January 2015 Kukai

Kigo Theme:

NEW YEAR VISITORS 

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First Place -  30 Points

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New Year morn...

on the beggar's rags

a new flea

Vinay Leo R.

(1,5,17) = 30 pts

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Second Place -   28 Points

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New Year visit

a gathering of shoes

at the doorstep

Billy Antonio

Laoac, Philippines

(1,6,13) = 28 pts

**A lovely picture, and the imagination can provide the story.

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Third Place -   22 Points

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New Year sunrise

the cheese is gone

from the mouse trap

Harvey Jenkins

(1,6,7) = 22 pts

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 17 Points

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first visitors

around her gravestone

snow angels

cfc

(2,3,5) = 17 pts

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16  Points

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New Year's open house

coming in with the cold

the warmth of friends

Adelaide B. Shaw

(1,2,9) = 16 pts

New Year visitor

an insect rides in

on the firewood

Tom Painting

(0,3,10) = 16 pts

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 13 Points

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the first visitor

for the New Year –

a crow

Tomislav

(0,5,3) = 13 pts

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 12 Points

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New Year visit -

one more stray dog

around the homeless' plate

Lavana kray

Romania

(1,3,3) = 12 pts

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11  Points

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first day sunrise

waiting on my porch

the neighbor's cat

April Serock

(0,1,9) = 11 pts

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 10 Points

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New Year night...alone

waiting for the shooting star

to make same old wish

Natalia Kuznetsova

Russia

(1,3,1) = 10 pts

New Year’s Day--

another room emptied

at the nursing home

Carole MacRury

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

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 9 Points

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in the bare tree

New Year Visitor

who who who

Bernard Gieske

(1,2,2) = 9 pts

new year's evening

more and more footsteps

through my neighbour's gate

Irena Szewczyk

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

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 8 Points

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a knock at the door --

these old bones that just won't

go

Angie Werren

Amelia, Ohio

USA

(1,2,1) = 8 pts

New Year’s Day

our first visitor

in the mousetrap

Ann K. Schwader

(0,0,8) = 8 pts

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 7 Points

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new year visitors

all night

passing my gate

John McDonald

Edinburgh Scotland

(1,1,2) = 7 pts

First customer at the Dollar Store:

his bright voice asking

if they sell engagement rings

Sheila K. Barksdale

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

New Year visitors -

a snow man smiles in the front

of the grandpa's house

Cristina Oprea

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

new year ―

a house fly beneath

the cat's paw

Roberta Beary

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

fresh fox prints

surround the bird feeder...

New Year visitors

Elinor PIhl Huggett

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

with no other proof

of her visit

angel wings in new year snow

Michele L. Harvey

New York, USA

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

New Year's Day —

adding another notch

in my old belt

Carl Seguiban

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

New Year's fireworks

somebody else's cat

in my shed

Paul Hodder

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

first freeze -

the furnace repairman

brings his boss

Laurene

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

**A fine haiku -- and immediate sympathy for the situation!

chickadees

on the cardinal's bough...

New Year's Day

S.E. Buffington

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

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 6 Points

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New Year's visitors:

chronic illness, solitude

tea-kettle's whistle

Sandra Friedlander

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

new year-

the sea takes off

its nakedness

Rita Odeh

Haifa. Israel

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

New Year visitors –

among the blacksmith's sparks

fleeing moths

Svend A. Doggfall

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

grandson flies home --

to lower the showerhead

I climb on a stool

Beverley George

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

new year’s storm

a ladybug lands

on my desk

Ruth Powell

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

Out of the blue

the first snowflakes-

New Year visitors

Vasile Moldovan

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

holiday fatigue--

as soon as the last guests leave

we throw out the tree

John Thompson

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

**I admired the honesty of this one!

New Year visit -

in every champagne flute

a full moon

Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Bangalore, India

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

winter visitor

the robin

welcome always

Frances O'Keeffe

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

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 5 Points

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dying fire

in new year snow

two eyes glow

oga

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

New Year's Eve—

the physician's visit

too late

Gautam Nadkarni

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

New Year visitor

a fieldfare

at the trellis

Miorita

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

Baby New Year—

wailing

everywhere

Bill Gottlieb

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

once again the stars

new year visitors

Bill Hudson

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

New Year visit

camellia

at my door

Kevin Knezevic

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

New Year party-

in the unknown lady's hair

known flowers

-Kashinath Karmakar

India

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

New Year visitors

crumbs of fortune cookies

mark their way home

Kirsten G.

