January 2003 Kukai
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 votes were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.
(214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
January 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Winter Rain
First Place - 27 points
winter rain
one flowered umbrella
at the funeral
Carol Raisfeld
(1.6.12 = 27)
Second Place - 16 points
fog swirls
through the boat yard -
winter rain
Darrell Byrd
(056 = 16)
Third Place - 11 points
deserted wharf
swept by winter rain--
the neon crab blinks
Ellen Compton
(302 = 11)
Fourth Place - 9 points
in winter rain
just the thought
of daffodils
Mary Lee McClure
(122 = 9)
a winter rain --
the fallen snowman
passes away
Peter H. Pache
(122 = 9)
Fifth Place - 8 points
Beethoven's Fifth–-
the winter rain reaches
a crescendo
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(113 = 8)
Sixth Place - 7 points
winter rain
the hum of power lines
across a northbound trail
gary
(023 = 7)
winter rain
a nose smudge
on the window
Marlene Egger
(112 = 7)
a pink slip
among the christmas cards
- winter rain
doris kasson
(104 = 7)
winter rain
gulls swim into
the hockey goal
Celia Crook
(031 = 7)
Seventh Place - 6 points
winter rain
dimples the snow
a yellow crocus
Allen McGill
(022 = 6)
winter rain sunday
my teenagers put on
fresh pajamas
-roberta beary
(103 = 6)
winter rain -
the fat snowman
- thinner
Angelee Deodhar
(103 = 6)
only sleet,hail,fog,
and snow so far.just one cure
for this winter, rain.
Donald Brooks
(111 = 6)
The snow is melted.
Water buds on rose petals.
Gifts of winter rain.
Rupert Rushin
(111 = 6)
Eighth Place - 5 points
winter rain
the cat watches snow slide
from bare branches
Kate Creighton
(021 = 5)
dating again--
winter rain freezes
on the highway
DeVar Dahl
(013 = 5)
winter rain
tastes of tears
as I walk alone- now
Rose Marie Stutts
(110 = 5)
winter rain --
a snowman
tips his hat
Betty Kaplan
(021 = 5)
winter rain --
the ice in my bourbon
slowly melts
hortensia anderson
(013 = 5)
winter rain
no one smiles
on the ski bus
Carmen Sterba
(005 - 5)
Ninth Place - 4 points
a wet dog whimpers
cold winter rain pours
the door remains closed
Carol Sircoulomb
(020 = 4)
winter rain
through the windshield wipers
brake lights
Linda P.
(012 = 4)
too old
for the menopause study -
winter rain
Joann
(004 = 4)
winter rain freezing
branches covered with ice
jingling in the wind
Jochen Hahn-Klimroth
(020 = 4)
dawn... puddle reflects
rolling clouds.Leaves drip water,
a soft winter rain.
Dillon Dyle
(101 = 4)
winter rain
the smell of canvas and smoke
inside our tent
OwenB
(012 = 4)
Tenth Place - 3 points
my old friend fades
her eyes drift sideways -
winter rain
Marylouise Knight
(003 = 3)
death of hope
no child conceived again . . .
winter rain
ron moss
(011 = 3)
too late
to stop foundation cracks
winter rain
Patricia A. Laurent
(003 = 3)
winter rain
the dragon headed downspout
spews gutter tea
Nancy Smith
(011 = 3)
the children asleep
she folds into me ...
winter rain
H. Gene Murtha
(003 = 3)
winter rain
the rehab center handrail
coated with ice
Earl Keener
(100 = 3)
winter rain
the sparkle of diamonds
in the ballroom
gillena cox
(011 = 3)
misty winter rain
the spider web catches
more and more droplets
Johannes Manjrekar
(003 = 3)
Free Format Theme: House (or Home)
First Place - 15 points
moving day
echoes in a house
no longer my home
Kate Creighton
(133 = 15)
Second Place - 11 points
open house
laughter spills out
on the porch
Carmen Sterba
(035 = 11)
Third Place - 10 points
the widow's house
window by window
lights go out
Carol Raisfeld
(034 = 10)
lakefront home
winter deer settle
on the lawn
Allen McGill
(034 = 10)
Fourth Place - 9 points
following
one house to another --
the waxing moon
Betty Kaplan
(130 = 9)
old family home
the jumble of footprints
this way and that
sheila Windsor
(025 = 9)
winter tea house ~
her smile warmer than
the sake
Darrell Byrd
(025 = 9)
homemade bread--
a pound of butter
softens by the stove
DeVar Dahl
(033 = 9)
Fifth Place - 8 points
row houses
one after another until
the yellow door
OwenB
(113 = 8)
evening snow
the dark shapes of people
on their way home
--Bruce Ross
(024 = 8)
housesitting
the cat and i
watch the canary
karina klesko
(024 = 8)
Sixth Place - 7 points
detention home
a girl plays hopscotch behind
the barbed wire fence
Angèle Lux
(015 = 7)
home alone
this habit of steeping
two cups of tea
Joann
(015 = 7)
Seventh Place - 6 points
good habits re-post
like a dependable fence.
my home is my heart
Donald Brooks
(111 = 6)
home alone
uncorking the wine
saved for company
-roberta beary
(022 = 6)
postcard home
the squashed sandfly
tells a story
Celia Crook
(022 = 6)
Young architect,
another window added
to the gingerbread house
Florence
(014 = 6)
empty house --
the walls colored by
memories
Peter H. Pache
(014 = 6)
on the way home -
wild honeysuckle curves
along the back road
hortensia anderson
(103 = 6)
Eighth Place - 5 points
after our breakup . . .
the path home blinking
with fireflies
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(005 = 5)
new house
after a few days
smells of home
Deborah Watson
(102 = 5)
my closet ...
the temporary home
for her kittens again
pam molhuysen
(013 = 5)
climbing past
the scents of soy, cabbage, and gefilte fish
- home at last
doris kasson
(021 = 5)
back at home
after the funeral
the clock´s tick
Dietmar Tauchner
(005 = 5)
Ninth Place - 4 points
home alone
the clock ticks
louder
gillena cox
(020 = 4)
heading home . . .
i tell him the glimmer
is the morning star
Ellen Compton
(012 = 4)
moonlight snow
my house
a fairy dream
Rose Marie
(101 = 4)
Chipmunk's abandoned
squirrel house has new residents,
It's now an ant farm
Dillon Dyle
(101 = 4)
Overgrown lawn.Bare
rooms.My house in darkness. Ma's
dead...blank mirrors
Rupert Rushin
(101 = 4)
Tenth Place - 3 points
snow-flurried dawn -
the house and the cypress
in each other's arms
Visnja
(100 = 3)
house for sale
by elderly couple
winter
Patricia A. Laurent
(003 = 3)
wisp of chimney smoke—
mountain home emerges from
its cocoon of snow
Linda P.
(011 = 3)