February 2003 Kukai

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)