July 2006 Kukai

Kigo Theme: 

Watering the Lawn / Garden

First Place -- 19 pts

mother-in-law...

he adjusts the sprinkler

for the fourth time

Laryalee Fraser

(3,3,4) = 19 pts

Second Place -- 18 pts

rooftop garden

she collects the rain

in saucepans

Tom Painting

(0,5,8) = 18pts

drought restrictions

a bowl of dishwater

for her begonias

-- ushi

(0,5,8) = 18pts

Third Place -- 17 pts

high tea . . .

a broken sprinkler

waters the sun

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(2,1,9) = 17 pts

Fourth Place -- 16 pts

drought

feral cats, licking

the seeper hose

Rose Marie Stutts

(1,3,7) = 16 pts

Fifth Place -- 14 pts

watering the garden

the scent of cilantro 

and a different place

Mary Lee McClure

(0,4,6) = 14 pts

May deluge —

the forgotten sprinkler 

joins in

Audrey Downey

(0,2,10) = 14 pts

Sixth Place -- 13 pts

landscaping laborers

a migrant drinks

from the water hose

carmel lively westerman 

(1,2,6) = 13 pts

Seventh Place -- 12 pts

daddy's helper:

watering impatiens… 

and her own shoes

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,3,6) = 12 pts

Eighth Place -- 11 pts

fading day

crickets echo

lawn sprinklers

RaV

(1,3,2) = 11 pts

Ninth Place -- 10 pts

water restrictions ~

the coiled hose

waits for dark

Paul Hodder

(1,1,5) = 10 pts

summer of Alzheimer's

grandmother's watering cans

filled with dust

Mark Smith

(0,3,4) = 10 pts

Tenth Place -- 9 pts

barefoot —

a maid waters

the roses

Ami

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

fading arc

of the sprinkler

summer dusk

Ann K. Schwader

(1,2,1) = 9 pts

water shortage

rustling garden whispers

grow louder

paula dee fisher

(0,4,1) = 9 pts

watering ban

sneaking a bucket or two

for the roses

--Irene Golas

(0,3,3) = 9 pts

lawn sprinkler —

children try to touch

the rainbow

Israel López Balan

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

watering the lawn — 

where to scatter

her ashes

Nardin Gottfried

(1,2,2) = 9 pts

desert monsoon

under the downspout

a garbage can

Karen Cesar

(1,2,2) = 9 pts

Eleventh Place -- 8 pts

her first sip

from my garden hose

...step-child

roberta beary

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

the yard sprinkler

doesn't reach me here — except

this slight coolness

P. O. Williams

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

Twelfth Place -- 6 pts

shrill laughter

as the green hose dances

snake-like on the grass

Meredith

(0,3,0) = 6 pts

watering the lawn —

a butterfly's erratic flight

over a rainbow

Angèle Lux

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

after the rain

over the secret garden

a drift of fireflies

angelee deodhar

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

water-wise

I xeriscape

but dream of lady's slipper

lmp

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

lawn sprinkler

a toad licks

a wet blade of grass

Edward

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

garden hose at rest

a coiled snake

in the rain

Simply Maire

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

in and out

of the sprinkler,

children's laughter

Darrell Lindsey

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

summer time

he waters the lawn

from his wheelchair

Vic Gendrano

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts

high summer

the groundsman scatters sunlight

with his hose

Hugh Waterhouse

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

remembering

lost summer loves,

he overwaters the lawn

-- mike franco

( 0,1,3) = 5 pts

watering the garden — 

a soaked cricket

jumps off

Tom

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

lawn sprinklers

crystal clear chirp

of a robin

john tiong chunghoo

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts

water pulses

through the garden hose

sultry afternoon

Bill Kenney

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

the back lawn

watered...one boy wins

the contest

Vaughn Seward

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

straw hat shade ...

a rabbit noses

the garden spigot

usumomiji

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

after the sprinkling

spider shakes the drops

from its web

Origa

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

my two kids

watering the garden

and each other

max verhart

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

grandmother

watering the seedlings

she hums.

