February 2004 Kukai

Kigo Theme: Campfire

First Place -- 17 Points

campfire

brass rivets sparkle

in her jeans

Darrell Byrd

(1,4,6) = 17

campfire

the northern lights

shift above the forest

Ed Markowski

(1,4,6) = 17

deepening dusk - 

an owl adds its voice

to the campfire song

Zhanna P. Rader

(1,6,2) = 17

Second Place -- 16 Points

campfire

the occasional hiss

of snowflakes

soji

(1,3,7) = 16

Third Place -- 12 Points

clearing-

the campfire smokes

in the mist

martin

(2,1,4) = 12

Fourth Place -- 11 Points

campfire --

shadows of my friends

dancing on the snow

Tomislav Maretic

(1,2,4) = 11

family tradition

each fish gains a pound or two

around the campfire

Edward

(0,3,5) = 11

head and taillights--

the highway splits

a herd of deer

DeVar

(1,2,4) = 11

Fifth Place -- 10 Points

campfire

once upon

the stars

oga

(0,4,2) = 10

campfire shadows -

a spray of embers

in the rising moon

Carol Raisfeld

(0,3,4) = 10

Sixth Place -- 9 Points

around 

the roaring campfire

so little talk

Peter Brady

(0,3,3) = 9

breaking up - 

the last sputters

of our campfire

Aruna

(1,1,4) = 9

Seventh Place -- 8 Points

campfire across the lake:

the songs we used

to sing

Nancy Smith

(0,2,4) = 8

Eighth Place -- 7 Points

beyond the campfire

not flickering

the winter moon

Paul O. Williams

(0,2,3) = 7

campfire songs--

bits of your face

in the flames

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(1,1,2) = 7

shadows flicker

in the distant pines

campfire

Don Baird

(0,2,3) = 7

Ninth Place -- 6 Points

no more marshmallows:

the stick goes into 

the campfire

oino sakai

(0,2,2) = 6

Tenth Place -- 5 Points

a new log

tossed on the campfire

eruption of sparks

Allen McGill

(0,0,5) = 5

flames of a campfire

in the eyes of a coyote

searching for some food

Cornelia

(1,0,2) = 5

the campfire darkens

the brook

babbles on

aom

(0,1,3) = 5

all winter long

his sleeping bag smells

like campfire.

Zaida Lysle

(0,1,3) = 5

each spark

a distant campfire

winter stars

Ann K. Schwader

(0,2,1) = 5

Eleventh Place -- 4 Points

campfire

a woman passerby talks about

her first love

john tiong chunghoo

(0,2,0) = 4

skating party

toasting marshmallows

by the campfire

Patricia A. Laurent

(0,1,2) = 4

Cast iron pot

cobbler simmers

in the campfire

Linda Warner

(0,0,4) = 4

campfire sing-along

the circle is broken 

by sparks and smoke

Carmel C. Lively

(0,1,2) = 4

just you and I

sitting around the campfire--

adding another flame

Toshiro Takeshita

(0,1,2) = 4

Twelfth Place -- 3 Points

Candlemas campfires

showing the far away sun

the way back

Helen Ruggieri

(1,0,0) = 3

far from home

a chance encounter

round the campfire

celia crook

(0,1,1) = 3

summers end-

teary-eye goodbye

around campfire

tina Stanton

(0,1,1) = 3

rain at dawn -- 

the campfire sighs

so does she

Flatline

(0,1,1) = 3

rainstorm 

the campfire's smoke

invades our tent

Owen Burkhart

(0,1,1) = 3

gasoline can

to start the campfire

"daddy's hair's on fire!"

ushi

(0,1,1) = 3

campfire sparks

competing with

the fireflies

Ruzica Matuka

(0,1,1) = 3

campfire intimacy

a spray of sparks

from dying embers

Deborah P Kolodji

(0,1,1) = 3

lake's edge--

ice chunks float

in the campfire

bmm

(0,1,1) = 3

Free Format Theme: Headlights

First Place -- 29 Points

sleepless night --

counting the headlights

on the wall

Flatline

(1,9,8) = 29

Second Place -- 15 Points

family reunion

playing basketball

by headlights

Michael Baribeau

(1,3,6) = 15

Third Place -- 13 Points

homecoming

the play of his headlights 

on the ceiling

Aruna

(1,4,2) = 13

fog on the bridge--

a flicker of headlights

from the other side

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(0,5,3) = 13

Fourth Place -- 12 Points

after the journey

the sight of my own home

in the headlights

Glen Keener

(1,2,5) = 12

Fifth Place -- 10 Points

headlights

on a lonely road

broken white lines

Allen McGill

(0,3,4) = 10

Sixth Place -- 9 Points

deep winter

in the headlights' beam

a pale moon

Ed Markowski

(0,4,1) = 9

Seventh Place -- 8 Points

headlights

the innocent stare

of a child

Audrey Downey

(0,3,2) = 8

homeward bound

headlights and horns

team victory

Carmel C. Lively

(0,3,2) = 8

Eighth Place -- 7 Points

headlights

on the road

uphill

oga

(0,1,5) = 7

snow dust

in a doe's eyes

my headlights

Darrell Byrd

(1,1,2) = 7

headlights -- 

a cat's eyes hopping

by the road

Tomislav Maretic

(0,3,1) = 7

late again - 

the anxious wait

for headlights in the drive

soji

(0,2,3) = 7

Ninth Place -- 6 Points

glowing eyes

caught in the headlights

then gone

James M. Thompson

(0,1,4) = 6

passing headlights

scan empty cars

down lovers lane

peigi

(0,2,2) = 6

fading moonlight-

suddenly

a moose in the headlights

tina Stanton

(1,0,3) = 6

morning

headlights bright

with snow

martin

(0,3,0) = 6

sudden silence

a pair of headlights

pierce the fog

Tore Sverredal

(1,1,1) = 6

Tenth Place -- 5 Points

in the headlights

the startled eyes

of a doe

Janet Parker

(1,0,2) = 5

skyward leap--

a rabbit caught

between headlights

George Hawkins

(0,2,1) = 5

a horse drawn wagon

complete with headlights--

Amish Country

Toshiro Takeshita

(0,1,3) = 5

Eleventh Place -- 4 Points

lonely headlights

pushing apart the raindrops

down an empty road

Boris Nazansky

(1,0,1) = 4

sighs of relief

visible between spectators

ambulance headlights

Kylie Hooklyn

(0,1,2) = 4

lovers in the park -- 

a car's 

intruding headlights

Zvonko Petrovic

(0,1,2) = 4

headlights -- 

the cat's eyes rushing

and dying

Ruzica Mokos

(0,1,2) = 4

wrong exit

our headlight's find

a burma-shave sign

Owen Burkhart

(1,0,1) = 4

Twelfth Place -- 3 Points

starless night - 

my headlights skim the grasses

and the black beyond

Norman Darlington

(0,1,1) = 3

shivers of sadness

the cortege headlights

veiled in mist

Carol Raisfeld

(1,0,0) = 3

motorway bridge

ribbons of white headlights

dotted with red

celia crook

(0,0,3) = 3

the car headlights

fall on a dead tree,

its ghostly shape

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,1,1) = 3

head and taillights--

the highway splits

a herd of deer

DeVar

(0,1,1) = 3

beetle mania

painting thick black eyebrows

over the headlights

ushi

(0,1,1) = 3

icy street:

shattered glasses

and headlights

oino sakai

(0,1,1) = 3

leaping

the cast of headlights

a deer

Don Baird

(0,0,3) = 3