April 2004 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Frog(s)
First Place -- 25 Points
afternoon heat…
the slow blink
of the bullfrog's eyes
Ed Markowski
(3,5,6) = 25
Second Place -- 18 Points
old pond --
the speckled stone
becomes a frog
Carol Raisfeld
(0,6,6) = 18
Third Place -- 14 Points
afternoon calm--
a bullfrog leaps into
its reflection
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,3,5) = 14
Fourth Place -- 11 Points
frogs at the creek
a boy slips one
in his pocket
Carmel C. Lively
(1,2,4) = 11
one frog
after another
blue heron
ushi
(1,3,2) = 11
Fifth Place -- 10 Points
children's hospital --
in distant fields he chases
frogs and butterflies
Owen Burkhart
(0,3,4) = 10
Sixth Place -- 9 Points
reed section
the frogs forgetting
scales
George Hawkins
(1,2,2) = 9
spring drizzle
frog tracks vanish
on the patio
martin
(0,3,3) = 9
Seventh Place -- 8 Points
dawn
the frogsong
goes on
aom
(0,2,4) = 8
cloudless night --
the frogs' song spreads
along milky way
Tomislav Maretic
(0,3,2) = 8
the awkward silence
between us-
frog calls
Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,3,2) = 8
frog voices
the smell of water
and warm ground
Orel
(2,1,0) = 8
Eighth Place -- 7 Points
sunrise
a frog leaps
the ditch
Norman Darlington
(0,2,3) = 7
thinning mist…
the silence of a frog
and a large mouth bass
Robert
(1,2,0) = 7
Ninth Place -- 5 Points
restless night--
a frog's song drifts
from the shadows
David M. Faul
(0,1,3) = 5
spring greens
frogs and cucumbers
in the field
Patricia A. Laurent
(0,0,5) = 5
spring shower -
a stone frog sits
among daffodils
Audrey Downey
(0,0,5) = 5
dark lagoon
a frog announces
its presence
Darrell Byrd
(1,0,2) = 5
moonless night
a frog lands
in dry leaves
Mark Hollingsworth
(0,1,3) = 5
sharp-eyed crane
pond wading among young frogs --
how still the old ones . . .
Nancy Smith
(1,0,2) = 5
Tenth Place -- 4 Points
honoring basho-ki
listening to frog song --
one gray heron
Brenda Roberts
(0,1,2) = 4
ankle-deep puddle
thirteen frogs
maybe more
Johannes Manjrekar
(0,1,2) = 4
footsteps --
the frog burrows deeper
into the mud
Peter H. Pache
(0,0,4) = 4
mating season --
a few freezed frogs
on the highway
Flatline
(0,2,0) = 4
Against the dead tree
A woodpecker adds rhythm
To the frog chorus
Jhampa
(0,0,4) = 4
early morning -
mud frogs emerge
with loud burps
Carole MacRury
(0,1,2) = 4
green volkswagen--
origami frogs sun
in the front window
DeVar
(0,0,4) = 4
Eleventh Place -- 3 Points
in a hurry
the frog and i
hop along
w.f. owen
(0,0,3) = 3
from across the pond
another bullfrog answers--
spring evening
Paul O. Williams
(0,0,3) = 3
spring rain
instead of my voice
frog croak
k montoya
(0,0,3) = 3
open mouth ~
the bronze frog poised
at poolside
Allen McGill
(0,1,1) = 3
evening of wine
in the garden two frogs
serenade
Don Baird
(0,0,3) = 3
rain falling --
all night
throaty frog songs
gerry bravi
(0,1,1) = 3
cold spring
on each desk a frog plucked
from formaldehyde
Earl Keener
(0,1,1) = 3
in the pond
at the 15th hole--
frogs silenced
oino sakai
(0,1,1) = 3
through the red sunset
a flock of wild geese -
tree frog croaking
Boris Nazansky
(0,1,1) = 3
old pond
a frog jumps
onto the ice
Tore Sverredal
(0,1,1) = 3
how that bullfrog swells up
and wails… in this pond
a dizzy gillespie!