Goessweinstein, Germany

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

no visitors

for the New Year

snow's falling

Yukiko Yamada

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

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 4 Points

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New Year's visitor

with one long-stemmed slender rose

and lots of chocolate

Horst Ludwig

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

January one

freeze alert -- at the door

pizza delivery man

Brenda Roberts

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

new year visitors -

her grandparents

bring the Florida oranges

Carmel Lively Westerman

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

new year's visitors their calling cards crisscrossed in the night snow

Donna Bauerly

Dubuque, IA

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

New Year visit

the preacher stares

at an empty six pack

Edward

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

into the new year

santa sprawled on the neighbor's lawn--

deflated

carol bleichert

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

New Year's drive

she tells me

there are regrets

Anne Curran

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

New Year visitor

still calling me kiddo

my wife's uncle

Samar Ghose

Australia

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

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 3 Points

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old folks' New Years

we go to bed at nine

hoping for the morrow

Garry Eaton

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

New Year visitors –

a group of fireworks

knocks into the sky

Ana Drobot

Bucharest, Romania

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

linesmen!

January warm enough

for freezing rain

maxianne

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

New year's dawn-

a wedge of egrets balance

the crumbling fence

Anonymous

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

new years dawn

the gentle tapping

of rain on the roof

Nancy Smith

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

last night's dishes -

a piece of the day moon

comes in a bucket

Arvinder Kaur

Chandigarh,India

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

The old hermit -

only the wind blowing to his door

on New Year's Eve

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

New Year delight --

the new arrivals follow

the mother hen

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad India

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

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 2 Points

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New Year visit

my dream full of

growing glaciers

Oddbjørn Aardalen

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

New Year's morning

raccoon tracks by the back door

assu

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

New Year…

visitor frozen

in place

D W Skrivseth

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

first twilight

of the new year

geese call from their "V"

Tony Nasuta

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

first midnight of the year…

the cuckoo’s gift

of telling age

Alegria Imperial

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

from his hand

the year's first coffee

drenching my wreath

mechaieh

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

feasting on

the New Year's Eve leftover

mouse honeymoon

Petya Gleridis

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

new year visitor –

noise in the attic

squirrels again

Mike Warner

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

New Year’s Day—

unexpected visit

from the garbage men.

Lyn True

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

new year 's day

diverse scats

on the front step

Barbara A. Taylor

Mountain Top, NSW

Australia

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

New Year visit

grandfather with grandson

greets the new day

Jacek Kielich

Poland

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

day after deer season

my rhododendron

falls victim

Alan S. Bridges

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

new year visits

pairs of smiles merge

into kisses

Ajaya Mahala,

Pune, India

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

New Year visitors--

molehills near

the eighteenth green

James Dobson

Prudhoe, UK.

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

start of the New Year...

prodigal son comes home with

new resolutions

Keith A. SIMMONDS

Rodez, France

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

After a snowstorm

New Year's first visitor

an old sun

Juhani Tikkanen

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

a new year's magpie

has something in its beak--

shadows on the snow

DeVar

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

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 1 Point

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January

wolf moon shines

snow on snow

Tom Conally

Gibsonville, NC

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

come along

and talk, I'll listen ---

new year's eve

Michael McClintock

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

death’s first visit

sparrow-shaped vacancy

at the bird feeder

Ignatius Fay

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

new year visit

brilliant water in a puddle

splashing the sky

Ken Sawitri

(Indonesia)

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

cold and snow

New Year’s perennial

visitors

Anonymous

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

warmth

of that presence

now memory

Binnoo

India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

pristine calls ...

the milkman dressed

with a smile

Ramesh Anand

Bangalore, India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

New Year's service --

a toddler climbs on the lap

of the priest

~ Isabelle Prondzynski

(Ireland)

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

New Year’s visitors

an air freshener masks

the smell of fish

Terri L. French

US

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

the year's first sky –

between fleecy clouds blinks

a dozy moon

(Ramona)

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

simmering ham bone

for hoppin' john . . .

the twitch of a mouse's nose

Ellen Compton

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

last of the year . . .

what's left

of the fly on the window

Bill Pauly

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

whistle, sizzle, boom

the wild southern cousin

lights his way home

Doris

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

first night-

stopping at church for service

after my shift

Hazel

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

New Year visitors

at our gate; three waving mittens

and a flying hat

Anne Zooey Lind

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

First guest of the year-

the courier won’t stay

the books he brought will

Cristian Mocanu

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

winter kitchen

two buzzing flies

where did they come from?