Zaida Lysle

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

jumping through the mist,

children find the rain bow's end:

pivoting sprinkler

Linda Warner

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts

storm bent bamboo

drips rain under the eaves

watering the mint

gourdmad

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

a burst of laughter...

she turns on the water

as I move the sprinkler

Paul R

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

butterflies gather

after evening watering

to drink from puddles

-raven

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

visit over . . .

missing their laughter 

around the sprinkler

Warren Gossett

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

wet dream

you cool off in the sprinkler's mist

wearing just a rainbow

Karen Briggs

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

Free Format Theme:

Any Named Bird

First Place -- 21 pts

campfire chili 

a loon's call stirs

the darkness

Laryalee Fraser

(3,4,4) = 21 pts

Second Place -- 17 pts

custody battle

two magpies squabble

over a french fry

Warren Gossett

(0,4,9) = 17 pts

Third Place -- 16 pts

between bait bucket

and fisherman

the egret's long neck

doris kasson

(2,4,2) = 16 pts

Fourth Place -- 15 pts

sudden downpour

huddled on the step

with a sparrow

Paul Hunter

(1,2,8) = 15 pts

Fifth Place -- 13 pts

silent pier

a gull's shadow

flowing

Darrell Lindsey

(1,2,6) = 13 pts

long before dawn

a cardinal calls the day

sweet sweet sweet

Mary Lee McClure

(1,1,8) = 13 pts

Sixth Place -- 12 pts

morning stillness —

a young kingfisher dives

into sunlight

Origa

(1,2,5) = 12 pts

Seventh Place -- 11 pts

pelicans drift

in the receding tide —

distant thunder

Bruce H. Feingold

(1,2,4) = 11 pts

a white heron

glides low over the swamp —

cypress shadows

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,2,7) = 11 pts

Eighth Place -- 10 pts

Fort Niagara

a wren sizes up

a knothole

Tom Painting

(1,3,1) = 10 pts

Grandma's room ~

geese migrate

across the window

Paul Hodder

(1,2,3) = 10 pts

spring calving —

more and more vultures

join the circle

Edward

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

Ninth Place -- 9 pts

sea and lavender skies

pelicans coasting

I dream of peace

elaine mokhtefi

(3,0,0) = 9 pts

early morning square

the stillness of the doves

Hiroshima Day

Keiko Izawa

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

moving day —

favorite pigeon on the kitchen ledge 

one last time

~Devika

(0,3,3) = 9 pts

beak in the mud

butt in the air —

an elegant swan

-- Butterfly

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

looking over the side

the last fledgling

in the nest

-me

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

lunch break

seagulls on the roof

of the seafood restaurant

Marica Kolcheva

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

tough question

the same old fib

about the stork

RaV

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

Tenth Place -- 8 pts

drowsy day

even the hummingbird

asleep on a branch

Karen Cesar

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

park bench —

pigeons keep an

old man company

Tristan Coleridge

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

Eleventh Place -- 7 pts

amputated tree —

the crow atop what was once

his branch

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(1,1,2) = 7 pts

a heron

cleans its wings...

autumn shoreline

Edward Weiss

(1,0,4) = 7 pts

Sunday morning

a pigeon

on the mailbox

Petar Tchouhov

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

a caterpillar

hangs from its middle...

robin's beak

Vaughn Seward

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

Twelfth Place -- 6 pts

pompous pigeons coo

dropping whitewash

on the gargoyles

Simply Maire

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

hospital window

a seagull

riding an updraft

Bill Kenney

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

hammock siesta

the woodpecker hammers

an afternoon

Earl Keener

(0,3,0) = 6 pts

summer heat...

a wren sings

in the brambles

Hugh Waterhouse

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts

dawn breaking...

a stray rooster on

top of the haystack

K. Ramesh

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

amid the rocks

of the jetty,

an absence of herons

~K~

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

mourning dove . . .

the monotony

of gone

Ann K. Schwader

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

frozen reservoir

a crow

blown by

Allan Burns

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

lengthening shadows

the circles of two buzzards

intersect

polona

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

cormorants

on islanded rocks

high tide

Deborah P Kolodji

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

morning moon

a single robin

on the wire

Marie Summers

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

thunder —

the one remaining crow 

chuckles

Ami

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts

age compensates

the lark sings less frequently

but now I listen.

Zaida Lysle

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

high above the sacred city

her eyes follow

the hummingbird

Janet Brof

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

light and shadow —

cattle egrets fly before

a thunderstorm

Nancy Smith

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

untended garden...

not hearing the robin

until it rains

--Irene Golas

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

thunderstorm:

finches take shelter

in the feeder

-- oino sakai

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

fragrant dusk

the dragonfly becomes

a hummingbird

Paul R

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

seagulls

in the parking lot

predicting a storm

smzang

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Three crows strut

in the early mist.

You're not there.

Trevor Camp

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

all day long

sparrow couples

visiting my birdhouse

susan delphine delaney

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts

flower fair —

looking up to the flight

of paper cranes

Ellen Compton

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

spring sun —

two male blackbirds fight

for my garden

max verhart

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

the lone goose

honks for her mate

hunters rejoice

Mr PC

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

pub lunch 

by the Avon

swans beg for bread

-- ushi

(0,0,3) = 3 pts