art
(1,0,0) = 3
war memorial
young boy targets
a jumping frog
roberta beary
(0,1,1) = 3
Free Format Theme: Picture/Photo(s)
First Place -- 21 Points
photograph album
no one left to tell
their stories
Carmel C. Lively
(1,6,6) = 21
Second Place -- 19 Points
four generations
of the same nose--
family pictures
DeVar
(2,4,5) = 19
Third Place -- 13 Points
the Japanese gardens -
friends taking pictures of
friends taking pictures
Brenda Roberts
(2,3,1) = 13
Fourth Place -- 12 Points
Album of pictures.
Sometimes I am older
than my father.
Sergio Francisco Pichorim
(1,3,3) = 12
Fifth Place -- 11 Points
attic trunk --
father's photograph
wears my face
Owen Burkhart
(0,3,5) = 11
Sixth Place -- 9 Points
class pictures…
touching the face
with crooked teeth
George Hawkins
(0,4,1) = 9
Seventh Place -- 7 Points
faded pictures
in an antique locket
a scent of violets
Allen McGill
(2,0,1) = 7
deep into autumn--
photographs of a life
torn to pieces
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,2,3) = 7
Christmas pictures
relatives I don't know
on the mantle
Cliff Roberts
(0,2,3) = 7
home alone
headlights illuminate
her photograph
Darrell Byrd
(0,1,5) = 7
her photograph
the rain
doesn't help
Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,2,3) = 7
passport photo
the inspector offers
"you've aged well"
roberta beary
(0,2,3) = 7
Eighth Place -- 6 Points
divorced
the outline left
by their picture
w.f. owen
(0,2,2) = 6
he calls me
by father's name--
yellowed pictures
David M. Faul
(0,1,4) = 6
"he loves me not" --
on a torn photograph
daisy petals
Laryalee Fraser
(0,1,4) = 6
old photograph--
just for a moment
outside the wallet
Orel
(0,1,4) = 6
photograph of you
sitting in my lap…
all I have left
Rose Marie Stutts
(0,2,2) = 6
Ninth Place -- 5 Points
old photographs --
the faces look
much thinner
Flatline
(0,1,3) = 5
guessing my sons' ages
from childhood photographs --
autumn evening
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,2,1) = 5
Tenth Place -- 4 Points
photograph-
her smile blossoms
one last time
James M. Thompson
(0,1,2) = 4
his aching fingers
clutching an old photograph
he misses her still
Harper Banion
(0,1,2) = 4
a dead friend
light reflects
on the photograph
Agnes Eva Savich
(0,2,0) = 4
puff of smoke --
grandpa's wedding picture
photographed in sepia
Robert Bauer
(0,1,2) = 4
burned house --
the old woman regrets mostly
the lost photographs
Tomislav Maretic
(0,0,4) = 4
Eleventh Place -- 3 Points
An Army photo
the only thing left
to remember dad.
Adnil
(0,1,1) = 3
eye level -
an old photograph
in a new frame
Audrey Downey
(0,1,1) = 3
another wall
of pictures and poems . . .
still about war
Carol Raisfeld
(0,1,1) = 3
last year's calendar
I cut out the pictures
for this year's
Kurumi
(0,1,1) = 3
her photograph
fading now and worn
and still the magic
Mary Lee McClure
(0,0,3) = 3
family gathering -
hiding the photograph
of the ex son-in-law
Carole
(0,0,3) = 3
picture museum --
strolling down the country road
into a landscape
Nancy Smith
(0,1,1) = 3
identified
without the guide-book picture --
blooming skunk cabbage
ushi
(1,0,0) = 3
gaze up on bookshelf
a photograph shifts toward me…
the dalai lama
art
(0,1,1) = 3
old photograph
half in the sand
a desert treasure
Don Baird
(0,1,1) = 3