February 2005 Kukai

Kigo Theme: Winter Dusk

First Place -- 46 Points

winter dusk - 

silently a snow owl

changes trees

Zhanna P. Rader

(5,8,15) = 46

Second Place -- 15 Points

winter dusk

into each furrow

a darker crow

Ian Daw

(1,1,10) = 15

Third Place -- 14 Points

the widow's gate

clangs into the latch--

winter dusk

Beverley George

(1,1,9) = 14

Fourth Place -- 12 Points

winter dusk

two passengers talking

about flowers

Israel López Balan

(1,2,5) = 12

winter dusk--

tattered and bent grass

sweeps the snow

bmm

(1,2,5) = 12

winter dusk -- 

fingering the worn edges

of her wedding ring

Laryalee Fraser

(2,1,4) = 12

winter dusk -- 

snowflakes around

every lamp

Ita

(0,2,8) = 12

Fifth Place -- 11 Points

winter dusk

the busker's guitar

is out of tune

Flatline

(0,2,7) = 11

winter dusk

the lingering call

of a turtle dove

Johnye Strickland

(1,2,4) = 11

Sixth Place -- 10 Points

winter dusk- 

snow drifts losing

their whiteness

Barbara B. Campitelli

(2,1,2) = 10

Seventh Place -- 9 Points

The stray cat

in my house for the night.

Winter dusk.

Linda Warner

(0,1,7) = 9

winter dusk

a mouse scurries

from the hearth

Darrell Byrd

(1,1,4) = 9

Eighth Place -- 8 Points

winter dusk

my frozen breath dissolves

in moonlight

Amy Ludlow

(0,1,6) = 8

winter dusk -- 

a lost puppy follows me

up to my house

Tomislav Maretic

(0,1,6) = 8

winter dusk--

the remains of your life

in a cardboard box

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(0,2,4) = 8

Ninth Place -- 7 Points

winter dusk

anticipating 

your passion

Clive Oseman

(1,0,4) = 7

a broken ink pen

among the laundered shirts--

winter dusk

Marie Summers

(0,2,3) = 7

penguin walk

in a world of black and white

winter dusk

Carmel C. Lively

(1,2,0) = 7

winter dusk

silver birch trunks

fading into mist

Sue Stanford

(0,0,7) = 7

winter dusk

golden mirrors

turn to windows

J Blain

(1,1,2) = 7

winter dusk--

the dog turns

for home

aom (tim)

(0,1,5) = 7

winter dusk

the willow in my backyard

silent as ever

Fred

(0,1,5) = 7

Tenth Place -- 6 Points

goldfinches squabble

over the day's last seeds

winter dusk

David C. Kopaska-Merkel

(0,2,2) = 6

winter dusk

finding his shoes

still under the bed

paula fisher

(1,1,1) = 6

winter dusk

a solitary bird's chirp

deepens my loneliness

john tiong chunghoo

(0,1,4) = 6

silhouette of 

a lone pine

winter dusk

Meredith

(1,0,3) = 6

Eleventh Place -- 5 Points

winter dusk - 

a foal shivers

the lamplight

ron moss

(0,1,3) = 5

winter dusk

streetlights on

all day

ushi

(0,1,3) = 5

my writing hand

in her lap

winter dusk

Paul Pfleuger, Jr.

(0,1,3) = 5

i go to bed

with unfinished homework--

winter dusk

DeVar

(0,1,3) = 5

winter dusk-

he sparks a fire

in her eyes

Paul R

(1,0,2) = 5

Twelfth Place -- 4 Points

at the small lake

two coots and I--

winter dusk

Paul O. Williams

(0,0,4) = 4

conference call --

sunlight turns

to winter dusk

roberta beary

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk -- 

plum wine served in a teacup

adorned with iris

~Zoned Cat

(0,2,0) = 4

winter dusk--

stars open

their eyes

Tristan Coleridge

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk

a silhouette on the ice

lands a sparkling fish

Earl Keener

(0,0,4) = 4

naked pear trees--

his hammock fades

into winter dusk

Nancy Smith

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk

whiteness beneath streetlamps

blossoming

Boris Nazansky

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk

at the bus stop

strangers huddle

bre ;^)

