January 2006 Kukai

Kigo Theme: Midwinter

First Place -- 30 pts

midwinter

the wood pile

half gone

Linda Chambers

(3,6,12) = 30 pts

Second Place -- 24 pts

midwinter--

the empty bird nest

full of snow

Audrey Downey

(0,5,14) = 24 pts

Third Place -- 18 pts

midwinter--

undoing an old sweater

to knit a new one

max verhart

(2,3,6) = 18 pts

Fourth Place -- 15 pts

midwinter--

a glove in the middle

of the street

john tiong chunghoo

(0,3,9) = 15 pts

Fifth Place -- 14 pts

a shut-off notice

flaps in the wind--

midwinter

Andrew Riutta

(1,3,5) = 14 pts

midwinter--

long johns in the shape

of me

Irene Golas

(0,2,11) = 14 pts

Sixth Place -- 12 pts

just up to

the Buddha's third eye

midwinter snow

Bruce Ross

(1,3,3) = 12 pts

midwinter blues -

the dog offers me

its paw

Zhanna P. Rader

(1,2,5) = 12 pts

Seventh Place -- 11 pts

midwinter quilt

beneath the ancient patches

she sleeps alone.

Zaida Lysle

(1,2,4) = 11 pts

Eighth Place -- 10 pts

midwinter rain . . .

we've hit fifty miles

of silence

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(1,2,3) = 10 pts

midwinter--

seed catalogs swell

by the vaporizer

Nancy Smith

(0,3,4) = 10 pts

Ninth Place -- 9 pts

mid-winter . . .

a white hair

in my tea cup

robert wilson

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

midwinter

staying together

for the children

Bill Kenney

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

midwinter thaw

the ice-house sinks

into the lake

Carmel Lively Westerman

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

Tenth Place -- 8 pts

midwinter--

the hushed waterfall listens

to the moon

Earl Keener

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

midwinter wind--

for a moment, the pigeon

chases a cigarette butt

Tom

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

midwinter thaw. . .

all of the snow people

morphing

Francine Banwarth

(0,3,2) = 8 pts

midwinter thaw--

a groggy fly creeps

up the window

DeVar

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

Eleventh Place -- 7 pts

midwinter morning. . .

everybody

a stranger

Yajushi

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

midwinter blues

notes of a bassoon

on the night wind

lorin ford

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

Twelfth Place -- 6 pts

midwinter

the binding breaks

on my novel

Marie Summers

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

midwinter full moon

on the frozen river

another moon

Jean Jackson

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts

the warm mossy stone

in my heart

midwinter

helge t.

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

full wolf moon

tracking deer amid

the midwinter snow

Denise L.

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

midwinter

darkness presses in

at the quiet window

Agnes Eva Savich

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

midwinter rain--

poised to dash outdoors the cat

changes his mind

Paul O. Williams

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

midwinter--

one cloud bringing

rain and snow

-- oino sakai

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

midwinter night -

church bells echo on

the distant mountain

Narayanan Raghunathan

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

midwinter

dog and cat share

the sun-warmed couch

Joann

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

Fourteenth Place – 4 pts

hunched on the tree

one lone chickadee

midwinter

Teri

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Midwinter builders

Gathered for coffee

Talking frozen puffs

Linda Warner

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

midwinter dusk

a fireman faces

the flames

ed markowski

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

midwinter

the robin still

here

oga

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

midwinter fair

I smell the fresh cooking

of green tea

Kristjaan Panneman

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

midwinter--

the southbound lane

plowed

Dave Bacharach

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

midwinter--

homesick geese

eye the north star

Tristan Coleridge

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

midwinter

orange sunrise

before the rain

Deborah P Kolodji

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Midwinter--

Each pair of gloves with

A lost mate

Linda Marucci

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

midwinter

the bare spot

on the football field

w.f. owen

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts

midwinter blues--

window pane misty with the tea,

where are the flies?

