April 2006 Kukai

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