Cloud

cloud

- the 6th of six special kukai honoring Masaoka Shiki -

(7/23/01)

_________First Place__________

cloud cover

I lie in bed

another hour

Carolyn Hall

 

 

 ________Second Place________

billowing clouds

an ant climbs up

the elm

soji

 

 

 _________Third Place________

   

sone by one

each cable car

passes through cloud

sheila windsor

cloud shadow

a few cool seconds

on my barefeet

DeVar

foghorn

intermittently the moon

through the clouds

Gene Williamson

scattered clouds--

a shepherd gathers

his flock

ito

 

_________Below Third Place________

 

darkening clouds -

the scent of white lilacs

before rain

hortensia anderson

so still --

clouds float upside down

in the river

Helen Hall

 

pastel clouds

first hint of sunrise

joggers pause

James M. Thompson

 

walking on air

clouds of blossoms

beneath my feet

mary seabright

playground

rain clouds darken

the bench

Martin Gottlieb Cohen

last drops of rain

in the wooden tub

sun-split clouds

Carol Raisfeld

 

goodby

her glasses reflect

clouds

maryjane turner

 

where mountain and clouds

touch...only one

moves

gail

 

storm clouds

red

rolling dirt

Carol Sircoulomb

filling the space

between clouds

faraway sounds of a flute

-roberta beary

smooth water -

brown trout ripple

a bright cloud

Ben Miners

 

your face

in every cloud

 - dear john

doris kasson

 

childhood memories

playing in grandma’s attic

dust clouds in sunlight

Dana Florestano

 

cloud shapes

on the lung scan  again

this short autumn

Angelee

Sunday afternoon-

the barely perceptible drift

of clouds

Sue

behind clouds

the faint glow

of moonlight

Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)

 

Thunder clouds,

first blue irises seen

through slanting rain

Florence V.

 

winter clouds--

I peddle home faster

to beat the rain

Kathy Lippard Cobb

 

winter trees --

snow bank stitched

to cloud bank

Nancy Stewart Smith

country inn --

the shadows of clouds

will not stay

Laurene

lonely dawn

a vermilion bridge

over the clouds

Darrell Byrd

 

daddy and daughter

finding different animals

hiding in the clouds

Hazel

 

a white horse runs

with cloud shadows--

autumn morning

Earl Keener

 

the threat of

gathering clouds

game called

Janet Parker

a patch of blue

in a sky of clouds...

hope;

dogbacon

summer drought

a farmer stands

in the cloud burst

Carmel C. Lively

 

clouds of liquid rose

shimmering in the haze

flamingos... thousands!

~eos

 

Clouds-

Floating Sponges

Absorb the blue sky

ProtoRyu

 

he knows how

to handle that cloud

in my mind

pam

after the truck

a cloud of dusting powder

on each daisy

Lesley Dahl

low clouds

blurred around the edges

spring rain

(c) Rita Summers

 

twilight --

a far gold cloud

tarnishes into nothingness

John Sandbach

 

those clouds mean thunder!

back to the hive

you bees!

Edith Muta

mountain clouds

in silence

earth meets sky

mary duggan

red clouds

losing their color -

a crow screeches

max verhart

 

hunched heron

a guppy swims

into the cloud shadow

Johannes Manjrekar

 

the last trace of you

vanishes -

passing clouds

Rob Scott

 

look

and look again...

the cloud is the mountain !

Hugh Waterhouse

all clouds

with golden summits -

no silver lining tonight

Ghost Cat

bend--

clouds above

the lake

oga

one dark cloud

low above the clothesline

looking wet

peigi

over the cemetery

dark clouds

herald the storm

-- Aleron

I yearned to touch clouds-

they came to me

mist on the mountain

Rose Marie Stutts

windy afternoon

the fire cloud doubles in size

near Trapper's Peak

Edward

cumulus clouds

I wonder what

her thoughts are

Christopher Patchel

dry season

this cloud forest

covers the peak

kathi rudawsky

playing hide and seek -

a hawk circles

behind the clouds

Jaloe

thinking about her

sitting on a pink cloud

the love he'll marry

emile molhuysen

clouds of gnats

swarm above the street

ouch--

Patricia A. Laurent

Sunday brunch

red and white carnations -

clouds hover

Marylouise Knight

canopy of clouds

softly illuminated -

cool air of Christmas

Ted M. Zachwieja

cold day in July -

dotty sponges of light clouds

that laze overhead

art

The clouds so still

The windchimes

So noisy

Bob Parker