D.V.Rozic

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

midwinter dawn ...

the garage door goes up

squeaking faintly

Origa

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

midwinter--

the leaves still hanging

from the trees

James M. Thompson

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

midwinter fish--

undisturbed

under the ice

John Healey

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

Texas midwinter--

two hundred acres burn

eighty-eight degrees

Brenda Roberts

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

midwinter

grey haired and the bald wait

in the cancer clinic

-- ushi

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

midwinter

her nose-ring glints

in the street light

ron moss

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

midwinter frost

my mother's needles

sharper

Petar Tchouhov

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

midwinter sun

two moose move across

the frozen lake

Meredith

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

A Sketch from Life

First Place -- 22 pts

cloudy night

I make a wish

anyway

RaV (Flatline)

(2,3,10) = 22 pts

Second Place -- 18 pts

doorbell

she opens

the window

Grainne

(2,1,10) = 18 pts

Third Place -- 15 pts

old calendar

my birthday marked

by my ex-wife

Petar Tchouhov

(1,2,8) == 15 pts

Fourth Place -- 14 pts

bank withdrawal --

an empty candy dish

on the counter

Dave Bacharach

(2,3,2) = 14 pts

city folks

the farmer gives directions

in the dirt

w.f. owen

(0,2,10) = 14 pts

Fifth Place -- 12 pts

day after day

using the same route

the beggar and I

Bill Hudson

(1,2,5) = 12 pts

winter night

the sound of the marsh

in the rain

martin

(0,3,6) = 12 pts

dark winter skies--

the bright "OPEN" sign

of a liquor store

Andrew Riutta

(1,1,7) = 12 pts

early sunset . . .

the old cottonwood

loud with birds

Ann K. Schwader

(0,3,6) = 12 pts

Sixth Place -- 11 pts

finally letting them go

the faded roses

from his coffin

Francine Banwarth

(2,3,2) = 11 pts

just as it is

but not as it was...

today's Fuji

Keiko Izawa

(0,4,3) = 11 pts

wiping dust

off my harp--

accidental sounds

Tom

(0,0,11) = 11 pts

Seventh Place -- 10 pts

a hole in the snow

swallows his

bark

Suzume Shi

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

frosty morning:

the round shapes of pigeons

on a wire

Irene Golas

(0,1,8) = 10 pts

Eighth Place -- 9 pts

crisp morning

the first crunch

of cinnamon toast

Laryalee Fraser

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

New Year's walk

a puppy wants to come home

with me

-- ushi

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

Ninth Place -- 8 pts

books of poetry

a black bowl filled

with olives

(Deborah P Kolodji

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

Tenth Place -- 7 pts

housecleaning

dust on the cabinets

soaps on TV

James M. Thompson

((0,1,5) = 7 pts

winter rain--

an ice storm

in chapter two

Ami

(0,0,7) = 7 pts

Eleventh Place -- 6 pts

toppled ant-farm

the remaining few

start over

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

80th birthday--

everybody helping granny

to put out the candles

D.V.Rozic

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

Twelfth Place -- 5 pts

tired and hungry--

the roundness

of the moon

Israel López Balan

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

newly married

she rolls her eyes--

another cowboy movie

Carmel Lively Westerman

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

paddy harvest

little birds hurry

to fallen grains

john tiong chunghoo

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

after christmas ...

a frost of white cat fur

on the red tree skirt

ChristineOC

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

biting air--

yesterday's fisherman

at his ice hole again

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

perfect snow...

slipping a bread bag into

the boot with the hole

Paul R

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

home from college--

scent of narcissus

in her bathroom

Bruce H. Feingold

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts

more snow coming

in the old woman's kneecaps

the dull aching.

Zaida Lysle

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

mackerel sky

raked wave patterns

in the sand trap

lorin ford

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

winter surf

when the shorebird turns

its shadow turns

Bruce Ross

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

empty cathedral--

faint echoes of

midwinter prayers

John Healey

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

rainy twilight--

three butterflies rest

on the white wall

Narayanan Raghunathan

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

bath time

the daddy rubber duck

has a bubble beard

Edward

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

Fourteenth Place -- 3 pts

After the wedding

the bride walking barefoot

through the snow

Vasile Moldovan

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

river breeze

children sing

from the bank

Darrell Lindsey

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

She glances with

Disdain

At the hand hugging lovers

Anton

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

winds of winter

clearing away

dead branches of life

shanna

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

cautiously driving

down white thatched frozen lane

moonscape unfolding

Barbara Curry

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

a winter sunbeam

falls onto the inn's wall

in the painting

Dubravko Marijanovic

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

slant window light

adding to the muscles

of the Rodin piece

Paul O. Williams

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

cold air--

puffing fog

with every breath

Audrey Downey

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

muffin crumbs--

pigeon shadow pecks

on my foot

Origa

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

prairie breeze--

the girl's ponytail

as she rides a horse

DeVar

(0,0,3) = 3 pts