In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point votes were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.
(214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
February 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Hummingbird
First place - 15 points
red hibiscus
a hummingbird in place
above her ear
Darrell Byrd
(047 = 15)
hummingbirds--
the smell of pine
from the mountains
DeVar Dahl
(152 = 15)
Second place - 12 points
row of coral bells
a hummingbird
rings each one
OwenB
(125 = 12)
carpenter's square -
a hummingbird inspects
the window
Earl Keener
(036 = 12)
Third place - 11 points
lalique hummingbird--
a thousand pieces
of scattered sun
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(035 = 11)
sudden movement
in the honeysuckle . . .
a hummingbird
Joe Kirschner
(132 = 11)
Fourth place - 10 points
making tea -
the china hummingbird
gets steamed
Carol Raisfeld
(042 = 10)
Fifth place - 9 points
iridescence~
the hummingbird pauses
on a branch tip
Allen McGill
(017 = 9)
cupped leaf
a ruby-throated hummingbird
takes a bath
Angèle Lux
(017 = 9)
Sixth place - 8 points
hovering hummingbird ...
sleeping bloodhound
flicks an ear
Donald McLeod
(113 = 8)
spring debutantes
approach the open bar:
hummingbird feeder
Heather Anderson
(040 = 8)
Seventh place - 7 points
the stripper's red bra
seduces two male hummingbirds
laundry day
Edward
(201 = 7)
Eighth place - 4 points
hummingbird--
the shadows of trees move
away from the sun
Martin Gottlieb Cohen
(004 = 4)
pruning eucalypts--
tree surgeons face to face with
wrathful hummingbirds
Linda Papanicolaou
(012 = 4)
cup of tea
and hummingbird cake
morning break
Patricia A. Laurent
(020 = 4)
in this white world
dreaming of
a hummingbird
Edith Muta
(020 = 4)
Ninth place - 3 points
north wind
hummingbird rests
on my finger
Meryl Duprey
(011 = 3)
whistling dive -
two white eggs
in the hummingbird's nest
doris Kasson
(011 = 3)
fresh leafs clicking on —
hummingbirds’ massed Sunday brunch
among peach blossoms
art
(011 = 3)
Free Format Theme: Shadow
First Place - 16 points
sunday morning
in the steeple's shadow
virgin snow
Carol Raisfeld
(323 = 16)
Second Place - 15 points
campfire shadows--
pine smoke flavors
the pork and beans
DeVar
(144 = 15)
Third Place - 14 points
in my shadow
I see more deeply
into the water
Nancy Smith
(038 = 14)
Fourth Place - 12 points
fall afternoon --
a bird's shadow perches
on the pumpkin
Peter H. Pache
(044 = 12)
Fifth Place - 11 points
beneath
the lily pads
shadows with eyes
OwenB
(043 = 11)
Sixth Place - 9 points
hands spreading
laughter in the children's ward
shadows on the wall
doris Kasson
(025 = 9)
Seventh Place - 8 points
the old reading lamp
remembering mom from
the shadow of her chair
mike farley
(024 = 8)
Eight Place - 7 points
sunset...
a hummingbird flits
through shadows
Martin Gottlieb Cohen
(104 = 7)
shadows lengthen
amid lingering heat
Gershwin’s blues
Joe Kirschner
(104 = 7)
Ninth Place - 6 points
Jogging in moonlight
along the river bank
my shadow and I
Tom
(022 = 6)
mounded snow~
deep blue shadows
behind the barn
Allen McGill
(022 = 6)
hoarfrost
in the morning shadows
fingers of sun
Linda P.
(022 = 6)
Tenth Place - 5 points
Olympic trials
the aging long jumper
lands on his shadow
Donald McLeod
(005 = 5)
Fresh autumn morning.
Two stilted shadows moving
towards our car.
Horst Ludwig
(013 = 5)
no moon tonight
the starlight alone making
shadows of trees
Ruzica Mokos
(102 = 5)
silent treatment--
amethyst shadows drift
across the snow
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(021 = 5)
lengthening shadows
a teen-ager gazes
at his old swing set
soji
(013 = 5)
July heat wave
thirsty cows crowd into
the silo's shadow
Edward
(021 = 5)
Eleventh Place - 4 points
in the children's room
animal shadows running
as a car passes
emile molhuysen
(101 = 4) evening twilight -
my shadow walks ahead
and disappears
Jochen Hahn-Klimroth
(012 = 4)
In the sunrise
the first faint shadows
on the path
Gerd Börner
(012 = 4)
Twelfth Place - 3 points
Early dusk
shadow fills every track
in the deep snow
Florence
(011 = 3) parting embrace
a moonlight shadow marks
the sundial
Darrell Byrd
(003 = 3)
bus stop--
an exhausted shadow skulks
over the snow
Earl Keener
(003 = 3)
on the sidewalk
my shadow ahead of me –
a bitter wind
Marylouise Knight
(011 = 3)
weekend gingko
my shadow and I resting
next to a pond
Hazel
(011 = 3)
French kiss
in the English garden
only one shadow
Angèle Lux
(003 = 3)