Meredith Cavalieri

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

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No Points This Time, Sorry.

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death, with scythe

beginning the year

with a funeral

Tanja Cilia

new year’s day

the doorbell rings

it’s not santa claus

RD McManes

new year visitors

i serve pickled herring...

a stroke of luck

Pat Geyer

early morning

workers pray for a busy new year

at the toupee shop

Carol Raisfeld

a mouse

in the mistletoe . . .

e-e-e-e-e-e-k

Kirsty Karkow

New Year visitor -

sparrowhawk enjoying a bath

in my garden pond

Daniela Bullas

still bitter cold--

but today yellow sun

and first junco

l/c. jill

whose silver trail

from the cyclamen pot?

New Year visitor

Barbara Snow

Knocking at my door

Corn cob pipe! Button nose??

Come 21 March!...

Jim Thoune

Bowling Green, KY USA

a knock at the door

tall, dark stranger stands outside

good luck in his hands

Deirdre Godwin

first-footing

a divined stable

star-crossed gifts

Hansha

on the expanse

of fresh new year snow

only rabbit's tracks

Jane DeJonghe

happy new year

her polish nurse raises

the roller shutter

Ralf Bröker

cat eyes

the sluggish ladybug

winter kitchen

Diane Mayr

a new year

sweet grain pudding

for each guest

Beth Powell

on New Year's Eve

I'd love to pour wine for you

under this bright moon...

Tuvshinzaya Nergui

Tsetserleg city, Mongolia

weary Jan. 1

late night fireworks and

attic squirrels

Anonymous

New Year visitor

more and more

candy

Barbara Campitelli

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General Comments:

 **I love the haiku reminders that we have a new year!

**The haiku are so good that it is a great challenge to judge them.

**Thank you as ever for the kukai and for the haiku collection. It is always a pleasure to read them and cast my votes after reflection.

**Thanks again for this opportunity to read through and vote on some excellent haiku.

**a few struggles to reduce this selection of New year poems to 13, and after that it got even tougher

but here we go

**I admired the honesty of this one!

**This was a hard one to write to…

Free Format Theme:

EYEWEAR 

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First Place -   26 Points

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class reunion

we all read the menu

through glasses

Radka Mindova

Bulgaria

(0,6,14) = 26 pts

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Second Place -  23 Points

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reflected

in the traffic cop's sunglasses

her best smile

Paul Hodder

(0,4,15) = 23 pts

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Third Place -  22 Points

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auschwitz visit -

thousands of eyeglasses

blinded

John McDonald

Edinburgh Scotland

(3,4,5) = 22 pts

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18 Points

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a blank sudoku...

on the dusty mantlepiece

grandpa's spectacles

Arvinder Kaur

Chandigarh, India

(1,3,9) = 18 pts

**This haiku tells a story written by a caring poet.

new glasses—

now she complains

about the mirrors

Carl Seguiban

(0,5,8) = 18 pts

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16 Points

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Halloween treats

the young pirate

lifts his eye patch

Edward

(0,3,10) = 16 pts

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15 Points

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winter solstice—

through grandpa's eyeglasses

the tilt of the earth

Gautam Nadkarni

(0,3,9) = 15 pts

**I would have ended the second line with just "glasses."

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13 Points

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the blind man

wearing new shades

. . . sunny day

Michael McClintock

(1,3,4) = 13 pts

his faraway gaze--

Dad cleaning

his clean glasses

Bill Pauly

(1,2,6) = 13 pts

first glasses -

each leaf on the tree

has an edge

Ruth Powell

(0,3,7) = 13 pts

old school photo

needing glasses to see

my high school sweetheart

Alan S. Bridges

(0,1,11) = 13 pts

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12 Points

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first pair of glasses

not angels on the far fence

just chickens

Harvey Jenkins

(0,5,2) = 12 pts

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10 Points

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keeping my glasses on

...until the call

of the whistling thrush

Anonymous

(1,2,3) = 10 pts

**Attentive to experience and nature in a wonderful way.

new lenses--

the moon reveals

its pockmarks

Carole MacRury

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

winter night --

looking for my glasses

with my glasses

Angie Werren

Amelia, Ohio

USA

(0,1,8) = 10 pts

**Quiet and moving.

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9 Points

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binoculars ...

much closer to my balcony

the lenten moon

Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Bangalore, India

(2,0,3) = 9 pts

Ophthalmologist.