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk--

dog-eared pages

in the sears catalog

jt

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk -

the old dog roused

by coyote song

Carole MacRury

(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk

a snow goose hooks its neck

around the moon

Dejah Thoris Leger

(0,0,4) = 4

winter dusk

this old man worries

about the coming night

Gary R. Ford

(0,1,2) = 4

Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points

just over there - 

chimney smoke curls

into winter dusk

sheila

(1,0,0) = 3

winter dusk

snowflakes and stars

dance with the moon

Terry Ingram

(0,1,1) = 3

winter dusk-- 

cold shadows grow

colder yet

Mary Lee McClure

(0,1,1) = 3

winter dusk

gray stubble sticks

as the sink drains

Mark Hollingsworth

(0,0,3) = 3

winter dusk

settles through the pine --

first stars

Ann K. Schwader

(0,0,3) = 3

winter dusk

gently it covers

the white hyacinth

pamela molhuysen

(0,1,1) = 3

winter dusk

in this semi-darkness

chattering birds

Janet Parker

(1,0,0) = 3

winter dusk

old lady on the bench

lost in her mind

Patricia A. Laurent

(0,0,3) = 3

the old cat shivers

outside my kitchen window

winter dusk

raven

(0,1,1) = 3

Free Format Theme: Sickness

First Place -- 28 Points

homesick--

only the moon

looks familiar

Earl Keener

(1,8,9) = 28

Second Place -- 26 Points

sick-room window

slowly a butterfly

opens its wings

sheila windsor

(1,5,13) = 26

Third Place -- 16 Points

morning sickness -- 

he blames the red wine

she didn't drink

ushi

(1,5,3) = 16

new fishing rod -- 

borrowing an old line

he phones in sick

Laryalee Fraser

(0,6,4) = 16

Fourth Place -- 14 Points

hospital window-

a sick child watches raindrops

splash in a puddle

Tomislav Maretic

(1,3,5) = 14

homesick--

a plastic bag caught

in a bare tree

DeVar

(0,3,8) = 14

Fifth Place -- 13 Points

cusp of moon - 

a frail hand

into mine

ron moss

(2,3,1) = 13

sick day

the way clouds form and fade

fade and form

Mark Hollingsworth

(1,1,8) = 13

calling in sick-

not a thing

to wear

Kate

(1,2,6) = 13

Sixth Place -- 12 Points

white drift

of bedside tissues

cold front

Ann K. Schwader

(0,3,6) = 12

hospice garden--

the feral kitten

chases its shadow

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(0,3,6) = 12

Seventh Place -- 11 Points

sick bed

the pile of new comic books

grows larger each day

Edward

(0,1,9) = 11

Eighth Place -- 10 Points

sick and alone

even the night sky

with no stars

Israel López Balan

(1,1,5) = 10

morning sickness--

she adds ice cream and peas

to the grocery list

aom (tim)

(1,1,5) = 10

the constant drip

of a hotel faucet

...homesick

Paul R

(1,0,7) = 10

Ninth Place -- 9 Points

home sick

a red robin bathes

in the snowmelt

J Blain

(1,0,6) = 9

Tenth Place -- 8 Points

a fourth doctor enters

her sick room...

the snow begins in earnest

Ed Markowski

(0,3,2) = 8

very ill-

my conversation with

daffodils

Jason Sanford Brown

(0,3,2) = 8

sick with flu:

a friend leaves lemon bread

at the door

Irene Golas

(0,0,8) = 8

sick with a cold

the dog still needs

to be walked

Janet Parker

(0,2,4) = 8

Eleventh Place -- 7 Points

frozen puddle

the surgeon's smiley

on the plaster

Flatline

(0,1,5) = 7

sick and tired

of eating chicken soup--

another cold!

lucindab

(1,0,4) = 7

Twelfth Place -- 5 Points

$ickne$$

drug companie$

cold ca$h

Linda Warner

(0,1,3) = 5

sick for home

the distant highway sound

blends with the rain

bmm

(0,0,5) = 5

bedridden . . . 

they tell her the iris

are profuse this year

Carole MacRury

(0,2,1) = 5

day's end

again she forgets

me, herself

Johnye Strickland

(0,1,3) = 5

Thirteenth Place -- 4 Points

winter quiet - 

she whispers with lozenges

in both cheeks

Audrey Downey

(0,0,4) = 4

sick day

the bold and the beautiful

still young and restless

Kylie Hooklyn

(0,1,2) = 4

One sick crow

staggers up the street - 

car lights dip.

Trevor Camp

(0,1,2) = 4

sick as a dog writing poems

Paul Pfleuger, Jr.

(0,1,2) = 4

Fourteenth Place -- 3 Points

the acacia

bursting with yellow blooms

sick of winter cold

Paul O. Williams

(1,0,0) = 3

morning sickness

night dreams linger

in daylight

Terry Ingram

(0,1,1) = 3

we recite

"in sickness and in health..."

scent of flowers

Agnes Eva Savich

(0,0,3) = 3

my sick father

a week before his death

leftover birthday cake

Origa

(0,1,1) = 3

pearly dawn--

the baby imitates

her doctor's yawn

jt

(0,0,3) = 3

morning sickness

a rainbow appears

after the rain

Patricia A. Laurent

(0,0,3) = 3

the sick child

stares through glassy eyes

the doctor listens

raven

(0,0,3) = 3

grandmother wipes

the nose of her sick grandchild

with a napkin

Cornelia

(0,1,1) = 3