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 points were cast for this poem by the other participating poets. (2,1,4 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
February 2004 Kukai Results | Kigo Theme: Campfire | Free Format Theme: Headlights | 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 | 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 |
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