Now I see this word clearly,

and I'll look it up.

Horst Ludwig

(1,3,0) = 9 pts

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8 Points

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the fog lifts

the top of the mountain

new glasses

Bernard Gieske

(0,4,0) = 8 pts

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7 Points

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at the party

her false eyelashes

tickle my cheek

Barbara A. Taylor

Mountain Top, NSW

Australia

(1,0,4) = 7 pts

dusty yule log

steaming pea soup

fogs my lenses

Ignatius Fay

(0,3,1) = 7 pts

through my goggles

i look at fish

looking at me

Aalix Roake

New Zealand

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

‘cover one eye’ --

on the tenth visit I chant

the test chart by heart

Beverley George

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

without my glasses the mirror's lie

Samar Ghose

Australia

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

**Many meanings/feelings in so few words: beautiful.

chat –

she looks at herself

in my sunglasses

Tomislav

(0,0,7) = 7 pts

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6 Points

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wearing new glasses -

frightening the life out of me

owl eyes in my face

Daniela Bullas

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

train platform -

a broken pair of spectacles

waits.

dsnake1

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

new monocle--

a singular view

of the moon

James Dobson

Prudhoe, UK.

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

Halloween:

the little pirate wears

a velvet eye patch

--Kirsty Karkow

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

sunglasses

the world inside

mine

Ann K. Schwader

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

bifocals-

the up     of

.............down....

all the steps

-Kashinath Karmakar

India

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

**Bravo for a bit of experimentation—and the haiku’s content and form matches the moment of experience, just as these “visual” haiku are intended to do.

golden wedding

mom is still wearing her

rose-colored glasses

(Ramona)

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

**1 point (though I think it should read “golden anniversary”)

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5 Points

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first pair of glasses

first time noticing her

ears are crooked

Diane Mayr

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

finally able

to see through your lies –

​ex-ray vision

Susan Burch

USA

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

**Always appreciate a clever, apt pun in a haiku, particularly when heartbreak and humor are combined.

piano recital

his glasses also

out of tune

Roberta Beary

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

**Somewhat surprising -- different and enjoyable!

snow ball fight

our snowman

sports an eyepatch

Michele L. Harvey

USA

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

vanity mirror

adjusting her glasses

for a finer look

Tom Painting

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

**This text would have been better with "new" in [L2] (“adjusting

her new glasses”).

searching, searching

how I wish I could call

my glasses!

Anne Zooey Lind

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

**we've all experienced this, alas!

foggy glasses--

the smell of books

that have been wet

DeVar

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

indian summer

on the scarecrow's nose

a pair of glasses

cfc

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

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4 Points

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separate green leaves --

an eight-year-old's first glasses --

miracles and math

Sandra Friedlander

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

cloudy day -

assuming sunglasses

after farewell

Anonymous

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Global Warming Lecture:

monster daisies

adorn her spectacles

Sheila K. Barksdale

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

**Love this: says so much about the “seriousness” and reality of the problem and the tenor of human response, in a witty, intimate way. (Would have given it three points had I not really liked five others.)

trotting

the Milky Way

the horse with sunglasses

Oddbjørn Aardalen

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

with new

glasses and hope

girl in kabul

oga

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

late sunset

rereading her old love letters

wearing eyeglasses

Billy Antonio

Laoac, Pangasinan

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

large dark glasses

hiding her famous face

but not her voice

Adelaide B. Shaw

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

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3 Points

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I call,

wind calls back...

broken glasses

Rita Odeh

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

lavender fragrance

sleep mask tied with silken threads

beautiful dreamer

Tom Conally

Gibsonville, NC

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

VR goggles--

another world I haven't a clue

how to move through

John Thompson

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

the dog races by

with dad's bifocals --

morning chaos

Carol Raisfeld

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

overlooking imperfections

a scratched lens

on his eyeglasses

Terri L. French

US

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

dirt goggles

a long skid

to the finish line

Beth Powell

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

I put my contacts in

so I can

see my

eyes

Bill Gottlieb

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

new sunglasses

he places them

backwards on his head

Carmel Lively Westerman

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

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2 Points

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this year

new glasses--

John Lennon's

jill

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

distorted world--

sleet freezing

on ski goggles

Barbara Snow

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

Another birthday...

