Congratulations to Linda Chambers, the winner of our Kigo section, and to RaV(Flatline), the winner of our Free Format section!
January 2006 Results
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