Dear Friends,
Here are the results for the January 2015 Kukai, wherein our Kigo subject was NEW YEAR VISITORS, and our Free Format subject was EYEWEAR. If you find any errors, please let me know so I can correct them online.
Congratulations to ***Vinay Leo R.***, winner of our Kigo section and to ***Radka Mindova***, winner of our Free Format section!
VOTERS' comments are indicated by "**"
POETS' comments are indicated by "^^"
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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