April 2004 Kukai

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