April 2003 Kukai Results
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)
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)