Congratulations to Bill Kenney, the winner of our Kigo section, and to Laryalee Fraser, the winner of our Free Format section!
April 2006 Results
Kigo Theme: Wildflowers
First Place -- 22 pts
February wind
wanting to believe
the crocus
Bill Kenney
(2,5,6) = 22 pts
Second Place -- 17 pts
goat path
the wild violets nibbled
by shadows
Darrell Lindsey
(1,3,8) = 17 pts
Third Place -- 15 pts
daylight savings
poppies still open
after supper
Mark Hollingsworth
(1,3,6) = 15 pts
urban jungle. . .
wildflowers thrive
among the graffiti
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,3,6) = 15 pts
marsh marigolds--
a turtle going
somewhere
Ami
(1,2,8) = 15 pts
bordering
the road not taken
wildflowers
Tom Painting
(1,1,10) = 15 pts
Fourth Place -- 14 pts
two dragonflies
tango
on a wildflower
Simply Maire
(0,5,4) = 14 pts
Fifth Place -- 13 pts
lonely stroll
forget-me-nots
the color of her eyes
RaV
(0,1,11) = 13 pts
wild flax—
a minute of blue sky
on a cloudy day
DeVar
(1,2,6) = 13 pts
Sixth Place -- 12 pts
broken curfew
she brings home
a wild rose
Dave Bacharach
(1,0,9) = 12 pts
deep woods--
lady slippers just
quietly there
Mary Lee McClure
(1,0,9) = 12 pts
tugging my hand
she leads me to a wildflower
we've just passed
Beverley George
(0,1,10) = 12 pts
Seventh Place -- 11 pts
here and there
pink ladies gossip
in the tall grass
Melanie Alberts
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
campaign promises...
a wild rose wilts
on the candidate's lapel
ed markowski
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
Eighth Place -- 10 pts
for your fragrance,
I gladly bend low,
wild violet!
Tom
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
college expansion—
yellow lady slippers
yellow bulldozers
Elizabeth Fanto
(0,3,4) = 10 pts
Ninth Place -- 9 pts
lily-of-the-valley:
a scent so much bigger
than the tiny bells
Agnes Eva Savich
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
moon viewing
the wild iris
luminous
Margarita Engle
(1,2,2) = 9 pts
wild daisies -
the abandoned cabin
well protected
Audrey Downey
(1,3,0) = 9 pts
someone starts to whistle
and stops
sidewalk violets
David Boyer
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
Tenth Place -- 8 pts
the weight
of one footstep...
avalanche lilies
Laryalee Fraser
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
wild orchids --
his faltering hand
on her grave
Jacqueline Powers
(0,0,8) = 8 pts
wildflower painting . . .
I can almost feel
the wind
Marie Summers
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
scattered stones -
a couple of snowdrops
nodding to the moon
Ellen Compton
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
Eleventh Place -- 7 pts
courthouse--
she fidgets
with the fireweed bouquet
aom (tim)
(1,2,0) = 7 pts
red clover-
black bears
loll in the hum
Rap
(1,0,4) = 7 pts
dandelions—
calico kittens stalk
honeybees
Edward
0,2,3) = 7 pts
evening warmth. . .
in his hands
a cluster of wild lilies
Kala Ramesh
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
Twelfth Place -- 6 pts
village road
in the cloud of dust
fragrance of wildflowers
Zeljka Vucinic-Jambresic
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
funeral procession --
waving at the roadside
poppies
max verhart
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
wildflowers!
I follow her bark into
a field of butterflies
angelee deodhar
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
solemn burial
by the forget-me-nots
baby sparrow
-- ushi
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
dandelions—
the scent
of new asphalt
Andrew Riutta
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
bus departure -
a field of waving
wildflowers
Israel López Balan
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts
wildflowers dance
whirling up the mountainside
into morning sun
po sey toon
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
is there a heaven?
from the hospice window
wild forget-me-knots
Nancy Smith
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
making a wish
on the buttercup --
yellow chin
Betty Kaplan
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
morning glories
synchronizing
all the clocks
Laura Orabone
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
wrong side of town-
cracked sidewalks overgrown
with dandelions
William A. Lane
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts
wildflowers
crushed in a tiny fist --
his smile eclipses their brilliance
--- Aalix Roake
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
Hepatica closes
its petals for the night –
my baby, his eyes
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
blind date
I pick
wildflowers
Amitava Dasgupta
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
mountain top wedding
the bride wears
a crown of daisies
Richmond Williams
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
by the road
bluebonnet clusters --
one white cross
James M. Thompson
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
poor but proud,
wildflowers adorn
her Easter bonnet
Tristan Coleridge
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
morning commute
red clover in bloom
slows me down
Jennifer Soule
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
thunderstorm--
all the goldenrod
flattened by hail
-- oino sakai
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts
Snakeroot
nodding along the trail
yes, yes
Paul Hunter
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
creeping around
the garden gate
- wildflowers
doris kasson
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
bleeding heart
arrives by
overnight express
Suzume Shi
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
April,
Wild thyme
in the Zen garden
smzang
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
wild rose...
a petal comes loose,
lifts in the breeze
Vaughn Seward
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
wild violets
so quiet
when I bend over them
Petar Tchouhov
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Free Format Theme:
Rock or Stone
First Place -- 26 pts
midnight moon
the coldness
of a stone bench
Laryalee Fraser
(0,5,16) = 26 pts
Second Place -- 22 pts
home...
