenth place - 5 points

a shaft of sunlight

pierces the dark alley

cease fire

Allen McGill

(110 = 5)

cats on the prowl

in the alley trash can

his spurned roses

Deborah P Kolodji

(021 = 5)

homesick

we look for streets with alleys

hollyhocks

doris Kasson

(110 = 5)

deserted alley

the dog's barking

from behind the wall

gillena cox

(013 = 5)

Eleventh place - 4 points

city lights--

a posse of dogs loose

in the alley

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(012 = 4)

ghetto alley

business as usual

after midnight

OwenB

(012 = 4)