Congratulations to Zhanna P. Rader, the winner of our Kigo section, and to Earl Keener, the winner of our Free Format section!
February 2005 Kukai Results
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