a reluctance to pull up

the sunglasses

~Devika

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

the freckled boy

they used to call "Squinty"

new eyeglasses

Elinor PIhl Huggett

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

with my glasses off

the landscape blurs

as i read a map

RD McManes

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

blurry glasses

also the autumn rain

takes a detour

Svend A. Doggfall

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

sunglasses

every leaf

glowing red

Barbara Campitelli

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

dark sunglasses--

grandpa's first selfie

post cataract

Yesha Shah

Surat, India

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

the tape on his

eyeglasses

"rayban" in crayon

Brenda Roberts

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

new spectacles

words grow larger but meanings

remain the same

Gerry Bravi

(Canada)

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

stirring the pot

my glasses

steam up

Meredith Cavalieri

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

**I can read this poem with two meanings.

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1 Points

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rose-coloured lenses

turning happenstance

into serendipity

Tanja Cilia

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

floods-

the dog licks a pair

of glasses

Nelson Christian

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

your broken bifocals -

time to know me

better

Lavana kray

Romania

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

no mirror around -

every girl on the beach

is wearing sun glasses

Cristina Oprea

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

blindman's goggles

the unchanging evening

of a rainy day

Ajaya Mahala,

Pune, India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

broken specs

tender rose petals smell sweet

nonetheless

Binnoo

India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

Sunday worship --

a stained glass window

caught in my glasses

~ Isabelle Prondzynski

(Belgium)

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

the whole world

looks out of focus...

glasses needed

Natalia Kuznetsova

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

eyeglasses…

puckering still

puckers the words

D W Skrivseth

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

closing date

the head official raises her

eyebrow piercing

Ralf Bröker

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

deserted monocles

of blinded pagan gods

The Seven Rila Lakes

Petya Gleridis

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

lovely and useful

the reader's friend

new eyeglasses

Frances O'Keeffe

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

**maybe it's the almost childlike wonder expressed so simply that makes this one somehow charming

new years day

no need for eye shadow

this morning

Anonymous

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

his glasses

she takes her glasses off

and starts crying

Boris Nazansky

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

new eyewear --

she slices the moon to fit

the frames

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

the old haijin's

new third eye

Google Glass

S.E. Buffington

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

"It's not you…"

sunglasses

conceal her eyes

John Hubbard

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

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No Points This Time, Sorry.

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dark sunglasses –

bending trees

reflecting

Ana Drobot

Bucharest, Romania

helping hand

your eyes for glasses

blind

Jacek Kielich

Poland

reading the different dreams

glasses

on the shop

Ken Sawitri

(Indonesia)

her bright red glasses

are nowhere to be found

I read the labels

assu

upside and down...

wearing rose colored glasses

i emerge

Pat Geyer

TV at her parents' house

looking for her glasses

when they come home

-Garry Eaton

double sun

her eyes turn into

sepia rainbow

Ramesh Anand

Bangalore, India

hot Christmas sun --

even my granny sports

new sunglasses

~ Catherine Njeri Maina

(Kenya)

small enough letters

to wear reading glasses

New Year's card

Yukiko Yamada

 star watching

first time after surgery--

her rhinestone eyepatch

Bridget Cougar

 Glass eyes,

Eye glasses,

What do you see?

Jim Thoune

Bowling Green, KY USA

 nearing my birthday-

garnering courage to admit

its bifocal time

Hazel

new term for “main-frame”

a computer on my face

science fiction lives

Deirdre Godwin

the lecturer sees

through clear glasses

the student's... tinted rose

Tony Nasuta

legal eagle

the fine print appears

less blurred

Hansha

behind his goggles her carapace breached

Alegria Imperial

where ever you go

the fashionable ear wear

cell phones

Bill Hudson

champagne cork

grazing my glasses

blurry bliss

mechaieh

driving to conference ...

she wears loose

Ray Ban sunglasses

Anonymous

​eyewear too much computer time

Donna Bauerly

bevy

of bathing beauties

all wearing cat's eyeglasses

meow

Doris

shimmering sunshine

upon the snow-capped mountain...

dark glasses slide down

Keith A. SIMMONDS

Rodez, France

the postman has left-

drops of contact lens cleaner

on the Christmas card

Cristian Mocanu

warm again -

Into the house

glasses fog

Mike Warner

green glasses –

the dry grass

becomes fresh

Miorita

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General Comments:

**Seeing again through others' eyes!

**if I would have chosen to vote for mine, I would have given it 3, but then I am prejudiced.

**Thank you for giving this opportunity to read such lovely poems. A very difficult job to award points.

**I related to many of these, am regularly searching for my specs...

**I couldn't think of much to say about glasswear. It's not any easy topic.

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