I forget the pebble
in my shoe
citygirl
(0,7,8) = 22 pts
Third Place -- 21 pts
not noticing
the tiny flowers on the rock
until the butterfly
Tom
(0,5,11) = 21 pts
Fourth Place -- 19 pts
skipping stones
I learn the meaning
of release
Tom Painting
(0,5,9) = 19 pts
Fifth Place -- 14 pts
at the foot
of the climbing-rock
- mom
doris kasson
(1,3,5) = 14 pts
teenage daughter
the smooth surface
of a worry stone
Dave Bacharach
(1,2,7) = 14 pts
the baby
mother never talks about...
moss-covered rock
--Irene Golas
(0,3,8) = 14 pts
bonsai forest
the suiseki stone mountain
four inches tall
Margarita Engle
(0,3,8) = 14 pts
Sixth Place -- 13 pts
father's funeral
sound of gravel
louder with every step
Gabriel Sawicki
(1,1,8) = 13 pts
prairie road
my pocket chinks
with agates
-- ushi
(0,4,5) = 13 pts
spring thaw
the rock garden
first to bloom
Paul R
(0,3,7) = 13 pts
narrow canyon...
a child drops a pebble
into the depths
Vaughn Seward
(0,2,9) = 13 pts
Seventh Place -- 11 pts
still water -
no flat stone
to be found
Audrey Downey
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
Eighth Place -- 9 pts
fog and stone . . .
I release your ashes
to the tide
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
Ninth Place -- 8 pts
unmoved--
those silent
lichened rocks
Mary Lee McClure
(0,1,6) = 8 pts
skipping stones:
I get a kiss
for each splash
-- lucindab
(0,1,6) = 8 pts
mayflowers
a child fills her basket
from the headstones
Ellen Compton
(2,0,2) = 8 pts
July heat
goats among the stones
graze the crickets' song
Boris Nazansky
(1,2,1) = 8 pts
impending rain
the crack and scent
of two flint stones
Agnes Eva Savich
(1,0,5) = 8 pts
a boulder
totally immersed
in memory
max verhart
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
spring beach...
a baby crab climbs
its first rock
Keiko Izawa
(0,0,8) = 8 pts
Tenth Place -- 7 pts
Standing fast
in the sunlight
stone Buddha
Vasile Moldovan
(0,0,7) = 7 pts
third world mother –
among her prayer beads
a tiger’s eye
Nancy Smith
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
sun-warmed stones . . .
two dragonflies mate
above the current
Marie Summers
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
a dragonfly
the trickle of water
at the gravel spring
John Daleiden
(1,1,2) = 7 pts
Eleventh Place -- 6 pts
Marble headstones
I finally found the one
with my dad's name
Linda Warner
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
season to season
river stones, older than
our time together
Carol Raisfeld
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
preschool recess
disputed ownership
of a smooth rock
Carmel Lively Westerman
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
geology museum--
students race
to purchase rock candy
aom (tim)
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
lakeside resort
grandpa pays a penny
for every agate
Edward
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
mossy rocks --
shadow of the dying maple
still green
--baldhead
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
Twelfth Place -- 5 pts
black tide smell
out amongst the rocks
an empty moon
paula fisher
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
bird watching
the flight path
of a pebble
ernest j berry, picton, nz
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
barefoot laughter
a fast jig
over river stones
Darrell Lindsey
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
Rising sun
warms this old rock
...again
Paul Hodder
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
black ant
mistakes a rock
for a mountain
Paul Hunter
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
gathering peace
by the koi pond
watching rocks grow
Rose Marie Stutts
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts
steady sound
of a backhoe bit
blue rock blues
shanna
1,0,1) = 4 pts
an autumn trip
rocky mountain between us
and the setting Sun
D.V.Rozic
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
spring rain
river and rip-rap
one color
Bill Kenney
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
a chameleon
on the rocks beside us
when we awaken
Devika
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 3 pts
after rain
in the stone’s heart
a piece of sky
Laura Orabone
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
heavy spring rain
all the river rocks
shining
Bruce Ross
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
old rock
old monk meditates
-spring dusk
Amitava Dasgupta
(0,0,3) 3 pts
collecting rocks -
the full moon
floats in the sky
CaMILA
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
one last voice
from the carved granite --
white lily
James M. Thompson
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
meandering
among the Inca stones
baby llama and mother
Janet Brof
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
rockslide
flecks of mica everywhere
the morning sun
Mark Hollingsworth
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
colored stones --
the gold fish swim
'round and 'round
Betty Kaplan
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
road cut --
a pine grows through
layered oceans
Ann K. Schwader
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
children hurl stones
men in armored tanks
lay flat their homes
Elaine Mokhtefi
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
spring phenomena
the cultivated field
still yields new rocks
Elizabeth Fanto
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
steep trail –
our grumbles stop when we see
a tree growing out of a rock
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
flint chips of old ones
a bear breathes inside the rock
kokoppelli's flute...
Art
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
shift from hell...
wondering if this job is
the rock or hard place
Hazel
(0,1,1) = 3 pts